Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Men, and not hrick and mortar, make colleges, and these colleges make ft men. Alexander Camphell Just over hillside and around the next bend is Bethany. Over the years Bethany has come to mean many different things. After making a critical study of the academic program at Bethany, a prominent educator, in 1939, declared: Here is a small college of unusual distinction and merit. Comments like that have come from various persons who have come to know Old Bethany. - - - • t« » ■ ' Ai: »-.- : -m; vH -Ma- ? 6 LOOKING BACK

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OLD MAIN — Work was begun on this building in 1858, but was not completed until the 1870 ' s, due to the intervention of the Civil War. It was constructed to replace the original building which had been destroyed by fire in 1857. Bethanian Staff Editor: Cheryl McConnell Advisor: Ruth Westlake Photographers: Amy Formichella, Russ Nicely, Kim Ravenda, Bob Ri- vera, Russ Rogerson, Susan Williams Staff: Robin Bransford, Win Hal- kyard, Melissa Kearney, Andrea Novel Tunnel leading out of Bethany. LOOKING BACK 5

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OGLEBAY GATES — The main entrance to the college has always centered around the gates and the pillars add a dignity to the hillside. Freshmen in the past became acquainted with this entrance early in the year, during Hazing, they were forbidden to walk down the steps or through the archways. The seniors would hold their annual step sing there, also. Adding to tradition, the gates were opened when final examinations were being given on the hill. This was supposed to let the ponies through. They were closed at all other times. LOOKING BACK 7