Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1925-1926 Page: 22
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HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE
each two stories high, 30 by 100 feet in dimensions. The
East Barracks has been rebuilt as a Boys' Dormitory, containing
twenty-eight rooms. The rooms are comfortably
furnished and heated with natural gas. A competent instructor
has charge of the Boys' Dormitory, and the boys
have regular hours for study and recreation. Besides the
Barracks, an excelent bathhouse was built for the soldiers
in the Studep+s' Army Training Corps. This is also at the
disposal of the men students.
Academy Hall. The College has recently purchased from
the City schools, the four-acre campus and building known
as the Center Avenue High School. This structure contains
three stories and a basement, with eleven large class rooms
and several offices. It is a modern home for the Academy.
There the Academy has separate laboratories, library, and
study hall, managed under a discipline apart from the Main
College. The work is in charge of one of the leading high
school men of the State, assisted by a splendid corps of
Academy teachers.
L. J. Mims Auditorium and Fine Arts Building. The general
plan of this building is as follows: First floor, President's
and Bursar's offices; main floor of large chapel. Second
floor, several large class rooms, and balcony of auditorium.
Third floor, Fine Arts Studios and practice rooms.
Gymnasium. The West Barracks has been remodeled into
a Gymnasium, with splendid appointments. It is well lighted
and ventilated, has a playing floor 60 feet wide and 80 feet
long, and has on the first floor and in the balcony a seating
capacity of 1000 spectators.
EQUIPMENT
College Library. The College Library is situated on the
first floor of the north wing of the Administration Building.
A large reading room equipped with comfortable chairs and22
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Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.). Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1925-1926, book, June 1926; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46540/m1/24/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.