Western Maryland College - Aloha Yearbook (Westminster, MD)

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a handsome, well-equipped gymnasium. It is scarcely possible to overestimate the importance of this last addition to the acquisitions of the College. In 1890 another annex, a large wing named in honor of Senator W. Hering, president of the Board of Trustees, was completed. Through the generosity of Dr. Charles Billingslea, in the summer of ISQI, a building known as Levine Hall, for pri- marians, was erected on the College grounds. This is a memorial of the donor's little son, and it was placed under the care of Miss Lottie A. Owings, who con- PRESIDENTS RESIDENCE. ducted in it a flourishing school for several years. The beautiful church known as Baker Chapel was completed and set apart for divine service in the spring of 1895. The same year, the architectural scheme for the pile of academic buildings on College Hill was apparently completed by the erection of W'ard Hall, the most handsome and imposing annex on the campus. 28

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In 1886 XYard llall was enlarged, in 1887 Smith Hall wasuadded, in 1888 the main front was greatly improved, the same year steam heating apparatus was introduced through the entire College, and in 1889 a steam laundry was put in and four acres of ground were added to the premises. All these improvements which had been badly needed for many years, and which followed each other in extraordinarily rapid succession, greatly increased the comfort, convenience and etliciency of the College and proved the wisdom of the trustees in placing Dr. WARD MEMORIAL. Lewis at the helm., To accomplish so much, in so short a time, under such unfavorable surroundings, seemed to be almost amiracle. ' Through the generosity of the Baker brothers, of Buckeystown, a very hand- some residence for the president was erected on the campus in. 1889. The same year was signalized by a most timely gift from Miss Anna R. Yinglmg, a member of the first class graduated from the College. She presented to hC1' Alma Mater 27

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Thus it appears that while the original, the central plant, stood for some time with uncertain life, yet within the last few years, it has displayed evident signs of extraordinary vitality in growing into symmetrical beauty by adding in succession Uwings' Hall, Smith Hall, Hering Hall and Ward Hall, and acquiring a frontage ol 273 feet with the main entrance greatly improved by a tower and by a portico running the entire length. September, 1896. saw the commencement of another building on the fr- PROF. MCDA NIE IJS RFJSTDENCE. campus, which not long after its completion proved its raison d,Cfl'L',' for here the Professor of Mathematics, weary of a long bachelorhood, set up his larcs cz' pezzatrs, and first began to learn that life is really worth the livingfl A striking proof of the progress the College has made during the past decade, and a certain indication of the strong hold it has on the publicconlidence during the present administration was the Act of the Maryland Legislature, 1898, direct- 29