West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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Twin Towers, built 1965. capacity 918. Lower level contains classrooms. Woman ' s Hall, built 1918. capacity 260. Arnold Hall, shown under constniction in 1957, capacity 420. Boreman North contains 250 women; South has 360 men.

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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

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Fraternity Row: Boreman North. Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Sigma Chi. Living units are always filled, but more is being made available through recent construction. A second Twin Towers, capacity 976, is in the making. Private dormitories such as Pierpont, Summit Hall, Campanile and others are attractively carpeted and air-conditioned. Woman ' s Hall was the first University-sponsored housing unit. Arnold Hall was named for Dean of Women Edna Arnold, who served from 1939 to 1955. Boreman Hall was named for the first governor of the state, Arthur Boreman. In 1926, Kappa Alpha Order built their house on North High Street and began fraternity housing now called The Row. Sororities are starting their Row with 7 out of the 1 1 in the Spruce Street area. With 1 8 fraternities, there are over 2000 students who are Greeks. The scholastic fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa, was chartered in 1910 while Alfa of Fi Batar Cappar, mock honorary, followed in 1911. Greeks have always held positions of leadership in student government, which once used the cafeteria as a student center. Charles Wise, a former student body president, is now on the Board of Governors. A son of another current Board of Governors member is Ralph Bean Jr. who served in 1963 and married his vice-president, Barbara Cook. S Tf l ' ? 1 ll.l Mil ' Alpha Xi Delia. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Alpha Delta Pi, Arnold Hall, Arnold Apartments. University presidents resided here from 1905 until 1965 when the official residence was moved to Evansdale; now used for offices.