Wilson College - Conococheague Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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L higgledy-piggledy like the sprouts one sometimes sees in a spring flower bed. planted. perhaps. by small fingers, and in need of spacing and straighten- ing. It is precisely this spacing and straightening of our heterogeneous activities that we hope to effect through the proposed Student-Alumnae Building. Constructed of gray limestone and designed to harmonize architecturally with the newer build- ings on the campus, the Student-Alumnae Build- ing will be situated close to Thomson Hall fto which it will be connected by an arcadej, where the lawn slopes down tow ards the Conococheaguc. Such a position admits two floor levels without the expense of extensive excavation. By skillful plan- ning, an almost incredible number of features will be included under one roof. No longer will the Gymnasium need to be the catch-all for informal dances, K. P. performances, language club activities, stunt rehearsals, and class song practices. Nor. in the Lower Clubhouse, MRS' JANET GALBREATH CRATTY- -02 will the Plzaretm staff read material. under sworn secrecy not to divulge the plans for the next issue of Billboard, while the suggestions and remarks of both staffs mingle over piles of old CoNoCoCHEAGl,'l-ls. A well-equipped stage. planned for use both with the indoor auditorium and the natural outdoor amphitheater. adequate and convenient rooms for dressing. making costumes. and making scenery will abundantly answer the needs of the dramatic Zlub. Ample space for the larger social functions of the college will be offered by the ballroom, run- ling the full length of the building and connected by means of a foyer to a large formal lounge. Un 'he lower floor are to be an informal lounge and separate rooms of appropriate sizes for the various tudent organizations. G As evidence that this building has not been planned exclusively for the students are several bed- is roms and suites. specifically designed for alumnae visiting the campus, while some of the other rooms if, the building will be convertible to bedrooms for use when Wilson alumnae return in large num- b -rs. Here too will be locaggd the offices of the alumnae secretary. ,From the porch ofthe Student-Alumnae Building you will see. across campus. a beautiful new di rmitory. stretching northeast from the end of Riddle Hall as far as Warfield Hall. This proposed df fmitory, expected to accommodate about eighty students, will make possible a larger number of sir gle rooms. That there is something about a single, a certain cozy privacy that cannot be paral- leli. d for comfort and convenience. shows clearly each May in the great demand for singles at rod 11-drawing time. l. est you should think that we are building only with stone and mortar, it is well to make clear tha. the two buildings which have been proposed account for only one half of the million dollar goal whi :li has been set for the Endowment Campaign. The other half million dollars is to be invested in sucl general endowment as will uphold the traditionally high standards of Wilson College. A1'. this sounds like a lovely dream. lt is a dream, a dream which we hope may be fulfilled before many' years pass. The wonder of it is that it is within our power to fulfill it. This is our opportunity to demonstrate the loyalty of which we sing heartily. if glibly, to give something more substantial thanil ip-service. 3, t 17 1 5, '35

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llvllww I U U C .W Q .M CVULW. Isn't this something new?7' you ask, I don't believe Iive seen that building on the Wilson College campus beforefl No, you haven't yet, but we hope you will before long. The Student-Alumnae Building, sketched below, is an important part of the plans which Wilson College hopes to realize through its Seventieth Anniversary Fund. Growth is a sign of life. After seventy years, Wilson College is still growing, and we interpret its growth as a healthy sign, something to be encouraged. It is not the growth of mere numbers which we welcome, for we consider the present enrollment ideal for the richest relationships between the faculty and the student body, for the strongest circles of friendship among the undergraduates, and for the fullest development of each individual. But we are interested in the expansion of the social and cultural aspects of college life which have been placed, with right judgment, second only to academic standards. By no means have the extracurricular activities been neglected: witness, for example, the annual White Dinner, sponsored by thc Y. W. C. A., the three major dramatic performances of the year, presented by thc Kittochtinny Players, thc weekly issue of Billboard. But they have pushed up ...PROPOSED STUDENT - ALUMNAE BUILDING A N 2 D , VWYY' 2, I Vmg. Mayer Wir, ,Www N-bf 3,

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In pledge of their loyalty, on the evening of February 3, 1939, around dinner tables in various centers all over the United States, the alumnae and friends of Wilson College met to inaugurate the Endowment Campaign. At least sixty-six gatherings of the more formal type were held. There was an attendance of over four hundred and fifty at the banquet held in Chambersburg, in the college dining room. Doubtless there were many smaller unofficial but equally enthusiastic celebrations in this country and across the seas. One slender yet strong bond of unification was the fifteen minute radio broadcast of President Havens and Dr. James Rowland Angell, president-emeritus of Yale University, on the importance of the independent college in American education. Though in some places it may have been impossible to listen to the broadcast, we can be confident that everywhere the thoughts of alumnae and friends were bound together by a deep-rooted interest in Wilson College. It takes more than one evening of banqueting and speech-making to carry on, or even to start, a campaign of such a size as the Wilson College Seventieth Anniversary Fund. lts needs must be made known to widely scattered alumnae, and to friends and potential friends. Under the leadership of Janet Galbreath Cratty, ,02, and her associate, Susan Mateer Bennett, '04, the United States has been divided into eight major geographical sections, and a chairman placed at the head of each, and under each of these leaders a staff of district chairmen has been built up. Through the means of re- gional and local conferences, conducted by President Havens, Mrs. Cratty, Mrs. Bennett, and Miss Gertrude Parry, Executive Secretary of the Alumnae Association, the alumnae have been familiar- ized with the needs of the college and the plans for the campaign, and one hundred and twenty- three dollars was established as a quota for each alumna. Everywhere vital interest and willingness to cooperate was expressed. On the campus the plans for the Seventieth Anniversary Fund have been welcomed with great enthusiasm. Outstanding among the events of the drive for funds, held from February twenty-third to twenty-Hfth inclusive, were the opening informal dinner, at which Dr. Warren N. Nevius and three undergraduates, members of the Endowment Fund Committee, presented various aspects of the campus campaign, and the faculty-student stunt, given the following evening. This was a skit entitled Fund Is Fun, combining the talent of faculty, non-teaching staff, and students in the portrayal of the Wilson that is to be. We laughed at Wilson girls of the future, languidly telephoning to their friends from their rooms, at faculty members, enjoying all the inconveniences of a truly modern kitchenette, and at the staid alumnae, returning to their Alma Mater to find President and Mrs. Havens blithely dancing on the sun deck of the new Student-Alumnae Building. As an indicator of the progress of the campus campaign, a large bar graph was placed in the court outside Main Hall, and marked with red chalk. The pledges of the faculty and non-teaching staff quickly exceeded their quota, while a large proportion of the student body was represented in the amount pledged. For this encouraging progress. credit is due to the squad leaders Cfrom nine to eleven 18