Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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a Jr I ' In 41 2H 01 fit 1 Upper left: HENRY BAKER BROWN, President and owner of Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute tlater Valparaiso Universityt from 1873 to 1911 Brown advertised his school as offer- ing a practical education at minimal cost. Upper right: OLIVER PERRY KINSEY, Vice-President and 00e0wner of the University from 1881-1912. A good friend of President Brown, Kinsey sewed as Instruc- tor of English and was responsible for room and board of all students. He was universally liked by all. 28 Heritage Middle left: OLD COLLEGE BUILDING, as it looked in 1860 before east dormitories were added in 1867. The building was the heart of the university and served many functions e from dormitory space and classrooms to administration offices and the library. It was destroyed by fire in 1923 Middle right: On a pleasant picnic out near Sager's lake in the early 1900's, a group of students relax together and study ttSagerology, a science of boy-girl relations. Lower left: VU MARCHING BAND performs down Photos courtesy at VU Amhwe! Lincolnway during the traditional Homecoming Parade in the mid 1950's. Lower right: STUDENT BRIDGE, Constructed in the early years of the university, the bridge was originally used for students to safely cross the tracks while going to Sager's lake. In later years, however, it became known as the kissing bridge, It disappeared in the late 1960's. Far right: The VU 125th ANNIVERSARY COLLAGE by Raymond Martens depicting the past and present of Vatparaiso University.

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c. m m m m N .m m N a n a E U u P m w m. m 0 e s m m P e o h n e d .m w Anniversary Weekend 27

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Building a Heritage: 125 Years V alparaiso University - we know it's much more than just dorms, offices, or classrooms, but through these physical surroundings we experience our heritage. Valpo's heritage, 125 years of changing and growing, shows in the oldest building on campus, Heritage Hall. Standing in the center of West Old Campus, it has seen 109 years of Valpo's years. Heritage Hall saw the last old campus building erected in 1914. the Domestic Science Building, now calied DeMotte Hall. Heritage stood through the fire of 1923 which destroyed Old College Building, the first permanent building. It also witnessed the 1970 burning tJ e 2 5i 3 . II ypATIONAL, A415. 1 of Kinsey Hall, Valpo's last bit of heritage to bow to fire. With the dedication of the gym in 1939 and the pur- chase of 92 acres, VU began the move eastward. Heritage Hall would see no new buildings, except for six Mound Street houses. The move started with Guild and Memorial, then Kroenke, opening with iiOur Town in 1952, and the Student Union in 1955. From there, the campus changed and grew. Now, 125 years and dozens of heritage markers later, Valpo continues to change with the ARC, and grow, with the AC-CC. 2 RK Photo courtesy VU Gatiery Heritage 29