Virginia Commonwealth University - Cobblestone Wigwam Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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• « •■• gether ivithin these covers as much of the ' ' flavor ' of our alma mater as we found possible. In doing so, of course, we used the ivhole city as a ' ' campus, and we wish to extend our sincere thanks to any and all who assisted. The Virginia Museum of Fine Art was most cordial in allowing us to photo- graph our May Court there. Mr. Robert Harrison placed his classes in Commercial Art at our disposal for creating a cover design, and Mrs. Dorothy Neelfs advertising class ' ' turned to in helping us gain that very necessary crutch called financial assistance. Mrs. Chalkley was most gracious in allowing us to use Founders ' Hall as a temporary photographic studio while class portraits were be- ing made, and various individuals, too numerous to name, offered their assistance through the use of photographs they own. The Proscript and the Richmond Times-Dispatch were equally obliging, as tvere the Col- lege office staffs. And of course, you who purchased this copy of the 1951 Wigivam assisted also. Therefore, to the many, many helping hands — thank you. We hope that the pages tvhich lie ahead will hold some particular m eaning to each of our readers. Furthermore, we will feel successful, if, several years hence, unknown to us, this volume serves in som e sm all way as a link between alumni and college, between alumni and students and, m ost important of all, between college friends.

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f ♦ ♦ %•• ItH hai Lee4t ou . . . . ail opportunity to groiv; mentally, through the new avenues of thought introduced to us; socially, through the daily contact tvith our contemporaries, sharing a similar way of life. . . . the guided introduction to our new careers, to prepare us profes- sionally if ive have been wise enough to use the time and training with a sense of value. . . . the fulfillment of new friendships ivhich gave warmth, compan- ionship and satisfaction. . . . the community life which is hound to enrich the individual and the group whether the alma mater he large or sfnall in size, special- ized or general in type, east or ivest in location. . . . the times, the places and the people tvho, in general, made yes- terday and today more interesting and livahle, and whose memories tvill make tomorrotv more enjoyahle. Therefore, feeling that the familiarity of surroundings, the iden- tification of people, and the recollections of events are the most feas- ible connections a yearbook can offer the student body in the form of a lasting record, tve of the 1951 Wigtvam Staff have tried to bring to- - • ■ • ■

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Materially significant of the rapid rise of R. P. I. is the recent allocation of a new educational building — the first completely new edifice to be constructed for the college. Shown above is a rear elevation view of it, as planned. - ♦ ♦