University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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In contrast to Old Main, which is well past the half-century mark, is the Wyo- ming Student Union building, our home away from home. One year old as of March 31, 1940, the Union has enjoyed the eminent title of undisputed Campus Center. From Manager Burton DeLoney we receive the following vital statistics : The Union played host to nearly half a million in its first year. The swank fountain room catered to 1,200 daily, and committee meetings, dances and dinners accounted for another 21,594 guests. So leaving our mathematics the cry is, Happy birthday, dear Union, Happy birthday to you. [7]

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SCENIC WYOMING Four years before Wyoming Territory became a state, on September 27, 1886, the first building on the campus was started when the corner stone of University Hall was laid. Today, fifty-four years later, University Hall, better known as Old Main, is having its face washed for the state ' s fiftieth birthday party. The building which houses the President ' s suite, the offices of the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women, and most of the administrative units of the University is being entirely revamped to take its place alongside its more recently constructed campus brethren. [6|

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Picturesque Merica Hall, wom- en ' s dormitory, overlooks the tree- studded south side of the campus. m As the day ' s shadows lengthen, the long, white walls of Hoyt Hall pick up the last rays of sunlight and make the building the last to leave the visual landscape as en-