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A SALUTARY INFLUENCE here and there in the building, but this did little to relieve the problem. Noticeable relief came only as faculty were able to locate elsewhere. Already in 1953 instructors in art, German, and sociology occupied offices and conducted their classes in the new chapel basement. In 1956 the General asked (ordered would be a better word) the chaplain to vacate the White House by the end of the year; Romance languages and political science moved in. In 1960 all of the language faculty were relocated in McKnight Hall and history, philosophy, and sociology in the S.C.A. building, which now became known by its formal name: Weidensall Hall.117 In 1961 the departments of education and mathematics occupied the recently purchased Phi Kappa Psi house, which was formally named the George Diehl Stahley Hall on March 10, 1962. Although the removal of the German and sociology departments in 1960 left the art faculty with most of the chapel basement, trustees did begin to discuss the need for a separate art building, but took no immediate action. They assigned a higher priority to the needs of biology and psychology, two of the fastest growing departments.118 As their numbers increased, administrators as well as faculty needed more space. In 1952 the College purchased Glatfelter Lodge from Sigma Chi and placed the business office there. Three years later it leased the Alpha Tau Omega house at 157 North Washington street and turned it over to the development and alumni staff. The administration's move into the White House began with the dean of the College in 1957 and was followed by the admissions and guidance offices. The bursar came into the S.C.A. building in 1958. Beginning in 1958, first the ground and later the second floors of Old Dorm were used by administrative personnel. By the end of the 1950s the trustees had to confront the fact that their supply of readily available money was nearly exhausted. The recently inaugurated fund-raising campaign was going well, but most of its proceeds would not be available for several years, nor could they secure federal loans for the facilities which they most 117In 1959 the entire interior of McKnight Hall was removed and replaced with rooms designed as offices and classrooms, at a cost of $154,416. The classics department moved from McKnight to the former bookstore building in 1965. Major repairs to convert Weidensall into a classroom and office building were not made until 1965, at a cost of $43,884. 118A good college faculty is rarely unanimous on almost any subject. Some now lamented the diaspora from Glatfelter Hall and consequent loss of community which existed in that overcrowded building, where with or without benefit of daily coffee stimulating discussion involving faculty from several departments regularly occurred. Obviously, there were gains and losses as the administration began moving toward providing an office for every faculty member, something which could never have occurred in Glatfelter Hall unless every classroom there had been converted into office space. Few advocated that course of action. 84