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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...because the plans smacked of "progressive education." But Hiss kept fighting for good design, pointed out that the cheapest schools run up the highest maintenance costs. The next year he won his first round. M.I.T. educated Architect William Zimmerman of Sarasota, 42, got the job of designing the twelve-classroom Brookside Junior High School. Zimmerman proceeded to divide his project into a campus of long, low-slung buildings attached to a central, triangular walk. He installed floor-to-ceiling school windows, protected by an 8-ft. overhang to keep sun from desks. But what wowed the school board was that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sarasota Success Story | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...Alta Vista Elementary School, a twelve-classroom $154,213 addition designed by Sarasota's Harvard-trained Victor Lundy, 35, with laminated-wood beams and arches supporting a butterfly roof that cantilevers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sarasota Success Story | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...Riverview Junior-Senior High School, a 24-classroom, $1,204,945, two-story building by Yale's Architecture Department Chairman Paul Rudolph, 40. Built round a central courtyard. Rudolph's school uses exposed steel and white brick, copious canopies for sunshade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sarasota Success Story | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

Such group success is hardly coincidental. Miami believes in putting its football coaches to work in the classroom. The current head coach, John Pont (Miami '52), teaches 45 hours a year in football fundamentals. Every coach on the Miami staff takes a hand in formal instruction sessions. After they graduate, Miami alumni form a close-knit group, and they help one another along. Ewbank formerly served on Brown's staff. Parseghian got the job at Northwestern through Athletic Director Stu Holcomb, himself a former Miami coach (1942-43). Ditzel assisted Blaik at West Point, was hired by L.S.U...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Men of Miami | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

This fall's pranks included a cowboy-style gun-fight and other classroom disturbances, including the invasion of an Anthropology 1 class by a Poonie in ape-man attire. Julius Caesar was killed on the steps of Widener, and a flock of pigeons was released within the library...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: 'Poon Board Abolishes Fools' Week Tradition | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

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