Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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4 tive center of the college. Furthermore, in 1973 the Hauser Field House was con- structed as part of Bream Gym. The most recent addition to the campus is the Musselman Library and Learning Re- sources Center completed in the spring of 1981. The library has the capacity for 500,00 volumes but presently contains 300,000 volumes. There are chairs and desks for 800 students on five of the six stories. The library is open seven days per week for an average of 98.5 hours. The campus as seen from the top of Glatfelter Hall. The view includes Penn Hall with Musselman and Huber dormitories, the steeple of Christ Chapel, and Stevens Hall in the background. CONTENTS Faculty And Administration 16 Seniors 38 Activities 80 Greeks 130 Sports 170 Underclassmen 208 Index 244 Gettysburg Reviewed 5

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w-mmmu; ms . -Ag.-mug.u..h In 1887, after a lengthy period of planning and discussion, the trustees authorized the construction of a second major col- lege building. This building would house classrooms, offices, libraries, and society rooms. When it was dedicated in 1889 it was called the New Recitation Hall. It was not untill 1912 that the name was changed to Glatfelter Hall, by which we know it today. Enrollment in the college never reached one hundred until 1867 and never exceeded two hundred until 1906. After 1900 college enroll- ments rose nationwide. During the 1920's there were about five hundred students and six hundred and fifty just prior to Pearl Harbor in 1941. After World War II, the college want- ed to accommodate a large number of veter- ans. As a result, enrollment increased to ap- proximately 1,200 in the fall of 1946. Instead of falling back to pre-war levels, as many ex- pected, enrollment continued to grow reach- ing about 1,850 students in the 1960's. Since then it has remained close to that level. The first woman student was admitted in 1888. For many years women were few in number and not fully welcomed into the cam- pus community. The trustees continued to consider the college as primarily a men's col- lege and in the 1920's decided to admit no more women. There were no women in the student body from 1933 to 1935. When it be- came advisable to close the academy in the latter year due to the Depression, the trustees decided to use its facilities - Stevens and Huber Halls - for women students. For the 4 Gettysburg Reviewed first time in its history Gettysburg became a truly coeducational college. At the present time the enrollment is divided almost equally among men and women. . With the increased enrollment came the need for additional facilities. Huber Hall was built in 1917. Four buildings were constructed in the 1920's: Weidensall Hall, Breidenbaugh Sci- ence Hall, Eddie Plank Memorial Gymnasium and Schmucker Memorial Library. Due to the depression and war building was not resumed for more than twenty years: Hanson Hall t19501, Christ Chapel 119531, Stine Hall 119561, Rice and Paul Halls t19571, Emma G. Mussel- man and Patrick Halls and the Dining Hall 119581. In 1959 Apple Hall was completed as well as the College Union Building. Subsequently other buildings were constructed, the Sieber- Fisher Infirmary H9601, Masters Hall t19611, the Bream Physical Education Building and the Musselman Stadium 119621, the Presi- dent's Residence 119671, and McCreary Hall t19691. In 1970 Pennsylvania Hall was com- pletely renovated and became the administra- i t

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