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“The Old Gym.”
Completed in 1920, the Georgian-style Memorial Gymnasium was constructed in memory of five alumni who had died in WWI. For years the lack of a proper gymnasium was seen as a drawback for the College, effectively curtailing enrollment. This represented Bernard Iddings Bell’s first major effort, declaring, in characteristically decisive terms, that “the College [could not] work properly, or even passively through another winter without a gymnasium and recreation building.”
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Rev. Lyford Edwards, 1947.
An ordained Episcopal priest and B. I. Bell appointee of 1920, Dr. Edwards was one of the first teachers of sociology in any American college or university. His methods were radical for the time, and included sending students into prisons, brothels, and out to picket lines to learn about social issues first hand. The photograph was taken on the occasion of his last sermon before his retirement on January 12, 1947. Photograph by Elie Shneour ’47.
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Faculty housing, ca. 1940.
Four Tudor style cottages, also funded by Edward Albee, were completed in 1926 to house faculty and their families. Photograph by Frank B. Howard.
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Hegeman Science Building, ca. 1930.
Hegeman was built in 1924 with funds from the John R. Hegeman Estate. Hegeman had been president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and a trustee on Bard’s board.
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The campus, ca. 1930s.
Looking north, this image provides a view of the original Kappa House, the athletic field, and the Hoffman Library.
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Warden Bernard Iddings Bell being congratulated by Edward W. Hawkings ’29 and John Huess Jr. ’29 on Bell’s tenth anniversary at St. Stephen’s, 1929.
Warden Bernard Iddings Bell being congratulated by Edward W. Hawkings ’29 and John Huess Jr. ’29 on Bell’s tenth anniversary at St. Stephen’s. Photograph by Bert Boice.
