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The Bizarre 15 HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE OLD ACADEMY BUILDING EUILT 1834. LEBANON VALLEY COL- LEGE had its beginning May 7, 1866. For many 3 ' ears there had been a growing de- sire for a higher educational insti- tution in the eastern part of our church territorjr. In 1865 the East Pennsylvania Conference in session passed a resolution to establish such a school. A year later the Conference accepted for this purpose the grounds and build- ing of what was then known as the Annville Academy. The Academy had its origin in a private school in Annville. A com- modious building was erected in 1836, and four years later the school was incorporated as an Academy. In 1856 additional land was purchased and the following year a new building was erected. This property was donated to Lebanon Valley College in 1866, and having served for many 3 ' ears as a ladies ' dormitory, is now used as an Academy building. i Iore land was bought and in August of 1867 the corner stone was laid for the building which for many years was the main college building. In this was a chapel, president ' s office, recitation rooms, and men ' s dormitory rooms. A kitchen and dining hall were in the basement. This building was finished in 1868, and the first regular commencement occurred in 1870 when three were graduated. Some years later on College Avenue was erected a two-story frame building which contained the science department, several recitation rooms, the library, art room and museum. This was in use until 1900 when it was removed, because a large wing was added to the main building, making the other no longer necessary. The Engle Conservatory of Music, the gift of Mr. B. F. Engle, a life-long friend of the institution, was finished in 1899. This is a handsome three-story brownstone building, and in it the music department has its home. It also con- tains a large auditorium, art room and the society hall of the Kalozetean Literary
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i6 The Bizarre ACADEMY BUILDING Society. For a number of years the library and read- ing rooms were located in this building. The College received as the gift of Mr. An- drew Carnegie in i904- ' o5 a beautful library building. On the first floor are the library proper and two handsomely furnished reading rooms. On the second fioor are five sem- inar rooms and a large as- sembly room. The Woman ' s Dormi- tory was erected in 1905. Beside the dormitory rooms it contains the CHonian Literary Society Hall, a dining hall, two large parlors, a well-equipped kitchen and laundry. The Men ' s Dormitory was also completed in this year. It contains single and double rooms and a number of suites. Early in the evening of December 24, 1904, fire broke out in the main build- ing, and swiftly destroyed it. This was a severe loss to the college because there were in this building chem- ical, physical, and biologi- cal laboratories, a museum which contained many val- uable specimens, recitation rooms, the president ' s of- fice, the Philokosmian Lit- erary Society Hall, the stu- dents ' rooms, and the cen- tral heating plant. Scarcely anything was saved. The many friends of the Col- lege came to its aid, and OLD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BUILT 1866.
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