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y Julv. i8q2 — A gymnasium is built with the contributions of the community and equipped b - the munificence of the Board of Visitors and Governors. i8q6 — Normal Hall is erected and dedicated, and the male students welcome co-eds on the campus for the first time. yoj — James W. Cain, LL.D., is elected President. 1906 — A new administration building is built on the College campus and is named after the founder — William Smith Hall. ii)io — The Normal Department of Washington College is abandoned. igi2 — All the students and faculty are present at the dedication of the new gymnasium, built to take the place of the old building, now antiquated. ii)i6 — William Smith Hall is completely destroyed by fire. The IVasliiiigtoii Collegian, h ' ebruary, 1916, says; Nothing was saved except an oil painting of William Smith, the founder of the College, and a few chairs. The loss was about $75,000. ig22 — Normal Hall is renamed Reid Hall after President Charles W, Reid. iQ2g — The old Reid Hall is rebuilt and enlarged, and a gateway is con- structed with the contributions of the four classes. Jioie II, KJS — Washington College, under the leadership of President Paul E. Titsworth, fittingly commemorates the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Washington College. wmt mmmm - ii iV»a - 1 a 2 -5 twenty P E G (=1 S U S i l O 3 i msL rAg ' asagaaMftpy Ti » nmiBa
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I : 6 g = — == — April 2j, 1820 — It is announced that board will be lowered to $100.00 pei- annum. MarcJi g, 1821 — The students, professors and the steward march to the court- house, where they are told by Mr. Thomas Worrell, President of the Roard, that their (the students ' ) complaints as to the food served would be attended to. Mr. Worrell took this opportunity to advise them as to the breaking of rules and to warn them as to the fatal consequences of such a course of transgressions. May 2, 1822 — At a commencement held at the College after the Board of Visitors and Governors, the faculty, the students and the clergy had marched there from the courthouse there was made a Latin Salutatory (3ration, an Eng- lish Oration, Virtue the Preservative of Civil Liberty, several other addresses in both Latin and English, followed by Musick by the Choir and prayer. November 14, 182J — The Rev. Timothy Clowes is elected as Principal of the College. 1824 — Washington College receives from a lottery the approximate sum of $20,000. April JO, 1824 — A new curriculum is made out which emphasizes the Classics and Mathematics. It is stated by the institution that a student may enter College at the age of fourteen if he has completed the Grammar School. A library for the College is planned. January 11, 182 — Commencing among a parcel of corn blades belonging to the steward, a fire soon destroyed the entire buildmg that comprised Washington College. The students move to the town to continue their studies, and the insti- tution appeals to the State Legislature for aid. 1821) — Mr. Feter Clark is made Principal of Washington College. March ig, i8j2 — Richard Ringgold, Esq., is elected to succeed Mr. Clark as Principal. August 3, i8j - — The Principal of Washington College, wishing to lengthen the time of the holidays, gives to the Board of Visitors and Governors as his reason that in the heat of summer the bodies and minds of pupils require pro- longed relaxation, and that their progress is so comparatively slow and incon- siderable as to render the loss of time by vacation unimportant. Four weeks during summer, one during Christmas and one during Easter were granted. 184J — Elijah Reynolds, architect of Port Deposit, is given the contract for the erection of a college building. 71 031 4, 1844 — The cornerstone to new building is laid. January, 1845 — Faculty and students take formal possession of building (now Middle Hall). 1854 — Two new college buildings are erected, flanking the one built in 1845. President Ringgold leaves after giving the college twenty-one years of loyal service. The Rev. Dr. Francis Waters returns to his old position as President. i860 — Mr. Andrew J. Sutton takes over the reins during the critical years of the Civil War. 1873-1881 — The College gains a scholarly reputation under the capable leadership of William J. Rivers, A.M. i8g2 — One of the largest student bodies (nearly 120) matriculate at the College with Dr. Charles W. Reid presiding. Thcse are now called East and West Halls. — The Editor. p E G a s u s i y 9 3 X - — -- W
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