Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Starting off a new decade, the college added another building. In 1960 Marshall Hall was completed. Construction did not begin again until the mid-sixties. In 1965 Russell Hall was completed and in 1967 the last dormitory to be built to this date, Jefferson Hall, was completed. The last building to be built on campus, Goolrick Hall, the gymnasium, was completed in 1969. With its completion, major remodeling took place in Ann Carter Lee Hall. Seacobeck was remodeled from 1969-1972, and a new sen ' ice building was added next to the golf course in 1972. Fall 1970-71 saw the first permanent male students at M.VV.C, only one hved on campus, however. He lived in Hamlet House. The most recent milestone in the history of the college occurred on April 10, 1972. Governor Linwood Holton signed the bill that separated Mary Washington College from the University of Virginia.

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In 1953 the student activities building was added on to the back of the swimming poo l. Ann Carter Lee Hall, as it was named, housed the Terrace Room — a soda fountain, the. college bookstore, classrooms, a dance studio, dressing rooms, a bowling alley, and a two-story ballroom named the Gothic Room. The fine arts center was completed in 1953 also. It consisted of three halls: Dupont, Melchers, and Pollard. The following year two new dormitories, Randolph and Mason Halls were completed. Since the sophomores had lived off campus the previous year, they were placed in these new dorms. Before Dr. Comb ' s death in 1955 he made plans for the construction of a new science building. This building was not completed until 1959 and was named for him. The last improvements at M.W.C. during the 1950s were the construction of Bushnell Hall, another resident hall, in 1959 and the installation of a new telephone system which covered the entire campus.

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