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Start your engines!

Beth Swift

May 27, 2016

While looking through the postcards for the Our Town series of posts, I came across this little beauty. As this is the 100th running of the 500, this seemed like just the […]

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Our Town II

Beth Swift

Apr 26, 2016

In the last post I featured some images of our town, all centered on one main intersection. In this post, I thought I might share a few more images of this area. Below is […]

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Our Town – Crawfordsville

Beth Swift

Mar 31, 2016

A couple of months ago I gave a presentation to the Women on Campus about the history of Crawfordsville. It was such fun to put together. I thought that I might share […]

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Kingery Hall as Infirmary

Beth Swift

Feb 29, 2016

In 1941 Wabash College renovated old Kingery and created an up to date Infirmary. A short article in the October, 1940 issue of the alumni magazine The Wabash Bulletin announced the gift which made it possible. Kingery […]

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Comps are here!

Beth Swift

Jan 07, 2016

The campus is quiet as most of the students are still at home enjoying that last bit of winter break, but for the seniors it is a different story. The Lilly Library […]

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The Circle Connection

Beth Swift

Dec 01, 2015

The Circle Connection 11/30/2015     Each year at Thanksgiving the Circle in Indianapolis is jammed full of folks there to see the monument and its thousands of Christmas lights come to […]

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October on Campus

Beth Swift

Oct 30, 2015

  There are few things as pretty as the leaves on campus in October. Everywhere we look the colors of fall are especially brilliant this year. If you were on campus this […]

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The tradition continues…

Beth Swift

Sep 30, 2015

It’s homecoming! The story of 103 years of homecoming at Wabash is full of rituals, traditions and passion…passion for sport, passion for victory, but most of all a passion for this special place. […]

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Sir Conner of Wabash – a REAL knight!

Beth Swift

Jul 24, 2015

Letter head of the Belgian Draft Horse Corporation from the files of the Ramsay Archives at Wabash College.   While researching in the Wabash Magazine, a short note about an alumnus knighted […]

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Wally in the Army

Beth Swift

Jun 30, 2015

Don Cole (W1952)     Last month’s post about the creator of Wally Wabash promised a look at Don Cole’s good work after leaving Wabash. Cole has a talent for finding the heart […]

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A cheery gift

Beth Swift

May 20, 2015

Look at this beauty which just arrived this morning! This bumper sticker is a gift of Charles O. Hardy [W1955] and it was delivered by Jane Hardy, his daughter. You may recognize […]

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The circus is in town

Beth Swift

Apr 29, 2015

Sometimes in the spring things get a little silly on campus. It seems like the warm sun just brings out the kid in all of us. But there was a time when […]

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April 22 at Wabash

garedwei16

Apr 22, 2015

Hello Wallies and Wabash enthusiasts, For future reference, I will be posting informative bits every week or so (and not every single day) due to the difficulties of identifying interesting facts/situations through […]

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Welcome Graham to Dear Old Wabash

garedwei16

Apr 22, 2015

With this post I would like to introduce you to Graham Redweik [W2016] who will be posting historical bits to the blog feed. His work will be posted under THIS DAY AT […]

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A day of giving…

Beth Swift

Apr 22, 2015

    Today is the day! I just gave online – it is super easy. ​https://422.wabash.edu/422/   In honor of ALL the women who have served Wabash well throughout her history!   A […]

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George Kendall – a Giant AND a Gentleman

Beth Swift

Mar 26, 2015

  For this blog posting I would like to share with you the story of a giant in our history. As with last month’s post, these remarks are largely taken from the […]

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Caleb Mills – Activist

Beth Swift

Feb 27, 2015

 Excerpts from a Chapel Talk – Beth Swift 02/26/2015   Just recently I had a visit from a  young scholar, a fourth grader from a local school working on an Indiana history […]

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Center Hall in the morning

Beth Swift

Jan 30, 2015

Here is a picture to brighten the day.      Center Hall basking in the morning sun makes such a nice picture on a cold winter day. While this picture is undated, we […]

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