Environmental Integration
"The emphasis was on total
education, intellectual and social.
As the need for more facilities
arose, housing followed the
original trends of close integration
into the environment of
learning that the Lawn and
Ranges began. Not until the
construction of the McCormick
Road dormitory complex was
there a real break in this trend.
"At that time, the University
seemed to abandon all efforts to
have the living facilities play a
vital role in the student's education.
The ever-increasing need for
dormitory space over the past
decade has seen the construction
of the Alderman Road and Observatory
Hill dormitories.
"These are certainly an improvement
over the McCormick
Road dorms but still leave much
to be desired. It is time for a
return to the original Jeffersonian
aims."
