This week has been just chock full of Lew Wallace. So I thought I would share a little bit about this intense and intensely complicated man. Lew’s older brother David was a […]
The previous post was a salute to a scientist and a poet…this posting continues with Collett’s words on our founding on November 21, 1832… “At an early date in the settlement of […]
A note from my friend, and alum, Nate Mullendore [W2007] is the inspiration for this posting. For the past few years Nate has been the go to guy (officially the Watershed Projects […]
Well…how about that Bell Game? Woo hoo…doing a little victory dance here and waving our W flag!!! In response to the previous posting mentioning Philistine Field, I had a suggestion from a […]
This was the cover of the October 1924 issue of the Caveman, a student humor magazine. I love it for the image of rough and tumble football of that era, plus the […]
At Wabash on Philistine Field. Go Wabash! Beth Swift
I have often written about the many ways I am delighted to share the history of this wonderful place. Often the sharing has to do with advanced technology. Because of scanners and […]
While working with some old pictures last week, I came across this little gem and had it scanned. This is the room of James Ray Thomas [W1901] at 606 South Walnut Street […]
Front row: Del Clements, Knute Cauldwell, Homer Stonebraker, “Bake” Bacon, Abe DeVol. Back Row: Coach Paul Sheeks, Lester Hunt, Sam Bliss, Manager. This team is beautifully described in the book Wabash College, […]
As the month of November approaches, it seems like it is time to start thinking of basketball. This next series of posts will be focused on the “wonder five” teams of Wabash. […]
As a part of their pledgeship Sphinx Club rhynies are directed to research a topic in the Archives. As a result of one young man’s interest in the Little Giant Room, we […]
As a college for men, I suppose it is not too surprising that a number of our students have gone on to attend West Point. Among the men who have made this journey is Edward Richard Spriggs Canby – or, as he is more widely known, E.R.S. Canby.
Yes, it is called the S.S. Wabash Victory and it is named after the college and NOT for the Wabash River. The Victory was a new ship design, intended as an improvement […]
The soccer team at Wabash is strong and well established and the fans are loyal and excited for this season. I thought this might be a good time to take a look […]
After the first world war – known then simply as the Great War, few could imagine that it would be followed by another world war – and that they would come to […]
While many things at Wabash remain the same, there is a very big change happening just now with our football field. For the full story here is a link to continuing coverage […]
Peck Scientific Hall 1884 Peck Hall was the first building built specifically for the study of chemistry and physics. It was built where Hays Hall stands now. Peck was a gift from […]
This photograph is one of the oldest that we have of our campus, dated 1875. In this section of the image, we see a completed Center Hall. That is to say that […]
