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first period of the history of the college, a period of thirty-six years. Dr. Seip lived to see the beginning of work on the new buildings, on the new college site at Twenty-third and Chew Streets, to be present at the corner-stone lay- ing of the Administration Building, and to plan for the enlargement of its work. After the death of Dr. Seip, Professor William Wackernagel, D. D., was elected acting president and served acceptably in that capacity until the present incumbent assumed the duties of his office. Our present highly esteemed President, the Rev. John A. W. Haas, D. D., began his labors as the head of our Alma Mater in the spring of the year 1904. The work of the college was still carried on in the old building, while the present buildings were in course of erection. On Wednesday evening, June 22, 1904, the new president was formally installed, as the fourth president of the college ; on the following day, Thursday, June 23, the new Administration Building was conse- crated by President Haas ; and in January, 1905, the work of the college was begun in the new buildings. The Administration, or Main Building, occupies the highest point on the plot of ground of fifty-five acres, on which the buildings are erected, and presents magnificent views of natural scenery on all sides. The building has a frontage of 190 feet and a depth of 65 feet, and is three stories high above the basement. It is built of pink grano- lithic stone, with Indiana limestone trimmings, and cost $100,000. It contains recitation-rooms, president’s office, reception-room, treasurer’s office, reading-room, library, chapel, society halls, and in the basement a well equipped gymnasium. The dormitories, known as “Berks Hall’’ and “ Rhoads Hall,’’ respectively, occupy a commanding position, east of the Main Building, with a frontage of 180 feet and depth of 31 feet, and are provided with single and double suites of rooms, with accommodations for about seventy-five students. The Power House is located in the northwestern part of the college grounds, where also the Chemical Laboratory is located. The President’s resi- dence occupies the southwestern corner of the front campus. All the buildings are commodious and well adapted for the use for which they are intended. They are heated with steam heat and furnished with electric light from the Power House, and are provided with other conveniences belonging to modern buildings of an approved character. These buildings present a marked contrast, when compared with the old, and offer opportunities for enlarged facili- ties in everything pertaining to modern college work. Since the college has moved into its new quarters it has made progress in every direction, in an increase in the number of professors, in the expansion of its work in connection with the two courses of study— the Art and Scien tifie courses, — and in the number of students. The new period in the history of Muhlenberg College has begun auspiciously, and the friends of the college can look forward to a useful and successful future. We can only add to this brief account, that numerous changes have taken place, from time to time, in the Faculty, during the past forty years. Of the present members of the Faculty those longest in service are Professors Wackernagel, Ettinger and Bauman. Numerous changes have also been made in the curriculum. The Scientific course offers excellent opportunities for scientific study and investigation ; and the Art course has been advanced from time to time, until it is equal to that of any of the colleges in Pennsylvania. A few years ago a number of elective courses were added to the regular curriculum, affording the students of the Senior and Junior classes oppor- tunities to specialize along certain lines. Muhlenberg College is recognized to-day as the representative Lutheran College in the United States. 13
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