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The Daily Tar HeelAugust 28, 19891 1 Image r '"CT A" . tv . Or if MV 1 if L, V - i 5 n V it i 1 ? t J- I in fl it U -lr-iuv - Davis Library Designed by two award-winning architects, the Walter Royal Davis Library is the largest educational building in North Carolina. This $22.9 million library, which is often considered a more serious place to study than the Undergradu ate "Zoo," has 10 acres of floor space over nine levels on a three-acre site. Davis has a total seating capacity of 3,013 and a capacity of 1.8 mil lion volumes. The library includes several in genious design features. One of the most striking features is a large main gallery hung with colorful banners, showing historic printer's marks rep resented in the Rare Book Collec tion. The building was names for Wal ter Royal Davis, a Texas business man with family roots in Elizabeth City, N.C. He was a member of the UNC Board of Trustees for eight years and he fought in the state legislature to claim for Chapel Hill the major portion of funds received from the sale of University utilities. Tar Heel file photo Kenan Stadium Kenan Stadium, located near the center of campus, is generally re ferred to as one of the most beautiful arenas in the country. Inside Sports magazine has rated the stadium as one of the five best places in the United States to watch a football game. Tar Heel football teams have played in Kenan for 61 years. In the first game at Kenan on Nov. 12, 1927, the Tar Heels defeated Davidson 27-0. William Rand Kenan, an 1894 UNC graduate, built the stadium as a memorial to his parents, William R. Kenan and Mary Hargrave Kenan. The complete cost of the stadium and the accompanying fieldhouse was $303,000. The original seating capacity was 24,000. After renovations in 1988, the stadium's official capacity is 52,000, though a 1983 game against ' Clemson attracted a standing-room-only crowd of 53,689. I M:. - - : j 1' 3 Tar HeelSarah Cagle t ' s Via w'31 r ......v.-.-.-.-.-.-.:.v.:.:.;.:.;.: .....A......wv.v..;..;.xwy la - - Hi! fJ 11 .. :-:::: : ::::::::;::; ::::S:::::; A&xww-K :": : :" : :::::::: 5 ''v- s? -I ' 1 4 t'Ut; 5 sSFM , i. j- if S" is .-. .-.n.v-- , : , iti! ..... ...k:..v:-:.x.... . .. .. 1 m a i ar i-ieei me pnoio Morehead Planetarium Fbr stargazing, UNC offers the Morehead Planetarium, the first planetarium to be owned by an American university. Regular planetarium programs are presented for tens of thousands of school children and general audiences each year, with the most popular offering oc curring at Christmas. Between 1960 and 1975, 43 American astronauts were trained here in celestial navigation. The planetarium was presented to the University in 1949 by the John Motley Morehead Foundation. To the north of the building rests a hybrid rose garden and sundial, one of the largest of its type, with a diameter of 35 feet. t: I tel p i f f'i V. ?Sv v 11 Jjjj I I , I fl S7P 111 taJ ' ifr lit II II 1 . r M r pTJ J,, T 'i ssv 1 : till Ml- 'r i! x ' t :,o,y.:wSW':'Xv::::; Wilson Library Tar Heel file photo The Louis Round Wilson Library, which served for 55 years as the research library in the humanities and social sciences at UNC, has been dedicated to special collections since the opening of Davis Library. Foremost among the special resources of the building is the Southern Historical Collection of 8 million manuscripts. Its Rare Book Collection contains special groups such as the Hanes Collection of Incunabula, including the ceremonial volumes that mark the millions in the library's holdings. The 3 millionth book was presented in the fall of 1983. The North Carolina Collection dates to an effort begun in 1844 and today contains more than 170,000 books and pamphlets. Louis Round Wilson, a Kenan professor and a University librarian for 31 years, died several weeks short of his 103rd birthday in 1979. 1 j If V5 1 ' 1 jj H I '- j Li WJ IL i Old Well Tar HeelAndrew Herman At the heart of the UNC campus stands the white-columned Old Well, the visual symbol of the University. For many years the Old Well served as the sole water supply for Old East and Old West dormitories, which gave rise to a campus joke that the only place in Chapel Hill you could get a bath was in jail. Another well-known campus legend is that, if you take a sip of water from the Old Well on the first day of classes, you will do well throughout the semester. The Old Well is pictured frequently on University literature, Christmas cards and University souvenirs. It was given its present form in 1897 by the suggestion of President Edwin Alderman, who said he derived the idea largely from the Temple of Love in the Garden of Versailles. The well was built by a local lumberyard for $200. 1 i III ix Smith Center Tar Heel file photo The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center officially opened in January 1986. The occasion was a game against the Duke Blue Devils, and the Tar Heels won, 95-92. ; The Smith Center is the third largest on-campus arena in the country, seating 21,444 for basketball. It cost $33.8 million to construct and all of the funds were private donations raised in a campaign led by UNC alumnus Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles. " Since its opening, the Smith Center has also become a popular concert spot. In recent years, "the Smith Center has hosted several big-name artists, including Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Rod "Stewart, Jimmy Buffett, R.E.M., Robert Plant and INXS. n G ... . : iCvv'C lJ ...... .wwXJWJk...yyj. v.w:w:'jqo:-y'V'y-vx.'fr,-X' arm 4 Tar Heel file photo W 'i
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