Old Gymnasium

Cadet Mess Hall, 1944

View as 32nd Army Air Corps Cadets eat a meal in the Old Gymnasium, which serves as their mess hall in 1944.

Cadet Mess Hall, 1944

View as 32nd Army Air Corps Cadets eat a meal in the Old Gymnasium, which serves as their mess hall in 1944.

Cadet Mess Hall, 1944

View as 32nd Army Air Corps Cadets eat a meal in the Old Gymnasium, which serves as their mess hall in 1944.

Cadet Mess Hall, 1944

View of the Old Gymnasium, which serves as the 32nd Army Air Corps Cadets' mess hall in 1944.

Cadet Mess Hall, 1944

View of the Old Gymnasium, which serves as the 32nd Army Air Corps Cadets' mess hall in 1944.

Campus View, c.1910

View from the intersection of West Louther and North College streets around 1910. The Phi Delta Theta house and Old Gymnasium are on the right side.

Gymnasts, c.1890

Student gymnasts pose for a photograph amongst their equipment in the Old Gymnasium around 1890.

Human Pyramid, c.1890

Student gymnasts form a human pyramid in the Old Gymnasium after the Mid-Winter Athletic Contest around 1890. 

Top: Herbert William Westwood '93

Middle Left: Henry George Budd '91

Bottom: Either Vergil Prettyman '92 or Cornelius William Prettyman '...

Old Gymnasium, c.1890

View of the Old Gymnasium from W. Louther Street circa 1890.

Old Gymnasium, c.1890

View of the Old Gymnasium from the corner of N. College and W. Louther Streets circa 1890.  The cupola of West College is visible in the distance.

Old Gymnasium, c.1895

View of the old gymnasium and the heating plant around 1895. The photographer is standing behind Old West, looking due east.

Old Gymnasium Dining Hall, c.1955

Students eat in the Old Gymnasium Dining Hall around 1955.

Removing the College Bell, #4, 1905

A crowd watches as the college bell, which is on a wagon, moves through the academic quad. The bell will be installed in Denny Hall.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "The Seniors in cap & gown constituting the guard of honor." 

The Heating Plant and part of the...

Tome Scientific Building, c.1895

View of Tome Scientific Building around 1895. The Old Gymnasium and the Heating plant tower are visible in the background.

Tome Scientific Building, c.1900

View of the Tome Scientific Building around 1900. The Old Gymnasium is visible in the background.

Women's physical education, 1888

Female students swing bowling pins in Dickinson's first women's physical education class.

Front row: Alice Kronenberg '89, Lenora Whiting '91, Wilhelmina Scarborough, Elizabeth Low '91

Middle row: Mary Himes '89 (non-grad), Jessica Longsdorf '91, Mary Curran '88...

Women's physical education class with poles, 1888

Female students participate in a physical education class involving manipulating poles.

Women's strength training, 1888

Female students train using weights in Dickinson's first women's physical education class in 1888.

Students by number: Mary Curran (#1), Mary Evans (#2), Sarah Yocum (#3), Elizabeth Low (#4), Wilhelmina Scarborough (#5), Alverda Yocum (#6), Hildegarde Longsdorf (#7), Jessica...

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