Waterloo College and Associate Faculties FIRST IN A SERIES OF PERSONAL REPORTS • APRIL, 1958 the Waterloo story On Saturday, January 25, 1958, newspapers across Canada published a story datelined from Waterloo, Ontario. It was an announcement of national importance. Its subject : the plans for development of Waterloo College and Associate Faculties, representing the united efforts for progress of a thirty year old liberal arts college and of Canada's newest centre of professional education. For persons cognizant of the problems and increasing needs of higher education in Canada, the Waterloo story is one of deep significance. In essence, it is the introductory chapter in the story of a new $15 million university. It is an unusual story, one in which business and industry form a close working partnership with higher education. It is the story, too, of an entire geographic region whose residents are strongly aware of the vital importance of educated men and women in Canadian society and its growth economy. The Governors of Waterloo College and Associate Faculties take pleasure in initiating the series of personal reports. They sincerely hope that you will find this and subsequent mailings of interest. Naturally, your comments and suggestions are welcomed. 20 -Acre Campus Bought For Future University Here $15 Million Waterloo Expansion By EARLE WeiCHEL Acquisition of a new 200- acre campus for Waterloo College Associate Faculties was announced today by J. C. Hagey. president. A $15,000.000 expansion program involving construction by 1965 of 19 buildings--the first one to be erected this year--was also disclosed. The program will he a major step in the institution's march toward its goal of becoming degree granting university. The site for the new campus is within s If a mile of the present Waterloo College buildings Pur• chase of the 200 acres, previous reserved for industrial de meet, oas completed this by the Associate Faculties SEE 3.136 Enrolment Recta ry... tAtn0 cam 64.