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Caption: Dedication - Home Economics Newspaper
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ultv, together with the architect's interpretation and the me-| | ehanical "know-how'' of many trades and crafts, have com| bined to produce these two beautiful buildings which will be : dedicated to. teaching and re search for strengthening of homes and family life. "We are grateful to the Univ e r s i t y administration, t h e Board of Trustees and the State of Illinois for enabling .us to translate our dreams for home economics into these two buildings—Bevier Hall and the Child Development Laboratory." (.umpieieiy i . cuuiupeu — KIH.IIOH Ynncn can tio- v n o u uv CIMICI MDUCIMS VI iiwmv ucwrrorrnCT >IUM members for entertaining. The staffs lounge is directly north of the kitchen. ii :' : '" " • r^'w i • :ssa =^== '••• Bevier Impressive, Usable Furnishings in Bevier Hall com- I a wide stairway leading to the secbine good taste and design with ond floor. Four4nch, grooved practicality to give an impressive p pieces of the wood form the panels, and functional building. • and. three strong horizontal grooves The front entrance with its bold. separate the panels and, keep, the striped zebra- wood is perhaps the strong vertical lines of the wood most striking of all features." Four in control. Brass light fixtures on panels of this hard, South African the walls direct light upward* to wood.extend the full height of the dramatize the appearance of this first and second floors and encase unusual wood. The faculty lounge is equally effective but'ln a different way. Decorators reached back to the 18th century to select furnishings for this room. Here, French Provincial furniture in an approprite setting provide faculty ^members a quiet place to relax. One effective point of the room is a copy of a green print French : toiles-de-Jouy fabric used in the draperies and also quilted in upholstery for a chair.. Soft green walls and a beige sculptured carpet complete the room.. Walnut desks - and fawn gray stained red birch doors and trimgive offices a pleasant atmosphere. Helen McCullough, associate professor of housing' research at the University of Illinois, designed the storage walls between the>ffices. They consist of four sections a n d two closets. Each has four, adjustable open book shelves, two closed sections which are the entire depth, of the storage wall; and one closet. lemes Set Bevier Hal second floor. Soft tones of blue, blue-purple; and blue-greenr• m the portrait set the tone for the furnishings. Much of the furniture in this lounge is upholstered in blue and beige materials. Rose accents are furnished by the pattern of some upholstery fabrics and in some occasional chairs. A doeskin wall color in the auditorium blends into walnut paneling, while rust-colored seats add a bright note to the room. A teal blue, brown, and orange tweedtextured fabric in the front stage curtain, provides a colorful setting for programs. Caryl Towsley, May, 1954, from Naperville, is a home economics teacher in Evergreen Park. Constance C r y d e r Alexander, 1954, from Plainfield, is a dietitian at Kansas State College, Hanhat- First Home Ec Library in Bevier An early American atmosphere prevails In the Spice Box, a miniature dining room seating 75 which serves as a laboratory for TQttavrcmt management students at the University of Illinois. Students in this curriculum prepare and serve special meals several times a year. Mu/fi-Purnose Auditorium For the first time in the history of. the department, home economics books and' periodicals are housed in the same room—the new 'library in the University of Illinois Bevier Hall. Up to this time, staff members had to 'keep reference books, journals, arid other reading mater* iflli fthftir nurn nf«,
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