West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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Mountaineer Field, largely the effort of Harry Stansbury, athletic director from 1917 to 1938, is the scene for many thrilling sports events at WVU. Since 1928, a familiar man on the field with rifle and coonskin cap, has been the Mountaineer. Mountain, ranking men ' s honorary, annually selects the Mountaineer who is usually tall and who must be able to evoke Mountaineer spirit from the crowds, and whose rifle goes off when the teams appear and when touchdowns are made. In 1941, Julius Singleton had the position. A former speaker of the state legislature, he is now assistant to Gov. Smith. Ken Fonville, a Sigma Chi, served this year. His successor is Lou Garvin, Phi Sigma Kappa. . . . The Evansdale campus has grown rapidly since the building of the Medical Center. The new forestry building is constructed so that a much needed classroom tower can be added later. 26 Stadium Press Box (top) was built in 1963. At left is the University bookstore, 1958, squeezed in between the Law Byiilding, 1923, and the Physics Building.

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Mineral Industries Building, 1942. Chemistry Building. 1925. Elizabeth Moore Hall, 1928. The dance studio on the top floor was added in 1963. 25

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The Medical Center, 1957, University Hospital, 1960, created from a 1951 state legislature bill authorizing the use of a one-cent tax on soft drinks specifically for that purpose. Forestry Building. 1965. Behind Hawley Field rises the Engineerin Building and Agricultural Sciences Building. 1961. To the left under construction is the Creative Arts Center. Behind is seen, faintly. Twin Towers dormitory. iiiiijffiXjcm: ' , iT vS :4f v rfTi I MM mTm-iiiiiiiM 27