Eastern Illinois University - Warbler Yearbook (Charleston, IL)

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President oudna urveys the Yearis Achievements It is said that when a student gets his copy of the Warlvlei' the first thing he does is to search for his picture and his name. After one has satisiied himself that he is Kin the bookv and that his picture is not too bad, the realization comes that the 'Warbler is a history of one year of college life. I am pleased to record here some of the highlights of the past year as seen by the President. Possibly the most important single item was the beginning of a comprehensive ad- ministrative reorganization. A College of Let- ters and Science, comprising iifteen depart- ments, was established. Also established was a School of Elemen- tary and Iunior I-Iigh School Teaching. This is unique among universities. New curriculum requirements went into etlect with the freshman class. A building program that will total over 816,000,000 got under way. Thus, the University moves for- ward constantly, attempting always to in- crease the emphasis on quality, recognizing that the pressures of growth make this diffi- cult but challenging. Photo by Pete Bertram DURING Governor Kerner's late fall visit the two discussed the lanned cam us ex- . P f P pansion. - 1 .L J V1 l ,f ,. - WVINIFBED DOUDNA, while busy in her role of the Presidenfs wife, talks with her husband about plans of a favorite project, their new home. THE PRESIDENT is always a Hirst-nighter at the Players, pro- ductions. DEFEATING Southern brought par ticular joy to President Doudna, a faith ful follower of all athletic events. Bv ,,,

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7ag- gunmen! Gddfzfdvt awidmcea cw Pemberton Hall, completed on january 4, 1909, during the presidency of Livingston C. Lord, is undergoing this year the construction of an additional wing in order to meet the de- mands that Easternis growing female popula- tion makes on campus housing. The new wing is expected to be ready for occupancy next fall and will house 111 residents. The companion building to Old Main, Pem Hall was the second building to be finished on Eastern's campus, and the first womens dormitory to be built on a state school campus in Illinois. In the past few years, new structures have sprung like mushrooms around the campus, and construc- tion is still going on, but in Pem Hall we have the first example of the very old becoming so much a part-in-fact of the very new. Expansion at Eastern has not ignored the male students. Plans for a new men's dormitory which will occupy ground on what is now the archery range will be in the construction stage by the time this year's Wd1'bZ61' is issued. Nor has the most important aspect of University life-the academic-been left out of future planningg a new Life Science building is now being built on the site of the old formal gardens behind the library, at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars. It will also replace the old out- door theatre where graduation ceremonies were held during the summers of 1953 and 1954, and where, in 1953, a scene from Shakespeare's I.V.lidJ'Zl77Z77Z61' Nigbfr Dream was produced. Flourishing? Indeed we are! It is exciting to watch the old give way to the new, while ivy- covered tradition continues side by side with the newly landscaped. NEW added to old as Pem grows. OLD MAIN-Livingston C. Lord Administration Building Photo by Dan Tliornbur