Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 19, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free september 1964 College compound re Provost l who Heads the new University College on fort Garry enjoys a stroll atop the roof surrounding the Observatory of the astronomy depart he wears the new Light Burgundy coloured gown which he thinks most professors and students will adopt As their in the background is the seven Storey residence to the left is the academic Wing with especially designed windows shaded from the Southern Trees will be planted in the quadrangle below Centre of the entire Story by Bletcher pictures by Gerry Cairns a students room in the mens residence is occupied by Tom of he Hast quite settled in yet and his room lacks the amenities of but a is sure he is going to like its privacy and River University College opens one of the two dons for women students at the new Jennifer Ashworth strikes an academic with Burgundy gown and in an area of the College where senior tutorial staff will reside when construction Crews Are miss Ashworth is a graduate in philosophy from Cambridge University and spent four years teaching at Bryn Mower College in her new Ovies will include helping students plan work schedules and looking after women students in the other women Don is Sharon there will be three male dons and a couple in charge of the mens England Oxford had bet Ter look to its the University of Manitoba new fortress of knowledge University College opened its doors this past it has no Ivy As yet on the but it has scholarly facilities on the Provost can Adian historian and former student at says the new which took six years of planning is Superior in design to either Oxford or Cambridge and quite understandably designed As a Complete the College boasts a Tunnel to the Only facility not included within its Walls the University Library out Side of the shaped As far As this re Porter could determine like a t with one is completely at least it will be when the last construction details Are completed and some 500 Stu dents arrive in its residential quarters with their own books and other including lamps for their the 100 girls rooms Are All compactly de signed to provide Builtin bureaus and desks and chairs and Book in the mens there Are a few double according to mor have not proved too pop aside from the quarters Are but the student who must share his room with another will find a goodly quota of study space in the Well de signed which seems 6 have a multitude of doors opening into Small tutorial and study As Well As a reception room for up to 730 students can be accommodated in the Resi Dences with about 500 this year it is Morton is particularly proud of the language labor the most up to Date of its kind and operated by the French off it is a room designed for language made possible by a bequest from the late Edna another favorite spot of the Provost is the great Hall or dining room looking out on a courtyard yet to be the great Hall has pillars of Manitoba Gran Ite Matching the exterior of the its Walls Are of Teakwood Long tables Are finished in match ing Vinyl and the floors Are parquet Laid Oak plywood which will not in the Hall is a Balcony for minstrels an induce ment to resident students to spend Leisure hours at the the Hall seats and can be beefed up to 325 or sit Down meals Are served five nights a week and a Buffet serving area adjacent to the Kitchen pro Vides ready Access to the menu on charges Are slightly higher than in the University cafeteria to Al Low for More there will be guest night in the Hall once a in the College designed to encourage the maximum Exchange of ideas among students on the residents Are required to Dine in two nights s month and it is hoped they will do so nonresident students May also bring their lunches to the special study and discus Sion rooms have been provided for postgraduate Stu three desks to a lecture theatres have been kept Small accommodating 50 and 120 students at in line with the philosophy of the College de signed to Felting closer association Between students and camera equipment has also been provided in the tutorial rooms Are and furnished in Accord Ance with the wishes of the in soft shades of Mustard yellow and Moss Green with plastic contour chairs and Oblong discussion Morton office area has a private reception room and a bedroom and Bath for College the reception room will be furnished with victorian furniture donated to the All the dons suites Are Complete with Kitchenette and Audrey the University Dean of will have a suite in the College where she will be available for interviews with the building is served by elevators As Well As artistic winding an inter com system is used for phone Calls vending machines for Coffee and chocolate Are strategically the Only thing the students have to worry about is in the women residence Are Blu tiled washrooms and areas for ironing and Light laundry on each Auto Matic washers and dryers Are in the in addition to arts and science the College will have a Cross Section of other faculties architect Prendki Cal and others who will live and work together under one the idea has caught the imagination it students and registration exceeds the quota this the rugged effect of Grey and Brown Manitoba Granite has been carried out of both exterior and enhanced by red Brick floors in students Central Patio and a Square meeting As the visitor leaves the College through the Long winding underground Tunnel to the he is followed by the Echo of his own foot Steps sounding like an army of thousands of Stu dents of bygone years who would give three years of their lives to be entering the portals of Manitoba newest College a College dedicated to learning in its deep est the Kitchen filled with shining stainless steel is presided Over by Eliza Beth a graduate in Home economics from the University of Mani Here beef Stew is in process of preparation by three of her staff working with modern hotel Type ;