Briarcliff College - Yellow Hammer Yearbook (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

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its name from Sing-Sing. - The Main Building was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle and was opened in October, 1904. Because of a late start that year, no Christmas vacation was permitted. From about 1898 until the present building was completed, Mrs. Dow housed her stu- dent body in Briarcliff Lodge. The Main Building now contains 220 rooms, but when it was built: The present General Lounge was the Library. The present Library was four class rooms. The The The The The The present Music Studio was two bedrooms and a bath. present Bookshop was two practice rooms. present North Smoker was three practice rooms. present South Smoker was four practice rooms. present Room 106 was a violin room. present Package Room was a manicurist's parlor. p All rooms were originally papered with imported wallpaper. The-Infirmary was designed to occupy the entire wing except the Art Studio. The beams supporting the roof of Main Building are of solid chestnut, every floor is of concrete and the framework of the building is steel. fThere are 152 sinks with hot and cold running wateitl The original campus was 27.3 acres and now consists of 53 acres. The Swimming Pool was built in 1924 as a memorial to Edith Cooper Hartman, Prin- cipal, by the Directors of the School and was designed to house a theatre on what is now the sun deck, but this was never com- pleted. The President's House was built in 1904- 05 and until a few years ago had become completely covered with vines. Shelton House was purchased in 1944 and was originally built in 1910 by Mr. Shelton who was prominent in The American Bible Society. It is named for him. The flag pole on West Campus is a mem- orial to Mr. George W. Tuttle for whom Tuttle Road is named. He was formerly man- ager of Briarcliff Lodge and was a member. of the Board of Directors of the School from 1919 to 1929. When the College was young: 1. Ossining had recently f190ll changed 2. Briarcliff Lodge Cnow Edgewood Park Schooll was a swanky country hotel, a comfortable day's automobile trip over dirt roads from midtown New York. 3. Harmon Station and the electric trains on the New York Central did not exist. 4. A field trip consisted of a surrey ride to Pleasantville. X 5. Automobile road races were held each Spring over dirt roads which later be- came the streets of Briarcliff. 6. Briarcliff Manor was an exclusive English Village being developed by 5 the late Henry W. Law. The founder, Mrs. Dow, died in lanuary 1942, lacking one month of being one hun- dred years old. Records exist for 1000 alumnae of whom about 400 are now paid-up members of the Briarcliff Alumnae Association. When the Yellow Hammer was first pub- lished, it was not named for a tool but for a variety of woodpecker, the Yellow Ham- mer. A stuffed specimen of the species sat in the middle of the table about which early editorial boards wrote H23-skidoo.

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