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THE ECHO The New Site SITUATED on a height directly opposite the University of Washington, with a sheet of calm water between, commanding a sweeping view of two lakes and two mountain ranges and the northeastern portion of Seattle, is the Seattle College of today, the nucleus of the Seattle College of the future. Far removed from the hot, dusty, traffic-burdened center of the city where it once stood, it is placed in an ideal spot which affords ample room for expansion. The development of the present site, which comprises seven acres, was begun by Dr. Schmidt in 1905, when he founded Adelphia College. When his plans failed to materialize, owing to the war times, he was forced to sell. Mr. T. C. McHugh, always a friend of Jesuit education, taking advantage of the situation, purchased the site and buildings and presented them to the Province for the use of Seattle College. When the place was taken over in 1919, it was in a depreciated condition. The buildings had not been used or taken care of for some time and were hidden from view by irregular mounds of dirt, shaggy trees and rotting brush. The renovation and improvement of the buildings was first in order. A thorough cleaning, new systems of sanitation, heating and ventilation and a complete remodeling of the classrooms, was accomplished during the summer months. In 1 920 the grounds were leveled. The blasting and pulling of stumps and large rocks and the incessant noise of a steam shovel disturbed studies for a month or more, but the little trouble caused, was amply repaid by the gratifying results. After cutting down and filling in, an athletic field three hundred and twenty feet by two hundred and thirty feet, replaced the hills, trees and brush. Each succeeding year has seen new improvements to both buildings and grounds. More classrooms have been made, a new chemistry and physics laboratory has been added and all old equipment has been replaced by modern. The main building pictured on the opposite page comprises three stories and a basement. In the basement is a commodious lunch room, the students co-operative store, the ath- 7
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