University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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' The Digger stood, strikingly resembled the ruins of Lou- vain. Nine houses including the old Colmery Home were completely demolished; such historic places as soap fat alley with all its traditions, were obliterated. Three new buildings were creeping out of the ground, old residences were taken for recitation rooms and laboratories, and Old College Hall was but a ghost of its former self. But at last the new campus is taking shape. We see the level plane more than half a mile long and three hundred feet wide, which is to be the Green. The line of new buildings which are to surround the green is clearly suggested by the new dormitory and Wolf Hall. And the Old Dorms stands forth in new array as though it had been thoroughly sprinkled with waters from the fountain of youth. The Old College Hall is being fitted up as a student center and will take the place of Purnell House. It will contain two dining rooms, one to seat two hundred and fifty and the other to seat one hundred. This building will contain offices and other centers for interest of student life. The new dormitory is situated just south of Main Street where the Old Colmery Home once stood. It will house sixty-five men and is constructed ac- cording to the most modern plans. Few of us have ever before had the pleasure of seeing under construction a building so substantial and well designed, both for comfort and convenience, as Wolf Hall. It may eventually be used solely for Agricultural purposes; for the present it is amply large to furnish supplementary quarters for the departments of Biology, Bacteriology, and Chemistry. Wolf Hall and the dormitory are in the Colonial style of arch- itecture, as will be the future buildings. Thus they will harmonize with the present buildings of the Women ' s Col- lege and when the scheme is completed there will be unity in the whole. Another improvement of this year is the addition of a new infirmary in charge of a trained nurse, where any cases of illness or accident may receive the best of care. The old Elliott Home of Revolutionary times has been remodeled and is now used as temporary quarters for the Board of Health and Bacteriology department. ' ' t C, ' for n olf Hall [18]

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