Lehigh Alumni Bulletin 1919-1920 (volume 7, no4) . f the boys in uniform will be onthe bronze tablets in the Memorial Hall,but any one wanting a more completerecord of them or the record of our menin civilian service will find it in this bigassembly and club room. On the secondfloor will be the offices of the AlumniAssociation, and a gallery will connectthese offices with the main stairs and withthe Administration and Faculty offices inthe other wing. On the basement floor is a wonderfulroom in the north end for the SupplyBureau. It can be fltted up to make ita big assembly and lounging room f
Lehigh Alumni Bulletin 1919-1920 (volume 7, no4) . f the boys in uniform will be onthe bronze tablets in the Memorial Hall,but any one wanting a more completerecord of them or the record of our menin civilian service will find it in this bigassembly and club room. On the secondfloor will be the offices of the AlumniAssociation, and a gallery will connectthese offices with the main stairs and withthe Administration and Faculty offices inthe other wing. On the basement floor is a wonderfulroom in the north end for the SupplyBureau. It can be fltted up to make ita big assembly and lounging room for thestudents, with a soda bar, dozens of tables,comfortable chairs and a piano. Besidestheir books, drawing materials, etc., theycan get soda, ice cream, candy, tobacco,and perhaps even a light lunch. There aregreat possibilities in this as has beenshown in the Union Buildings at other col-leges. We need something of this kind atLehigh. Our present supply bureau, wereit not for its cramped quarters, could 22 Alumni Bulletin of Lehigh University. Front and Side Elevation of Alumni Memorial quadruple it business. Also there Is nota place where the boys can congregate inlarge numbers in their leisure time. Thisroom with almost 3 000 square feet offloor space would be an ideal place forthem. However, it would have to be runin a way to make the students realize itbelongs to them and they would have tofeel that they were under no more re-striction there than they would be in anyof the town places they now patronize. The Architects who produced thesebeautiful plans are J. L. Burley, 94, andT. C. Visscher, 9 9, and we are very proudto feel that Lehigh alumni have designedtheir own building. The site of the building will be justwhere the house occupied by Prof. Thorn-berg now stands. This is the second brickhouse as you come in from the BrodheadAvenue entrance. The building will faceeast and the tower will be approximatelyon the axial line running from the mainGymnasium entrance throu
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