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

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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

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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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l:lI . Ili' 1l!.f:i '1.:gii 0 .il It .... mm' Iliff i 'w ' nl: I Brackenrlclge Hall Brackenridge 1-lall is the new state dormitory completed in Novem- ber, 1916. It is one of the best dormitories for women in the South, being erected at the cost of S140,000.00. It is modern and absolutely fireproof, and harmonizes in material and in architectural design with Stoddard Hall. The dormitory is entirely separate from the instructional buildings, so that the quiet of home life is not invaded by the atmosphere of laboratories and formal instruction, a fact decidedly to the interest of both home and school life. V On the basement Hoor is the dining room and kitchen. The large dining room is furnished for health and comfort, and will accommodate about f1ve hundred students for meals, which makes it possible for a part of the students rooming in private homes, near the campus, to have their meals at the state dormitories and therefore to enter into the social life of the College. as those students do who reside in the dormitories. The dining room and kitchen equipment cost approximately 35,000.00 and is perhaps the best in the state. The kitchen has a bakery. an ice cream freezer run by an electric motor, and a large refrigerator for keeping foods and furnishing water for the fountains on the first and second floors. The dormitory cuisine is under the direction of a graduate dietitian who uses only the best of foodstuffs in balanced proportion. At the front of the lirst Hoor is a large reception hall 36x64 feet. Back of this, and also on the third floor, are the girls' rooms. There are enough rooms to accommodate 160 students. besides the offices of the dietitian and help. There are single, double, and three-girl rooms. Each room is fur- nished with single beds, large lavatories, running water, suitable furnishings, comfortable wicker chairs and arrangements for systematic separation of the individual property. The roof garden contains 16,137 square feet, and will easily accom- modate from 1,200 to 1,500 persons. On the east side is a stage, which will be used for the entertainment of the students. There are three stair- ways leading to the roof garden-two in the west end of the dormitory and one in the east. ln addition there is an elevator for carrying trunks from the basement to the first Hoor and second floor and a smaller elevator for carrying refreshments from the kitchen to the roof garden. There are two resident teachers in the dormitory who assist the Student Council members in managing the affairs pertaining to order and conduct. Student government is practiced in both of the state dormitories. Brackenridge Hall was named in honor of Miss Mary Eleanor Braclcenridge, who has been a member of the Board of Regents since the foundation of the College in 1903. 22 h V --.- Jill- wylv llll :Jllt o mp