Emory University - Campus Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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False start before the whistle blew. Mad scramble in attempt to win. Emory's traditional Pushball game was inaugurated in 1925. It was played annually until 1952, when it was suspended because competitors were getting out of hand. But the next year it was resumed under the sponsorship of Circle K, service society. But the ball had become so old and weak through the years that it could no longer be properly inflated. As a result, the game ended forever a few years later when it completely fell apart. Somehow, the pushball was above it all. 'tw

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Aerial view of the campus in 1922. Emory University was officially chartered on January 25, 1915. By June of that year, property was obtained in Druid Hills for the school. Roads were laid out, bridges were built, and various buildings were. begun. In 1916 the Law School was officially opened, and the Theology School moved into its new building. Through the generosity of the men whose names they bear, the john P. Scott Laboratory of Anatomy and the T. T. Fishburne Laboratory of Physiology were completed and equipped by September of 1917. This year also saw the completion of the first two floors of the Chemistry Building. In 1919, plans were made to move Emory College from Oxford to Atlanta, and Alabama Hall was built to accommodate the undergraduates. Through the patronage of Mr. Asa G. Candler, the Wesley 'Memorial Hospi- tal was able to open its doors to patients' in 1922. The Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories, built in 1916.

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The Stacks undef Construction, Shelving books in the new library building. The University Library had moved from Oxford to Atlanta in 1919, along with the College. At first it was located in the basement of the Theology School, where cramped quarters and poor lighting tended to discourage student use. Through the generosity of Mr. Asa G. Candler, the new library building was completed in 1926, and, over his protest, it was named for him as its donor. The new library soon became a very popular place.