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Minjeong Joo (Mindy) ENG 333 Adv. Writing: Non-Fiction Professor Shannon Carter Feb. 01. 2014 Assignment 1 - Annotated Bibliography (Binnion Hall) The theme of my essay will be a Binnion Hall. Obviously you know the Binnion Hall if you are a student of Texas A&M University Commerce. The reason why I choose the Binnion Hall as my essay theme is that I think the Binnion Hall is an evidence of development of the city of Commerce, and E.T. After World War II, the Binnion Hall under constructed on 1947, and be an official building of math, continuing education and the counseling center. However, there are only few students know the Binnion Hall was a womans dormitory. Thorough the researching about the Binnion building, I am going to reveal the history of Binnion Hall and its role throughout the history of the school, and the Randolph B. Binnion who was the second president of the E.T. after the W.L. Mayos death. They tried to make the university have possibility of development. During the time goes passes, the Binnion Hall had many roles, and many changes., I think this essay could be an amazing story of the city of Commerce, Texas, and the Texas A&M University Commerce.

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East Texas State Teachers College, Binnion Hall Northeast Texas Digital Collection, Circa 1950, Image. 11. Feb. 2014 This is a photo describe a female student exiting Binnion Hall in the 1950s. The entrance of the Binnion Hall looks very similar with today. It is going to be a material to introduce Binnion Hall at that time period. http://dmc.tamuc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/historic-et/id/3374/rec/14

E. Reynolds. Donald, H. Conrad. James, Professor Mayos College: A History of East Texas State University, Years of Crisis: 1925-1946, The East Texas State University Press, Book, 1933, 1 Feb. 2014 (63p) This is a brief history about the college and the president Binnion but also Whitley, and shows what they worked for the college and students. Binnion Hall named after the Randolph B. Binnion who was the second president of East Texas Normal College. After the name was changed to East Texas State Teachers College in 1923 and East Texas State University in 1965, there were such a many developments on this University. Although very different in their personalities, the second president Randolph B.Binnion and Sam H. Whitley shared much in their philosophies of education and their goals for the university. Both strongly believed in Mayos conception of normalism that the ET existed primarily to train teachers, but it should founded on the context of a strong liberal arts foundation. Also both tried to create a pleasant and functional learning environment and challenge to the students to develop not only the character and mind and but also the fullest extent possible.

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E. Reynolds. Donald, H. Conrad. James, Professor Mayos College: A History of East Texas State University, Evolution of a University: 1946-1966, The East Texas State University Press, Book, 1933, 1 Feb. 2014 (100, 106p) This is a background about the construction of the Binnion Hall. There are two old photos of the Binnion Hall. The one is the Binnion Hall under construction in 1947, and the other one is the construction completed one. By 1945 East Texas State Teachers College suffered from the rapid increasing the numbers of students after the WW2. A rapid demobilization poured thousands of young men back onto the nations college campuses. The numbers of students increased so rapidly that institutions of higher learning could hardly cope with them and so did the East Texas State Teachers College. The ETs student population grew of 500 percent at that time period. Binnion Hall was designed by George L. Dahl the Dallas architect, and cost almost one million dollars in the construction, and originally accommodated about 306 coeds. The Binnion Hall was a $850,000 womens dormitory, and had a beautiful lounge which located on the first floor was furnished to hold a large number of student groups. President Gee announced in his inaugural about the important facilities planned by his predecessors were already in the works. The president Gee threw himself into the task of completing these projects, and the Binnion Hall was one of the several new facilities ready for use in 1948.

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E. Reynolds. Donald, H. Conrad. James, Professor Mayos College: A History of East Texas State University, Years of Challenge, Years of Promise: 1966-1989, The East Texas State University Press, Book, 1933, 1 Feb. 2014 (180-181p) This is about the renovation of the old dormitories. Maybe just as important as the new construction during the president McDowell years were the renovation projects. Because of the increasing numbers of faculty, adequate office space scarce for many. Renovation of old dormitories, specifically the May, Binnion, and the Henderson hall, went far to create more elbow room for cramped faculty members, and also, provided new homes for a number of academic and service departments. Such as, Mayo hall would host the AFROTC offices, and Binnion hall would house the Counseling center, Math, and Continuing Education, and Henderson hall would be the new home of Psychology and Student Health Services. However, paradoxically, even as the president McDowell worked to find office space for an overpopulated faculty, a growing number of empty classrooms became the most troublesome trend of the McDowell years, because of the shrinking student body.

Busby, Mark. Cedar Crossing 2013. Print. 11. Feb.2014 This is a fiction writing but based on the real name of place and writers life of East Texas era. The story begins with the assignment the protagonist got, which makes him to dig into this family history living in small town of Texas. I think this story going to establish the base of the history of East Texas era.

Randolph B. Binnion Northeast Texas Digital Collection. 1920s. Image. 11. Feb. 2014

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This is a photo of president Binnion became the second president of E.T. after W.L. Mayos death in 1917. During his six-year tenure as president, Binnion facilitated the growth of the school from a normal college to a state-backed institution.
http://dmc.tamuc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/historic-et/id/473/rec/21

Stuffed Eagle Northeast Texas Digital Collection. 1920s. Image. 11. Feb. 2014 This is a photograph of the large stuffed eagle the president Binnion kept in his office. It is going to be a material to introduce Randolph Binnion who is the second president of E.T. http://dmc.tamuc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/historic-et/id/473/rec/21

With Secretary Iva Galloway Northeast Texas Digital Collection. 1920s. Image. 11. Feb. 2014 This is a photograph of president Binnion with his secretary, Iva Galloway. It is going to be a material to introduce Randolph Binnion who is the second president of E.T.
http://dmc.tamuc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/historic-et/id/473/rec/21

East Texas State University, Down South Week 1967. Northeast Texas Digital Collection 1967, Image. 1. Feb. 2014 http://dmc.tamuc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/historic-et/id/2987/rec/16 This is an image from the first Down South Week in front of the Binnion hall, a campus activity organized by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity as a parody of Kappa Alphas Old South Week. Initiated in 1967, the Down South Week had a south-of-the border theme. The students decorated Binnion hall with some flags and banners, participated in a parade through campus, and dressed up as caballeros and senoritas.

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East Texas State University, Locust Yearbook, 1950 Northeast Texas Digital Collection, 1950, Image and Text. 11. Feb. 2014 This is a magazine of oral history of E.T. at that time period. There are several information about Binnion Hall but also the other life of E.T. I think it is going to be a real life evidence of life of E.T and opinions. http://dmc.tamuc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15778coll9/id/819/rec/9

L.Hines, Colleen. Curfew Class of 1956, Memories of Old E.T., 67, Book, 10 Feb. 2014 This is an essay of a female student, she wrote about her experience when she lived at Binnion Hall. I could know about the Binnion Hall was a womans dormitory on that time period, and they got housemother. She wrote her own experience related with Elvis Presley and the Binnion Hall. It is going to be real evidence about the Binnion Hall.

Fife, Dian. Binnion Hall 1959/1962 Class of 1962, Memories of Old E.T., 50, Book, 10 Feb. 2014 It is almost same with the above; this essay is also about her experience when she lived at Binnion Hall, but it is concentrated on the life of Binnion Hall. She described the Binnion Hall in detail and her dorm room. It is going to be an amazing material to describe (or imagine) the feature of Binnion Hall at that time period.