Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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1 Science Hall Forsyth Library Commons 11

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■t Picked Half wai the first building on the campus. Except for an auditorium odd some of the administrative offices, it is largely a class- room building., at present housing the departments of economics and business administration, languages, political science and sociology. Sheridan Coliseum is an all-purpose building housing the gymna- sium; the administrative offices of the president, the dean, the registrar and the business manager; the departments of music and health and physical education; and the college print shop. Cody Commons, the college cafeteria and dining hall, is used con- siderably for social functions as weft as for its primary purpose of serving meals to students and faculty. R jtrk Half, formerly the Industrial Arts Building, was redecorated after the completion of the new Applied Arts Building and now contains the education and psychology departments. Tarsyth Library primarily houses th£ libraries of the college for which it is particularly well-planned. In addition, however, ft furnishes quarters for the history department and the college museums. Science Hall was originally planned and built for the departments of chemistry, physics, astronomy, botany, ioology, and agriculture, to which have been added the departments of geology, mathematics, and nurse education. , '

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na Social Building was the second building constructed on the campus. It was built as a gymnasium and auditorium in 1905 Later it was used for the library and finally came to its present use as a student social Wesley Hall is a women ' s dormitory maintained by the Wesley h x Foundation. It accommodates fifty-four girls, T Applied Arts was constructed in 1952-53 for the purpose of housing applied arf P home economics and industrial arts. It features many excel- lent areas for the display of projects completed in applied art and hom- economics. The President ' s Home, completed in 1954, is located west of campus. The home facilitates entertaining by the president aria his family. pUS I ne name TacinTuiei cnmiiummy y i 11 T Custer Hall is a residence for college women just across the bridge n the quadrangle. Built in 1921, the dormitory was redecorated when From MIC? L|LMJuiMuyiw, Will » ■ ■ r ■■■ ' ■ r r — ■ the north wing was completed in 1952, Rooms and dining fadlilies ore provided for 203 women. Res Residence Hall is a men ' s dormitory. It provides accov TLC3I M ' G 1 1 bC I IUII I5P vi invii -r mviumivp j. -- r . - r , - approximately 150 men. The center section was completed in 1954-55, A housemother for each of the three sections contributes to the welfare of the young men. — “j A ■ — . 1 t A MM 12 f