Westbrook College - Tower Yearbook (Westbrook, ME)

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ANN E. WEBSTER, AB. Sociology, Physical Education ANNE NEILY Voice MR. 65 Mus. MAURICE TOMILSON , Equitation

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N EW BUILDING April 1950 was a significant month for both students and faculty. Ar this time ground was broken for the New Library, the first building to be erected since 1900 at WIC. The past year has seen many drives to raise money by students, faculty, staff, and alumnae. A building fund campaign office was opened in Monument Square, Portland, headed by Mrs. Jane Garrison. She divided all possible sources of revenue into six groups, which are: 1. Trustees 2. Commerce and Industry 3. Faculty-Staff 4. Parents 5. Students 6. Commemorative Gifts The Alumnae Association took charge of its own fund raising campaign and have pro- mised a total of ,5i15,000. The new building consists of a basement and three Hoors. On the ground level there is a sound proof music room on the left and opposite it the Alumnae Lounge. Diagonally across from the lounge is a kitchenette which will be used for refreshments and teas. Next to the lounge on the right are a series of classrooms: 11 a sewing lab, 21 arts and crafts room, and a remedial reading room. On the first floor is the Nlemorial reading room given by Dr. and Mrs. Proctor in memory of their son. Across the hall on the right is the new library and a workshop for the librarian for repairing books and so forth. In back of the workshop is a stack room where books may be stored. There are three classrooms on the right which will eventually be used for extra stack rooms. These classrooms all have movable partitions. The second floor consists of two classrooms with a movable partition which folds into the wall to make one large room. Next to the classrooms is an office for the English depart- ment. The rest of this iioor is to be used for rooms to facilitate 28 girls. The third Hoor is to be used as a dormitory with two faculty suites in front. In future years the third Hoor will also house 28 girls, but it is not to be completed until the space is needed. On May 15 parents were invited to tour the new building.