Catalog, 1956-1957 - Hoover Library

Weslem Maryland College 1955
Educational
OLD MAIN (IS66), the first building erected on the campus
is now largely devoted to the use of the Department of
Art. HERING HALL (IS90), named for Dr. J. W. Hering, first
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, contains laboratories and
other facilities for the Department of Home Economics. LE-
VINE HALL OF MUSIC (IS91), named in memory of James
Levine Billingslea, after extensive alterations in 1939 houses the
Department of Music and provides seven studios and classrooms,
ten practice rooms, a recital hall, and the Doria Music Library.
THE McDANIEL HOUSE (IS96) is used for the home management
program of the Department of Home Economics. YING-
LING HALL (1904), gift of Anna R. Yingling ('71), has provided
quarters for the Department of Military Science; following
the transfer of these quarters to Albert Norman Ward Hall,
Yingling Hall will be razed during 1956. THE LIBRARY
(J 90S) contains periodical, reference, magazine, conference, and
reading rooms as well as staff rooms, a classroom, and stack space
for the more than 50,000 volumes contained in the collection;
it is a depository for government publications. LEWIS HALL
(19'4), named for.the College'ssecond President, Thomas Hamilton
Lewis, ccnrams thirteen classrooms and six laboratories,
three each for the Department of Physicsand the Department of
Chemistry. The laboratories are ample in both equipment and
space. The astronomical observatory tops the building. SCIENCE
HALL (19:19) contains fourteen classrooms and three modernly
equipped laboratories for the Department of Biology.
'R!_sidential
SMITH HALL (IS87), named for John Smith, first President
of the Board of Trustees, provides residence rooms for faculty
members. THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE (IS89) was the
gift of Daniel Baker's sons. WARD HALL (IS95), named for
the College's first President, James Thomas Ward, and McKIN-
STRY HALL (1907) have served as student dormitories since
their erection. Under the new development program, it is anticipated
that these will be razed during 1956. McDANIEL HALL
(1922), named Ior William Roberts McDaniel, for many years
Vice-President of the College, is a dormitory for women and contains
a large student lounge as well as many auxiliary rooms.
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