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PJC Housing in 1946

How far we’ve come at Paris Junior College.

On Jan. 7, 1946, The Paris News printed this headline: “Housing Seen for PJC Vet Students.” Married veteran students were soon to be occupying three-room pre-fabricated houses on campus. Dr. J.R. McLemore, president of the college, had applied through the Federal Housing Authority at Fort Worth for 12 houses for the coming term and a total of 24 for next fall.

Married students were then occupying two trailer houses and one apartment. Unmarrieds would find plenty of room in the dormitories, he said, and the existing cafeteria could take care of “unlimited numbers.”

The proposed houses would be insulated, easily constructed, durable and adequate for the needs of a couple. They would contain a combination living room and bedroom, a kitchen, and a bath, and they would be ready for occupancy almost immediately because of the ease with which they were constructed.

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