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Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

 - Class of 1960

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Page 18 text:

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COLLEGE ROW EXPANDS “In 1922, the Centennial year, the student body reached 200 for the first time. Five years later it reached 300 and continued climbing to just under 400 in 1937. In 20 years Hobart had quadrupled its enrollment in response to greatly in- creased demands for college education. At the 100th Commencement in 1925, 49 young men stepped forward to receive their degrees. Ten years earlier there had been 19. “Old College Row,” the original buildings overlooking the lake, now comprised only the eastern side of a large open quadrangle bounded on the north by Medbery Hall and the gym, and on the south by Coxe Hall. The campus as we know it today had begun to take shape. The new Student Union, the Chemistry Building, the Infirmary and recently Sherill Hall have been constructed and added to the buildings of the campus. Together these additions and the buildings mentioned in the excerpt form the Hobart campus of 1960. Chemistry Building including the Raymond W. Albright Auditorium 17 Opposite: Sherill Hall “Twenty Generations of Hobart'

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Page 19 text:

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 Durfee House “Without question the most beloved teacher ever to walk this campus was William Pitt Durfee, known to more than 50 Hobart classes simply as “Durf.” Almost from the day of his appointment in 1881 as Professor of Mathematics until his death in 1941, “Durf” was the living embodiment of all that Hobart has come to mean to generations of her sons. There was something about this man with the shaggy moustache and the sparkling eyes that captivated forever all with whom he came in contact. “In 1888, four years after he had appeared on the campus. Dr. Durfee became dean of Hobart, and is said to be the first dean of any American Liberal Arts college. He continued in that capacity until 1925, four times serving as acting President.” 18 “Twenty Generations of Hobart' Opposite: “Old College Row” in 1960.

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