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Large audience attends groundbreaking and thanksgiving service for new gym. Ground Officially Broken for New Gymnasium Facility Will Round Out, Complete Basic Campus; Source of Gift Revealed \ \ Official Beginning for New Gym Sicnaling the official beginning of construction of the new gy nnasiunn-physicol education center by turning the first sh vels of earth are, left to right, Edgar Parker, President of ne Alumni Association; E. L. Hollowell, Chairnnan of "Ac- co .plishing Our Mission"; H. D. White, Chairman of the PAGE FOUR “Today we combine groundbreaking with thanksgiving—something of a new beginning, with grateful reflection upon a rich heritage.” So proclaimed Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, President of the College, before the official groundbreaking for the new gymnasium-physical education center. H. D. White, chairman of the Board of Trustees, presided over the brief groundbreaking ceremony, held near the building site of the new gym on Union Street extension on Sunday, September 10. The ceremony was called by Whitaker a “truly historic” event. “It signals the beginning of the last major facility envisioned in the long range Master Plan of the college. When finished, it will round out and complete our basic campus,” he said. The new gymnasium-physical education center, to cost $2,150,000, will house three full-size basketball courts, two classrooms, a weight room, a mini-gym, three courts for handball and paddle tennis, steam- bath, sauna, therapy room, laun dry room, and an Olympic size swimming pool. So far, the school has received over $1,338,000 towards the new facility. Now, according to Whitaker, “We have the challenge before us of completing our task we have begun,” he told those atten ding the groundbreaking. The college needs another $811,000 to complete the facility. The “Accomplishing Our Mission” campaign is continuing to com pletely underwrite the cost of the facility. Source Revealed During the groundbreaking and thanksgiving ceremony, the source of the $200,000 challenge gift to the college’s building drive was reveal ed. The announcement was made by Mrs. Texie Camp Marks of Boykins, Va., honorary chairman, “Accomplishing Our Mission,” on behalf of the Directors of the Ruth Camp Campbell Charitable Trust. She said the money, which was pro mised to the college after it col lected $1.25 million toward the gym, will come from the Ruth Continued on Next Page The Chowanian —Phofo by McKoy Board of Trustees; Hon. W. W. Hill, Murfreesboro mayor; Mrs. Dorothy H. Brown, Board of Advisors; Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, President of the College; and Mrs. Texie Camp Marks, Honorary Chairman, "Accomplishing Our Mission".
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