Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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' ■ ' - ' -■■■:: ' % ■?■■ ' VX Robin Pyle and Ed Castener share their ultrabright smiles. Decorated with balloons and smiles, Homecoming float adds to the parade. t ■ ;. ■ s ■ ■ ' :. NEW VISIONS 13

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Visions of smiles Smiles . . . laughter . . . more smiles . . . more laughter . . . friend- ship . . . good times . . . Bubba ' s . . . The Cabaret . . . Joe ' s . . . Bunny ' s . . . The Nickle . . . The Pockey Dot . . . football games . . . dances . . . Homecoming . . . plays ... air bands . . . The Dating Game . . . Win, lose or draw . . . Days of Our Lives . . . Pump UP The Volume . . . Frat parties . . . smokers . . . rush . . . Basketball games . . . SPRING BREAK . . . jokes . . . Tammy Faye Bakker . . . Fawn Hall . . . Gary Hart . . . Donna Rice . . . The Church Lady . . . Saturday Night Live . . . The Gary Shandling Show . . . Steve Martin . . . are just a few among the many, many events that provoked humor, sarcasm and smiles into NEW VISIONS of 1988. Missy Cioni and Dee Oldaker show their enthusiasm for Homecoming. 12 Smiles

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Reeling out the past The campus has gone through many changes or ren- ovations. In the beginning, the college was named Fair- mont State Normal School and located downtown. The century brought not only a change of location, but also changes of name from Fairmont State Normal School to the Fairmont State Teachers ' College in 1936 and to Fairmont State College in 1943. The Administration Building is the oldest building on campus. Initially it housed the theatre, cafeteria and most subjects offered. Today, it is the home of the administra- tion offices, education and social science classes and surrounded by academic buildings and facilities. Demands and needs of the students have given the college many NEW VISIONS and buildings. However, it is always gratifying to reflect upon the past and see how the NEW VISIONS have changed the cam- pus. What was to become today ' s largest West Virginia public college, Fairmont State Normal School after 24 years at the corner of Adams and Quincy streets, moved to its Gaston Avenue site between Second and Third streets in 1893. Woman ' s Hall, now Morrow Hall, was constructed in 1921- 22 to help fulfill the need for dormitory facilities. 14 The Past