Berry High School - Torch Yearbook (Mount Berry, GA)

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igwwtow ' Z' On a hilltop across the valley from Frost Chapel stands Barstow Memorial Library, a beautiful building of colorful field stone. This library was erected by Berry students in 1940 and financed by Mr. and Mrs. George E. Barstow II in memory of their son, George E. Barstow III, who was lost at sea with the famed explorer, Richard Halliburton. Barstow Library is adjacent to the Recitation Hall. It houses a large collection of reference works and current reading material for high school students and faculty. Its rustic yet clean lines and its modern facilities make it a pleasantly functional academic building. 6 5,

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X Y: L11 .'.'.'JlB-f2' .' -- ' 'Wad Rough brown mountain stones gathered by Berry students during their work and jaunts about Lavender Mountain provided the inspiration and humble origin for Friend- ship Hall. Miss Berry started the students collecting such building stone, which they piled by the side of the road near Friendships present site. To visitors Miss Berry pointed out the growing pile of stones as she told of her hopes for a new dormitory there. Friendship is truly a fitting name for this hall, for many visitors donated funds to aid in its construction. Before Friendships completion in 1926, students lived in such log structures as Meacham Hall. Friendship stands on a grassy knoll above the Recitation Hall. It accommodates seventy students, has four single faculty apartments and one family apartment for faculty. The recently refurnished common room is a favorite gathering spot for students.

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is V Q' -- New York pilgrims to Berry, led by Mrs. Emily Vanderbilt Hammond, gave us Pilgrim Hall. In 1929-30 students helped erect this dormitory on a wooded slope of Lavender Mountain. Pilgrim Hall's Gothic lines and native stone blend fittingly with the tall pines and beautiful flowering shrubs and trees that surround the building. This is the largest dormitory on the upper Campus. It houses 150 students, and has several faculty apartments, a spacious common room, a TV room, and various other facilities. Pilgrim Hall overlooks the broad valleys of the Rome area. From the dormitory site above the Dining Hall and the other Mountain Campus buildings, one can see the Berry fields and forests and the industrial plants and settlements that dot the valleys and hills along the Oostanala, Etowah, and Coosa Rivers.