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Christ Chapel, Stine, Rice, and Paul Halls, Musselman and Patrick Halls, Apple Hall, and the Dining Hall were completed. The 1960's saw the addition of the College Union Building, Sieber-Fishet Infirmary, Masters Hall, Bream Physical Education Building, Musselman Stadium, the Presi- dent's residence, and McCreary Hall. In the 1970's Hauser Field House was constructed as part of Bream Gym. The most recent addition to the Campus is Musselman Library and Learning Center. The braty was completed in 1981 and houses more than 300,000 volumes. Renovations to Apple and Breidenbaugh Halls have also enhanced the campus. Today Gettysburg College Can reflect on its rich history while looking towards its future. The 200 acre campus is beating with the pulse of learning and social activity. Currently 21 majors are offered as well as Opportunities to pursue interdisciplinary and self-designed areas of special- ization. A wide variety of special programs include: study abroad, intern- ships, and the CooPerative College Consortium with Dickinson and Frank lin and Marshall Colleges. Social life on campus has come a long way since 1910, when the first dance was held in the Sweat Box , a room on the second floor of Glatfelter Hall. Today student sponsored dances, lectures, movies, con- certs, and coffeehouses offer a wide variety of activities. Student run publications and the radio station are also options. Gettysburg College supports eleven national fraternities and seven national sororities, making Greek life a vital aspect of the Campus. Varsity, intetmural, and recreational sports provide athletic opportunities for students of all skill levels. Reli- gious programs for students of all faiths are also available. There are as many ways to obtain the Gettysburg experience as there are people inhabiting the campus. We pass through the halls, walk through the town, and all leave our own mark here. Each individual brings his or her own past and together we all create our futune. The years spent on this campus will never come again, yet once experienced they will never leave us.
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From its earliest days Gettysburg College has been an institution dedi- cated to serve the cause of liberal education in changing times as stated in the original charter. This chatter, drawn up on April 27, 1832, established the Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg. Not until 1921 was this charter amended to change the name to Gettysburg College. The school's Chief founder was Samuel Simon Schmucker 0799-18730, a Lutheran clergyman In the fall of 1832 the first students began to attend classes at Gettysburg. The College's earliest curriculum included the seven liberal arts: gram- mer, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. All classes, living quarters, and dining facilities centered around the College Edifice built in 1837. Today this building houses all administrative offices and is known as Pennsylvania Hall. Much of Gettysburg's rich heritage is centered around the Civil War. Students and faculty are constantly reminded of this era of history by the surrounding battlefields and monuments. In 1863 Pennsylvania Hall was occupied by the Confederate Army and served as a Hospital for several weeks. Today a thirty-four star flag flies over the building as a reminder of its role in the battle As the years went by many changes came to Gettysburg. In 1884 the first fraternity chapter house was built. This lodge, built by the brothers of Phi Kappa Psi, is named Millet Hall, and is one of the oldest Phi Psi chapter houses in the country. In 1888 the first woman student was admitted. However women were not fully welcomed on campus and in the 1920's the trustees decided to close administration to women. No women attended Gettysburg College from 1933 to 1935. After that date, women were again admitted, and today enrollment is almost equally divided between men and women. Gradually more buildings and facilities were added to meet the growing enrollment. In 1889, Glatfelter Hall was built. During the 1920's Weiden- shall Hall, Breidenbaugh Science Hall, Eddie Plank Memorial Gymnasium, and Schmucker Memorial Library were built. In the 1950's Hanson Hall,
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