The decade of the 1870s is most marked by the many and vast changes to the campus. In this image, taken from the catalog of 1877-78 we can see that a great […]
This photograph is of downtown Crawfordsville in the 1860s – at the intersection of Washington and Main Streets looking west. The building in the middle of the picture is the Hanna Building, […]
It wasn’t long after the founding and the construction of the first humble building, now known as Forest Hall, that the vision of Wabash College’s Board of Trustees expanded. Williamson Dunn’s gift […]
Every so often, I am prompted to think of Wabash as it was in the very beginning. Sometimes it is a research request which prompts these thoughts. At other times it is […]
In this picture we see the brothers Hopkins, both presidents of small liberal arts colleges. On the right is Louis Bertram Hopkins, the seventh president of Wabash. On the left is Ernest […]
As we approach the first of June things get very busy around Wabash. Big Bash is on its way and all over campus folks are working to make this the best ‘Bash […]
James Bert Garner W1893 Like so many of the men who have attended Wabash College over the last 175+ years, James Bert Garner [W1893] was a Hoosier. Born in Lebanon, Indiana in […]
Just this week I had a request for a scanned copy of Bob Petty’s 1982 LaFollette Lecture, “The Margins of Knowledge” and another request for a copy of a later lecture in this […]
This handbill was printed for the 10th anniversary commencement at Wabash in 1848. That would make the first commencement in 1838. Although Wabash College was founded in 1832, classes did not start […]
The Wabash College Glee Club of 1963 I came across these slides and I love them because of their color and vibrancy. The scenery is amazing as are, I am sure the […]
Whew! What a week this has been….On Thursday I gave my first ever Chapel Talk, “Some thoughts on the History” not very original…but appropriate. It was really such an honor to be […]
These images speak for themselves… What an incredible weekend that was!! Best, Beth Swift […]
The sun is shining, the campus is in glorious bloom and everyone is working very hard – signs of spring to be sure – also signs that Pan-Hel week is here… A […]
While scanning some items from the 1965 yearbook, I came across this great photo of the Lambda Chi dog and it was too good not to share… The caption under the photo […]
L-R Grater, Nurnberger, Roll, Burdette, Shelley, Thorn, Schanlaub, Crane, Goldsberry, Adam, Peare and Chadwick. Here is a picture of our own 1922 basketball team proclaimed “Champions of the World” at the tourney […]
The last picture that I posted was a fabulous color slide of our baseball team in action decades ago. It is spring on campus and baseball season is underway. This week also […]
Now that spring has finally arrived I thought it might be nice to post a baseball picture. Isn’t this a beauty? The colors are as clear as the day they were taken […]