Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1988 Page: 3 of 4
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Thursday, February 11, 1988
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Rebuild or renovate? The Ann Waggoner
THE NORTHWEST corner of Ann Waggoner Holl elong with the rest of the building is in disrepair. The
question now is "tear it down or renovate it?" Photo by Jerry B. Mahle
by Drew Martin
If one checks the map room
for Ann Waggoner there is a
scale model of the historic build-
ing which has on its roof two
dots; a blaek one sipnifyinp a
buildinp to be renovated, and a
preen dot sipnifyinp a buildinp
to be built. There is a conflict
in this, and it is not one easily
solved. The pradual decay of the
buildinp has caused the closinp
down the entire third floor and
a number of offices on the first
and second floors. There is a
decision to be made of whether
the buildinp should be torn
down and rebuilt or merely
renovated.
Ann Wapponcr Hall, the build-
ing which houses the Business,
English, History, Political Science
and Religion Departments as well
as the faculty lounge and chapel,
has been experiencing a rather
large number of structural dif-
ficulties in the past few years
In the past three years sagging
in the wooden columns in the
front of the building has caused
the third floor porch to be tilted
to one side creating a rather
large gutter. The rain water
caught by the porch leaks into
the building walls on the third
floor and gradually finds its way
into room 206 of the second
floor, soaking it. The run off
from the second floor leaks into
rooms 103 and 104 of the first
floor. In room 206 and 103 the
saturated ceiling tiles bulged in-
ward and fell to pieces. In addi-
tion to these rooms there was
arother room in the business of-
fice, room 210, that had some
significant leakage a few years
ago, this room was repaired.
During the flooding, one desk,
a number of books and personal
items were damaged. Needless
to say this series of events preci-
pitated the evacuation of most
of the rooms.
Unfortunately the problems
with the building do not end
there, once or twice in the past
a very unpleasant, mysterious
odor has invaded a large section
of the building, on the first and
second floor. Though no source
of this odor was ever found it
is theorized that some animals
had made a home in the walls
of the building. There have also
been a few problems with insects
doing damages to several books
in some areas of the buildings.
In past repairs to the struc-
ture, support cables were run
through the building to prevent
excessive strain on the wooden
support timbers. Though an im-
portant landmark, it seems fairly
clear that this building will not
last much longer than five years.
It is fortunate the building has
lasted this long.
Ann Waggoner was built in
1891 and is to date the oldest
question
building in the county still in
continuous use. Originally the
building was built to serve as
a women's dormitory. It was
constructed of the finest build-
ing materials available at the
time. Though many buildings
from that time have survived un-
scathed, Ann Waggoner is show-
ing her age. Due to the increas-
ing degradation of the roofing,
walls and possibly the wooden
timbers used as supports for the
building, it has become increas-
ingly evident over the last three
years that something must be
done. The college administration
is currently considering two op-
tions to this dilemma; renovating
the building or tearing the orig-
inal structure down and replac-
ing it with a new building. Ann
Waggoner was refurbished in
195S with what seems to be only
a mild degree of success. The
college has, in the past, hired
two engineering teams to look
into the possibility of renovating
the structure. The results were
conflicting, but the most recent
estimate was that it would ac-
tually cost less to renovate the
structure. Funding for the pro-
ject is still pending but if all
goes well, in two years we may
see some work commencing on
Ann Waggoner Hall. They say
that all good things must come
to an end, but with a little luck
(and funding) Ann Waggoner
may last for a while longer.
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up in. For most of us the images
of our childhood are pleasant
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children of alcoholics the past
can seem like a very bad dream,
inescapable and unavoidable.
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that many children from alco-
holic homes possess some of the
following traits;
1) guessing what normal be-
havior is;
2) having difficulty following a
project from beginning to
end;
3) lying when it would be just
as easy to tell the truth;
4) judging themselves without
mercy;
5) having difficulty having
fun;
6) taking themselves very seri-
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7) having difficulty with inti-
mate relationships;
8) overreacting to changes over
which they have no control;
9) constantly seeking approval
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from other people;
11) acting either super-respon-
sible or super-irresponsible;
12) remaining extremely loyal,
even in the face of evidence
that loyalty is undeserved;
and,
13) tending to lock themselves
Into a course of action with-
out giving consideration to
consequences.
Assistance is available for heip
in overcoming these negative
consequences. Al-Anon, Alateen
and Alatot all help their mem-
bers to deal with the effects
they've suffered from dealing
with an alcoholic family mem-
ber. There are also many Chil-
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Children of Alcoholics support
groups all over the Metroplex.
Counseling services are available
for interested students at ths
Counseling and Testing Center
located on the second floor of
the Student Union Building. A
student can be referred to a
local support group or have In-
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to help deal with these Issues.
Call 531-4432 or come by for an
appointment.
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