Summary of Construction Activities 1960'S

	President A. Davidson Dunton, June 1961.
	Public Relations and Information Services

"There is only one word to describe what happened on university campuses across the country in the 1960's - growth. Incredible numbers of students enrolled in universties far beyond what anyone had estimated and governments opened their purses to facilitate the increasing demands on the Canadian university system.

In 1960 the new Rideau River campus was officially opened, signifying a period of unprecedented growth at Carleton and a realization that it wasn't about to let up. In this decade the university saw the construction of some 15 new buildings and a explosive increase in the number of programs offered to students and the faculty employed.

The University began to mature and its basic academic character took the shape and structure that it resembles today. In 1963, the Faculty of Arts and Science reorganized into four academic units - Arts, Science, Engineering, and Graduate Studies.

It was a decade marked by change and challenge. Students achieved representation in University legislative bodies through the New University Government system.

Externally, students organized politically to fight against the war in Vietnam and through the Canadian Union of Students for better funding for education." (Public Relations and Information Services)

		Very high angle bird's eye map of campus, 1960, orientation looking southeast
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