- se at ▁Aud itor ium , ▁a ▁ 2 5 0 - se at ▁presentation ▁room , ▁five ▁class rooms , ▁a ▁library ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 6 . 0 0 0 ▁book ▁titles , ▁a ▁restaurant , ▁accommod ation ▁rooms ▁for ▁one ▁and ▁two ▁persons ▁and ▁d orm itories ▁for ▁eight ▁persons ▁. ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁Olympic ▁Games , ▁Pierre ▁de ▁Cou bert in , ▁had ▁expressed ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁an ▁Olympic ▁educ ations ▁center : ▁“ I ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁what ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁achieve . ▁I ▁believe ▁that ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁Olympic ▁Studies ▁would ▁contribute , ▁more ▁than ▁anything ▁else , ▁to ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁and ▁continu ation ▁of ▁my ▁work ▁and ▁would ▁protect ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁devi ations , ▁which ▁I ▁am ▁afraid ▁will ▁happen ”. ▁ ▁De ▁Cou bert in ▁believed ▁that ▁institution ▁would ▁be ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁research , ▁the ▁philosophy ▁and ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁Olymp ism , ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁means ▁and ▁methods ▁for ▁the ▁real ization ▁and ▁the ▁application ▁of ▁its ▁ideas ▁in ▁our ▁continu ously ▁progress ing ▁contemporary ▁world . ▁He ▁wanted ▁an ▁institution ▁that ▁would ▁teach ▁the ▁Olympic ▁principles ▁and ▁ide als ▁to ▁young ▁people . ▁Additionally , ▁the ▁center ▁would ▁educated ▁staff ▁on ▁further ing ▁the ▁Olympic ▁movement ▁without ▁devi ating ▁from ▁the ▁Olympic ▁ide als ▁and ▁the ▁a ims ▁as ▁expressed ▁by ▁de ▁Cou bert in . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁Karl ▁D