Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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The Tent Village housed and served as classrooms for students in 1923. ‘The adventure of living like soldiers in tents appealed to the students . . ..To save a tent in a thunderstorm was one of the fascinating sports of the campus. — from M’Ledge Moffett’s History of Rod-ford College. The log cabin, preserved in excellent condition until the late 50’s, was the scene of the Ingles Play. The campus is a composite of buildings, walks, trees, relics of the past, and beginnings for the future. Radford has as many campuses as she has had students. For each of them there is a special combination of these elements which she will remember as “campus.”

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The legendary magnitude of the Mary Draper Ingles story, because she was a native of the Radford scene, and the traditional Virginia respect for the Pocahontas story have given our college two women to whom we can look for the principle of courage and duty which is basic to our way of life. In previous years, there was an Ingles play, which had been written by our own people and which was acted every year at the authentic log cabin, a part of our campus that succumbed to progress. In this symbolic picture of Mary Draper Ingles and Pocahontas, the costumes for the play arc shown as well as the trophy which was annually awarded to the winner in the literary societies’ debate. In the Pokic-Ingles party of today the traditional custom of naming each entering class, alternately, either Pokies or Ingles is borne out in the costumes of the class. Tins years Senior Class members arc Pokies. On Campus Clean-up Day everyone joined in the fun and hard work of campus beautification. A kerchief around your hair, a rake in your hand, a spirit of co-operation in your heart, a wagon, and a horse made you a part of the tradition. 21

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Tlu rc U °r las 8rown from a one-building institution in 1913 to a complex plant. . .' ' ar 1 at present nine residence halls, four academic buildings, the library, admin-is ra ion building, Clara Lucas Hall, the dining hall, infirmary, the gymnasium, and ® l0m? management house which are divided into two campus areas. In the early sages ot construction is a dormitory which will replace Scott House and will house ont| .r xl fifty students. Moffett Hall will be completed in the fall of this year amt win house three hundred sixty-six students. The Sunken Garden, scene of May Day for many years and traditionally favorite site for the outdoor on-campus functions, was filled in this year to make way for the expansion of the dining hall. The rock wall, which had been a part of the older area of campus since 1913, was torn down, except for an area of retaining wall from Founders to the Main Street of Radford.