Dick and his good friend Dan Evans in Hawaii While shelving another piece of local history yesterday, I saw a small pamphlet entitled, “Some Early History of Montgomery County.” This little booklet is […]
A few months ago I posted a picture of East Main Street. As a follow up, here is an image of our downtown taken in the middle of Washington Street and looking […]
Chapel Sing 1938 This past weekend as I watched the reunion classes at the Big Bash participate in the Chapel Sing it was like watching time travelers…the year was not important. For […]
In a previous post about Notre Dame football, I used an image of a football poster. I was contacted by Dick Hughes, a Phi Delt from the class of 1965 and living […]
Back home again in Indiana… Race day has come and gone again. Each year as I hear Jim Nabors sing that song, it always stirs something inside of me…”the gleaming candlelight still […]
One thing all Wabash men have in common is their love of a football game on a sunny autumn day. This passion was born at the very beginning of the football program […]
ca. 1925 Commencement is a time of many special rituals, among these is the senior reception at the Elston Homestead. With that in mind I’d thought I would share a couple of […]
This painting is by a very talented artist who is famous worldwide, but not for painting. This portrait of our first president Elihu Baldwin was painted by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, better […]
After working here in the Lilly Library for several years, I have come to take it a bit for granted. I walk in the door, greet whomever is about and head to […]
It is finally warm and sunny here on campus and it feels like spring. Along with spring comes Pan-Hel week. Wabash Pan-Hel has taken a variety of forms. For most of its […]
After the initial rush of optimism at the beginning of the Civil War, it became clear that soldiers would be needed for longer than 90 days. The term of service became three […]
As Wabash Magazine debuts its Great Northwest issue, this blog will look at three other Wabash men and their substantial contributions to the history and culture of that area. Charles Stewart Vorhees, […]
Nothing says spring like a class held outside. This image is of Don Baker and his class out in front of Center Hall on a beautiful day. It looks like this is […]
Goodrich Hall of Sciences Now that I have my architectural history hat on my head…I came across these photos of the construction of Goodrich Hall. There are several small photos taken, I […]
I have been thinking about the Sparks Center a lot lately. But before it was the Sparks Center, it was the Campus Center. When it opened in 1954 the Campus Center offered […]
Article by Dick Banta (W1926) In 1905 Wabash beat Notre Dame on the University’s home field – an achievement which no team would repeat for twenty-four years. The win was no fluke, […]
These two scans are of the old Phi Delta Theta house. The top image is the older of the two and really show the house as it was when it was a […]
This is a photo that I love to share whenever I can. This is the “Senior Bench” as it is known on campus. It is really the Thomson Bench, a memorial to […]
