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Freeland Hall/Portico (1st bite)

Winter Snow scene before 1968 old and new dorms

Bomberger Chapel gets redecorated

Reference: Yost's mss. Ch. I, p. 8; Ch. II p. 5; ch. XI, p. 10:
Freeland Seminary was established by the Rev. Abraham Hansicker on land bought from William Tennant Todd. Freeland Hall was erected in 1848. The "North Wing" (Stine Hall) was built in…

The dinning hall and kitchen were on lower two floors of the main section. The upper floors and the wings were men's dormitories. Freeland Hall was demolished in 1968 to make space for the Myrin Library.

This photograph, taken sometime between 1900 and 1903, shoes Professor C. Ernest Dechant (Mathematics) and a room full of students busily working. The Physics lab was located in Bomberger room number 15.
Before the science buildings (Thomas Hall and…

Professor Isaiah M. Rapp is seen with students in the chemistry laboratory in Bomberger Memorial Hall. This laboratory allowed the college an up-to-date curriculum in the physical sciences.