Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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The 1950's and 1960's were a time of great expansion for the College. Both Dormitory Quads were built to house the increasing number of students enrolled. Now Hanson Hall, the first dormitory to be built, stands on the site of the old observatorysthrist Chapel, the Student Union Building, Masters Hall and Bream Gymnasium were also built during this time. The land on which Musselman Stadium now stands was owned by a brick factory, and was purchased along with the Quarry in 1961. The West Building, which houses ROTC at Gettysburg College, was a wire factory at the time it was purchased. The most recent building project was McCreary Hall, which was completed in 1969.

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Building twhich is the present Weidensall HaID was gutted by fire. The building was rebuilt, expanded and reopened in 1948, just two years after the blaze. The land along West Lincoln Street where the Dining Hall and Cottages are located was bought in the 1950's. The old Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity House stood where the Dining Hall parking lot is now. the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity owned the Dining Hall property prior to the timevthe College bought it. The outbreak of World War II brought another change to the face of the Gettysburg College campus. The male student population de- creased, and some fraternities became in- active. Large Quansit barracks were built for military training on both sides of West Lincoln Avenue where the College Union, Apple Hall and Bream Gymnasium now stand. The only major fire in a Gettysburg College building occurred on November 24, 1946, 1; when the Student Christian Association . .x.---h,-..-:-.. .... -..;....,s , WNMWQ3D55WM.5u5u-.n-v.eemv.-.44..x u ms. . .. . .

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jl. This provided for the improvement and expansion of the Biology, 50- ciology and Anthropology and Psy- chology Departments. The Hauser Field House was completed in 1973. The Meals property was purchased in 1963, which extended the campus to the northwest, out along Mummas- burg Road. The Meals House or Conference House, still exists and retains the name of its former owners.