THE FIRST EDITION
Vol. 1
ROWAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, SALISBURY, N. C.
No. 1
Campus Readies
For New Building
Students returning to Rowan
Technical Institute this fall
may have thought themselves
in “another world”—and right
ly so because the Rowan Tech
campus had taken on a “new”
look. This “new” look was the
result of the completion of a
modern, two-level building now
known as building three hun
dred.
This new building, made of
off-white brick, is valued at
approximately $400,000. Each
level has 18,000 square feet of
floor space.
The ground level floor houses
the main entrance lofolby, the
business office, and new and
greatly enlarged library, and
Administrative offices for Pres
ident Merrill Hamilton and
Administrative Assistant Ken
neth Payne.
The Library, approximately
four times the size of the orig
inal library, will hold 12,000
volumes. An additional $5,000
worth of books and material
have been ordered.
The library, covered with
blue-green carpet, is furnished
with forty two individual study
carrels and the usual tables
and desks. Up to one hundred
students can be seated at one
time. Adjacent to the library
is a storage room for films,
projectors, tapes, and the li
brarian’s office and workroom.
A secretarial science for for
ty students and a business ma
chine laboratory are included
in the new building also.
Due to the’ new practical
nursing classrooms and labs,
practical nurse education is be
ing taught on campus for the
first time since the program
has been offered. The students
were taught at A. T. Allen
School last year at Haven Lu
theran Church the year before.
In the Rowan Tech labs, nurs
ing students will be taught the
basics through the use of a fas
cinatingly equipped mannequin
and her balby. The lab is also
equipped with beds and other
hospital paraphernalia. The
student nurses will contin
ue to study the real thing at
Rowan, Cabarrus and Stanly
hospitals.
The back side of the main
core of the building contains a
classroom, storage closets, and
small first aid room, faculty
offices, and rest rooms.
On the left side of the main
lobby is President Merrill
Hamilton’s office, connected
with that of Kennety Payne by
a board and conference room
and a small kitchenette.
The front half of the bottom
floor is unfinished and it will
be used as a storage area.
The electrical shop, moved
from the first building, now oc
cupies the rear portion of the
new structure along with five
new fire labs. The area pre
viously used for the electrical
shop has been used to enlarge
the refregeration and air con
ditioning labs. Moving the fire
and safety technology depart
ment from the small building
Students Welcome New Building
in the rear makes it possible
to enlarge the welding shop
and create a maintenance and
storage area for the school.
The new fire labs serve a
variety of purposes. One con
tains a flame test tunnel, one
of only two or three in the
United States. Students using
the tunnel will be able to test
the burning rate of any mater
ial. This is an especially val
uable feature for those going to
work with insurance.
Extinguisher labs, fire alarm
systems labs, and wet labs are
includued also. For example,
the wet lab is equipped with a
hydraulic system so construct
ed that students can observe
what happens in a whole water
system. There is also an out
side pump with a 10,000 gallon
capacity pit so the water can
be reused. The wet room also
has sprinkler systems so that
students can trip them and see
sprinkler patterns.
The Administrative and bus
iness offices in the original
building are now being used
for student personnel. The old
student personnel office is. now
used by the dean of instruction
and his assistants.
Space formerly occupied by
the library will double the size
of the student lounge.
The former school area
amounted to 44,000 square feet.
With the new building the
area totals 71,000 square feet,
but this still isn’t enough to
meet the needs of an ever ex
panding student body.
A total of 700 full time stu
dents, including 360 to 3'75 full
time day students plus part
time students, were expected
for the fall quarter. A school
contains more than 85,000
square feet of space is needed
for a student body of this size.
Because of the present and fu
ture need for space, Rowan
Tech is concerned with moving
on with plans for the unfinished
portion of the building.
The building was designed by
local architect Bob Stone and
construction began a year ago
' by Gray Construction Company
of Lexington who has the gen
eral contract; G. B. Weaver
and Sons, electrical work;
Comfort contractors, heating
and air conditioning, and Lof-
Ilin Plumbing and Heating of
i Jamestown, plumbing. Other
| costs plus the architect’s fee
brought total cost of the build
ing to $399,000. Furniture val
ued at $200,000' was moved
from the first building, equip
ment will be moved from the
Salisbury Fire Station and A.
T. Alien School, and $30,000
worth of new furniture was
purchased to bring the total
value of the furniture and
j equipment to approximately
$250,000.
We the students and faculty
of Rowan Tech are very ap-
■ preciative for this new build
ing. With the cooperation of
I the students the building facili-
! ties will last for many years.
Equipment in the new building
is for student use and students
i should please use it with care
and consideration for its value.
We should try to make use of
the equipment so as to gain
better knowledge for our fu
ture.
opened | watch.
September 11, 1969
the social season for Rowan
Tech. A Bonfire Weiner Roast,
sponsored by the SGA, was
held on the fire grounds below
the parking lot. This casual
get-to-gether afforded students
an excellent opportunity to
make new acquaintances, re
new old friendships and just
have a. good time. However,
few students took advantage of
this opportunity and the Bon
fire was a mild success.
Although the crowd was less
than hoped for, all who came
enjoyed delicious refreshments
and had a grand time. After
refreshments, everyone was
entertained by a mystifying
magical act, performed 'by
Mr. George Kluttz with Debbie
Kluttz and Rita Bast assisting.
His act ranged from telling
jokes to an amazing “switch
eroo” in a replica of Houdini’s
death trunk, Mr. Kluttz’s en
tire act was a pleasure to
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The first meeting of the
Rowan Tech Association of Al
umni, was held at Ketner’s
Cafeteria. Congressman Earl
Ruth, was guest speaker.
'Included in the agenda was
installation of officers and ap
pointment of committees for
the coming year. Registration
for the event was held at 6:30
at Ketner’s Cafeteria, and din
ner was served at 7:00 p.m.
Graduates, alumni and
friends were later adjourned to
the Crystal Lounge at the Col
lege Community Center for the
9:00 p.m. annual Graduation
Ball.
Officers for the coming year
were installed. They are as
follows: Joe Smith, president;
Sylvia Carlyle, vice president;
Joe Walton, treasurer; Bar
bara Taylor, secretary.
What... No'
Mud Puddles?
This article is dedicated es
pecially to the Freshman class.
Little does this class realize
they missed the biggest events
of the years at Rowan Tech.
We sophomores should consider
ourselves to be the lucky ones.
This group hasn’t lived until
they have jumped mud holes,
squeezed mud between the
holes in their shoes and brushed
wet mud off of their clean
clothes that was splashed upon
them when they came in con
tact with a passing car. It was
all a lot of fun. It takes the
place of play period that we
were so accustomed to in
grammar school.
In case you haven’t discov
ered what we are talking
about; its the muddy old park
ing lot we use to squabble
through every rainy day of last
year. It’s a shame the fun-
filled days of mud and jvater
are over. Actually, we are
very thrilled these days are
over.
Through hard work and hours
of begging, the school staff was
able to have our parking lot
paved. We are deeply gratefur
that no longer we have to trod
through the mud. The paved
lot is not only a luxury to the
students, but also improves the
appearance of our campus.
This new parking lot still pre
sents some problems. Some
students insist on taking up
two parking places with their
expert parking and parking
outside of the indicated line.
Parking in the drives is not
only hazardous for the drivers
car, but it also ties up traffic
as traffic can only flow in one
direction. Students should
please park in the provided
spaces and not across the yel
low lines. There seems also to
be a considerable number of
litter bugs in our school. Litter
in the parking lot not only
looks bad but some of it is
dangerous. Several bottles have
been run over and this causes
some students a real inconven
ience, Let us make one last re
quest. Please do not litter the
parking lot and obey all the
parking regulations. Who
knows, one off these days they
might even build a BIGGER
parking lot.
His baffling feats of
magical mystery left the au
dience' spellbound and thor
oughly pleased.
Although dancing be hind
building 100 had been planned
after the magic act, it was
agreed that due to the cold
weather we would by-pass this.
However, for those who attend
ed our first social, the night
was well worth the time and
effort involved. The only draw
back was the lack of participa
tion by the students. The main
purpose of such a casual social
as the Bonfire was to help get
students of different curricul
ums together and get to know
one another. This was the ob
ject of the Student Govern
ment when planning this event.
We hope there will be greater
interest in various socials plan
ned for the year. Everyone
should try to enjoy himself and
take a break from studying
once in a while.