College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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Eight unusually quiet Wooster co-eds live in LaMaison Francaise. They may speak only in French. 1 traditional home of the sections, Woosterts frats. HAS MANY DIFFERENT FEATURES In 1901 10 Iwenw-nlne In 1952 A tide of strength rose around Louis Holden. The community rallied to the cause and joined hands with the university. The faculty gave heart and mind and will to the cause. They gave moreetheir life-savings so that the college that had been so close to them would not perish, but rise again out of the ashes. Their names are among Wooster,s greatest: Professors Dickason, Compton, Notestein, Mateer, Behoteguy, Black, and many others. And now we are enjoying the fruits of the labors of these great men. With the starting impetus of their own funds, the college began the long task of rebuilding. Louis Holden had a dream of not one new building to replace the shambles of Old Main, but five. And it was for this end that he cam- paigned. With the challenge of Andrew Car- negie before him-that he would give $100,000 if President Holden and the college could raise $150,000 more within sixty days-the college as we now know it began. The quota was raised within the prescribed time, and Wooster once again began to look toward the future with the pride and confidence born from the knowledge that a job had been done well. Starting with the nucleus of the five planned buildings, the college has, through the years, added many more bringing the total up to twenty-nine. The units, home of the sophomore men, were built during the war to accommodate the mili- tary groups here.

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COUNTRY, COMMUNITY, COLLEGE, OO-OPERATED The disaster of the fire united both community and university and welded them into one common bond for one dedicated purpose. The Committee of F ifteen was organized. All efforts were turned toward raising the necessary money to reach the goal. The news- paper ran editorials commending the university and its rebuilding; entertainment was given at the Opera House by the girls of Hoover Cottage to further the subscriptions; seniors and juniors gave entertainments in Orrville, Shreve, Dalton, Marshallville, Jefferson, Fredericksburg, and other towns and Villages of the county; the freshmen organized a quartet and accompanied Professor Diekason as he spoke in school-houses throughout the county; the alumni, in a great response, sent in money for the rebuild- ing of the new Wooster; farmers, not having ready cash, offered such gifts as a load of hay, a donkey, and their services. The campaign picked up momentum. Where it was to end only the future could tell. Scovel Hall