Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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How the Campus Has Progressed A forty-acre forest of native East Texas pines and oaks, part of the homestead of General omas J. Rusk, was donated by the city of Nacosdoches to the youth of Texas, as the site for a teachers college. As a monument to that peerless pioneer of Texas, Stephen F. Austin, the administration building was finished in 1924, and since that time has served as the nucleus around which other buildings of the campus have been clustered. In the fall of 1926 the college was enlarged to meet an ever increasing enrollment through completion of the Thomas J. Rusk Building, which houses the library and demon- stration school. Athletic interest was furthered through the gift of the Aikman Gymnasium, a substantial wooden structure with a basket ball court, large stage, and seating capacity of more than 3,500. Women ' s recreational activities were given a chance for better development in 1935, when the Woman ' s Recreation Center, with its large gymnasium, modern showers and dressing rooms, kitchenette, reading-room and offices, was constructed. The boy ' s dormitory, accommodating seventy students, and housing the college cafeteria, was finished in 1936, and with its modern architecture and up-to-date interior equipment is a valuable additicn to the campus. The new band hall was thankfully moved into the same year. The new Practice House is a more recent addition to the college equipment, and furnishes a splendid opportunity for home economics majors to acquaint themselves with every problem of homemaking. A long-felt need has been answered in the construction of the Science Building, which, with its separate and complete laboratories for physics, chemistry, and biology depart- ments, provides the incentive to accomplish bigger things in analytical lines. It has been gratefully accepted by all scientifically-minded students. In addition to the above-mentioned buildings, the campus also includes a power house, football field, tennis courts, and college farm.

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Boy ' s Dormitory The pride of the campus in modern equipment and rooms for students .... across the street is the Main Build- ing .... equipped with the latest room communication system .... modern electric coolers on each of the three floors .... attractive and comfortable rooms for seventy-six boys .... scene of many hectic hours for the Fish .... athletes everywhere .... Coach and Mrs. Willis, successful foster-parents of all seventy-six while they stay in the dormitory .... day begins .... students jump into their clothes and rush off to class .... many hours of work ahead for Will, the janitor .... the rush back at noon to the cafeteria .... floating aromas of food from the fashionable, inexpensive cafeteria .... clattering of dishes and noise of conversation .... athletes at their training table .... night comes . . . . parties and informal dances in the recreation room .... all rooms lighted .... an occasional burst of laughter or heated argument .... visits and games among the boys .... eleven o ' clock .... radios off ... silence interrupted only by occupants returning from nightly activities.

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Administration Educators endeavoring to train future teachers, to impart social effective- ness, and to develop thinking ability . . . expressing philosophies . . . dispensing facts, knowledge and theories . . . the administration aiding students in planning their courses of study . . . the deans interested in developing social activities . . . officials solving problems of expendi- ture and management . . . striving for betterment and improvement of the school in everyway ... on the golf course of the country club many of our professors spend their leisure hours . . . hunting, fishing, and checkers occupy others when work is done . . . lectures . . . exams . . . jokes told year after year ... all in all, we have a swell group of professors.