Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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CENTENNIAL GYMNASIUM Then the hilltop with its broad playing field and the magnificent Centennial Gymnasium with its beautiful blue pool, its playing courts and classrooms. The last bits of the setting sun rest lightly upon the hill while be- low the shadows gather under the trees and among the college buildings. 15

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NAVY HALL AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TRAINING SCHOOL Then on to Navy Hall, to Benjamin Franklin Training School, one of our professional centers.

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Facts On Campus DID YOU KNOW THAT: Figures of eagles formerly stood in the place now occupied by the lions. The lions were in the space above, where the lights now stand. Several workmen complained that it did not seem proper that the English lion should stand above the American eagles. This raised quite a controversy, so the eagles and the lions changed places. In time, the broad wings of the eagles were broken off, and the eagles were replaced by the lights. A fountain, given as a class memorial, once stood on the lawn of front campus. A lovely garden in front of the fountain, with flowers planted to form the letters B. S. N. S., was a distinctive feature of the campus. The first athletic field is now the site of Science Hall. A por- tion of the second field can be seen by Navy Hall. Mt. Olympus is our third athletic field. The first manual training room was situated in what we now call the dining room wing. That white building known as the isolation hospital was origi- nally an ice house, in which ice cut from the river was stored. It was then enlarged, and called the pest house , for treatment of persons having contagious diseases. The queerly-shaped hump in the back of North Hall was the first water reservior on the campus. During the days when B. S. T. C. was a Literary Institute, it served as storage space for water which flowed down from the hills. It was then used as a storage place for potatoes. A fire in 187 5 destroyed the dormitory building which was replaced by the present Waller Hall. There was also a serious fire in North Hall in 1904. The latter building at that time housed the college laundry, the music department, and the chemistry laboratory. The Home Economics Department was located in the place now occupied by the Social Rooms and kitchen of Science Hall. The fourth face of the Carver H3II clock is much higher than the others. It was placed at that height so that persons in the dormitory could see it. 16