College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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The spirit of William and Mary is a rich inheritance from the past and a creative and transforming force in the present, for it manifests a spiritual kinship between the students of today and those who have dwelt and developed at this College during the two hundred and forty-three years of its life and service. . .The aims, the obligations, the courage, and the will of 1693 animate the William and Mary of 1936. John Stewart Bryan ' s sentiments, quoted from the dedication of the 1936 Colonial Echo, were expressed at a time when Earl Gregg Swem was the librarian, not the library and when Richard Lee Morton was a professor of history, not the history department ' s building. In the face of the rapidly changing William and Mary of 1985, such sentimentalism seemed trite. Many people saw William and Mary in a state of transition, one which promised to be painful at times. Money was tight. Ask any member of last year ' s six cut sports. Ask any faculty member who struggled One of the biggest changes in campus this year was the completion of Trinkle Hall. Although delayed, the wait seemed worth it for students who took advantage of the new game room and craft shop as well as the Colony room and student offices The atrium, pictured here, provided a good place to study or talk with friends The post office got a slightly new look this year also New boxes were added, the desk was moved and the mailbox was replaced after its disappear- ance this spring Diane Inderlied checks her box before going to class All photos, MiKe NiKoiich