{"id":2992,"date":"2011-11-14T08:51:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2011-12-02T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T17:56:51","slug":"george-mason-university%e2%80%99s-earliest-video-footage-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=2992","title":{"rendered":"George Mason University\u2019s Earliest Video Footage, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is Part 2 of 2 parts. Part 1 can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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George Mason College, Fairfax Campus, ca. 1965. Photograph is from the George Mason University Photograph Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fairfax, Virginia George Mason College’s New Home in 1964<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once moved from its original location in Bailey’s Crossroads, George Mason College would now operate out of it’s new quarters in Fairfax.<\/p>\n

The first four buildings were quite spartan in design, appearance, amenities (with the exception of the air conditioning), and name.\u00a0 Each would have two levels and a basement which doubled as a fallout shelter.\u00a0 The exteriors were to be of red brick with white vinyl-coated concrete columns. \u00a0The buildings would hold a total of four lecture rooms, four labs, half a dozen classrooms, administrative and faculty offices, library, bookstore, dining, and locker rooms for physical education.\u00a0 Their names would be taken from the points of the compass: North, South, East, and West.<\/p>\n

As completion of the campus at Fairfax approached excitement began to grow.\u00a0 College functions once taking place in and around Bailey\u2019s Crossroads shifted to its new adopted home in Fairfax. Instead of the Alexandria Episcopal Seminary, the 1964 Final Day Exercises took place in the Fairfax Town Hall on June 8.\u00a0 New college director Robert Reid, who assumed the directorship from the retiring John Finley on January 1, 1964, brought groups both large and small by the construction site for tours. One such group, the Fairfax City Chamber of Commerce, presented Reid and the college with the Chamber\u2019s first ever honorary membership during the last week of July. \u00a0(The Virginian<\/em>, Friday July 31, 1964).<\/p>\n

The Collage at Fairfax officially opened on Monday, September 14 to 356 registered students.\u00a0 The original faculty consisted of 7 full and 18 part-time instructors. Though the weather on that day was a pleasant seventy-five degrees, Mason\u2019s new director, Dr. Robert Reid, could not help but point out to the Fairfax Times<\/em> that Mason was the only College in the Washington area that was fully air conditioned (Fairfax Times, Friday 9\/18\/64, p.13).\u00a0 Perhaps the most sorely missed amenities were food service and a lounge for the students and faculty.\u00a0 During the first week vending machines were hastily set up in a study hall.\u00a0 Mason would later set up an actual dining hall, the Ordinary, in the South Building. The Ordinary would remain there until Student Union I was built in 1974.<\/p>\n

Though the university has added about 450 acres and over 100 buildings to the Fairfax campus, the original four still stand and are still in use today.<\/p>\n

The Video<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The original 16 mm film was approximately 12 minutes long, and unlike that of the move from Bailey’s Crossroads,\u00a0 contained audio.\u00a0 In this film George Mason College Director, Robert Reid, gives the above mentioned tour of the nearly-finished campus to the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce during the last week of April 1964. He is presented with an honorary membership by members of the Chamber, and later an announcer interviews tour group members,\u00a0 including Dr. Reid.<\/p>\n

Some Still Images from the Video<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Still image from the film showing members of the tour group enter the East Building during the July 1964 tour. In the background are the South (today known as Krug) Building at left, the Quadrangle. and the West Building at upper right.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Student members of the tour group gather in the lobby of the North Building (now known as Finley) in this still image from the film. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Director, Robert H. Reid (at right in dark suit) receives an honorary membership in the Greater Fairfax Chamber of Commerce from Chamber representative, Robert Parcels (at left). Still image from the film.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tour group continues down the walkway past the West Building (at right) into the breezeway of the South (now known as Krug) Building. Still image from the film. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Director Reid is interviewed by an announcer simply known as "Ed". Still image from the film.<\/p><\/div>\n

Segments from the Video
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Please click here to view a 59-second segment from the tour portion of the\u00a0 video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please click here to view a 1-minute 55-second segment from the interview portion of the\u00a0 video<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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