Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
GYMNASIUM IS
To Be DONE IN
SEPTEMBER 1922
TRUSTEES INSTRUCT BUILDING
COMMITTEE TO HAVE 1T
READY by THEN.
Omit NdtdtOrillm
For the Present

At the midyear meeting of the
}oard of Trustees of Alma College
icld in Detroit Tuesday the board in
tructed the building committee to
tart work on the memorial gymna-
,um auditorium and to have it ready
n September 1922, and in addition to
his transacted considerable other
business of Importance to the future
f the college.
Due to the fact that only SS8,000 of
he $4,000 sought in the county en-
owment campaign was secured, the
latatorium of the gymnasium will
Tot be built this summer. 1t will be
constructed at latter date as money
or its construction is available. The
building will be 10 feet by 130 feet
md about 45 feet in height. The main
playing floor of the gymnasium will
le 60 by 80 feet. Some feet from the
playing floor, on three sides, will be
seats which will provide seating
capacity at games Of $50. At one end
If the auditorium will be located an
open stage 16 80 feet. When in
Use as an auditorium the gymnasium
will have a seating capacity of about
800 people. II will be erected on the
ground to the east of the present
athletic field and will face on Cedar
ivenue.
The decision as to the location of
he building means that ultimately
he athletic field will be turned, so
hat instead of the gymnasium being
at one end Of the field, it will be'on
the side.
An announcement was made at the
meeting that the General Education
Board Rockefeller foundation) has
granted the college an extension to
June 80, 1922. in which to meet the
conditions Of the boards pledge of
$4,000 to the college. The original
pledge was conditional on being full
filled by January l., 1922. 1t is ex-
pected that by that date all conditions
Of this pledge will have been met.
A committee consisting of DR.. A. c..
Studer, Professor Elmer A. Lyman
and President Crooks was appointed
to work out a plan for the leave of
absence that has been granted college
professors. 1t is expected that the
new plan will be put in operation next
year.
A plan of development of the col
lcge over the coming ten year period
was. laid before the board by a special
committee consisting Of DR.. Barkley,
DR.. Minot Morgan, Rev. Brooke, Pres
ident Crooks, Professor Randel and
Professor Hamilton, which was adopt
ed. 1t plans for the order Of the
erection of new buildings and secur-
ing of new equipment.
The building committee was also
empowered to complete the work OF
remodcling the old gymnasium into a
modern chemistry building. The first
floor of this structure was remodeled
this past summer and the work now
contemplated is the remodelng of the
second floor. 1t is believed that when
this work has been completed Alma
will have one of the most modern
chemistry departments among the
smaller colleges of the state.
A report of the students participa
tion in the student government on the
campus was called for by the trustee:
and is to be given at the June meeting
of the board.
n IL
cd. They follow: Chairman, DR.. j. A
Barkley of Detroit; vice chairman
Francis King; treasurer, Clarence B
Chatfield; secretary and assistan
treasurer, A. 2. Cook.