John Brown University - Pioneer Yearbook (Siloam Springs, AR)

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In July, 1922, Dr. Francis Russell, a Berkeley, California, minister, lifted the first spadeful of earth from the site that was to beg The California Building? Located on the east edge of the campus, overlooking a beauti- ful valley, the building was to furnish much needed dormitory space. Financed by friends in California, much of the Work on the building was actually done by California students. Carefully planned and constructed, it was soon ready for service, and has been the university home of hun- dreds of students each year since. For all but a very brief time, the California Building has been occupied by girls, with the boys residing in the J. Alvin Brown Hall, the South Hill Dormitory, and the Memorial Dormitory.

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Ahlf Those were the days when the gay blades and the shy young swains made conversation with discreet propriety to the young ladies of the campus on pleasant Sunday afternoons. The social hour is the feature picture here. The setting is in front of the old fthen newb White Build- ing. It is rumored that the sighs and the 4'eyes of those social hours were as fatal as the smiles and the wiles of the modern, every-day con- tacts. School statistics have shown that many a heart was softened and many a match was made during the popular Sunday afternoon social hour.

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There was a jolly Welshrnan . . . His name was Joshua Williams and he loved music. Youlll find him fifth from the left in this picture, and ranged on either side of him are the seven university men who made up the first band. What this first band lacked in numbers, they made up in pep and ambition. They were always on hand to add the sparkle of band music to any campus occasion, meantime building their own practice quarters, the log cabin you see in the background. The band has grown with the University, until it now numbers about five times the number you see here. Of course, they long ago outgrew their headquarters and, under the direction of Mr. Paul Whit- more, the current band has developed into a concert as well as a marching band, developing real musicianship among a still greater percentage of the student body.