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Show IMONDAY, JUNE 18, 2001 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS PA"E 3 Bye•bye, buildings Fareipell party slatedf C!r 'Old Schools' onjune 21 I f y0u attended or w orked at Cedar City' old . elementary, middle, junior-high, or high school on the comer blo k of 300 West and Center creet , gather up your ol' classmate , or your favorite teacher, and have a souvenir photo taken on the step of the old chool, because later this ummec, the old buildings will be demolished. A few years ago outhem Utah University purchased the properry the old ·chools currently rand on . All of the buildings, except the pool, will oon be coming down to make room for a much needed parking lot on the northeast omer of the university campus. The space will al o become home foe a new teacher education build.ing-ironkalJy, kind of symbolic-when that project is funded by the legislarure. Research was done, and it was detennined chat the co t to remodel the existing structuce would simply not be strucruralJy or economically-sensible. But before the buildings are knocked down in early July, it is very imponanr to U(J that they offer an opponunity to the community to say farewelJ to their beloved ol' schools. SUU invites all ;ilumni, former teachers and administrators of the @Id Cedar City chool , as well as the community, for a farewell pany The 'Old Schools,' at 300 West Center, will be demolished next month. on June 21 at 11 a.qi., under the giant iberian Elm tree right on the corner of 300 West and Center. Light refreshments will be served. A few scheduled alumni w ill peak , and music will be p rovided by alumni too. There will be a short time designated for open mic comments, too. Also, this i the opportun.ity to capture another pedal memory in a souvenir photo taken on the grounds of the old schools. A photogr.ipher w ill be on hand at the farewell to take individual photos, classmate reunion shots or ceacher-srudent photos. A Share some fun memories-read some of them here R I ulan Woodbury wa the la t principal of the original West Elementary . J. Clair Morris wa a teacher, a principal and the · superintendent for nearly 20 year in Iron County School District. His wife , uzanne , went to chool in all of the old buildings. Christine Winter:rose was a classmate of Suzanne 's. And each of these people will be pre em on the corn e r of 300 West and Center treet Thl(rsday, J une 21, to say fa rewell , with their ol ' school chums, student ·, teachers, and administrators, to the old Cedar City chool . Clair and Rulan will be among a few cheduJed to share ome memories of time in th hall of the old schools . Christine will provide special music for the occasion . There wiJJ be a hart time designated for open mic co mments. too, ·o if you have a fun or cheri hed memory, come and share. (continued on page 4) small fee will be requested to cover costs for development of a 5x7 ouvenir photo, and then the photos can be picked up at a later-designated place and time. Souvenir bricks from the buildings will also be available sometime in early July, once demolition commences. Dean O'Driscoll SUU's director of marketing and public relations, notes , "We will announce dates and loca.tion where a load of brick · will be piled for colJectors who are in search of a tangible memory of the buildings. It will need to be a safe di tance from the demolition so no one is dodging heavy equipment while reminiscing." The contract tip ulace chat tbe demolition project will move rather quickly, with work lated for 10-hour days, six days a week. There has already been months of work in preparing for the demolition. most of which is not visible to the casual passer-by. "From now to the farewell program on the 11th, and ju t a few days fo.Uowing, may be the last opportunity for people to ·top by/ O'Dri coll ay . "We realize how many people pent a good portion of their lives either attendin g or w orking in these schools and we don't wane them to di appear without the community having a chance to say farewell. " USU president to speak on JFK assassination outhern Utah University will hose a Hall has extensive experience in June 21 visit by the new president of administration of higher education, Utah tate University , Kermit L. Hall . including his positions of provost and Hall , just named the 14th president of vice chancellor for academic affairs at U U in January, is c urrently on a North Carolina State University. At Ohio statewide tour to become familiar with tate niversity, he served as dean of the the citizens, bu ines e and agricu1rura1 College of Humanities, and as executive leaders in each Utah county. dean of the Colleges of the Ans and He i also presenting a lecrure on the Sciences. Hall has also held assas ination of .. President John F. administrative posts and Kennedy. the free lecture will be at faculty appointments in l p.m. in the Sbarwan Smith Center history and law at the Theatre. Hall was one of five individual .University of Tulsa, University appointed by President Bill Clinton and of Florida, Wayne State approved by the enate to serve on The University and Vanderbilt Pre identJohn F. Kennedy As assination University. Recqrds Review Board. ij:all has an M . .L degree An historian and legal scholar, Hall has from Yale University law Vl{ritten extensively on American legal chool, a Ph.D. in history from history, including The Magic Mirror: Law the University of Minnesota, an in American History published by the M.A. degree from Syracuse Oxford University Press. He is the editor University, and a B.A. degree of The Oxford Companion to the from the University of Akron. He Supreme Court of the Un ited States, an also completed the program at Harvard award-winning volume, and editor of the University's Institute for Educational forthcoming Oxford Companion to Management. Among many other A merican Law. recognitions, awards, and board po itions, he is a recipient of the Jame Madison Award from the American Library Association, a member of Phi Beta Kappa , a member of the Advi ory Commission of the t.anding Committee of Public Education of the American Bar As ociarion, a member of the Carolina Ballet Board of Trustees, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Triangle Re earch libraries Network, the Triangle Researd1 Universities Consortium, and the Research Triangle Instirute. In his role as an historian , he has spent a good deal of time iri Utah working in the archives of the Church of Je us Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Utah Historical Society, the genealogical library of the LDS Church, and the W estern History Collection at Utah St.ate University. He also served on the editorial board of the Western Historical Quarterly, housed on the Logan campus. Upon his appointment to USU, Hall said, ···n1e oppo rtunity to w ork w icJ1 coUeague · to set an agenda for inc reased excellen e and access in the new millennium is a distinct pleasure and a great opportunity. My w ife, Pj1yllis , and I look foiward to becoming part of the unive rsity , its ·urrounding community , and the tate of Utah ." Phyllis Hall is also a long-time cdm:a ror and has erved as an elementary school library media peciaJi ·c in the Wake County School y tern of orth Carolina. Some of her other intere ts include working with "at riSk~ rudents, and serving ·on the orth Carolina tate niversity's Theatre Boa.rd. Whil<; getting acquainted with UU am:· the Iron ,County community, Hall will also talk about the John F. Kennedy Assassination in light of historical evidence. Hall promises ·to engage the audie nce in the p resentation of docume nts surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy and will lead a discussion on the continuing significance of the president 's murder in American history. I l: |