High Point University - Zenith Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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Arts and Entertainment Converge For many, the required assemblage on Wednesday mornings in the auditorium is the only memory they have of the Fine Arts Building. For those who are involved in fine arts, the building represents classes in art, music, speech, and drama and practice with the choir, chamber orchestra and Tower Players. Memo- rial Auditorium, which was occupied in 1954, is the location of most campus entertainment. The evening concert series provides excellent imported entertain- ment while the Tower Players, with casts of campus and local talent, present two plays each year. One of the students ' favorite groups this year was the Tennessee Carolina Union which backed up Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. On October 6, 1970 Rev. James Lawson addressed the student body as the Finch lecturer. w:$m Built on a corner of the campus. Memorial Auditorium links High Point College with the High Point Communi ty-

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Progresses in Roberts Hall krtk Miss Mo he Kosper, key punch operator, works in one of the newly renovated rooms designed specifically for the new computer. On June 29, 1922, the cornerstone to Roberts Hall, the first building on the HPC campus, was laid. Upon completion of Roberts Hall and other basic buildings in September, 1924, High Point College opened its doors to students. These students invari- ably found Roberts Hall to be the center of their activity. The basement, which now holds offices and classrooms for the Behavioral Sciences and Human Relations Departments, was then divided into a cafe- teria and science labs. The second floor, which now holds the Foreign Language, and Religion and Phi- losophy Departments and a chapel, was, at one time, the location of the auditorium and the library. For the past year, renovation has taken place on the first floor of Roberts Hall, changing what were classrooms into enlarged facilities for administrative purposes. New wood-paneled, carpeted, air-condition- ed offices, the new facilities for the computer and a lowered ceiling for give Roberts Hall a modern look. Members of Dr. Thacker ' s education class, meeting in a basement classroom, listen attentively to the lecture. Roberts Hall, the most prominent building on campus, is the center ol administrative activity.

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Quickly and naturally the college dining room becomes sectioned off so that each small group, such as this one from third floor Woman ' s, eats at the same tables each night. Harrison Hall ' s Service to End Mrs. Viola McDonald and Mrs. Janice Kinley probably become more quickly familiar with stu- dent faces than any other staff members on cam- pus. Ranking among the most versatile buildings on campus is Harrison Hall. Constructed in 1933, it served as a gymnasium. Dr. N. M. Harrison, for whom it was named as reward for efforts in collecting money to be used by the college, can be justly proud of the Hall ' s continuing contribution to HPC life. The gym originally offered offices for coaches, team dressing room, and sleeping facilities for visiting rivals. Remodeling in 1957 re- sulted in a cafeteria seating six hundred, departmental offices and a private dining room. During the mid-day hour the cafeteria becomes the center of campus action. Although students constantly complain of the lack of atmosphere, which is increased by the color scheme, the cafeteria is still the place to go to see what ' s cooking. 9 Long lines cause starved students ' irritation and increase their wishes for more adequate facilities and faster service in the promised new cafeteria.