Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Summer—Tyler Hall Spring—The President's Home Autumn—The Quadrangle

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SIGHTS OF 1960-61 Schools are perhaps the most subject to change of all institutions on earth. The student body changes every year, the faculty changes olso but more slowly. Buildings are torn down; buildings are built up. This year, 1960-61, has brought to Radford College a new administration building and a home management house, additions to the faculty and student body, more frequent lectures and concerts, extension of classroom space and innumerable other changes. Annuals, like schools and indeed all things, moke changes. In 1913-14, when Radford State Normal and Industrial School began, the yearbook wasn't even the BEE HIVE, it was the RADNOR. For all its change, some things about a school remain the same. In 1914, there was a certain Professor of Household Arts at Radford named M'Ledge Moffett, B. A. Founders Hall was here. A student admitted that her pet aversion was going to Blacksburg. Some of the clubs on campus were the Y.W.C.A., German Club, Choral Club, and Dramatics Club. Corson's Drug Store was downtown as it is now. But to return to change. In 1914 the one dormitory was Heath House. There were six classes: Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman, Preparatory, ond Special. The students were called The Normal Girls. The Sophomore Class consisted of 12 members. Gym suits were knee-length black bloomers with black stockings and white sailor blouses. Skirts were down to the ankles (literally). An ad by Radford State Normal School said, Free tuition given to teachers and those promising to teach. The RADNOR was not printed after 1917; the money was put into a war chest. The yearbook returned in 1925 as the BEE HIVE. Also in 1925, the school, renamed Radford State Teachers College, had a new Dean of Women, M'Ledge Moffett, M.A. It was to her that the first BEE HIVE was dedicated. Changes had come about since 1917: a new dormitory had been built, Tyler Hall; hair and skirts were shorter, an Alumnae Association was added. The GRAPURCHAT celebrated its fourth birthday in this year. In 1925, a new Professor of English was added to the faculty, Virginia 0. Hudson, Ph.D. The Radford girls were state champions in interscholastic basketball. Among others, they had competed with Harrisonburg and Formville State Teachers Colleges. Dr. Hudson became Dean of Women in 1928, while Miss Moffett was on a leove of absence. Radford had another new dormitory, Madame Russell Hall. The BEE HIVE was dedicated to the new Deon of Women in 1929 Two new teachers on campus were Dr. William S. Long, Professor of English and Dr. Minor Wine Thomas, Professor of Education. Clara Lucas Hall was the Student Activities Building. Whitt Hall was then known os McGuffey Training School. There was no yearbook between 1929 and 1938. The 1938 BEE HIVE shows an aerial view of the campus which consisted of John Preston McConnell Library, Clara Lucas Hall, Founders Hall, Tyler Hall, a new dining hall, Madame Russell Hall, and McGuffey Training School. Among the faculty that had been added since the last BEE HIVE were Miss Blanche Daniel, Mr. Benjamin Medford, Dr. Richard H. Smith, Mr. Daniel A. Cannaday, Miss Virginia Arnold, ond Miss Jean Bird (Einstein). The bloomers were gone from the gym suits and skirts were above the knees. There was more growth in 1939; the President's Home was completed and ground was broken for a new Science Hall. In 1940, Norwood Holl was completed Dedication of the annual was to Miss Blanche Daniel. The 1943 BEE HIVE was dedicated to Lieutenant Robert J. Young, on leave of absence for military service. Also on leave was Benjamin S. Medford, Corporal Irving Silverman, and Lieutenant Commander Homer Howard. This year brought in the blazer era; everyone wore a blazer. On June 25, 1944, Radford State Teachers College became Radford College, Women's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The BEE HIVE was dedicated to Miss Virginia Arnold in 1945 and to Dr. Minor Wine Thomas in 1947. Ingles Hall was completed in 1950. Skirts were back down to the ankles and nobody wore a blazer. The 1953 BEE HIVE shows the dining hall with square tables seating two on a side. Coca-Colas were six cents. The band, called The Highland Lassies, received uniforms in 1954. Ground breaking for Pocahontas Hall was in 1955 and Bolling Hall was completed in 1958. And so we come back to where we started—the present. We have seen Radford grow from a one-building school to a college campus. We have seen the student body increase tenfold. We have seen hemlines go up, down, and up again. We have seen the history of Radford College through the eyes of those who made it—the students.

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New for 1960-61—The Administration Building . . . its foyer . . . its fountain