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

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CLD COLLECE OLD COLLEGE embodies the heart and soul of under- graduate life at Delazvare. Constructed m 1833-34 from funds made available by the State Legislature charter in 1833, it remained the sole college buwilding until after 1870. The Oratory , as it was then called, was dormi- tory, refectory, and recitation hall combined, as well as public lecture hall and meeting place. In 1916 Old College was completely renovated. The architects first unroofed the building and then removed the whole interior, so that little remained except the outer walls. The interior was then remodeled as we know it wow with the commons, student activities room, lounge, and faculty rooms. The exterior of the building was altered only in minor details, The cupola, which had been a familiar part of the old building, was removed, the old wooden steps were replaced by a granite stairzoay, and the old Doric pillars were replaced by NEW ONES. On the south wall beneath the main portico may still be seen the initials of past graduates laboriously carved in the bricks nearly a century ago.

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TRUSTELS EX OFFICIO The Governor, T, Douglass Buck, Dover The President of the State Hoard of Education, H. Fletcher Brown, Wilmington The Master of the State Grange, Robert P. Robinson, Newport The President of the Unay Ll:iil:i'. Walter Hullihen LIFE TRUSTEES Charles 8. Conwell, Camden. . . . .. 1897 W. Watson Harrington, Dover. . ... o 10 James . Dutton, Seaford o 14 John Biggs, Wilmington . .. . 1905 Henry Ridgely, Dover. . .... ... 1911 Charles M. L'l.lrt;::, Up'n'll'llll'u.:'llm.. i . 1911 Henry B, Thompson, Greenville H. Rodney Sharp, Wilmingron William H. Heald, Wilmington Edward A, Evans, Cheswold. . . H. F. du Pln::, W iul:rll:hlll' Harry L. Cannon, Bridgeville TERM TRUSTEES Warren C. Newton, Bridgeville Third Frank L. Grier, M. D, Milford Third 7y Lo 1934 1933 Harry V. Lyong, Lewes Third term ... Harold W. Horsey, Dover Second term 1932 Samuel M, D, Marshall, M. D., Milford Becond term i L a i o 1932 Alexander J, Taylor, Wilmington Second R e e S 1S 1 r;lrlL i'-E Jull-e'h, 1-:1'I.al'l.:t'l oW l:.qf.'!.'w.'l!l.!l Terim e J. Hall Anderson, Dover First term ., . 1929 Mrs, A. Id, Warner, Wilmington Second term N o AT R T T Hugh M. Morris, Wilmingron First term ; - o E T H. Fletcher Brown. Wilmington First rermm a i v Richard S8, Rodney, Mew Castle First Arthur F. Walker, Woodside First term J. Pearce i'.alln. Ib1.'l;l.'r..ll1 I:l h-l tern Victor B. Woolley, Wilmington First term J- Pilling Wright, Newark .I,E ir;.'t term .. Also a member ex officio as president of State Board of Education, 1912 . 1915 1915 . 1916 e i . 1918 1934 1931 14931 1912 1913 . 1933 . 1933 1934