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GOOD NIGHT w GOVERNOR, m. WHEREVER. YOU IRE ai4 country woman dis- creetly reached under the seat in front of her and took a long swig of Coca- Cola from a bottle. The Bap- tist Youth Choir timidly squalked America, the Beautiful as a bevy of scal- loped-edged paper fans flit- tered in the stagnant air. Flies and bees conducted relay races through the open win- dows on either side of the . . . (the) structure was a controversy from its fifth birthday ... darkly panelled auditorium as the tattered maroon velvet curtains staccatoed open: Commencement Day 1940, Kilby Hall. The yellow stucco pseudo- Spanish Colonial atriumed structure was a controversy from its fifth birthday when representatives from the Olmsted Brothers architec- tural firm in Massachusetts told President E.M. Shackel- ford that the building should be razed since it did not match Bibb Graves and Shackelford Halls, the stately Georgian buildings which had just been erected on the new campus of the Teachers College. But Dr. Shackelford realized how ridiculous it would be in those hard times for a perfectly good building to be torn down for purely aesthetic reasons. So she stood. As Wright, McCartha, McCall, Smith, Dill, Pace, and other buildings steadily sur- rounded the once lone Kilby underscoring her difference, newcomers ' questions and comments flew: Was that 18 Remembering Kilby Hall done on purpose? Was that here before or some- thing? Is it old or just dif- ferent? Kilby grew into what became tactfully termed a conversation piece; in actuality an odity. The building was useful, however, as it fulfilled the needs of aspiring grammar school teachers and their students. Someone thought the poor thing might look less noticeable if painted a more organic color, one that would blend into the pecan grove — why not green? So she was covered in a light minty green. Then some of the art professors blackened out the windows when they needed a more sterile envi- ronment. Next to go were the wrought iron lanters, which were replaced by aus- terely efficient fluorescent fixture. Hurricane Eloise yanked the initialled tree from the courtyard one year. A few years later an all-night Save Kilby vigil was held there, but all to no avail. The campus conversation piece was doomed. A brief period of historical appreciation took place when the building was re- painted its original buff hue and the terra cotta tiles were removed supposedly to be cleaned and restored; a mo- ment of hope was rampant on the campus as thoughts of possible salvage were in the air. But the tiles were never returned and the underpin- nings proceeded to rot and crumble. One day the big old Gothic gates were gone from the entranceway. So were the lit- tle arched leaded glass win- an essay by Van English dows with the diamond- shaped panes from the front gables. The doors had been removed and the building was virtually empty save a couple of art projects and some old lesson plans. On the morning of De- cember 17, 1986, rumbles and shatters invaded the calmness of the studentless campus. Despite the elevat- ed decibels of holiday music, employees could not ignore the revving diesel engine of the grimreaping bulldozer. A few reminiscers stood sadly in the drizzle to watch the stucco crumble like cake and the rafters splinter and the curtains shred and the black- A few reminiscers stood sadly in the driz- zle to watch the stucco crumble like cake. . . ened glass peel. The onlook- ers were silent, but all were saying within, Congratula- tions, Mr. Olmsted. Above: The empty halls of Kilby, I once alive with activity. Top Right: Kilby ' s iron gates looking , on to Long Hall. Bottom Right: Remnants of Kilby soon to be demolished.
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