University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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THE FORWARD LOOK T ' is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadoivs be fore. CAMPBELL ' S lines have always had for me a fascination that I would not change if I could. If these be true, then the following quotation from Tennyson show the spirit of the age : Through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the nations do but broaden with the process of the suns. When the writer first saw the University it had but one building, now known as Morrill Hall. It was the old-fashioned structure, high ceilinged and mansard roofed, that was deemed peculiarly fitted for a college acces- sory. You will see the same style in far-off Maine. It is perhaps well that students are active young athletes so that they can climb the steep stair- ways to third stories, and so use the illy adapted structure. It is unfor- tunate that a careful study of the architecture of college buildings has not yet been made. The public school buildings are receiving needed attention in this respect and there are many splendid examples of what school buildings should be. The coming of the gracefully efficient Mackay building promised a complete change in the building plans of the Nevada institution, and the suggested plans for the future expansion of the campus group of buildings, mark a welcomed change. This beautiful building has been and ever will be an incentive for better architecture and for more efficiently arranged buildings for University work. The student who passes through the portals of the Mackay School of Mines receives an inspiration that means better work, and more respect for things educational. Other buildings may be useful, but if they are dingy and ugly, they do not appeal to young or old. The casual visitor to the University gets his first impression from the older buildings that occupy the front positions, and he is not impressed, but when he gains the first sight of the beautiful lawns in front of the Mackay building, he changes his mind and thinks the effort worth while. When in the rear of all the structures he gets a glimpse of the Mackay athletic field and building, he is sure the last shall be first in his remem- brance of the University. It is almost impossible to rebuild or reform the older buildings on the campus, because they serve their purpose in sufficient degree to warrant thirteen