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Meet Me at the TUB Exhibit Graphic

Meet Me at the TUB graphic for The Built Environment Physical Exhibit in USU's Merrill-Cazier Library.

2018-02

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Meet Me at the TUB

Meet Me
at The TUB
(Tune: Pistol Packin’ Mama)
Reading books the live-long day
Is not my choice of fun.
So now there is a club house,
Boy, I’m on the run.
Chorus
Oh, meet me in the TUB gang,
Meet me in the TUB,
Leave your cares behind you,
And meet me in the TUB
The library was quiet,
The Bluebird was a jam,
Then someone told me of the TUB
And brother, here I am!

Greek Row (1940-)
A persistent housing shortage at Utah State made sororities and fraternities popular among students inclined to join these organizations. Most early Greek houses were located throughout downtown Logan. In 1940, Sigma Chi fraternity built the first house along
Greek Row at the corner of 700 North and 800 East. Other fraternities and sororities soon followed.

Library (1930-2005)
In 1930, a $175,000 state appropriation enabled construction of the first library building. Quickly outgrowing the 80,000 book and 300-student capacity, the university expanded the library in 1966 by essentially building a brick and mortar box around the existing structure. Named for retiring Vice President Milton R. Merrill in 1970, the library again outgrew itself. In 2003, the university planned to conjoin the Science and Technology Library, named after retired president, Stanford O. Cazier, with a new facility. The resulting Merrill-Cazier Library opened in 2005, as crews demolished the old Merrill Library. Today, the Stan L. Albrecht Agriculture Sciences Building occupies the space of the former library.

Taggart Student Center (1952-)
The Aggies realized their dream of a permanent student center in 1952, when the college relocated most of the remaining livestock barns to accommodate a new Student Union Building (today’s Taggart Student Center). The original facility included a soda fountain, bowling alley, a student health office, bookstore, ballroom, and cafeteria. Named for retiring president Glen L. Taggart, the Taggart Student Center, after 66 years and several renovations and additions, still provides students a place for social events, a quick snack, or a nap on one of many couches.

Students eating at the cafeteria located in the basement of the Family Life Building, 1930s.
USU Special Collections and Archives, A-Board Collection, Image 1045b

Three students enjoy sodas at the Temporary Union Building lunch counter, c. 1945.
USU Special Collections and Archives, A-Board Collection, Image 314

Looking east across the Quad at the Merrill Library and tennis courts, c. 1940.
USU Special Collections and Archives, A-Board Collection, Image 1360