Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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Jfcji®1?1 v;b wmw w1 Yes, this is our lake, starting as a small pond with hoard-walk paths. It is hard to believe that the giant shade trees on the island were once such small seedlings; but they also have grown with our campus. Ivy-colored Old Main illustrates the familiar phrase “halls of ivy”, reminiscent of former college days. Her ivy-covered walls followed the pattern of most college buildings of that time. Our modern buildings have replaced this picturesque scene. We thought “Hazel” left our campus bare, but here you .U can see the Marauders fifty years ago had little foliage for shade or beauty. Only now can we truly appreciate -our campus greenery. A familiar “now and then.” Before the building of Brooks Hall, the old gymnasium, or Rat Race, was the location for all indoor sports. The rafters rang as the Millcrsvillians cheered their teams to victory.

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The new is but a product of the old. and our campus as it stands “now , is an outgrowth of how it looked “then”. Wickersham with its memories of classes, tests and experiments takes on its autumn appearance as the leaves fall. Across the lake stands the President’s house. The lake with its islands, willowy trees and picturesque bridge is indeed a spot of beauty to our campus, and a lovely setting for the Biemesdcrfer home. A look at Lyle Hall across the steps of Lytc Auditorium is a familiar sight to all men students as they leave Roddy Hall. Dormitory life lends many pleasant thoughts to our hook of memories at Millcrsvillc State Teachers College. The varsity key adorns the west wall of Brooks Hall which is the center of our athletic events. Its shining gymnasium and spacious pool ure the site of many basketball games, wrestling meets and swimming extravaganzas. Brooks Hall, built in 1938, is also a recreational center for many outside sporting events.

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Grandmother and grandfather may look nt these pages with faint smiles of reminiscent and treasured memories, while we, the younger generation, wonder how college ever existed under such conditions. The Touchstone brings you these pages which could well he entitled “Highlights of the Century” and lets you. the render, decide whether you prefer our life in 1955 to the “good old days” wc hear so much uboul. In picture form we take you across the years.