The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31

, 1915 General Ass emily.
# students at the Woman's col
lege were allowed to vote on the
building they most heartily wish
for their campus, the proposed Stu
dent Union building would doubt
less win thumbs down. Supplement
tary funds to make such a center
for social and religious life and ac-
Invites of student organizations are
included in the college request for
appropriations which 1915 general
assembly will consider.
Except for the war, such a build
ing would now be in use on the
campus, for in the fall of 1914 the
Cone family of Greensboro made
50th anniversary gift to the college
of $780, 900 for this use, and the state
made available $4,000 from the
contingency and emergency fund.
Additional necessary funds were as
sured from FWA, but with war
time liquidation of this federal
agency, the supplement becomes
an item for state consideration.
In developing the college commu-
nifty life over the past decade, con-
scious effort has been made to
create way of life that will as
sist students in doing their best
academic work and will maintain
the high standards of personal liv-
ing which they bring to the cam
pus from their homes. Greatest
handicap has been in material IA
cilities, and improvised quarters
for social programs and entertain
ment, for religious activities an
for maintenance Of as normal a
life as possible have reached their
limits.
Plans drawn three or four years
ago for a Student Union building
take into consideration the specific
needs of a large college community
where students spend most of their
time on campus for a period of
four years. 1t would combine under
one roof facilities for social life,
headquarters for religious activities
and offices for student publications
and government.
In meeting the personal social
needs Of the student body of more
than 1900, the proposed Student
Union would provide large hall
to accommodate about 1000 persons
for special meetings and programs;
a large informal social center to
take the place of the badly dilapi-
dated hut which the college girls Of
1918 built with their own hands; a
grill, to replace the tavern impro-
vised 10 years ago in inadequate
space and unsatisfactory location;
an informal game room for such
social recreational sports as shuttle
board and ping pong in which girls,
or girls and their dates, may en-
gate; quarters where students may
meet and entertain their parents or
other campus visitors; headquar-
tiers for day students; a mems
lounge for the accommodation Of the
large number of men who natural
ly visit a woman's college.
Religious activities are housed in
the basement of South Spencer resi-
dence hall, space insufficient for
the large program which the col
lege carries on for the spiritual
development of the students, and
also badly needed for normal ac-
tivities of the students who make
their college home in the hall.
Pleasant, spacious quarters for re-
ligious activities are included in
plans for the Student Union build
ing.
Since erection Of Alumnae house
about 10 years ago, student govern
ment and student publications have
had quarters which are delightful
and adequate in every respect ex-
cept one. They are located on the
and classroom side
of the campus, and not on the resi-
dence side where they would be
easily and safely accessible to stu
dent officers who must work in
them at night.
The proposed Student Union
building, then, would be located on
the resident side of the campus
and offer a center for student So
cia1, religious and organizational
life.
During the Civil War the SOL
diers discovered that the peanut
made an excellent food.