Lawrence University - Ariel Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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PRESENTS . .. ADMINISTRATION CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES CONSERVATORY BEAUTIES ATHLETICS CALENDAR

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i by G 'y A an X 2 CL e an 915 839.79 'B Qu 'L x5 gb 'iowa 1 9 'sh ab 'V 93' '25 9 Xxx 4:99 -:P a ll' Q' 1 t J if iw 1 ? 'G' ffl ' '.'iFif3f'f.f -s , '.' W-fi! , 61lM'1g r , 4 23 V I I igigiv Al 3' 'Q Y 7113 . ' r '59 22' T? fi 9 - - mga , M, 6 1 P I J 8 2 e 11 5' O 3 36 lg I 66 In this, your 1947 Ariel, we present not only the highlights of the past year, but of the past century. In looking about us today it is hard to conceive of the Lavvrence of the 19th century. More than figuratively it was a found- ling in the Wilderness. It must have been even harder for Lavvrentians of that day to foresee the development of the college and the com- munity in the one hundred years to follow. While we who are spending our relatively brief tenure on the campus now seldom realize it, what We learn here, what we enjoy here, is the culmination of the thought, the Work, the trials-yes, even the errors of students like ourselves during those one hundred years. We in turn are laying the foundation for what is to transpire in the next one hundred years. As We survey the progress of the past, We also have as our responsibility the auspicious start of an even more forward-looking second century. With this thought in mind We offer to you this 1947 Ariel with recollections of the past century and the past year and, we hope, with a keynote for the future. -IP . .-.'-.... ., . : ,... 1 , . . , , ' F - l i'l3'. Q -7 ' iff' 4, . 2 ill

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E HU DRED YEAR is tn F is is rss s aussi H The first graduating class Cl857D con- sisted of four men and three women. Here are the men. The one on the left is Henry Coleman, long a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The other three, whom we are not able to identify, Were: Allen Jeffrey Atwell, a lavvyergjustin Martin Cope- land, teacher and farmer, and William Dolphin Storey, lawyer. Mt. Cole- man spent most of his life in Wiscon- sin, the other three all migrated to California. The Underwood Observatory, built in 1892, was named in honor of L. W. Underwood, formerly professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. age 8 CAMPUS ABOUT 1865 Main Hall, long called University H housed most of the college activities residence stood on the site of Brokaw H The block where the College Library today was then given over to residei and small shops. Wooden fences vs necessary to keep out Wandering and other animals. There were no pavements and few sidewalks. of m.':m.i- mmm, mu. . Who was the Hrst Lawrence student? good case may be made for Miss Amar T. Lawe, daughter of George W. Lawe Kaukauna. To her was issued on ber 12, 1849, the first receipt for tuiri Before 1853 students did what would high school or even grade school work day. In November, 1849, Miss Lawe thirteen years and nine months old. MAIN HALL ABOUT 1860 The first college building, erected in 1849, stood in the center of the block where the Conservatory is today. It was destroyed by fire in 1856. By that time Main Hall, built in 1853-1854, was in use. It contained class- rooms, library, chapel, and sleeping quarters. The porches with Greek columns were an ad- dition of 1898. The four chimneys were re- moved about ten years ago.