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

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Minor Hall. 1912 The cycle of the development of educational facilities is repetitious; as the number of stu- dents is increased, the need for and construction of new buildings takes place; this increase in turn attracts more students. In this manner were the Science departments created and expanded. The old buildings of Brooks Museum, Cobb Chemical Laboratory, and Peabody Hall are being replaced by the new natural science building, Gilmer Hall, and the nearly complet- ed Chemistry building. Nor is this expansion cy- cle limited to the undergraduate departments; in the time span from 1915 when the enroll: ment was about 1,000 to the present 8,000 the creation and development of the Law School and the School of Medicine have exemplified the physical evolution of the University. Minor Hall gave way to the newer and larger Clark Hall, and the Medical School grew from a sin- gle brick building to a gigantic, modern hospital complex. Alderman Library, Newcomb Hall, Uni- versity Hall, New Copeley Hill, the atomic reac- tor . . . the list continues to grow as the Uni- versity continues to expand. These buildings mark the stages of development in the evolu- tion of one manas idea. Clark Hall

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University Hospital, 1912 n. u- .f .MWH; Medical Department Nursing School

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- b x f M ,r F 3 t t 19 st um; -t A .413. .wlw-A .- Dawsonts Row West Range With the completion of the four new Observatory Houses, more modern housing will be added to the already plush Alderman Dormitories, thus cul- minating a century and a half of evo- lutionary improvement in University Housing. By the early 1840,s, it had already become apparent that the Lawn and Range facilities were inadequate to meet the constantly increasing enroll- ment of the University. At this time, a widow named Mrs. Sidney Carr, who occupied a spacious home on the hill which still bears her name, opened her living and dining rooms to as many as fifty students. Within a few years the University had established a building on the hill near Mrs. Carfs home to serve as a student dormitory, and by 1848 twelve new dormitories were con- structed 0n Monroe Hill, the former residence of James Monroe.