Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Students in the little old frame building, which had been moved from the site of the Fort across the creek to the present campus site, held a tremendous spontaneous celebration when word came that the legislature had appropriated money for their first permanent building. It was our own Picken Hall, shown above as it appeared when it was first completed. 8

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Fort Hays Stated first president was also a man of vision. William A. Lewis could see no limit to the possibilities of the college whose administration he un- dertook in 1913. What a tremendous venture the build- ing of Sheridan Coliseum must have represented 38 years ago when the ground was officially broken. The photo below shows the ceremonies as President Lewis watches with justifiable pride the laying of the conerstone. It was 1917 before the building was com- pleted and officially dedicated in the presence of the capacity crowd, shown at 7

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class of 1903 Freda Schwaller Fred Lindley Shown belovv School ' s first Picken, holdir his office. Ida Shaffer At the left is one of the early class- rooms, with the late Professor John Bird In charge 9