Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Verboten t0 the men and :1 place of many nostalgic memories to Augusmnn girls is the Woman's Building. Letters written home from window seats overlooking the tennis courts. serenuclcs scntimenmlly enjoyed from u bul- cony above the main lounge, and the studying for El final in a dimly lighted iimush room are part of :1 freshman girl's dormitory life. A student having left Augusmnn fondly remembers the grueling hours spent in the Stacks of Denk- mnnn Library across the street from WB :15 the most concentrated of his college career, and a student in the midst of his academic work often regards the 100,000 volumes in the library as both encouragement and dis- couragement to his goals. Moments of great discovery, both social and intellectual, occur in the i'Libiiipart of Arrgmmmz. WHO'S A SPOUK? With 100,000 book; mail- able in tbe Deukmrzmz Memorial Library, no one can avoid Jud: a clasJMmtioaL THE STEEL GJRDERS of the Cememziai Andi- zorimn preview a perfect jinixbizzg touch to rise Fine Art: Btliiding. 1 v

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THE COLLEGE STORY WHAT Is AUGUSTANA? A dehnitional answer comes easily in reply It is 21 fouteyeat liberal arts college dedicated to the Christian ideals of higher education in ptepating the student to participate intelligently in the culture of his generation. Tbit if Ancgmtnne, bet it i; more . . . The sonotous tones of the old hell in the Bell Tower ring over the campus and echo between the short hills and the scattered buildings. The tall beams of the tower, which were saivuged from Augustana's Htst building, ele- vate the original bell which traditionally rings when the team is victorious in an athletic contest or when a girl becomes a true co-ed in its shadows. The Bell Tower stands behind Old Main, whose dome is both a landmark and :1 symbol of the Augustana College tradition. For years students have watched the prismatic deflections of light through the brilliantly colored win- dow 0f the chapel. Old Main also houses offices of ad- ministration, admissions, faculty and the deans. AlmOSt every department in the school curriculum has classes in the building, and the dome is the Iiving quarters of Dome Gnome, the criptic observer of Augustana life who sees all, knows all, and tell; all. It is a place of memorable lectures and unforgettable decisionsidmi tlaz'x zlr Augm- mm. The Steps of thousands of students have hollowed shallow depressions in the stone Stairs descending from Old Main t0 the boulevard at the Seventh Avenue thoroughfare. Across the street the gaunt skeletal frame of a partially constructed building passes from the embryonic state of its design to the coordinated whole of the completed struc- tureethe Fine Arts Building and its new auditorium. In the buildings are the laboratory and practice rooms of the art and music departments, ofhces, classrooms, Potter Hall, and Larson Recital Hall. Used for weekly Student Union meetings, after-game dances, presentations of the dramatics department, and the meetings of large groups like LS.A., Potter Hall is a hub of campus activity. Behind it Is Etie- son Field, sometimes green, grey, or white; deserted and empty or alive with grit and determination, shouts and groans. Near the held is a building of turrets anti gar- goyled architecture of a bygone period. The manyeeoated remodeling of its past, and the animating population of the Student body make up the Student Union building; All Ibi: 13 Angilttane. PREHISTORIC FOSSILS AND ROCKS are displayed in the famed Geology Mmezmz of the le'IEerg Hall of Science.

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An nttid and pervading mixture of odors 13115 the rooms of the Science Building-srnells of preserving compounds, chemicals, and applied heat, Glass tubing, tarnished metal pipes, glistening tats of specimens, long laboratory tables, and the ever-ptesent odors are components in the world of the Wnllberg Science Building. The Landmark rock is beside the path which leads from this building 10 the Gymnasium, the headquarters of physical education activi7 ties and many special events. Here is a shining basket- ball court, :1 stage and bowl with near-petfect accousdcs, steaming locker rooms, and the isolated white-washed pool and its aquamarine interior. On the side of the hill heEow the Beil Tower is the oldest and most venerable of campus buildings, Eas: Hall. Dut- ing its distinguished cateet it has had association with most of the departments of the college. The steps of East Hall ate a hit steep, and the heating and tempera- ture control are not always consistent; it has gray lou- vered shutters and birds' nests trailing from the eaves, am! that 1'! Angmmm. The arched doors of Andreen Hall open into the world of men's dormitory life, long corridors wind the length of the font Houts and echo the sounds within the rooms-- the tankling blare of a radio playing one of the top ten, the hum of low voices and laughter from a bull session, and the staccato sound punctuation of a hesitat- ing typewriter. Through the comfortable lounge and the dining room, the trees of the hillside are the only view of the remainder of the campus. Beyond them, high on the hill of the gitlsi campus, Westetlin Hall and House on the Hill ate located on the 26-acte tract of the Davis Estate. A tiny fireplace, shutters at the windows, a cozy lounge, or the imposing staitway will ever be remem- bered by a House on the Hill girl. The sleek hati- zontal lines of Westerlin Hall do not belie the colorful and modern facilities of this dormitory. With candle- light to guide them and hot coffee and coffeecalte for everyone, the Swedish Sanm Lucia every year visits the corridors of the three floors with the traditiOnai herald- ing of the Christmas season, Using the modem kitchen- ettes, the HivFi and television sets in the spacious lounge, A STREAMLINE DREAMLINE. Augie undemt anxiomly await H38 comrmdim: and completion of the StuvU, expected in Septemhar, 1959.