Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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A new campus was an accomplishment not to be gloated over but to show more than ever what could be the future — and yet more con- vincingly, what must be the future. Wake Forest ' was not through building in 19 56. Winston Hall became a reality in 1961 to rehouse the expanding departments of biology and psychology. It was a gift from the people of the city, given as their own testimony that Wake Forest has a great future. The campus plan, indeed, was far from finished. The grass began to grow and the campus took on that lived-in appearance. Now it was looking like a college. 1 he first coats of paint were added to the woodwork and dorm rooms received new coating also. Things began to look a bit worn, as it students had been here. The edges of grassy plots were worn thin although constantly rehabilitated with fertilizer. And still, there was the continuation of construction. Down across the street next to Johnson Dorm rose another girl ' s dorm, appropriately christened Mary Reynolds Bab- cock Dormitory in honor ot a noted bene- factor of the College. After it was finished the ground was filled in, the red Piedmont clay was packed down, and grass was sown. Soon all was back to normal — but normal fir a short time only. Across the street ground was broken and construction was begun on a sorely- needed classroom building. For IK months muddy walks plagued coed shoes, along with jovial hoots of construction workers. Soon, however, the building was greatly appreciated as the library was emptied of classes and students could finally both hear and take notes. Indeed, it was an improvement that had to come and was but the first of many. Yet there is more — much more — to Wake Forest than mere bricks and mortar and side- walks. A faculty member is quick to point out that no one has ever sought to deny him the privilege of speaking his piece in the class- room. Stacks of books in the library halls stand still unpacked and uncatalogued, waiting for their places on now ghostly shelves built to ac- commodate a million volumes. Opportunities abound, as the spirit of progress so necessary to educational development pushes Samuel Wait ' s dream ever forward. 12 .

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