Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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B ■ ' mm ' - oman b Umlbtng HIS building is said to be the most home-like dormitory for young ladies of any college dormitory in the State. Built of white limestone on the highest elevation about Georgetown, with its own heat and light plant and modern laundry, it furnishes a desirable home for one hundred and fifty girls. In addition to the living rooms it has a large auditorium, gymnasium, dining room, parlors, society halls, and rooms for music, elocution, and art.

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HE men ' s dormitory, built of native Williamson County limestone, was finished in 1908. It is thoroughly modern in arrangement and equipment. It has eighty-six rooms for students, reading rooms, parlors, a very large dining room, and four bath and toilet rooms on each floor. The building has its own heat and light plant and modern dining room and kitchen facilities. It was named in honor of Rev. Francis Asbury Mood, the founder and first president of Southwestern University.

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ft3flW3 -,!» » fitting rimaf N this building, then Jusft two stories in height, the first session of SouthWesterBf fn e sit! , ' ojaened in October, 1873, with three ' professors ' ' ancl thirtyVthree students. For a number of years it accommodated all ' the departments of the University; now it is occupied ex- clusively by the Fitting School. It has a large chapel, several com- modious recitation rooms and rooms for the literary societies of the Fitting School.