News Scrapbook 1958-1961

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1960

SECTION Ill

Luxury Mixed With· Education • New Student Quarters At USD Could Almost Be Called U que

B~ CLYDE V. SMITH The San Diego Union's Reol Eltate ond

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say that to the best of tJi ege, it i unique, at le West Coast. Some of the older east- ern universities and colleges may offer similar , ccommodations, but certainly not in a comp ct cliff- side c•ommunity like that which captures the imagmatwn of San DiC'go C'ampus visitots. Unlikt> the do!'mitory fac1lities of housing here offers sepnrate Jiv- ing quarters with kitchens, living rooms, private bedrooms and bath- rooms, and even a patio terrace. 'l'he advantages are obvious-iso- lation for study, privacy for re- Jaxation and facilities for cooking their own meals, if the students The students do double up In the apartmrJJts, from four to eight in a singJP unit, but it :,till 1s much less crowded and the ac<·ornmoila- tious much more ind1v1dual than in dormhories where similar f,ll'ili- tie· are shared by groups of 20 or sometimes many more. These apartment!';, built by tM univ rsity at a cost of more than one-haH-million dollars, are ar- ranged in tiers along the hillside south of Linda Vista road. There are 38 apartments In the group, each of single-story height, placed along five stepprd terraces, eight (Contlmwd on r.:z, Col.l) on the mo ·t sl'hools, the male stu(Ient wish.

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bordering tbe lower end of Mission Valley, where Linda Vista ro· d rises from the valley floor, spread tbe acres of the University of Diego campus, the home of both the College for Women and College !or Men at this Catholic· education There, on a high plateau-visi- the miles that str tc-h aero. s Mission Bay, part of Point Loma and Pacific Beach, and up Mission Valley-stands an impos- ing array of university buildings that are a modern monument to the glory of an ornate architectural style of another era, Spanish Ren- It has b en a recent develop• ment, most of it within the last lions of dollars. Campus de\elop- ment is still going on. Ambitious plans for university expansion are An inte1esting part of this im- pressive array, also a stud.i, cliffside building and one of the projects most recently completed niversity of San Diego 1:'ampus, is apartment hou ing !or students in the College for Men. Apartment housing provided by a univer ity for its students i un- San Diego University officials an center. ble from aissance. five years, costing everal mil• under wa:-,. in at the u.sual, if not unique.

- San Ottg0 Unkln Slt:tH Pho 01 by Roge-r Wrenn

UNIVERSITY HOUSI G: Students living on campus ot the University ct Son Diego, College for Men, occupy ind vidual apartment un ts, orroyed in rows of eight along a five-level terraced hillside site. The opart_ments are des gn~d in the archlt turol tyl of Spanish Renaissance, following the pattern of the campus. Long exterior steps, down which Father Wdlrams D. Spain end Father Joseph Williams descend, I nk each terraced entry. All apartments hove two bedrooms.

OUTDOOR ROOM: Patio deck with table and benches, where these students chat, adioins each apartment: John Peck, near the wall; Rolph Fear, seated foreground; Fred Widmer, standing near table, end Bill Thomas. Note "finials"-short ornamental posts. on roof edge, on architectural detail which adorns all buildings on the campus.

STUDY TIME: Each student is provided with private desk in all University of Son Diego apartments. Tht 1s living room scene in apartment of Peck and Thomas, in fort!ground, and Widmer end Fear The umvers,ty furnishes each apartment, also pays all utility cosh Kitchen, came equipped with range, oven, refrigerator and waste disposers.

MEETING PL:ACE: Beautifully-londscoped formal gardens ore at entry of Rose Patio, University of Son Diego, College tor Women, where both men and women students meet their friends. Rose Polio is often scene of dances, other mixed social events. Housing for women students ls on upper floors, classrooms are at ground level of building!.