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

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4 • • PERSONALITIES . . . at R. P. I. are like the frosting on cake and the sparkle in snow: they give the basic ingredient — that special something. Buildings have their individual characteristics, and cities have their particular atmosphere, but, people make the buildings, and people create the atmospheres and events. All of us probably have favorite circles of friends, particular people whom we enjoy, or admire, or are amused by. Someone like Mrs. Owens, for instance, who brought a new kind of light to the dining hall — crisp curtains, varied tasty menus, softly colored walls, and music. All the dormitory girls, and any of the fellows who date them, know Mr. Bailey whose fatherly interest in the students is almost legendary now. There are always the wheels, the girl in the next seat in English class whose name you ' d like to know and soon find out, the class bore, and the habitual overcutter, not to leave out the instructors who are really human when you give them half a chance. On the following pages are all kinds of people who study or teach all sorts of things. Some you may know well; you may not have known others attended R. P. I. They are all worth knowing, however, believe it or not. We hope you find the very special ones you ' re looking for, and if you don ' t see your own face — for shame !

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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. - ♦ ♦

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