Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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Alter 40 Breathless Years: Hall Auditorium When Charles M. Hall, benefactor of Oberlin College, provided in his will for an auditorium with a large pipe organ, he hardly conceived that the dynamism of modern architecture would make his plans obsolete. In 1951, years later, the trustees of the Hall estate acquiesced to a new designg and the following summer work began, based on the thin white lines of Wallace K. Harrison blueprints. Projected onto a background which changes little with the passing weeks, this symbol of modernity grew quietly in the lot next to the old Mummers studio' on Main Street. Earth and stone capitulated to the growling power of derricks and steamrollers, and the foundation was laid in the summer. Then came the frame, a structure recalling projects built from the Gilbert Hall of Science erector sets. To this frame fifty men attached white stones and a gigantic tarpaulin to enclose the front. By February activity shifted to the interior, where slabs of marble, bags of cement, pipe fittings, and lathes waited to be incorporated into the final product. A vast complex of boards, a study in geometrical design, supported the men high above the floor of the auditorium. To the ceiling these men attached catwalks and a system of indirect lighting and stage lights. In March a veneer of plaster was spread over the inner wall. Talk of, completion dates commenced behind the blank, concave walls, but some - rectangular stumps of the air-conditioning unit remained unconnected and uninstalled, and rows of slender pipes still poked indignantly from the walls. The installation of seats and the hanging of drapes was to be the last job. Wfhat Charles M. Hall envisioned forty years ago became in 1953 the modern house that Albert M. Higley Company built. RIGHT: An architect's sketch shows the auditorium ready to open for business next fall. BELOW: On October 11, 1952, the long-awaited laying of the cornerstone finally took place, with President William Stevenson reading the dedication. ,.-f sk'

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