Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Bugle Yearbook (Blacksburg, VA)

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'A' t 'Ir if -k wk 'li' ml' if 1 ' y Y.M.C.A.-DAVIDSON HALL I I HE burldrng of the Young Men s Chrlstxan Assocratron socral and tecreatronal center just off the quadrangle IS the most frrendly campus refuge from the bustle of student lrfe Here members of the lower classes especrally re tue for rest and msprratron The Y was bu1lt Wrth mo'1ey rarsed almost entnely by a smgle cadet It was the second student Y M C A burldrng 111 the South and the laymg of the corner stone rn 1899 attracted a large attendance rncludmg Vllglnla s Governor Tyler Smce rt rs pr1mar1ly a stronghold of chemrstry fumes and odors from thousands of experr ments form the sharpest rmpressron and the chref memory of Davxdson Hall ultrmately to be the home of the chemrstry department alone but now temporarlly holdmg the geologxsts physrcxsts and metallurgrsts as well Innumerable skylrghted laboratorres of all srzes occupy the low rear portron of the hall the massrve front: contarns most of the ofhces and classrooms T XXX l , f. e q y i at at n so o , , 1

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i' ' Uk ir 'ke 'k t its ir' ' ADMINISTRATION BUILDING--WAR MEMORIAL HALL THE Adm1n1strat1on Bu1ld1ng Sanctum of authonty was burlt to replace the Rock House whrch burned rn 1900 The older sectron ot the structure at least 15 among the earlrest stone archrtecture on the campus and helped 1ntro duce the natrve materral whrch rs berng used wrth such d1st1nct1ve effect today The athletrc center for Vrrglma Tech IS the massrve War Memonal Hall burlt by alumnr m 1926 and dedrcated to therr fellows who served durmg the tryrng tunes of 17 19 Its ent1re tone IS one of sturdy and rnvrncrble coniidence The gymnasmm however sees not only the frerce en counter of sports but also the garty of dances when the hghts are drmly playmg on multr colored decorat1ons and smllmg eyes grve the l1e to smooth Vnzgrnla lmes Memorral Hall also houses ofhces club rooms quarters for v1s1t1ng teams a swrmmmg pool and the Tech broadcastrng studro Behrncl Memorral Hall 1n a natural amphrtheatre overlookrng the blue range of Brush Mountam and beyond IS Mlles Stadrum 1 c' 1 of a c 1' was 9 rr