1954-1972

Burton Is 'Center' Of Campus Activity By BILLIE WATSON

in. Everything here is just wait– ing to be used. ." 'Phere is a periodical room and an audio-visual room. A copy.ing machine is at the stu- dent's disposal. . ·A recent federal grant of $9,- 760 ·has made possible for this new school year a supplemen– tary educa11ion system within the Tibrary. It consists of an electronic listening division, study canels with viewing screens, 16-millimeter projec– tion equ[pment, and sign and 0hartmakring equipment. Wire– less headphones are used by students at ECJC. The u1tra-"modern library is one of the college's most tremendous assets. It is a boon to students. It is getting betler all the time.

Bi1rton Library is more- than a "Quiet Please" sign. It is more than a storehouse of books. H is the heart of East Central Junior Oollege in eca– tur. "I'm extremely proud of our library", Dr. Charles v. Wright said. '·We have tried to make it conducive to good study habits. It is, truly, a nice library. Until 1969, it was a drab, crowded building which t.oused classrooms. The floors were linolewn. There were no dra– peries. The transformati:m was eflfec– tive. ECJC used its own money and labor to do mos,t of the work. Additional funds to cover the $5,!H5.00 for an expanse of turquoise carpeting and $!2,- J 033.39 for the hundreds of yards I of white pleated draperies were approved by the State Building I Commission. The library committee is I credited with decorating the li– brary. At that .time the commit– tee was composed of George Mrs. Ann Burkes is librarian. A native of Decatur, she gradu– aited from ECJC and the Uni- versity of Southern Mississippi. She holds a master's degree in library science. The American Library Associ– aition sets 20,000 volumes as the ideal number for a college of this size. Bmt-0n has 19,000 vol– umes, so it is approaching the ideal. Ninety-one periodicals are received regularly. "What we lack or need, we are looking for," Mrs. Burkes said. I Two da,i]y newspaper§ are taken along with the Sunday edition of .the 'New York Times plus news weeklies from all counties that support filCJC. Piped in music d11owns out e~tra noise and puts students in a mood to study or relax in ihis · "All the student has to do,'' said Miss Burkes "is to come free time.

iBurition Library is named in honor of Miss IDtt.el Burton who served ias J[brarian for three decades. Her portrait on one of the walls of lihe spacious struc– ture. In a way, she is still watching over. students at ECJiC. Mason, the fate Mrs. Ruth Hull, -==-=---------' Mrs. Susie Barnett, Ovid Vick- ers, and Joseph Holliman.

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ECJC Dedicates Fine Arts Bid. A part of the East Central Junior College Homecoming, to 1 be held Saturday, October 25, will be the dedication of the recently completed Fine Arts Building, The building, a modern structure, has recently been occ– upied by students and faculty. Classes being held there are art, music, including chorus, instrumental and theory, and band. In addition to faculty offices and classrooms, there are individual practice rooms for both instrument and voice practice and individual carrels for listening to records and tapes. The building also contains a 212 seat auditorium that will be used for stage plays, music programs, etc. The dedication is to be held at 5:00 P.M. other activities for the day include a parade through Decatur at 4:00 P.M., in alumni business meeting immediately after the dedi– ~ation an alumni banquet at 6:00 P.M., and a football game at 8:00 P.M., with the presentation of the Homecoming Queen and her court at half-time.

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