Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Modern Library Started In 1900 the College had only a small num- ber of books, which were kept in the North wing of Cutler Academy. The next need was a modern and well furnished library. Mr.Coburn of Newton, Mass., gave President Slocum $50,000 for a library building. Such a building was started and built of peachblow sandstone, which had been selected by the Board of Trustees as the building material for the rest of the buildings on the quadrangle of the campus. The library now contains over 100,000 bound volumes. Ticknor Hale The growth of the College became so rapid that they were obliged to rent a house off the cam- pus to house the women who were unable to get into Montgomery Hall. This was very unsatis- factory, and Ticknor Hal! was given to us by Miss Elizabeth Cheney. This building contains an infirmary, a recre- ation room, reception room and parlor and was built of stone taken from a quarry in Ute Pass. Perkins ' Fine Arts Hall The President now felt the need of a building for the department of Music and Art, and as these ideas began to take shape, Mr. Willard B. Perkins bequeathed $10,000 to be used for the erection of some college building. Having faith in the possi- bilities of raising the additional money needed, they used this $10,000 toward the erection of the building now known as the Perkins Hall of Fine Arts. This building was also constructed of peachblow sandstone, and furnished us with an auditorium especially suited for concerts, lectures and Chapel. Miss Elizabeth Cheney gave an excellent pipe organ for this auditorium, in memory of her brother. COBURN LIBRARY AND PERKINS HALL Palmer Hall Palmer Hall was the next addition to the College group, and was to contain lecture rooms and laboratories for general work and independent research. It was started in 1903 and completed at a cost of $267,000. Dr. D. K. Pearson added $50,000 toward endowment fund and $50,000 more was added 15

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1 m J - w £ ' . WILLIAM F. SLOCUM President of Colorado College 1888 1917 committee composed of the faculty, of which Dr. Strieby was the active head. In October 1888, Dr. William Frederick vSlocum came to the College as the new president. Slocum, New President When President Slocum took charge he found a mortgage on the campus and the president ' s home and the first thing he did was to raise the mortgages on this property. Up to date no one has accomplished more for the college in a financial way, and it was during his administration that the College grew from one building and a campus, to the College of today. In 1888 there was no place to house the students, and Cutler Academy possessed all the lecture rooms, laboratories, and administrative offices of the College, with the library and assembly hall. Men ' s Residence Hall In 1889 a residence hall for men was begun which was named Hagerman Hall in honor of J. J. Hagerman, the principal donor. This building cost $27,000 and was equipped with dining hall, reading room, and bed rooms. The College began to advance its standards, and new and able men were added to the faculty, and students came in increasing numbers. First Women ' s Dormitory Until this time no provision had been made for the hous- ing of the women. A movement was started in 1888 which resulted in the building of Montgomery Hall in 1889. The building was so named in honor of Mrs. Slocum ' s sister. It is made of Castle Rock stone, with dining rooms, parlor and a suite of rooms for the matron. Three years later, Henry R. Wolcott of Denver, presented the College with an Astronomical Observatory which was called The Wolcott Observatory in his honor. Light, heat and power were the things now most needed. A building to provide these things was begun in 1900 and with many later improvements has cost nearly $50,000. It now supplies fourteen buildings and is under the supervision of an engineer. 14

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for furnishing the equipment for laboratories and the scientific work. The building was dedicated in 1904, President David Starr Jordan giving the address. It was named after General William J. Palmer, the great benefactor of the College. McGregor and Bemis Halls After the completion of Palmer Hall, the student body grew by leaps and bounds and it was again a question of housing the women. To provide for this, a third dormitory for women McGregor Hall was built. It was begun in 1902 and com- pleted in 1903 at a cost of $28,000 and named in honor of one of the early instructors who rendered valuable services to the College. None of the three dormitories now existing conformed with the President ' s ideal of a woman ' s dormitory. A building was planned which was to be the center of the girls life on the campus as well as a place to meet for social functions. Such a building was opened and dedicated in 1908 in honor of Judson M. Bemis, one of the most generous patrons of the College. It contains accommodations for eighty-two women, a dining hall, common room, reception room with parlor, and the apartment of the Dean of Women, a little theater, kitchen, store rooms and servants quarters. Cossitt Hall As early as 1902, President Slocum was planning a men ' s build- ing which was to be the center of all non-acad- emic life of the College. In the fall of 1911 he announced his plan to begin a campaign to raise money for what is now Cossitt Hall. Early in the Spring of 1913, $250,000 of the neces- sary $300,000 was raised and the contract was let and the corner stone laid at commencement time. Cossitt Hall contains the gymnasium, a full equipment for all ath- letics, including quarters for visiting teams, a large Common Room, offices of the athletic dining room, kitchen, rooms, dressing rooms GENERAL WM. J. PALMER COSSITT STADIUM, FROM WEATHER BUREAU TOWER director and his assistants, a men ' s the C Club, boxing and wrestling and shower baths. A large stadium is a part of this building. In 1917, President Sloeum retired and the Board of Trustees chose Dr. C. A. Duniway, then President of the University of 16