University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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UNION BUILDING CONTINUED WORKMEN PREPARE to lower the boom (above) as work progresses on the Union Building. Early fall rains prevent¬ ed the scheduled laying of the cornerstone, which was planned for Homecoming week end, until spring. Alumni visiting campus did see workmen busy constructing the building, the “living-room” of the campus for years to come. BRAVING the mid-November cold, Sarah Kessler, Jim Cooper, and Miss Doris Kirk (above), strolled over to the construction site and watched as workmen installed iron beams. Miss Kirk, TUB director, will have charge of the new Union. Miss Kessler and Mr. Cooper, her assistants, will both graduate before completion of the structure. FRAMEWORK of the Union Building (above), began to take shape during the fading days of the fall quarter of 1949. Construction was continued at a brisk pace during the winter and spring quarters. Workmen plodded through rain, sleet, and snow, work¬ ing from early morning until late evening in an effort to complete structure at earliest possible date. Students and faculty pausing at the construction site to and from classes noticed day-to-day progress. The com¬ munity took an interest in what was going on, and motorists driving past the college on beautiful Lincoln Avenue mar¬ veled at how quick the building took form. Children of students living in near-by veterans’ housing project found the construction site a good place to play cowboys and Indians. They were soon forbidden to romp over the grounds because of the danger involved there. 8

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GRADUATES and graduates-to-be from the class of 1937 on are O. H. Roberts, ’37; Jack Elliott, ’38; Bert Miller, ’39; Arnold Brockmole, ’40; Vance Hartke, ’41; Mrs. Edith Mae Matthews Bates, ’42; Paul Black, ’43; Howard C. BREAK GROUND LAST SUMMER Ground-breaking ceremonies mar ked the beginning of actual construction on the McCurdy Alumni Memorial Union Building. This will be a living memorial to honor students and alumni who gave their lives in World War II. Included in the crowd of several hun¬ dred spectators was a representative from each class graduated from Evans¬ ville College. Leo Warren, class of 1930, was the emcee for the ceremonies. Neucks, ’44; Miss Eloise Frieberg, ’45; James Buthod, ’46; Mrs. Dorothy Hebbeler Thomas, ’47; William C. Fisher, ’48; Eugene Cebula, ’49; Sarah Kessler, ’50; Bill Woods, ’51; Jo Ann Freshley, ’52; and Ben Denham, ’53 graduate. DR. HALE was principal speaker at the ceremonies. He declared: “This is the second major building in the dream we are trying to achieve at Evansville.” PRESIDENT Lincoln B. Hale (center above) pushes the plow along with Mrs. Carl Wolflin, John McCutchan, Richard McGinnis, Miss Doris Kirk, Bill Russler, and John Feigel during the ceremonies. Many visitors joined in. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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ARCHITECT DESIGNS BUILDING TO FIT WITH OTHERS ON CAMPUS. CARSON MEMORIAL (BELOW) IS ONE FEATURE. TO BE CALLED PUB The Union Building will have three floors for every type of student social-education activity. It will probably be nicknamed “PUB” for Permanent Union Building. Top feature of the first floor will be a modern snack bar and grill, complete with soda fountain and built-in booths. A table game room, providing chess, checkers, and card¬ playing equipment, also is to be there. A billiard and table tennis room, rest rooms, and staff rooms, complete floor. The heart of the Union Building, the Carson Memorial Great Hall, is located on the second floor. One end of the Hall will be furnished as a lounge when the entire Hall is not in use. Separated from the remainder of the Hall by screens, the lounge will be used as a meeting-place for THREE FLOORS TO HAVE ROOM FOR REST, STUDY, PLAY, EATS various campus groups. Light meals can be served here. Leading into the lobby of the second floor will be the Corridor of Remembrance, with plaques on the walls in memory of student-veterans. Stemming from the Corridor of Remembrance and com¬ pleting the second floor will be an art gallery, cafeteria, library-browsing room, music room, student-alumni lounge, and three offices. The third floor will include women’s powder room, alum¬ ni office, two committee rooms, conference room, and a clubroom, with a small kitchen attached. An activities room completes the top floor. In this room all clubs and organi¬ zations may keep permanent records from year to year. 9