Summary of Construction Activities 1960'S
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![](zoom.gif) | President A. Davidson Dunton, June 1961. |
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"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)
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![](zoom.gif) | Very high angle bird's eye map of
campus, 1960, orientation looking southeast |
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