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Longwood College, Farmville, Va., October 26, I960
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Sophomores Gain Skit Honors In Circus 'Lollipop' Skit Places,
Plans Now Underway For Library Addition Keeping pace with the growing enrollment, Longwood will soon add an addition to the library. The present facilities will be inadequate to serve the entire student body. Plans (or the addition have been underway (or many years. In 1987 Mr. William H. Jesse, director o( libraries at the Univer-
College Reveals Latest Addition To Campus Land
Patriotic Float Wins \
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propriated at that time. Since then the plans have been completed after further conferI ncea With Mr. Jesse. It was during this time that Mr. Butler Mr Jakl H Wamsley. busi- cam to Longwood. "He made t to lli'iit suggestions and was ness manager o( Longwood. has tremendously helpful." said Dr. announced that Longwood College has purchased property in Farmville adjacent to the college property. Three hundred and twenty(ive (ront feet on the west side of Ely street behind Wheeler Dormitory has been designated to expand the present campus. This purchase was authorized by a committee from the State Board of Education which surveyed capital needs of state institutions for the six year period of 1956-G2. The additional land will be used for landscape features, such as formal gardens and parking lots. No buildings will be placed on the.-e sites Plans within the school year are to tear down buildings on the purchased property and to level and grade the land. The destruction of these buildings hai been done by local contractor.-, to date, and Immediate plan to tear down two of the bulk] nearest Wheeler, within the next sixty days.
Lankfdrd. On November 8 the bids will open. When completed, perhaps In time for the second term of the I961-196J school year, the library will have undergone many striking changes. The stacks wdl be replaced by book shelves interspersed with tables and chairs. This will enable those using the library to be in contact with the needed material. About 50 per cent of the total seating capacity will consist of individual study cells. Than will also be typing rooms, 1 I st a n i n g rooms and private studies for the (acuity The entire structure will be airconditioned and the old pan will he ret i i wnii the addition, the hi ary will have space for liO.OOO volumes, a little more than double the present number. While work is underway on the hhiary. material will be moved 10 the trail nie school. It will be iry to CIOM tin library for a few days while books are being removed.
Professor Of Greek To Discuss Humanism
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BRITISH BUTTERFLY HUNTERS (;. Bettias and L. Bayder defy jungle perils in sophomore skit.
/t-S Homecoming Plans Set For October 28 - 29 Hampden - Sydney homecoming activities will be the week end of October 28-29. Alumni, parents, and friends of Hampden Sydney will go to the Hill for business, social, and athletic events. The annual fcstivi-
at Death Valley with the Washington and Lee squad After the game, coffee will be aervt d In Gammon Gymnasium, 0 e Of li.
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,li"htcd by the Hampden-Sydney and Washington seven social fraternities and the and Lee football game. Saturday .on. A lovat 2 p.m. n and a S2J pn/e will he No Dance Fridai p having the Friday night no dance has been Deal decorations.
(in.wi in Plaj All of iin fraternities will have open house after thi ami for all urday nighl al 8 pjn. the Q i
man Club will present < His white beard, electric with the alumni association in Johns Gi at Gammon Gymnasium. The his slender, tapered finAuditorium. A luncheon for i'.eis clutching for some bit of iin i iii d until 11:30 will be served on the lawn Wisdom from the ancients, he exi>.m . with fraternity parties Of Venable Hall at 11' 18 p.m recites, swears, on 0Card. Football Game i point home Hi
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war whoop. The sophoc ise a unique them.' went aboul two Britishers hunting a White House. " i fly in darkest Africa ! tnd led the pab d frmn snaring red by the animal M ran specimen i namely, Bpil horde of Widl] FollOWl! i were the | l.i | ing natives who proceed to Sti w ntaUves In convertibles,
planned. Thi i of the Oi i man Club dance will be filled by fraternity parties. Saturday's activities will begin al 10:30 a ni with registration for COflee in Johns Auditorium for Professor Moses Hadas will si! ivity and audacity of an imall alumni and sjuaatt, At ll:S0 speak in Jarman Auditorium on passloned symphony conductor. am. then will be a meeting of Tuesday, November 1, at 10 am His speech is entitled "Humanism, the Ancient Ideal and Its' Survival." Professor Hadas, Jay Profes-1 sor of Greek and head of the classics department at Columbia University, has a most Imp] slve background. He received his AB degree from Emory Uimei.nd then studied at tin' Jewish Theological Seminary until USB, M.i i trad his MA from Columbia in 1935, and ' the PhD in IBM, In 1986, Prowas awarded i D.Litt. from Emory, and in I96B he received an LHD from Kenyon College. Columbia University has b Hadas s Center of teaching and study M: pt for a short peroid of work at the Uniity of Cincinnati. From 1MB until 19*8 he was a civilian officer of Btmtei ic Bervksi - in North Africa and a liaison officer to the Greek gn\ernnii nt fiiices In Greece. Phi Beta Kappa Professor Hadas is a member of the American Philosophy Association. Phi Beta Kappa, and is the author of thirty two cla texts. Time Magazine said: ", . . he leads a class with the mixed sen-
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Jarman Hall I once more, the midway has shed ita gay stream ■- until next year, and the laafl criei of jubilant winning-class members have long since died away, Circus of I960 rem ins, bul only In the hearts of those who helped 11 become a reality, and of those who were thrilled as parl ol I le " tandine room-only" crowd.
.tv of Tenneaai e, spent four days on our campus surveying the Mid making plans. During thai time he interviewed faculty members and worked with the library staff. li. May of 1957 Mr. Jesse gave Ins report which was turned over to an architect who then made a ICO and estimated the cost. At ion of the legislature, $.">(K),000 was requested for the project. Only $250,000 was ap-
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• to life through the : were the lieslmi' n. wi !i ' el tin i. a theme o( "Lollipop." in the U r. the . ■m. ,i and clowna, and Story, two young children visitn.i ■ Loi rood Spirit. a candy shop are unable to d< cide which kind o( candy to buy. After being shown many kinds of tempting candy, (hey OhOO simple lollipop, proving thai In auiy can be seen in everything Junior .Skit Patriotic The junior cla.-.-. pn i ated a skit which was patriotic n. tone. In the skit, two women I iB convention of running for mayor, and Dm.ma will be the vote was a Ue. Before two Ine College In Duem is' rotea oould be tal • h Carolina on October lied, tb performers concluded In the (male that it mattered noi .: and I ill all thai matti | ::■ Hi i Circle will be i nd, Seven thai evi ryone had voted UCG clrcli • win IM' repn Senior's Dream 'inn iii addition to nacted ■ circu meetings, : who ni b a special pn much to see a clr-1 In wine: I Circle of LongI a brief while, tin I. atroducUon, horses came alive and danceil. rood will !: ■ u d tablt dl merrj of AKG to round, The animal trainer, in differ the form n( a /"bra. put to our mock - human animals thro i future. 'in ir pact s, and tl i ndy ■ II studenl ladles and midgets danced, tin ood i■ ding, ■'■■ llev. Pi I ;>,,: ii . Joyce Odom, when the mother Kathleen child inr thai ibe could and Ai ; tomorrow pun tl •' dn ime true - attend Mldwaj I'un
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