Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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0 R I E N T BALL STATE'S BUILDING PLAN HE change that has been effected on the campus in the last ten years .will be more than equaled in the next ten years if plans of the college are realized. Work on the Men's Residence Hall has already started. An extension of Burris School is definitely marerializing and extensive plans for a rural educational school, a practical arts building, a new administration build- ing, and remodeling the old into a recitation building are now in prepara- tion. Completion of the library is also on the proposed program. The north end of the auditorium will be enlarged to provide a larger stage and room for a workshop for the dramatics department. Ball Gymnasium is to have an addition of a swimming poolg recreation facilities, including a log cabin, are to be provided on the west end of the campus. A home economics practice home is planned. There are also proposals for a president's home, a student building, and construction of a greenhouse. A new women's residence hall is also proposed. In addition to the new buildings there will also be storage facilities for coal, possible generation of power, and improvement in drives, walks, and parking facilities. x FRANK C. BALL AT BREAKING OF THE GROUNDS FOR MEN'S RESIDENCE HALL 1931 Page Twenty om'

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ORIENT MENJS RESIDENCE HALL BEFORE a large crowd of students, college oiiicials, and citizens, the ground-brealv ing ceremony of the Frank Elliott Ball Hall for men was held April 30 at the corner of Talley and University avenues. The hall is the gift of Frank C. Ball. father of Frank Elliott Ball, in whose honor the building will be a memorial. In presenting the building, Mr. Ball embodied in his speech the idea that the dormitory was to be a club house where boys could enjoy college life. Dean Howick represented the faculty in expressing appreciation, and Howard Armstrong, president of the Senior Class and the Student Association, spoke on behalf of the student bodv. Housing facilities for 102 men will be provided when the structure is completed. In addition to the room for men, the hall will include a large dining room in the basement which may be converted into three smaller rooms. A cafeteria will be located in the basement also. A lounge will he located on the Hrst floor, and there will be reading rooms on the second floor. Chapter rooms and a game room will be located on the fourth floor of the building. This is the first of the buildings to be constructed on the campus in the ten-year building plan. George E. Schrieber, who planned the Arts Building, is the architect. Af, figrnevane. lR0Vlf MEN'S RESIDENCE HALL I 9 3 1 Page Twenly

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ORIENT FRANK E. BALL BALL STATE suffered an irreparable loss when Frank Elliott Ball was killed in a plane crash in Ohio on May 28, 1936. Mr. Ball was rec- ognized as an accomplished pilot, and his death came as a great surprise and shock to those connected with the industry as well as to those of us who had been fortunate enough to have been influenced by him even in the slightest degree. To the students of Ball State, Frank Elliott Ball was looked upon as an ideal whose characteristics we should all strive to emulate. Although he is not now with us as we should all like to have him, his influ- ence will, nevertheless, always accompany us. Those of the men stu- dents who are fortunate enough to have residence in the beautiful new domitory, built by Frank C. Ball in honor of his son, will always have his name before them to spur them on to greater achievements. 1937 Ia Tu 1113 lu'u 1.