Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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A Year of Construction A Year of Wondel' Ground breaking ceremonies on Founder's Day, Ocfober I9, officially began fhe year of consfrucfion of fhe SI30,000 home economics building -on fhe Norfh Campus, iusf soufh of fhe Burrell Memorial Ob- servafory. The R. S. Ursprin-g Co. of Berea was named general confracfor. Ward Hall will be finished by Fall. Wifh fhe oufbreak of war in Korea, fhe campus was fhrown info a year of wonder. Whaf would be fhe fafe of fhe men and whaf would become of fheir educafion? To fhose who were on campus during fhe sfarf of World War ll, fhe campus would have looked very familiar as recruifing officers once again sefflecl fhemselves down in sfrafegic locafions,

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April firsi' found ihe campus saddened by +he deparrlure of well-loved foolball and 'rrack coach Eddie Finnigan and assislanf foofball coach Ralpfh Adams. Bofh resigned fo fake posifions a+ Wesfern Reserve Uni- versify where Finnigan will head +he Afhlefic deparfmenf and Adams will be lhe backfield coach. Eddie, already al' work has coniracled +o buy 'rhe bleachers a+ The Airporl, used 'For ihe air races, as a s'rar1' +o give Wes'!'ern Reserve iheir much-needed foofball sladium. Keifh Piper, line coach and swimming coacih has made plans 'ro leave al' +he end of spring quarier for Denison Universify. To all we say good-bye and good luck. an

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A Year of Fun A Year of lleavy Snows li E HOSE crazy froshl Freshman Sfunf nifghf wenf over wifh a bang, reminding us fhaf when new freshmen are on campus a. year of fun is bound fo follow. And we were righf, fhe I95O freshmen were no excepfion fo fhe never a dull momenf fhaf characferizes college life. The new dormifories found fhemselves well-ini- fiafed info Berea weafher as Mr. Winfer piled deep driffs around fheir shiny new windows. Buf fhey dug fhemselves ouf evenfually and survived fhe or- deal wifh nary a scrafch.