Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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LDDKIIXIE EACK riffs' vzmis men were joyously greeted in Front ol Zwergels, and the U. ol M. men lound the Friday night Qwl car most convenient, But the Normal lads were last coming into their own on the campus- the male population had so increased that it was deemed expedient to add a wing to the towered Hgymn, and by 1916 the Au- ,H I rora boasted ol one ot the best equipped gymnasiums in 91' .I -11 sL,,N.15a53.l '+a+:'i-- .'.A ' 1 -t ' , A , the state. That - , same year saw Pease Auditorium dedicated, and soon alter the Administration building came into existence. The literary societies which had been so powerful in the '9O,s were now replaced by the oratorical and debating classesi fraternities and sororities were also providing the campus with its social life. Then the World War l. -once again the Normal men were called to the training camps and lront lines. Amidst Flu masks and lonely girls the Aurora ol1918 went to press. Months passed slowly and the boys returned to Find the Women's League being organized. The prelace to the 1921 Aurora . , i , . ti i ' 'Wi-L ,- . , . . announced that history was being made in that -Wlu glililg-llw lgjlsl lil : -l .wt for the First time, its . . fsi5Q4fm'7'S:2,egaqePS'sj-g' i-f xg. publication passed from the hands ol the Soph- AN omore class to those FREE-?'.: --l,'J 'El 'X 1' of the Senior class . Another women s organ- 'E .- ization appearedin fgglbfiiltfiiiiiip 'l ' -,,.-asf 9 -,, the form ol the W.A,A, And in a leading De- troit newspaper an L-5 - jiifjfgf' 2 ' ' article stated, uAn annual event which Detroitls musical public has learned to anticipate with eager- ness is the pre-holiday appearance ol the Ypsilanti Normal Choir with the Detroitgymphony Qrchestraf' 8

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FIFTY YEARS S,.w 'iQx QMNZ! students began to spend four years on campus in an etlort to earn their AB. or BS. degrees. By this time the Aurora chronicled the events of the literary societies - Adelphic, Athenaeum, fef fi v' Crescent, and Qlympic - into which existing organiza- ,gz9,0.Q'v uEE'4,iit tions had been combined. ills . l - -01 4 'tlftygsfszssfsfd f . . . . . . . 'M 'AW V . - . - The Friday night meetings ofthesocietieslnthe north wing s ??3 ol pierce still linger in the ...i, ig' memory ol many. 1 ,X T y at - Then Npemember the Nlainen- and at Normal l-lill 'l5OO StUd9I'1tS cheered Gnd Fired a small cannon as the boys lelt For camp. -lime went on and the ,CQ Aurora announced that one could attend fVl.S.lNl.C. For the small registration lee of 559.00 per year. Rooms could be had for less than STOO per week, and 51.75 paid one's board lor seven days. The next year the Senior class chose Ha tower o' wisdom and silencenhlohn M. Munson, to lead I f them. And soon the Science i lu building and its thirteen chimneys appeared. Years came and Went. Enrollment had increased to the extent that there was rumor that the psych- ology classes would be held in the presidentls barn. C. P. Steimle had his picture talcen- surrounded by his girls' basketball team. Une day in 1907 an automobile spasmodically climbed Normal Hill. Classes were linterrupted 'E-M - . 'ribs For thirty minutes while students Watched its progress. ln those days minstrel shows were the entertainment, and lVl.S.N.C's Senior class produced several with end men and all of the trimmings. Daily the interurban and the Ann- Arbor 7

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The 1924 and T925 Auroras pictured the arrival of the Roosevelt and Lincoln training schools. At the time l-loover was front page material for the nation's newspapers, the Normal News announced 4 'P that all students and faculty must be if :W-:QQQQQI , ,g c vaccinated. Despite sore t ,AAA U t t so V:-if N , tttt arms, the l-lop was held- with 5155, r, K . dancing 'til one in the ar- R I 'f ' 5 3' L ui 7 Y '- mory. No-longer did the bell in the old Pierce Tower summon the students to classes- but the memory lingers of the tower keeper whose connection with the school was severed when it was dis- covered that the bell was ringing as much as fifteen minutes late -an act of friendship and sympathy for the students. Then came the day when the dream of the students, alumni, and the community was realized. Ground was broken for Charles lVlcKenny l-lalll This was only the beginning. With the arrival ofan illustrious alumnus, the tower o' wisdom and silence , the campus became a scene set with steam shovels, bricks, and men in overalls, the campus was reiuvenated over night. The Briggs field l'louse arose followed by the l-lorace Rackham building, the l-lealth Residence, -- S? J julia Anne King and Bertha Goodison Residence l-lalls 5 ' f N li for women, the lVl. Munson Residence l-lall for men, k Jiri? iEJ .ecimt is the new garage, and finally the elaborate green house and laboratory. Fifty years had passed. The campus of six acres and two buildings had grown to onehundred XV! seventy acres and fifteen buildings. The Aurora had also undergone a transformation. No longer a book of essays and formal pictures, it is now an annual reflecting the true life of our Normal College- an active, interesting, and intelligent existence. 9