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QIQQEE Chronological History of Lafayette-College 1824 187.6 1831 1832 1833 1834 I84I 1 844 1845 1848 1850 1851 lgsf 1857 Dec. 17-Meeting held in White's Hotel, in the public square, for the purpose of founding Lafayette College. March o-Pennsylvania Legislature granted a charter to Lafayette. May 15-Board of Trustees met for organization. james M. Porter elected President of the Board, Nov, zo-Franklin Literary Society founded at Germantown Manual Labor Academy. Brought to Lafayette in 1831. by the band of students who came here from Germantown. Feb, 6-Rev. George junkin, A.M., D.D., LL.D., elected President of Lafayette College. May o-With forty-three students attending, college exercises began. At that time the college was located on the south bank of the Lehigh. Oct. 8-First annual report of the Board of Trustees received. ' Oct. io-First term ended. Other important events, of uncertain date, were thc founding of the college library and of the Washington Literary Society. Nine acres of the present location were purchased. -July 4-Cornerstone of Old South , the central portion of the present edifice, laid. May 1-President, with his faculty of three professors, inaugurated in Old South . Although the exact date is unknown, West College, now the Administration Building, was built for a Model School some time between 1830 and 1840. August 18-Rev. john W. Yeomans, D.D., inaugurated President. August 18-Rev. George junkin re-elected President. Alumni Association formed. March 13--Rev. Charles W. Nassau, D.D., elected President. Lafayette allied with the Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania. Rev. D. V. McLean, DD., elected President. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity established. Lafayette, the first American college to recognize the claims of its own language and iterature, introduced the English classics into its curriculum. Zeta Psi fraternity established. Eight
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im f-PF' THE MELFNNGE l92l A 915' A is 1 3 ' ... . 11.333 aa 1 1???lliifIM F 1858 Rev. Cv. Wilson McPhail elected President. 1864 july 7.6-Rev. William C. Cattell elected President. D 1865- 67 Jenks Memorial Hall, now the Biological Laboratory, built and the Scientific Depart- ment added to the college. Soldiers' monument erected. Theta Delta Chi fraternity established. Blair Hall built. 1867 Sigma Chi fraternity established. ISO8-'OQ Martien, Powell, and Newkirk Halls built. 1869 Phi Kappa Psi fraternity established. 1870 Baseball as a recognized college sport began. 1871- 71. McKeen Hall built. 1871- 73 Pardee Hall, the gift of Ario Pardee, erected. 1872 May 4-ln the Hrst intercollegiate baseball games played, Lafayette defeated Lehigh by the score of 34-16 at Easton and of 88-zo at South Bethlehem. 1872-'78 Study of the Christian Classics made a part of the curriculum. 1873 Phi Delta Theta fraternity established. I874- 75 East Hall built. V 1879 june 4-Pardee Hall destroyed by fire. 1880 May 26-First athletic contest held here. Nov. 30-Rebuilt Pardee Hall opened. 1881 Presidential chair endowed by the Hon. John I. Blair. 1881. First medals awarded for athletic victories. Nov. 7-First intercollegiate football game, Rutgers vs. Lafayette, played on the campus. 1883 Phi Gamma Delta fraternity established. May 25--B. W. Mclntosh won Lafayette's Hrst intercollegiate medal at Mott Haven. Tennis introduced as a college sport. blames Hall Mason Knox, D.D., LL.D., elected President. 1884 Oct. 15-Lafayette 56-Lehigh 0 fhrst football game between the two eollegesj. Gym- nasium built and physical culture department founded. 1885 Delta Upsilon fraternity, established. 1886 First winter gymnastic sports held. Lafayette won the football championship of Pennsylvania. 1889 Phi Beta Kappa, honorary fraternity, established. 1891 Rev. Ethelburt D. Warheld, D.D., LL.D., elected President. 1894 june-March Field opened. 1897 Dec. 18-Pardee Hall burned a second time. 1900 Sigma Nu fraternity established. May 1.0-Van Wiekle Memorial Library dedicated. Fayerweather and Knox Halls built. 1901 Brainerd Hall completed. Alpha Chi Rho fraternity, established. Cayley Hall built. 1904 Old Field House on March Field built. 1908 Friars Club established. 1909 Omega Delta Phi established. Central heating plant installed. 1910 New House on March Field built. 191 l-'IZ Wing of the Engineering Building built. 1914 Hon. William Kirkpatrick became acting President. 1915 Oct. zo-President MacCracken inaugurated. 1916 Colton Memorial Chapel dedicated. 1918 Tau giafupa Alpha, debating fraternity, organized. S. A. T. C. established and barracks L11 I . 1919 Reserve Ofhcers' Training Corps established. Non-Fraternity Association founded. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity established. IQIQ Oct.z0-Founders Day. The campaign for the raising of the Million Dollar Endowment Fund launched. IQ?-O Oct. 19- Founders Day. The announcement of the completion of the Million Dollar Endowment Fund. Ground is broken for the new gymnasium. Nine
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