{"id":793,"date":"2012-06-21T07:23:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T07:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=793"},"modified":"2012-06-21T07:23:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T07:23:58","slug":"the-bricks-of-center-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2012\/06\/21\/the-bricks-of-center-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bricks of Center Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall-3230.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-803\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall-3230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall-3230.jpg 535w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall-3230-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have no idea how many bricks there are in the iconic structure of our Center Hall. \u00a0By themselves, each brick is just that &#8211; a brick. \u00a0Put together they have become a timeless memory for all who stroll by or take a walk up those creaky steps&#8230;just to hear them utter their timeless sound.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-802\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Take a brick or even a couple of bricks away. \u00a0You still had Center Hall. \u00a0Maybe not as attractive. \u00a0Maybe not as strong&#8230;but it is still there. \u00a0However, as you remove more and more bricks, the entire Hall is compromised&#8230;from every vantage point. \u00a0Sure the bricks don&#8217;t change when they are added together or taken away&#8230;the soul of Center Hall is the one that changes.<\/p>\n<p>So it is with your annual support of Wabash. \u00a0You don&#8217;t need to be the one who gives a wall&#8230;a pallet of bricks&#8230;or even a couple of dozen. \u00a0No, you just need to make sure your gift is there. \u00a0In your checkbook, that $25 or $50 or $100 is exactly that &#8211; no more and no less. \u00a0Added together? \u00a0That&#8217;s when the magic of a stronger Wabash comes into play.<\/p>\n<p>Are you in? \u00a0If the answer is &#8220;not yet&#8221;, please make a gift before June 30, 2012. \u00a0Your annual gift builds a stronger Wabash each and every year. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the link to on-line giving:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/alumni\/egift\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/alumni\/egift<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are in, great. \u00a0The Grunge thanks you&#8230;Wabash thanks you. \u00a0Now, pick up the phone and call one pledge brother\/teammate\/fellow independent man. \u00a0Get him in. \u00a0His brick is important as well.<\/p>\n<p>Wabash will be stronger&#8230;and you can smile that &#8220;this Good Place&#8221; keeps getting better and better&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have no idea how many bricks there are in the iconic structure of our Center Hall. \u00a0By themselves, each brick is just that &#8211; a brick. \u00a0Put together they have become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/center-hall.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}