technological society. Now, with students numhered
in the tens of thousands, highly specialized fields
of study proliferating almost daily, each with its
own peculiar needs in staff, equipment, and facil-
  . . — ities. and ever greater emphasis on post-graduate
I   '`»»   " " research. the old “caine-in-the-ground” methods of
  campus planning simply will not do.
  Somewhat helatedly. the University of Kentucky
  recognized the need for intelligent professional ad-
»  A. ’ _ vice in planning its future physical development
— .,. “ -   when. in September. 1961. then-President Frank C.
f »..._  _ ..  Dickey employed Lawrence Coleman as the 1[ni-
    _. _J versity`s first full-time resident planning specialist.
. » _   Since then the (Jffiee of Campus Planning has he-
__“_ f [ [     come the L`niversity`s Planning and Design Divi-
  C ‘ sion. with a Director. University Architects. Land- ~
   2 scape Architect. Project Xlanager. Draftsmen. and
.. two secretaries. Plans are afoot which will soon
a ‘   ` ‘ ·( more than douhle the staff of the Division with the
   ‘ ‘ addition of four more professionals and four clerical
[    Q · assistants. ;\ltogether. Xlr. Coleman should end up
-.    “ in charge of a group of fourteen personnel with
" *` P whom to offer the University the kind of sophisti-
_ . cated professional advice in planning its physical
i ·» _ development that its needs demand. [
  ln the meantime the [niversity has. since Decem-
lier. lflo;2. retainecl under contract the well-known  
‘ — Detroit firm of planning and design consultants.  
Crane and (lorwic. lnc.. to work with Xlr. Coleman  
Dr. \\`. l·`. .·\xton is the author of a new and other administrative and academic leaders in  
1 book. "tfircle of Fire: Dickens` \`ision is Style drawing up a long—range physical development dc- l
· 64 >l`l¤<‘ l°<¤D\1l·¤` \'i\\` Sféltvsl sign for the Lexington campus. the Community
N   f*" ‘ f".l·*f<' l)¤‘*`*‘ml’¤"`· D"- -‘\Xff"‘ is College system. and ultimately for all L`niversity— [
tlest-i·il»t[‘tlIl`>y·   eolleagnliesnin [hc Nj l)t‘D·1¤‘t- lu-ll] In-(slip;-tit·s_ ()ut of this extended dialogue lmve [
`  [[1;;; (;_Sl)(;;`I[i[;\_][hip \fm)(I)lIAi“:)p(j:_;0l(l]i[N;t\i\[;O t'0Il1t‘. in _lu.ne. 196-i. a General Deyelopment Plan [
  . ` _ ` · ` _ _ ` , for the Lexington Campus. and. in Septemher. 1961
nfttf I]1l1\l('S Q1l`f(l llUIl·f1Dl’l>Q!t1L` l11ll$l(`- I`IlS .. . s _ _ ) ·* _ _
{  lneliness as a lnnnan heing and dedication il ('Umml fn‘*""l"‘* limelofmwllt 1_lim` if Lli_l\UlOp_
ig  his J S(_[m[[U_ [WINS to his [wok and my l_mUm[l ment plan for the Xledical and .-\gricultur.tl Science
` article an unusual completeness and interest. (i"llt*`l`s 1* 1“'°“`llfll~ llllflcnl-il}`— tllfmgll with *1* }i"t
· no date set for its completion and publication.  
{ liurthermore. shortly after assuming office Pres- f
      F. A.\`f()Il ident john \\`. Oswald created an .-\dvisory Com- l
mittee on Building and Campus Development. with  
Q Zn hygone days. when everything was simpler Charles P. Graves. Dean of the School of ;\1‘chitec— f
, ll1l`l‘$llIlt;tl1l}' more innocent. planning the phys- ture. as its chairman. to provide himself with the
* J ¤fevelopment of a university campus was an henefit of informed. representative faculty opinion
  aiinplicated affair indeed. \\`hcn a new hnilding and reaction on all matters pertaining to the leni-
:  —fl><*en decided upon. the President strolled out versity`s physical development. liecently reorgan-
  fsfilscly spot. planted his cane in the ground. and ized. this committee is actively engaged in review- [
fthe;  **1 the presidential equivalent of "Put it here. ing campus development from the faculty`s point [
Qruss   iff- That was that. of view for the l’resident`s hettcr information. and f
  \l*l§l tll()5l` lli1lL`}ll)ll (lQ\}i$ ill`t‘ g()l1(`, S\\'{1ll()\\-((1 111) ill l`ff>(11`tS tl) lIl\`t)l\`t‘ l`R1(`1llt}l. Xtllfli. Quill St\ltlt‘1ltS l1lU1`(`  
  ifllflf L{l't'1lf ])(1St·\\'Q\I` lillllllllttlllll (`XI)l()$l(lll Lllltl tl1(` Ll(`tl\'t‘l}' L111(f lllfflll;llt‘l}`   tl1l` \\`ll0lt‘ kvIl1\`t‘l`$lt}` [
5w[[[<  `¥i'<‘·1fi<>1i;il tlemantls of a vastly more complex planning process. [