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

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College Views In 1845 the Nacogdoches University was founded and since that time Nacogdoches has been a center of higher education. Before viewing the buildings of the Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College and the beautiful campus — stop and glance at the Old Nacogdoches University Building. This building was finished in 1859 and is now standing on the Nacogdoches High School Campus. During the Civil War this building was used as a hospital for the wounded soldiers. You are ready now to continue the journey around the campus and see our build- ings as they stand today.

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Dedication The smiling gentleman in the picture is known and admired by all students, but fully appreciated only by those whose path brings them close to the essential, everyday machinery of college life. For this reason, and because the annual staff more than any other organization has opportunity to benefit by his friendly interest in student affairs, his patience, and his genial wit, this volume of the Stone Fort is affectionately dedicated to Mr. J. H. Wisely.

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I Stephen F. Austin Building Nestling among the towering pines the center of scholastic endeavor .... the realization of an ambition for establishing a school of higher learning for East Texas .... the beautiful view down the vista . . . couples strolling down the long and shady walks .... the entrance .... decisions and decrees issuing from the admin- istrative offices .... crowds around the bulletin board in the hall .... commerce majors diligently struggling with typing budgets and accounting problems .... both idlers and the studious gathered in the Social Room .... tempting aromas drifting down from the cooking labs . . . . on the third floor .... the auditorium .... scene of student assemblies .... dramatic productions, choral club rehearsals and programs, forensic encounters, lyceums, addresses of famous personages visiting the campus .... odors of HgS and formaldehyde evidencing labors of chem- istry and physiology students on lab days .... just out- side, the elm tree rich in memories of tall tales, campus politics, and vociferous arguments .... across the walk the y stand .... cold drink mecca for perspiring and withering summer students.