University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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1913 RKS AND CURLS Valley and the foothlll dxs trlct a model of 1ts klnd affording more than the nec essary amount of cl1n1cal work for senlor medlcos Wlth 1ts skllled physlclans ltS advantages have llsted the Unlverslty medlcal school 1n the front rank an honor shared south of Phlladelphla with ohns Hopkms and Tu lane alone And yet there has been talk by the Rich mond Times Dzspatch of the advlsablllty of comlng ln on a merger of medlcal schools ln RlChmOHdl The Temple Where is Taught the Law and the Reason Thereofn The hospltal lmmaculately Whlte IS not the forblddrng structure that lts hldden sorrow and slckness would lndlcate In the shade of the sloplng lawn ln front mlnlster mg Red Cross nurses s1t durlng thelr lelsure moments wlth needle work ln hand not lonely they for where IS the fourth year med slow to begulle the fleetrng moments ln suave and amlable conversat1on3 Wlthln those prophylactlc walls Dame I-Iurdley represses every dlsturblng element and learned doctors apply thelr physlc assuaglng pam or dlrectlng the Hashlng steel but outslde a pastoral of peace lulls 1nto forgetfulness the memory of severed members and the vermrform appendlx Hard by but separated by an expanse of lawn and dlvlded by the long walk to the varlous class rooms IS the Brooks Museum the only structure ln the related group that Jars the aesthetlc sense Its promlnent pos1t1on on the verge of the campus adds to the affront of 1tS exlstence and lt has ever stood the cynosure of scorn A frleze of paleollthxc monster heads glrds lts mlddle helght the symbol of an anachronlsm produclng a dlscord Perhaps the bulldmg expresses the cool dlsdaln of sclence for an otherwlse enveloplng art Certalnly It IS a false note ln a system that boasts the Dorlc of Albano and the Theater of Marcellus the lonlc of the Temple of Fortuna VlYlllS and the Corlnthlan of Palladlo and D1OClCtl3H s Baths Wlth the chapel a chaste example of the Gothlc style sltuated .egggings at the north western angle of the Unlverslty grounds one hemlsphere Constructlon of the college domain IS complete although laboratories llterary so clety halls and several resldences have been omltted Future 1m provements contemplate the erectlon of bulldmgs to make of West Range a quadrangle such as the lawn and the first wlll be the new educatlon bulldlng for whrch the Peabody . ... . 1 , . J , . E - - H ' Holsinger - . . . , , . . , , .. .1 , 5 ' . . , V , , . . - - cs as 3 - . . . - - ' 9 9 1 , Q ' 1 . . . . . . . . , , D , Q Y , 1 . . . . . , , . a a . . , ' Q ' 9 9 ' , i D I .. , . n E 1 - M ' -- --f W- --e--- A f' --- - - -...-. ,-L ,N g A .bu ,MAA-U-F,,, Mk., Vw--M-4 HM

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i W -.,.,,-,,,'Lf CORKS AND CURLS VolXXVI 14 ' The Lawn with its sur- f roundings, however, is not the sole claim to a fine architecture. Each row of buildings called by metonymy a Hlawnn is separated by Italian gardens in the rear from a similar 'chain called a range, built upon the same cater- pillarplan and opening upon an arcade. At the southern end of West Range is the Commons, or mess hall, a building of plain and simple design and plainer and simpler fare.. Far-flung to the t THE LOWER RECTANGLE Hulsinger southwest, lies Dawson's Row, a string of dormitories in a sad state of repair only a few years ago, but now regenerated in ornature and plumbing and equipped with modern conveniences and cement walks con- necting it with the outside world. Westward lies cloistered Monroe l-lill, and the former home of the president who gives it his name. ln the rear the golf links span the distance to the Confederate Cemetery. Between Dawsonis Row and West Range, Minor l-lall, named after the late John B. Minor, the famous law teacher, rears its proud walls and columns. Its recent acquisition from the state legislature was the greatest legal battle ever won by the leader of the law faculty, and those who have heard the eminent dean lecture upon his killings in active practive will attest the intensity of the superlative. Leaving the mlqemplei' where is taught the law and the reason thereof, we start for the CornerH on some expensive pretext or other, cross the Lawn which was lately the subject of an effusion, hurry past the Randall Building, a crime itself and the scene of crimes, go down the vista of m1,.- .fhihf . . East Range, and draw up before the home of the medical depart- ment. The University l-lospital is an imposing building madexof a body and two wings. It is in the habit of acquiring a new wing with the facility that a crab grows a new lin, though not quite, for the state has to make -an approp- riation. It is the sanatorium for Piainer-andSimp1erFax-ef' students and all the people of the A A Building of Plain and Simple Design and A Holsinger I ,i -a---- ..., ,, .-, -,af ' . '. ' '- Y. .1 ' ' ' -, ..,, ........r...... ..s....,...,.4:sf.--,-af.--t--....--..... . , . . ,, X, ,, sa... ,A -

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,.f ,. - . . - ,.- ,. .. . Y- 2 -., f ,, . .., ,,, -af...-,. ,.-.-- -f ff----e m ' 16 CORKS AND CURLS VOLXXVI Education F und recently C011- tributed flS40,000. The Uni- versity Road winds around tlie northern frontier of the exploited tract, confined by a low wall Of stone over which a student tardy to a lecture can leap with an agile bound. The inhabited territory outside the University proper has expanded so rapidly that it now holds the center of population. It contains many private boarding houses and residences, and in the Reneau UA CRIME ITSELF AND THE SCENE OF CRIMES section adjacent to Preston Heights, a suburb of mushrcom growth, are located most of the fraternity houses. Twenty-one of these organizations out of the twenty-three with extant 'chapters have comfortable and convenient homes, ranging in size from the companionable Chi Phi bungalow to the large and commodious buildings of Kappa Sigma, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Psi, and Phi Kappa Sigma. A road is being opened up around Carr,s Hill, and it will soon be fringed with other pretentious fraternity houses, to be built of masonry on plans approved by the official landscape gardener. The Delta Kappa Epsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities have been granted sites on the roadway, and applications have been filed by Chi Phi, Phi Delta Theta, and Phi Kappa Psi. g s V The last named has determined to abandon its present home, St. Peter's Hall, which has been pur- chased by the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. These buildings add greatly to the classical beauty of the University, and the prospect- ive homesteader is encouraged by the authorities. The new houses will be on the side of Carr,s Hill facing Lambeth Field, as fine an athletic field as can be found anywhere, flanked by concrete blea-chers and grandstand built NDOWN THE WST Holsinger into a surrounding hill. Funds A OF EAST RANGE have been raised for the erection I' -flue- fi ' V ' - 4 ' V - - - V.. . ,, A---4-f'-1-Q.u.a:QL-5 f. - -..Ht..s. ' i 'I Y H -V - 'V ' 'l 1' ' i ' 'm'Nse- 1 -1 1-f ... . x.,,,.,T , 47 . . , ,..,..,,...,. ,..,bMb ,. A .