McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Boyce Hall houses women students who find Life in the small dorm more like home. Rushing-Turner is another small girls' dormitory on campus. l Ten girls live in Ward Hall, the former home of the President of the college. The Iris Graham Dining Hall stands between President Hall and Gold Star Dorm on the campus. F ian sk t ,N ,ws -Q MM.: ' , J' . 3 . , ,X f f:f:..:.r,N-.1551-'fy-,if,- 5 w -Y .J 'Q L . V . Q ' - ' U . Y 5 - 1 'Z' -'.7f1wFg- '.- '?':3-ri 'Ef5'f:'.I'f?'f:if'Q-bt-512213:1-': --2255:-i'a--el1i5 l1'f -5 ' .13-T',l ' -- 'K i 'xx ' K ' ' ' lf 1.'5,l-R311:5-?'.3:g1,'iyiggii:QiijigfiE?:i11gga?s3,31 , I 9T3155?q1jg,gffJ'f .3 4- ' - I ' -, ' ' 'f' :il K ' H, ,NE - ,al at ' A - , . v.:Q,,., ,es 'u.,,e. fg,:.:.-, .N N 42. - is .I 1x W. fp Q V aa, ' -Il'Qf'l-- -'..---- i' , 4.w T. 43.031 - uv- .... -- . : in I '- - . ' b . . T 7' - . V- ' -ff'-I' .. N. t 7 ,' N T ' ' W ' A ' , ' ' ' '- 'sses and Chanter ractice. X by 4 ,gay W Wl...l.-,,iN m,g,,?3,,Atgr1.V . ,,w..,7,, efts Building is tlxe site 'ggsgla P ,. ,, j ,, l '. , KJ' i,.'Tf,c f:x'i --' v - .ff'- -.M--1 . '1-. Jia 1' l.,- ,. , M, 1 . ug, . , f ff: , mr:-.' . '. ' '-- en- ---W-1755 .. '1'4 'h'7' 'WV--r 1, .-. - f' e-.:. '. : ' L11 'U' - Q-. Lhhiia .i '81-in-'rv A J-w ,tis . .. .1..'...-4 1 . - I8

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r ' 'F ' rv-1-'vvupr-gc ef W-fn ' -- ' 1Qn.: -1 5 MAJOR SOURCE OF CAMPUS ACTIVITY The dormitories on campus are undoubtedly the primary not just a place to stay while you are at school. Roommates, source of campus activity. Study and sleep are not the suitemates, lobby calls, phone calls, and all the rest add to major time-consumers here. Whether the dorm be very make dorm life an integral part of college life. In ten years large or very small, conversation and fellowship are the when we look back to college life, what we remember will outstanding features. A dorm begins to be a home for you- be the activities of the dormitory. K , Y: .. fff .1-ing, i 7'E3' ' -'Tk iJ fi? '7'E l Lnyud-QL, , I hm lu.,-U. il w. U Hg......: v . W T,vjE,.Llai. - --:A - 'Img L- ,r'.'.-if Y . 1L',.-- , , . A' ix W I ,FY Above two freshmen take 5 for study. Dorm lots have to do for eating quarters when the Bdard convenes. I7

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BAND HALL PRQVIDED BY FRIENDS The Iris Graham Memorial Dining Hall provides a place for students to enjoy both nieals and fellowship and other students. The Dining Hall is a memorial of the Alumni and Ex-Students As- sociation to the late Iris Graham, registrar and an alumna of the col- lege. The Fine Arts Building, occu- pied in September, 1947, is equipped with teaching rooms for private lessons, teachers' offices, and conference and practice rooms. Locatedjust across Sayles Boule- vard, east of the campus, is a two- story, frame structure named Sallie C. Boyce Home, in memory of its donor. This is a girls' dormitory. The Alice Ward Home, given to the college by Mrs. Alice Ward of Hereford, Texas, was formerly the residence of the first president of McMurry, Dr. W. Hunt. On Sayles Boulevard, it has been con- verted into a cooperate residence hall for ten women students. One of the most adequate band re- hearsal buildings in the area is the McMurry Band Hall, completed in june, 1959.,This two-story structure contains a large rehearsal room, offices, prac- tice rooms, and storage rooms. The 35111000 for its construction was pro- vided by friends of McMurry and of the McMurry Band. s Opened in 1947, the Iris Graham Memorial Dining Hall has a seating capacity for 400 persons and facilities for serving. nearly 1,500 hourly. Both pictures above are of the McMurry Band Hall where music and fellowship abound. I9