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| A model of the proposed new learning center. |
It’s 1963 and the Stephens campus is getting ready to take
on a more modern feel.
Planning has begun for the James M. Wood Learning Center,
today the academic hub of Stephens.
The $2.75 million project includes the Hugh
Stephens Library, renovations to Walter Hall and buildings that today house our
humanities, fashion, film, sciences and marketing courses. Construction is
expected to be completed by fall of 1964.
The design at this time is so futuristic at this time that it generates
an article in the New York Times on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1962, calling it
“tomorrow’s campus.” The learning center is “expected to serve as a national
showcase for the latest technical developments in teaching.”
The new facilities include the television stations, used
today by our film program, students interested in marketing and journalism and
by Columbia Access Television.
The 1963 Stephensophia once again mostly contains images of
college life that year.
It starts with a description of the Ten Ideals with
quotes by faculty members.
The Ten Ideals of Stephens College are represented in persons of the past and present who make Stephens a community of those who scorn that which is superficial and lowly and exalt that which is lofty and of utmost value. When these ideals are being achieved, a vision of others appear, until the good, the true and the beautiful become a living reality in our midst. - Dean William T. Hall
These Ideals do not constitute a standard of perfection, a doctrine, or a formal code. They are, rather, images of qualities that every student hopes to possess more fully than she does when she enters college and more fully than she does when she graduates. - Unknown
Each Ideal is a description of desirable forms of thinking, feeling, and acting rather than some far-off something unrelated to life. They are made real in those students who so fully live these ideals. - Dr. Carl N. Rexroad
Among the Ideals this year are twin sisters Elaine Anthony,
who represents Appreciation of the Beautiful, and Carol Anthony, who represents
Health. Both sisters went on to become artists: Elaine worked in Mexico City,
specializing in semi-abstract landscapes, and Carol had paintings in the
Smithsonian and Carnegie Institute.
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| Elaine Anthony |
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| Carol Anthony |
Linda Faber, who this year represents Courtesy, also went on
to be an artist. Linda Walker was a graphic designer-turned pastel and
watercolor artist.
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| Linda Faber |
This year’s Civic Association President is Karen Katz, now
Dr. Karen Musher, a speech language pathologist who was recognized with a Woman
of Courage Award in Houston.
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| Karen Katz |
Also among this class is Linda Shewalker, who is fittingly this year's chair of the
Educational and Cultural Commission. Linda Biehl went on to found the Amy Biehl
Foundation Trust, earning her the Aline and Norman Felton Humanitarian Award in
1999. Biehl’s story started with the tragic death of her daughter, Amy, in
1993. Amy was a Fulbright scholars in South Africa when her party was attacked
by a mob. Linda and her husband, Peter, responded by taking up her work to
support South Africa’s transition ot democracy. Today, two of Amy’s attackers now
work for the Amy Biehl Foundation. You can read more about Linda’s amazing
story here.
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