Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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dean t. w. mackesey Bending over drafting boards heaped with sketches of art centers and office buildings, we find the architect. Mis famed individualism and creative abilities have made his college distinctive. In the drafting room where students and faculty work closely together through critiques, the bond of his profession is strongly felt, and when charette time inevitably rolls around, he hibernates for endless days up in White’s fourth floor with others of his class. But by no means is his talent confined to tin activities in White Hall. Between calculating storage spaces and beam deformations, he takes time out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or throw the biennial Beaux-Arts Ball. Whether preparing for a festive event, meeting a problem deadline, or studying the humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, he is preparing for his life as an Architect. (he college of ARCHITECTURE 23

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Nowhere is one more conscious of the coeducational aspect of Cornell than in the time-honored haven of the Arts School—Goldwin Smith Hall. It is here that the freshman is first introduced to Pom• mer and Sale, to the origins of contemporary civilization, and to the many new experiences that will stimulate and develop his intellectual awareness throughout his four years in the Arts College. The main quadrangle, the Arts student's especial home, has come a long way from the days when Morrill Hall stood starkly alone, surrounded by fifteen foot drainage ditches. Today, its well kept lawn is encompassed by Goldwin Smith, Stinison, Boardman, the Main Library, McGraw, White, that same Morrill Hall and some engineering buildings off to the north. In spring, the ever somber statues of Ezra and Andrew watch over lethargic students, playful dogs, and the | opular professor who disdained tin sultry classroom. The flippant regard for tin Arts student’s occasional pause in the Ivy Hoorn for a cup of coffee and a crossword puzzle shows a lack of perspective. The graduating student may claim a truly liberal education; he has received a wealth of heterogeneous ideas, and an understanding of his fellowman. dean |ianl in. o'learv 25