University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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THE HISTORIC ARCI-IES OF OLD MAIN . . . are etched into the hearts of every graduate. Give me Wood's 'College Handbook of Writing,' demands an agitated freshman. Step on it, l've got a class in Mayo. t A compact, fortress-like structure of wire-cut brick, Mayo Hall, styled after collegiate gothic architecture, rests on a small plateau between the Gym and the Chapel. During chapel period, students cluster on the veranda, which fronts the building, to dis- cuss social affairs. Occasional iests are cast concerning the two stone tablets which are mortised in the building's face and which are engraved with the Words, Iustice and Charity. Charity, scoffs a learned sendr from the Kappa Sigma house. What do they mean charity at seventy-five dollars per quarter? Well, observes an independent student, we may not have charity, and then again maybe you're not on the inside. But We cer- tainly get a square deal from the 'profs' around here. And since you're so wise, maybe you l PAGE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST! CREAKING STAIRS . . . WOODEN BANISTERS . . . MASSIVE BEAMS . . . create the distinctive interior of U. Hall. 0120

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they were put in to hold the walls together, after'the Miners set off cr charge of dynamite near here the night before a football game. The line creeps between the dun-colored walls and over the oiled floors. Coeds and men shuffle along or lean against the railing of the staircases spiralling to the third floor. I'm tired of waiting, declares a coed to her friend. Let's go to the Women's Club room. The lounge off left center of the first floor is tastefully furnished with slip-covered chairs and couches. Softly tinged with gray, the drapes complete the light, sunny color scheme of the room. Students studying mathematics, astronomy, zoology, and biology, wind up the two creaking and foot-shallowed staircases to their class- rooms. I feel like Frank Buck, remarks a coed, when I go into the zoology 'lab' with all those stuffed birds and reptiles sitting around. Have you bought the new biology text? asks a sister collegian. Let's go clown to the bookstore after class. ln the basement of University Hall, the book- store and the Y. W. C. A. are tucked into the two opposite and back corners of the building. THE LADDER OF SUCCESS . . . finds exempliiication in the marble stairwuys of Reed Library. THE RENAISSANCE HALL . . . from third floor. 0110

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l ALMA MATER STATUE . . . adds a touch of symboli to Mayo Porch. can tell me why the Alma Mater statue has that green coloring? Sure, some vandals came down here and poured nitric acid on it a few years ago. I'rn satisfied. What do you say to going down to the psychology 'lab'? Located in the basement of Mayo Hall, the psychology laboratory and the Civic Theater storerooms are mad hives of activity. In the psychology laboratory, a jumbled collection ot various apparatus similar to the convolutions of the brain is strewn about the room. Some students are engaged in luring rats through intricate mazes, while others mould plaster of Paris facial masks on living models. Students in the Civic Theater storerooms may be seen shitting scenery or constructing new sets for coming productions. On the first floor and in a series of well- appointed offices, members of the psychologi- cal, English, speech, and language faculties hold conferences with students seeking aca- demic advice. The second story is given over to class- rooms brightly lighted by a series of casement windows and to the Civic Theater balcony. Passing through the halls ot this veritable Tower oi Babel, one hears French, Spanish, English, and German jargons. The Civic Theater is set against the back wall in the middle section of the building. Here student dramatists present plays and the ama- MAYO HALL FACES THE CENTER . . . of ex campus lawn blanketed by snow and dotted with leafless trees. 0130