Clark Atlanta University - Panther Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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CURISMAN HALL THE FXCULT?

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.at ..r wa'xJ v, Histori ':al Review ?tLARK UNIVERSITY was founded in 1.870 by the Frm-dmuth Aitl Sovivty 01' the Methodist li'lpismpal Church. The hrst tm'alion was at White- hall atld McDaniel Street. BishvlJ Henry WI. Warren sm'ureul tl trawl of land of helwt-en JUU and 500 ul'rvsa on tho sultth side uf the tilt In which the uniwrsitj. was moved in 1872 A large portion of lhe ttlmts fur the founding of the unit .t'sity were I.-:.Ilttriht:tecl by Mrs. Augusta Clark Little. the daughter of Bishop D. W. Clark, who diert in 1872. It was, ttn-rel'nrc. th-rridetl lu mime the new institution Clark Liniwrsity. The entrance to the university grounds 1:; located at the end of Capital shemtv. two mites directly south nt' ll'li' capital huihlinf.r of the state 01' Georgia. I t1rl ut' tho uriginal ptot is still retained. Though mm a very, ch'sirahle Imrntinn. hack 'in tht- seventies it was. far out in the woods. Students f'clled'tn-I-s amt put in l'l'Jilllr. Mrs. Eliza Chrisman furnished additional funds. amtl ill 1872, Chrismam Hull ittlil futu- cottages were erected. At Ftrst Chrismun Hull served us ctormitttry lhm' Imth r-f'xvr- amt! housed the I'CL'EtEtltUtl rooms. Adjoining land was purcl seed for tho el'et'liran of it lht-ulngi:.-;1I ri-Iflttitlall'lt'. that am educated ministry might lJt' pt'm'irted the Negro peuphr. Dr. Elijah H. Gummml contributed most liberally and finally left. endowment. I'm it;- mttinlyumu-n. It m1.- nametl. in his honor, Gammon Theological Seminary. The tirst huilding tratr' erwlv ed in t8855, and the. male students moved to this building. Itulrr Warren Hail um huiIt tmd dedicated to Bishop Henry W. Warren who lived my thr- ground: m sm- eral years and gave time, energy amt thought to this tfrowing EI'hUUI. Warren Hall llecame the ttormilorv 01' the female students- and teaultem RPCOITIIIIIHIHIitll! 12!:- lev sons, housed the kitchen and the. dining halt. the latter r-apuhte uf Fl'Htitlg thru- htm- rlretl. The male Hturlents then touk up their quarters in Chrisnmn Halt. Btttlan'tl Hall was erected next as u ll'ililCS building. It war; the gift talh the Ialte 5tepht'n Ballard, of Brooklyn, New York. The huih'ling is altered so as In furnish titralt't- n'tents I'm' married professors. In 1920. the tht'mndations wen- laid l'ur Leele Hall. This lrlagnitiuent structure, costing over $200,000. cll.-.riiL-att-n:l February .3, 71922 is: thoroughly modern in ill: appointments. 0n the east end is Crngmmu LIhapet calm- IJIE nlh accommodating eight hundred lJeI'SUItS: leaving space: to sent over t-l hundred more persons 011 special occasions. At the other eml 0f the building is an up-lo- thtte gymnasium capable of seating live hundred persums. The main purl uF the building is given In acttt'tiuistrative LInd class work. The third Ihmr provides t'nr lhree sciences, chemistry. physics, amt hiology, equipped with mutivm upptiant-t-s. . -- .Mmkm .

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'1- Cmvnm ALLEN, A. 3., Ped. B. A. 3.. Syracuse: PHI. 3.. State College for Teachers. New York Cratiuale Wrork: Luipzig, Germany Prrlfmsm' of Languages E. S. Buuwx, A. B. A. 3., Walden College. Graduate W'm'k: Harvard l'niveraily mecsmr of Binfagy JAMES P. BIL-m'LE'r. A. 8.: N1. A. A. 13.. Samuel Hualon College; M. An Nortlmcstem l'uin'ersily mecswr of Education and Refigfous Edm-cm'rm STELLA L. BREWER. A. B. .41. 13., Wiley College Graduate Work: Columbia ITnivet-sity Professor of English