University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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NORTH SPENCER HALL MISS NANCY DUKE LEWIS, Counselor JEAN GRANTHAM, House President North Spencer Hall, built in 1904, is one of the oldest dormitories on campus, and yet it is one of the most modern as its renovation has been recent enough to be remembered by the graduating class of 1942. MARTHA WINFIELD HALL MRS. DOROTHY RICE YOUNG, Counselor ELISE BOGER, House President Miss Martha Winfield, for many years a pro- fessor at the college, left an endowment which made possible the construction of Martha Win- field Hall in 1939, formerly known as New A, and popularly called The Country Club. MINA WEIL HALL MISS KATHERINE TAYLOR, Counselor BLANCHE WOOLARD, House President Mina Weil Hall, connected to Martha Win- field Hall, is also the result of a gift, given in honor of Mrs. Mina Weil, grandmother of Joan Bluethenthal of the class of 1941. Joan roomed in it as New B when it, too, was constructed in 1939. NEW GUILFORD HALL MISS EVELYN MARTIN, Counselor PEGGY PLUMMER. House President New Guilford Hall, built in 1927, is a dupli- cate of Mary Foust Hall. Everyone so cherished the memory of Old Guilford that the new build- ing was automatically named for the old one, which now houses the Department of Public Relations. Twenty-one

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THE RESIDENCE HALLS - 1942 Through aid of the Legislature and the citizens of Greensboro, the first building that served as a dormitory at Woman ' s College was erected between Administration and Mclver Buildings. Though the hall was never named, it possessed such character that it became universally known as Old Brick . Old Brick was burned, but in its place we now have fifteen large dormitories which stand as tangible evidence of the growth of our college. KIRKLAND HALL MISS CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS, Counselor NELL BAREFOOT, House President Kirkland Hall, built in 1912, was named for Miss Mary Sue Kirkland, the first woman princi- pal of the college. Kirkland has special historical interest as for many years it housed the student publication offices in its basement. WOMAN ' S HALL MISS MARY PARKER, Counselor POLLY CREECH, House President Woman ' s Hall, completed in 1912, was dedi- cated by the General Assembly of North Caro- lina to the Women of the Confederacy. Miss Jamison became the first counselor when she accepted the invitation of the seniors, who moved in, to come and live with them. ANNA HOWARD SHAW HALL MISS GENEVIEVE WALBERG, Counselor SIDNEY ANNE TOOLY, House President When Anna Howard Shaw Hall was erected in 1920 the students unanimously desired that the building be named for Anna Howard Shaw. It was their wish that the character of Anna Howard Shaw prevail over Shaw. Twenty

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SOUTH SPENCER HALL MRS MARGUERITE C. OGDEN, Counselor FRANCES HENRY, House President South Spencer Hall was completed in 1904. It has importance not only for being one of the largest and oldest dormitories on campus, but for the fact that it houses the Relig : ous Activi- ties Center and the famous game room. MARY FOUST HALL MRS ANNIE BEAM FUNDERBURK, Counselor MAE DUCKWORTH, House President Mary Foust Hall, constructed in 1927, was named by the alumnae of the college in memory of the daughter of President Emeritus Foust Although a twin building, Mary Foust is dis- tinctive with Mrs. Funderburk ' s well kept gar- den adding to its beauty. JAMISON HALL MISS CLARA GIESE, Counselor MARY JO RENDLEMAN, House President Jamison Hall, built in 1923, completed the quadrangle buildings. The alumnae thought it fitting that East and West, by which the two last constructed quadrangle buildings were known, should be named for Miss Laura Coit and Miss Minnie Jamison. HINSHAW HALL MISS MARTHA E HATHAWAY, Counselor DOROTHY ODUM, House President Hinshaw Hall, built in 1922, and named for Colonel G. W. Hinshaw, a member of the Board of Trustees of the College from 1910-1918, is the hall with which we associate the one year commercial students. Twenty-two