Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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When our boys left for parts unknown they took the heart of The Hill with them. Without their gay hearts and careless laughter, without their in- fectious good spirits and love of life, it is a dull place. It seems to be waiting, holding its breath until its boys come back. Until they do it will never be the same again. Our task is to make sure they do come home. To make sure that they will again fill the classrooms and the halls. To devote ourselves to the job of bringing them back so that they may again ring the Victory Bell, or stroll leisurely down Senior Walk, or dance with their girls in the Social Room. This was the kind of life they knew and loved and, without complaint, they left it to help rebuild a crumbling world. Fairmont College is both proud and humble to dedicate her annual to her men in the service, those men who have dedicated their lives to their country. FAIRMONT COLLEGE LIBRARY 5105V

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The view of Fairmont State College shown above is one of the most recent photographic studies of the rapidly expanding school. Besides adding a new gymnasium to its buildings, it has also made academic chang- es. By an act of the legislature the name Fairmont State Teachers College was changed in March 1943 to Fairmont State College. Students are now permitted to minor in speech; and Spanish, a compara- tively recent addition to the language de- partment, is a most popular subject.