James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Look far to the east now, where a large new dormitory stands on the north end of the hockey field; a second extends northward from Junior Hall. Modern and spacious, these inspire the larger group of tomor- row ' s students to greater originality in room-planning, as do the Freshman dorms of 1945-46, which have been remodeled in sound-proof suites like those of Junior and Senior Halls. Walking up the shady driveway and turning south past Wilson and Maury Halls, look through the swaying branches of many tall trees to the spot where once the Newman farmhouse stood. For years the college in- firmary, it has now disappeared, and on this site there stands a fourth new academic building, in line with Reed, Wilson, and Maury Halls. In the rear of Maury, a new addition to the science hall provides facilities for enlarged chemistry, biology, and physics departments.

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c omorrow s Jnaoi ison In the gold and scarlet of a Shenandoah sun- rise, come and walk with the student of tomorrow across the broadened campus of a greater Madison. See in the mellowing tradition and the enlarging scope of this campus the marks of a school grown to new physical dimensions, to higher academic attainment. Standing on the walkway by the north en- trance gate, look across the wide lawn shaded by shrubs and trees grown tall with passing years. To the north, where once Carter and Sprinkel Houses nestled under spreading maples stands a well-equipped training school, operated to provide the teachers of tomorrow with the best possible mastery of educational techniques.

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Across from the new academic building on the west side of the driveway is a large, modern infirmary. Following the driveway south past the new academic building and the Home Management House on the left, observe the large new build- ing facing north. From it come sounds of piano scales and vocal exercises reminiscent of the oldtime Harrison Hall bedlam. Swinging west with the new driveway now, glance just ahead where two new dormitories parallel Jackson and Ashby Halls on the south. Walking past them to Main Street again, observe that the driveways north and south of the quadrangle no longer extend to Main Street, but circle back toward Wilson Hall. Look far and long upon this greater Madison of tomorrow. Though the campus looms strange in many ways, yet the aims and the spirit of her students and administrative leaders re- main unchanged. It is through their devotion, far-sighted- ness, and worthy ideals that Madison will continue to grow great through the unnumbered tomorrows. rT. l- K, '