When Trinity college opens for the 1923-24 school year on Monday, one week from today, it will be better equipped, both from a standpoint of strength of faculty and condition of buildings, than at any other time in its history. During the summer changes have been made, and now the famous Methodist institution is ready to usher in what will undoubtedly prove the greatest year on record.
Probably the outstanding new physical feature of the college is the virtually completed Memorial gymnasium, erected at a cost of more than $125,00. This handsome brick structure is complete excepting the swimming pool addition. Concrete for the pool however has been poured. During the last week tile was laid in the shower rooms. The gymnasium is complete and apparatus will be installed immediately. In six more weeks, Contractor N. Underwood declares, the structure will be finished to the last stroke of the paint brush and driven nail.
Renovations of a marked character are in progress on Crowell Science hall, to be occupied hereafter only by chemistry and biology departments. Partitions are being erected; plumbing and carpenter work are making many improvements. With the removal of the physics building, at the park school, considerably more room will be available for science students. Next to the department of religious education, the science department is the most rapidly growing department in Trinity college, it is stated. Several additions will be made to the science faculty.
In the old Angier B. Duke gymnasium a modern cafeteria will be operated this year. A complete dining room and kitchen have been equipped. Where panting athletes once struggled in various contests, this year hungry students will push in line for their meals. The cafeteria is operated by private persons upon lease from the college.
The Aycock and Jarvis dormitories have been completely replastered and recalsomined during the summer months.
From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Monday, Sept. 10, 1923
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