University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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Erected in 1936 as a memorial to Reginald Brock, the late Dean of Applied Science, and Mrs. Brock, both of whom perished in an air accident, Brock Hall serves as a center for recreation and student activities. ' The building centers around a huge lounge, tastefully furnished with arm- chairs, sofas and bridge-tables. During the day recorded music is piped in by the Radio Society, which is located in the basement. For special occasions the lounge may be converted into a dance floor, a dining hall, or an auditorium for visiting entertainers. In the north-west basement is the haven for the illegitimate children of the Publications Board . Here, future journalists compile copy for the tri- weekly student newspaper, The Ubyssey, and UBC's year book, The Totem. The Brock also houses menls and women's cloak rooms, the Alumni Association, Phrateres offices, a coffee shop and dining room, Alma Mater Society offices, a barber shop, the Radio Society and the Mamooks, a sign painting organization. Shown in the photographs are the coffee shop, students playing bridge, girls relaxing in the comfortable furniture, and Peter Dykels barber shop.

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The humanities are housed in a medium sized, unobtrusive building behind the cafeteria. The building consists almost entirely of faculty offices and lecture rooms, owing to the fact that no special apparatus is required for teaching the humanities. The two-storey edifice centres around Arts 100, a lecture room capable of seating over 200 students. In addition there are smaller lecture rooms and offices. Crowded conditions have forced the humanities to expand into temporary war-time huts, which are regarded as both ugly and inefficient. Plans have already been laid for a new, larger Arts Building, which will be erected under the post-war building program as soon as funds are available. During lunch hour the lecture rooms serve as a meeting place for campus clubs, and are often requisitioned for visiting speakers. Included under the heading of humanities,' are such subjects as Anthropology, Economics, English, French and other foreign languages, classical languages, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Slavonic Studies and Sociology. Photographs show girls in a study room, the notice board, which is used for club announcements and posting of exam schedules, and a crowded lecture in Arts 100.