图书馆
Before the building was renovated in 2002 to become the library, it housed a chapel,
a swimming pool and the gymnasium. The incredible remodel from gymnasium to library
was the topic of architectural magazines and awards. Displays of historical items
important to 太阳城集团官方网站 can be found throughout the main floor of the library.
5。 八个窗户。 图书馆的彩色玻璃窗于2006年开始使用。
Artist Cindy Kessler’s “Eight Windows” represent the previous uses of the building
that now houses the 图书馆 and a student’s journey through college. The smaller windows
along the east wall of the 图书馆 are for the past uses of the building: Art Department,
Science Building, Chapel, Gymnasium and Roller Rink.
5B. 望远镜。 The telescope on the Faculty Resource level (visible from the main
floor of the library) was used by Edison Petit, name-sake astronomer of Petit Craters
on the moon and Mars. In the mid-1880s the telescope was housed in an observatory
in the general area of the T.J. Majors building.
5 c。 内布拉斯加州的遗产绘画为内马哈县托德·威廉姆斯。 Williams’ impressionistic
oil painting is based on a photo of the Peru State campus quad in 1924. The painting
features a Model T Ford, students and iconic campus buildings including the current
library with its original roofline. It can be found to the north of the main desk
after entering the west doors on the main level.