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Monmouth College ' s 125th Anniversary
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History Monmouth College, when it was founded in 1853, was nothing more than a dream. With the hard work and dedication of a few men that dream became a reality. The dreaming did not end, though. As each class came through they added their dreams to the original. As time moved forward old dreams became reality and old reality became memories. Through this cycle of dreams, reality, and memories, Monmouth has grown into the fine institution it is. Wallace Hall stands on the site of Monmouth Col- lege ' s original building. The first building was named Graham Hall, but nick-named Old Main . This building was destroyed by a fire in 1907, and Wallace was de- signed to replace it. The building of Wallace was part of a master plan in extending the campus to include a science hall and a new women ' s dorm. In the surrounding yards, many of the major tradi- tions of the college were carried out: the May Dance in the spring where all the girls dressed up and danced around the May Pole, and the freshman greased pole climb, which all men had to do as part of their initiation into the college. When these events were held, all town business stopped and everyone came to see what was happening. All that remains of these and other yard tra- ditions is the graduation held on Wallace Plaza. Flanking Wallace Hall, to the east is McMichael Science Hall and to the west Carnegie Hall. McMichael was one of the first expanding project buildings. When it was finished it was acclaimed as being one of the finest science halls in the state. After construction of Halde- man-Thiessen in 1970, the building became offices and classrooms for the Business and Education depart- ments, moving Education from Woodbine (now the ZBT house). The present Administration Building was at one time the Fine Arts building and before that the Con- servatory . The Conservatory was advertised as a sepa- rate school within the college, but in the 1930 ' s became the Fine Arts department. As the years passed, music and art split up, with music moving into the old Sunny- side dorm, now called Austin Hall, and art to the old Hatchery. The oldest dorm on campus is McMichael dorm for women students, which was built in the original master plan that gave us Wallace and McMichael Science. Greir was built next and the last of the old dorms is Winbig- ler, which was named for Dean Alice Winbigler, who was at one time dean of women students at Monmouth. McMichael Hall housed at one time in its basement, the dining hall and all of the kitchens. Greir, on the other hand, had a hospital-like infirmary on the third floor. The new dorms on campus are Cleland, named for Eva and John Cleland, one time faculty members, and Liedman. Liedman was named for our dear Dean Jean , one of the best loved women on campus. The last of the new dorms is Gibson, named for a past presi- dent of the school. The national sororities on or formerly on campus are Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi. Of these, two were founded on this cam- pus, KKG and Pi Phi. The Kappas founding house stands on the corner of Euclid Avenue and 9th Street, east of the fraternity complex, and the Pi Phi ' s founding house is Holt House. Both of these were among the first soror- ities in the United States, Pi Phi being the first. The fraternities have traditionally had off-campus housing, since housing was only provided for women students at the time the school was founded. According to older alumni, the fraternities were formed basically as a way of buying a house for the sustained use of men students. At first there were three private fraternities, they are today known as Theta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, and Tau Kappa Epsilon. All fraternities had their own houses,
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