Robinson move now completed
Physical education and activity classes began full operation in new Robinson Gymnasium yesterday, thereby replacing a building in use for 60 years.
Professional movers took advantage of spring break to move the gym equipment and office furniture from old Robinson to new Robinson with little inconvenience to the physical education classes.
"THE ONLY PART of old Robinson that will remain in use will be the east and west basement entrances which will admit to locker areas for use with the swimming pool," Dean Smith explained. The pool at new Robinson will not be completed until sometime in June.
But activity has not stopped at old Robinson, built in 1906. The halls are filled with sawdust, lumber and the sound of carpenters' hammering.
The buildings and grounds staff is getting 17 classrooms ready in
old Robinson Hall. The construction of partitions will precede the relocation of some of the facilities now in the annexes behind Strong Hall. The speech clinic, credit bureau and industrial design departments will be located in old Robinson next fall.
The Strong annexes will be razed soon after commencement to clear the site for the $2 million Spencer Research Library.
The unfinished swimming pool will be T-shaped and sized to NCAA and AAU specifications.
The new Robinson was designed so that a second phase can be added at the west side to provide additional gym space, handball courts, squash courts and enlarged shower and locker facilities.
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