University of the Ozarks - Aerie Yearbook (Clarksville, AR)

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Little Theater This colonial type building was built in 1948 and seats 300 persons. lt is equipped with a stage workshop, costume room, dressing rooms. motion picture projecting room, and offices for the speech department. Where the Eagle Builds her Aeriei' The College of the Ozarks is an institution of higher learning in the Synod of Oklahoma and Arkansas of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. It' was founded by Cumberland Presbyterians in 1834- as Cane Hill College at Cane Hill, Arkansas, and it is the oldest institu- tion of higher learning in Arkansas and Okla- homa. When Cane Hill College discontinued opera- tion in 1889, the Arkansas Synod of the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church established the Arkansas Cumberland College in 1891 as the successor institution. In 1920, the name was changed to The College of the Ozarks. An important milestone in the history of the college occurred on January 1, 1960, when the Board of National Missions of the United Pres- byterian Church in the U.S.A. assumed the own- ership and operating responsibility of the college. Using the costume and make-up room of the Little Theater is Charles Adams, wno played King Kasper in the opera workshop production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. E

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Dominating the entire campus is the gray stone Gothic used every day for chapel services and also houses the History chapel. Completed in 1933, the chapel is our pride and joy, Museum and Art Gallery. especially at night when it is emphasized by gas lights. It is Ra mond Munger Memorial Chapel Science Hall The Science Hall was built in 1922-23 but had to be rebuilt after the fire of 1930. Containing class- rooms, laboratories, the library and administrative offices, the Science Hall is perhaps the busiest building on campus.

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Macl.ean Hall was built asla-men's dormitory in 1927, but in 1960 it was changed to a co-ed dormitory when housing for women became limited. A new women's dormitory is in the planning stage. MacLean Hall Coed', Dorm The Canapus I1 the Hilltop Highv Tommy Lester and Cleve Branscum are shown taking advantage of the television in MacLean Hall lounge. The baseball world series seems to be the subject of interest. The tree-shadowed campus is located on College Hill, north of downtown Clarksville. From this, the highest eleva- tion in Clarksville, there is an excellent view of the Ozark Mountains, which are only a short distance away by car. The 30-acre campus is laid out in two broad malls at right angles to each other, thus lending visitas the length and breadth of the campus. The mountain background and the great oaks and maples give a distinctive and dignified air to the campus. The College of the Ozarks is fully ac- credited by the North Central Associa- tion and the Arkansas State Department of Education. The college is also a mem- ber of the Association of American Col- leges and Universities.