The general science courses at Temple College provide the basic building blocks for upper-level chemistry and health science professions, but some aspiring doctors and lab technicians may soon be out of luck. The Temple College Newton Science Building is full to the point of bursting, according to the faculty, and at the rate Temple College is growing there is a distinct possibility that they will have to turn away students from certain classes in the near future.
The Newton Science Building was named after Dr. Anne Penny Newton in 1970.
Dr. Newton serves on the Temple College board of trustees. She began teaching for Temple College when the biology classrooms were still housed in Temple High School. She said the student population of around 150 to 200 students nearly doubled when they moved into the new science building in 1965 and the science department has grown steadily ever since.
She said that the technology and equipment available has increased dramatically - especially in the health sciences - but there is still demand for the basics.
