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Photograph of the "cold, gray walls" of Kell Hall during winter

Photograph of students dropping eggs from the 4th floor of Kell Hall onto Ivy Street in a simulation of lunar landings

Photograph of astronomy students on the roof of Kell Hall to view the partial eclipse

An article about plans to build a new Science Center, which would allow science departments and labs to move out of Kell Hall.

An article about a student's effort to hold a painting part to help renew Kell Hall.

Photograph of a Kell Hall window in disrepair; the caption suggests this belies the SGA's efforts to beautify the building

A new entrance connecting Kell Hall with the Classroom Building Plaza

Photograph of vending machines in the refectory in Kell Hall with wooden shingles overtop

Page 8: The Blue Key Book Exchange is relocated from Kell Hall refectory to the new game room on 2nd floor Student Activities Building.Page 9: the music and arts departments are relocated from their homes on the 6th floor of Kell Hall to the new Fine…

Page 5: students in the Anthropology Club compete against UGA in a primative weapons competition, including blowgun, spear, bow, atlatl, and boomerang. Interested students told to apply at the Archaeology Lab on the 3rd floor of Kell Hall.Page 9: a…

An article about the history of the refectory in Kell Hall

An article about a new computer system, an IBM 1800 Data Acquisition and Control System, being installed in the psychology department in Kell Hall.

An article about a new language lab being built in three rooms at the rear of the refectory, where the library was once located. A new roof costing $16,000 and new aluminum frame windows facing Ivy Street were also added to Kell Hall.

An article about renovations to Kell Hall totalling over $1 million. Rooms for Greek organizations were converted to classrooms, and chemistry added three laboratories and a lounge. "Business education, biology, psychology, physics, and music…

An article about the Third Annual Brass Symposium in the Kell Hall recital hall

Page 5 has an article about the Georgia State Players losing their small theater space on the 6th floor of Kell Hall to the physics department.Pages 7 through 10 include substantial articles about building developments on campus, including new…

An article about extensive renovations to Kell Hall and relocation of numerous organizations and labs.Sorority and fraternity rooms were replaced with classrooms, physical education moved into the old Signal offices, and faculty moved into the…

An article about the refectory, including its history beginning in the Luckie Street building and its name, which was given by Director Sparks.

An article about renovations to Kell Hall by university staff, led by superintendent Bob Tiller. A physics lab was built in space vacated by Southern Bell Telephone. Other rooms in the building received fresh paint and floor covering to help renew…

Two pages of this issue are dedicated to the history of Kell Hall, excerpted from an article titled "CONVERTING: Garage into College" in College and University Business, 1948, by Loula N. Cantrell