Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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The Proposed Administration Building UJflSHinGTOn COLLGGe The post-war enrollment increases ha e placed great demands upon the centers of higher education, regardless of their fame, facilities, background, or faculty. Washing- ton College has ably met these problems of the period. However, the future must not be ignored. Business, science, education, medi- cine, the ministry, are constantly raising their standards and seeking additional perfections. To realize these goals there must be more college-trai ned men and women to take posi- tions in these fields. High school students are becoming more aware of this need and in- creasing numbers of them are preparing to enter colleges and universities each year. Washington College has, for one hundred and sixty-six years, maintained an enviable record of scholarship and training, and this reputation will draw additional hundreds of high school graduates to the College. Forsee- ing this influx, the leaders of the College have made plans, some complete and now in prac- tice, others incomplete, to properly maintain educational standards for future students. One of the plans already in practice is the improvement and enlargement of the faculty. During the war, the teaching faculty dropped to fourteen members, and with the student enrollment at one hundred and ninety, the jjrofessor-student ratio was about thirteen- and-a-half to one. This ratio is presently about eighteen to one, and while theoretically cjuite satisfactory, is higher than desired by the College. Several new departments have been added to the curriculum, and former departments ha e been improved upon. Within the last three years regular Departments of Art, Speech and Dramatics, and Philosophy and Religion have been set up. Philosophy and lieligion has been expanded to such a degree that sufficient hours are now offered to satisfy retjuirements for a minor. Psychology is also available for a minor. Another step in the readjustment program is the erection of new buildings and the re- 14

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West, Middle and East Halls Middle and East Halls Fraternity Row The Dormitories William Smith Hall Dunning Hall A M mmM ..:.. A.

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The Proposed Dormitories OF THf FUTURE modeling of present stiuctnies. There are architect ' s chawings of proposed buildings at the upper portions of these pages. One is a new men ' s dormitor group unit, and the other is an administration and office building. The dormitories will be situated on the tri- angular plot at the northern end of the cam- pus, bevond Fraternity Row. The layout of these dorms will follow a new plan, which replaces the present system of having two men sleeping and studying in one looni bv having two men sleeping in one room and sharing an adjoining study room with two other men. The administration and office building vill be built on the site of East, West, and Middle Halls. Actually, these dormitories will be re- modeled and connected, which may readilv be seen bv the above picture. The adminis- trative offices, the business office, the facultv membere ' offices, and possibly the bookstore and the post office will be transferred to the new building. This transferral will increase the nimiber of classrooms in William Smith Hall, and reduce the stress placed upon the professors by the larger lecture groups. Additional land has been purchased ad- jacent to Ribler Field, and in the near fiume it Avill be graded and resodded to serve as a practice field for football, or possibly as a regular soccer field. The old parking lot be- low Kibler Field has been regarded for a sup- plement for track meets. It may also be used as a lacrosse field. There is a pressing need for a new field iioirse. The gvmn is too small; therefore, basketball games and some dances must be held in the Chestertown Armory. A modem field house will provide adequate space for interscholastic sports contests, physical train- ing classes, quarters for ' isiting teams, and .Athletic Department Offices. Vith these additions and improvements, ■Washington College will easilv continue to hold its head high among institutions of its kind. IS