Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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EXT to the Administration Building, North Hall is the oldest building on the campus. lt was completed in l895. A men's gym and a women's gym comprised the first floor. The library was located on the second floor. A number of laboratories for the various phases of the science department were on the third floor. The fourth floor was given over ex- clusively to a meeting place for literary societies. The catalogue which was published at this time by the lndiana State Normal School proudly claimed: There are few, if any, Normal schools in the United States that are more fully equipped in all their de- partments for work than is this institution. lust before the World War ended, the top floor of North Hall was converted into a barracks due to a pressing need for space. This change was made for the benefit of a students' Army Training Corps. North Hall today serves as an auxiliary to the Administra- tion Building. lt now contains the deans' offices, a newly ac- quired Student Lounge, classrooms of the Departments of Art, Commerce, Mathematics and Foreign Languages. THE STUDENT LOUNGE AN ART CLASS Paoiscr A TYPING CLASS IN ACTION

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TALKEB HALL was originally built for the purpose of housing the training school or the model school as it was then called. It was erected in 1905 and afforded opportunities for observation and practice in both elementary and high school grades. During this time the pupils of the training school used the gymnasium, vocational, and library facilities of the College. As the college grew and the erection of the new Laboratory School was made possible, this branch of training was trans- ferred to the new building. The name of the building was officially changed to Stalker Hall by the Teachers College Board in tribute to the memory of Francis Marion Stalker, who was for many years a member of the faculty of the Department of Education. When the building was vacated by the removal of the Training School, the classes of the College were reorganized: and Stalker Hall became the home of the Departments of Edu- cation and Social Studies. Part of the basement of Stalker Hall is given over to the maintenance of a day nursery, and the classrooms of the building are used frequently for adult education classes spon- sored by the College. GRADUATE CLASS IN EDUCATION THE MAIN HALL WPA NURSERY CLASS mnmmvzs-mu