Texas State College for Women - Daedalian Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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:ll s. ill .ji v ill il ll: ll lily .jg '1 i 1 i l jf'gl..ig.i,1LijE ' 4 'i ' fI!'rsig1Ef2iQj31i!fiifif? C 'lffififil lff A 1A .533L3lfi11e!.!5gaZgZA3!!..:i '?Qi1Eif all ' ii both of whom reside in Hygeia Hall, look after the health of the student tb, body. The College holds a very extraordinary record in regard to the health and physical well-being of its students. I- ii Conveniently near these buildings are located the President's home, 'jfs the Demonstration Cottage, Horticulture Building, Music Building, Gym- nasium, the greenhouses, the laundry and a new modern steam heating 'i lant. l' P The College is well equipped throughout. It has always been the ! li 5: policy of the College to purchase only the best equipment. All the build- lj ings, both instructional and residential, are heated with steam, lighted with ll i electricity, and supplied with pure cooled artesian water. p ai' One of the most prominent characteristics of the student body of i . ,N the College of Industrial Arts is the atmosphere of wholesome Congeniality N, and democratic living that pervades it. The unity and the loyalty of the l .T student body are exceptional. It is contributed to by several conditions. l f fl The close association and sense of comradeship existing among the students have often been the subject of favorable comment. The teachers give unrestrictingly of their time and energy, outside the classroom and formal 4 jf instruction, to the social life, the moral uplift and the solution of the problems of the individual student. No student comes to the College l of Industrial Arts and is lost in the mass. Every student is assigned a T ll definite place in a small group that is directly supervised by a member T of the faculty, who looks 'after the students' needs and comforts in every Qsjl possible way. This applies to students living in private homes as well l as those living in the dormitories-and students living in private homes are subject to the same supervision and requirements as dormitory students. Wholesome, recreative pastimes and various ways of securing healthful enjoyment and entertainment are generously provided within the E College community. Excursions and picnic trips to some of the woodland resorts are supplemented by smaller group luncheons and spreads in the A i:l park or woods of the College campus. College and dormitory teas, parties : and receptions, both formal-and informal, give the students the advantage ' lp of both the pleasure and the training in the proprieties of social life. Outdoor sports, tennis, basket ball, hockey, tether-tennis., track work, field clay exercises-all add vigor and zest to the College life and stimulate A strong but friendly rivalry, further strengthening the oneness of the student : body while developing a true sense of self-control, self-direction and fair ' 1 ll dealing. l It is believed that the problems and perils of leisure are greater 5 lj than those of labor, and that members of the faculty should play with 7 the students as well as work with them. At the College both are clone with earnestness and joyousness. The final test of any plan or method is: ll zo ..., ..,3..,,,.,,- ,,,,, -.-,,,,s-,-,,,-M M l, c as , ii ,lit -..Jlll . 'llll 'e 'Ti iJ'llr:Ti't3ll M.. lpl

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Ill lillf e lllf g U If Q i---JIg1.......1lm...Q:..f :isa ' e e' I The College of lndustrial Arts The College of Industrial Arts is the State College for women. It was created by an act of the Twenty-Seventh Legisla- ture in April, 1901, and is maintained by legislative appropriations. A locating com- mission consisting of one person from each C N Y congressional district was directed by law to choose a location, and in making the choice to take into consideration the healthfulness. moral and social environment and influences, accessibility, and other facts and circumstances affecting the suitability of the site in question as a location. From a number of available places the commission, in February, 1902, selected Denton as the place fulfilling all the required conditions. The College formally opened its doors to receive students on September 23, 1903. The College of Industrial Arts has fulfilled, in all respects, the requirements of a standard college. Formal recognition of this fact has been given by the State Department of Education, and the College rated as a college of the first class. The College campus of seventy-three acres occupies a commanding and attractive site upon an elevation within the city limits to the north- east. A twenty-five acre park with grassy slopes and large oak trees forms the approach to the main group of buildings. In the rear of this group of buildings the campus is, for the most part, devoted to the poultry yard, the College experimental garden, field, orchard, and the wooded pasture of the dairy herd. The College buildings are substantial, modern, attractive, and well equipped. They are located near each other on the most elevated portion of the campus. The principal instructional buildings are known as the Administration Building and the Household Arts and Science Building. They are constructed of a uniform colored brick, and are three and four stories high. They contain the administration offices, lecture and class rooms, laboratories, library rooms, and an auditorium with a seating capacity of eleven hundred. Hygeia Hall, the College hospital, serves the double purpose of a place for taking care of the sick and for a demonstration laboratory for the classes in home nursing. A woman physician and a trained nurse, 19 ll , L - . 1l!.!.-......3.!.!L....... -........-.-.-.,.,..........,L!,!l...Q,T!!g-21:-I .mv

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ll A' 'ii'iTW-'Tfi?'e '-M'-1 fFm ffQiJinrlQQfii'uiE::1i 'MT'Ff iiinf' ll I ll Does it.work? The College counts its happy-hearted, self-controlled, serious-working student body a sufficient answer. The law providing for the establishment of the College of Industrial Arts sets forth the fundamental purpose and scope of the work to be undertaken, namely, to prepare the young women of Texas for the duties and responsibilities of life, in whatever lines of work they may choose to follow. Since the College has been in operation, the Board of Regents and all others entrusted with the administration have so directed its policies as to make those policies consistent with the purpose for which the College was created. The College offers both literary and industrial work, believing that a right combination of the two kinds of training results in the soundest culture and the highest degree of efficiency. ,Q Vfn an are-e'3 'r ,rs..e,2.7 wi li? 'F' 50 New I . gg L ig . 21 Li I l W- . l IL. 1 ...,...J I I t--.....l I I I.. - .-.a.-J .5il-.,--i,- .... --.--.........,..7,1I I L ::..,.1g!.g iLL:,N ,, , 2 1 up