Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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BOYS ' DORMITORY date twelve humlred seats and will be equipped with a modern stage, footlights, and a motion incture booth so as to proxide ample facilities for college theatricals and concerts. 1 he librar v. ill be on the second lloor. In the basement will be space for storage of records and su[iplies. The bo s ' dormitor - is planned on the unit t -pe. Hach unit is to be arranged with a stud room which mav be used bv four students, ha ' ing two bedrooms en suite with h)ur beds. The building is to be three stories in height, accommodating 0() stuilents, with facilities lor dining rooms and kitchens in the basement. The women ' s dormitor . possibl}- to be connected with the ' Mlillside b - a co ' - ereil corridor so that the present dining facilities ma be expanded to accommodate girls in both buildings, is to be of the same tvpe of construction as the main build- ing and the men ' s dormitor ' . 1 1 also will be three stories m height. l-rom the dean ' s suite tlie tv.o entrances ma - be obserxed. bor public receptions and enter- tainment of companv a large reception room and a In ing room will be pro -ided on the ground lloor. GIRLS ' DORMITORY ' I ' wriil y-l w o

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ADMINISTRATION AND CHAPEL BUILDING A New Westminster The X ' far U ' 2( will w hini; in the annals of W ' eslminstLT - iiol onK ' becauM ' it i the ear preeeclin,! the ( ()lle.!j;e ' s se ent -lil ' th anni ersarw but because it marks the start of an effort to bring the (College ' s ph ' .sical .strucline Lip to the le el of its high academic rating and to increase the endowment to the [-xiint where the adiii- tional plant ma ' be maintained. it is an effort which has been ears dehued. L nder the proposed building plan, which will cost apiiroximateh S t2t,()()0, three new structures w ill grace the enlarged c.un[uis of W estminster. ( )ne w ill hv a main building, containing a chapel, a library, the administration oHices, anil fi e classrooms. The second will be a women ' s dormitorx. connecting witli the ' dlill- side to care for lOS more girls. The third, funds for w hich ha e been pledged by New (lastle residents and alumm. will be the men ' s dormilorx. 1 he arrangement ol the main building, according to [Resent architectural plans, is to be in the form of an 1.. the principal wing being dexoletl to the chapel aiul auditorium. I he other wing, facing on .Market Street, will be ihe ollice sectio n. kOllowing prececlents established In the jiresent buildings, the building is designed along classic lines moelilietl in accordance with the Georgian (Colonial l pe. I he main entrance to the chapel faces the present campus and is dignilied hv a jiorlico with full two-stor . stone columns. I he auditoi ium ilscll is planned to accommo- ' rwtnt y-oiii-

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