Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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tery end in 1918 the Industrial Arte HWHIE Ha equipment was eetehliehed there. The upper Heer is need fer eleeeee while the lewer etery ie eeenpied hy e wnekehep. The first new building ereeted en the eeheei eite wee Reeitetiee Hell. The fel- lewing entrnet ie taken from the deeel'ip- tien ef the erehiteet: HThe etyle ef the hnilding is modern Gethie. The entire edihee reete en e eelid ledge. The gen- erei grennd plen ef the hnilding ie in the ferrn ef e ereee, the vestibule enel tireese ing meme ferming the head, end the twe model eeheelreeme the feet. In 1905 Reeitetien Hell wee enlarged and refitted te eeeernntedete the inereee- ing eleeeee and demands fer pl'eetiee werk in the grades. A new wing was added in which were fenr eeheetreente, fenr eleeereeme, e gymneeiurn, pl'inei- pelie efhee, and dressing I'DDIHS fer the teeehere. In 1926 the etete eutherieed it In he eelled Certhell Hell in hener ef W. J. Certhell. It ie ef Certhell Hell that we remember eueh happy rnernente ee e hielegjyr ieetnre, a lively dieeeeeien in e eeeielegy er peyehelegy eieee: er the eetiefeetien ef e eempleted ert prejeet. De yen reeell regietretien day and exams in the 01d gym? Beeenee ef the the disaster whieh swept away Nerrnel Hell, the ei'eetien ef it new etn- dent residence was neeeeeery. In 1895 end ,9? the state appropriated fnnde tewerd the hnilding ef a new det'ntitery. It was eetnpleted and epened in 1898 and named Rehie Hell in hener ef its greatest henefeeter. It etende en the ereet ef the hill een'nnending e inegnih- eent view ef the gelden western euneetet the town ef Gerhent, Pertlend Hether en a eleer day, and the two ehjeete deer tn the hearts ef Gerhern girls; the tewn eIeek end the Weethreek ernekeeteek, by which they tell the time and the weather- Later in 1916, because ef inereeeed enreiintent, enether derniitery was built whieh fDIHtS e helenee etrnetere en the tep ef eellege hill. The twe le'mit01'iES ere eeeneetedi- in eneh e way that girls free: Rehie may ge te Eeet Hell dining reeni withent Ieeving the build- Rahie and East Hells ing, and Best Hell girle Iheve eeey eeeeee te the ennvenlent laundry 1n Heine heeernent. Center, leeeted hetween the twe buildings, is the ehjeet ef happy i'eniinieeeneee. It ie here that students ehere leng henre ef deneing, group singing, games, and Helieween and Christmas get-tegethere. In his efferte te help the Nei'ntel Seheel the Hen. Frederick Rnhie did net step here. One evening he dieeueeed with enether Gerhem friend the need fer a prieeipelae reeiden'ee. As H result ef thet dieeeeeien, e eherming henee new etende 1e the Weet ef Certheil Hell. It wee eernpleteel end epened at e reeeptien in the fall of 1906. Students tternetnher it fer Page Six

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History of Gorham Teachers? College We ewe a great deal te the eHerta ef Ft'etiet'iek Rebie fer the establishment ef the Netrnal Seheel at Gotham. It was eenaidered an eaeellent ehniee fer the tewn. It was, as a newspaper elipping from the time pnta it, HFEHdilF aeeeaaihle lty manyr trains eaeh day. The village is ene ef the meat beautiful in Maine, ef the New England type, quiet, erderly, and with aehniaatie habits and traditiena. Three sites were recommended and a epeeial eemmittee whieh inelnded Getter- - . net Conner and the Superintendent ef $$$$th --- - ' Cemmett Sehenla, Cnrthell, need them cat'sttt ' - - ; in a driealing rain en a Fehreajrj.r after- iHH- - m-Lr' : 'f ?A- - - - II neen in 1878. They first visited the Sem- '-'4't e..'t'i-' 'r inat'j.I httilding whteh steed en the land new eeenpied by the campus aeheel. It had been built in 183? aa a heme fer etu- denta attending the HFEITIELIE Setninaryf The eetnmittee peked inte Jreema enee aaered, stamped on settled Home as if ta make steeping spirits rise, and pttnehed retten tinthera with irreverent umbrellaa. Next they inapeeted the Old ACadEile building whieh waa anhjeeted tn Inneh the same treatment. Ineerperated in 1803, the building had been dedieated tn the intereata ef aettnd learning and J'eliginn in 1806. The ptn'peee ef the eeheel was the preparing ef the yeung men ef Gerharn fer eellege. The enmmittee failed tn End any sign at weakness in the fettndatiena. After lengthy dieeaaeinn and mere trekking through rain and mud the werthyF eennnittee members adjourned to the eity witheut having made a definite deeiaien. HDWBVET, apeett- letera believed, aa turned nut to be true, that the eld buildings weuld he need and that new enea weuld be ereeted en the third site, a pieee at land ewned by J. T. MeLelIant and lying en the aettthern alepe nf antthettae Hill fronting en High Street. On March 4th, 18?8, the tewn 1vented te transfer tn the State the grennde and buildings. Dedieatien exereiaea ef the new Nermal Seheel teek plaee Deeemher 26th at that year. Normal Hall, as the seminary building eame te be knewn, wee need as the that dermitery. The hve-atery, hriek build- ing, an ehjeet nf tnanj,r enjnyahle remitt- ieeeneea en the part ef paet eeeupante, waa deatreyed hf,I fire Oetnher 1, 1894!. The aeademy building was eeenpied by upper grammar grades until 1905. In 1910 it was rentedeted fer a dermi- --- 11W ' -LW- Tr Academy Building Page F t'ae

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Hitme M ii ? PTEEidE'tt the many teee end l'eeeptiene given 113? the htte Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hueeelh ite Hret eeeu- pants, and mere reeentlj.I ler em President and Mrs. Freneie Bailey. A5 eeriy as 1922 the tewn wee eeneidering the peeeibility ef aiding the state te build a new grammar eeheei. 111 1924 it Leek eetien and veted te reiee funds tewerd thet geel. In 1.926 eer Campus Training Eeheel wee epened. It was ereeted en Seheel Etl'eet, en the land enee eeeupied hy Nermel Hall. It is here that students since 1926 have dene their .I-' I Irr -. I'...-. n... 1;: r- Ll- l. -4- 'L .1...- n. - L. -..I . 1' I Edith . . E 1-...1; ' r . --'-I. I '1 I Til 'IIII-P... .' 3F. student teachinge-e vital part ef their train- 1. xii t'ILIHfig-il; . i n g I ..nn- P4 . -m A new and mere splendid structure was added te the hill in 1931 . Dedieeted te Welter HueeelL it hetteei a gymnasium and en euditerium. If it eeuld speak it weuld tell ef hreeth-talcing eeeende whee basketball games have hung between a win and a 1053; ef many at etudentge pride in having successfully led an etttetanding assembly er ehepel pregrem; ef gale fel'mele and parties; ef the epplettee hailing the Dremelie Cluh prednetiene; ef eteee ehewe end minetrele. Russell Halt eheuld truly he preud ef the part it pleye in eur eellege eareere. The newest building he be added he the eempue is the Industrial Arts heilding, leeeted behind Rehie and East Halls. Built in 1947 ef wet surplus materials it has elaeereeme up- stairs fer the I. A. men and a meehine Shep dewneteire. Gerhem Normal Seheel heeame Gerhem State T eaehere Cellege in 1945 by m'det' ef the State and mueh tn the pleasure ef everj,r Gerhem student. JAY Dumas NINA CURRY Russell Hell 'ti 9:; E? i l- at .- '1 ' H. Li Page Seem