Bloomsburg UniversityOF PENNSYLVANIA
2014 Ca l e nda r
The ivy-covered walls of Carver Hall, original building of
the Bloomsburg Literary Institute, June 25, 1930.
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TO KEEP BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY an institution of choice for the students who study here each year, we are constantly planning for the future, enhancing academics, upgrading facilities and studying projected employment needs. The observance of Bloomsburg’s 175th anniversary encourages us to pause, look back at our many accomplishments, both collectively and individually, and celebrate who we were, who we are and who we will be.
The world was a very different place when our predecessor, the Literary Acade-my, was established in 1839 “to teach the elements of a classical education.” Howev-er, that year in Lexington, Mass., an experimental normal school opened as the first state-funded institution specifically established for teacher education. Starting with just three students, the school in Massachusetts served as a forerunner of what our academy would become when it was purchased by the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-vania in 1916 and renamed the Bloomsburg State Normal School.
In the following calendar pages, Bloomsburg University’s rich history as normal school, state teachers college, state college and university is illustrated through archival photographs and notations on significant dates. This is who we were, who we are and the foundation of who we will become as we continue to meet students’ educational needs in the Colleges of Business, Education, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.
I am proud of my place in Bloomsburg University’s history as the 18th president. I am even prouder of the successes of the nearly 85,000 alumni who graduated from our institution over the years and of the potential of our more than 10,000 current students. Thank you for celebrating Bloomsburg’s 175th anniversary with us. Sincerely,
DAVID SOLTZ President, Bloomsburg University
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A view of the campus with the Waller Hall dormitory in the background and the south
porch of Carver Hall to the left, early 1928. The steps in the center were a gift of the
Class of 1912, with eagles on the top pedestals and lions on the lower ones.
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1960 - Name change to Bloomsburg State College
1975 - Beginning of demolition work on Waller Hall
1894 - Opening of school’s first gymnasium
1938 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for new campus gymnasium
1993 - Rededication Ceremony for Kehr Union
1994 - Opening of Multicultural Center in Kehr Union
1962 - Approval to confer Master of Education Degree in Speech Correction
1906 - Contract awarded for construction of Science Hall
1930 - First wrestling match in school history
1969 - Announcement of Harvey A. Andruss retirement after 30 years as president
Carver Hall, 1936
President Harvey Andruss and Dean of Instruction John Hoch remove the letters spelling “teachers” from Bloomsburg State College, January 8, 1960
The Bloomsburg University Gospel Choir, formally
re-established in 1990 under the direction of Amy Freeman.
The choir remains a vital part of campus’ musical life.
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1963 - First official women’s basketball game in school history
1932 - Lecture by Lieutenant Commander and Arctic explorer Richard E. Byrd
1894 - First issue of B.S.N.S. Quarterly, later The Alumni Quarterly
1954 - Lighting of Bloomsburg Beacon on Carver Hall, dedicated to students killed in World War II
1930 - Approval for the Commercial Department
1931 - Establishment of Kappa Delta Pi, National Honor Education Fraternity, Gamma Beta chapter
1869 - Recognition of Bloomsburg Literary Institute as a state normal school
1995 - Opening of Student Recreation Center
1904 - Fire damage to employees’ dormitory, later named North Hall
February 4, 1904 - Dormitory fire February 19, 1954 - Lighting of Bloomsburg Beacon
The 1931 men’s junior varsity basketball team
The winners of the Bloomsburg State Normal School 1912 Women’s Interclass
Basketball Championship. The trophy in front was presented to the winning
team each year from 1911 to 1923.
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1981 - First PSAC Tournament Championship for men’s basketball team
1923 - Publication of first campus newspaper, Hill Top News and Views
1992 - First PSAC Tournament Championship for women’s basketball team
1976 - Approval given for Master of Business Administration
1947 - Installation of Foucault Pendulum in Science Hall stairwell
1961 - Final High School Basketball Tournament
1968 - Future President Gerald R. Ford speaker at mock Republican Convention
1999 - Opening of QUEST climbing wall on upper campus
1907 - Opening for Science Hall, now Old Science
1872 - Appointment of Rev. John Hewitt as principal
1866 - Henry Carver meets with town citizens on opening a school in Bloomsburg
1988 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Montgomery Place Apartments
1988 - Announcement of Magee Mansion donation
1983 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for McCormick Human Services Center
2000 - Campus meeting to remember victims of TKE fraternity house fire
1987 - Third consecutive national title for wrestler Ricky Bonomo
1947 - Students watch the pendulum swinging in the Science Hall stairwell
1985 - Ricky Bonomo being congratulated by his brother Rocky after winning his first wrestling title
The construction of the tower on Carver Hall, initially
referred to as Institute Hall, summer 1900. The tower
replaced the original 1867 cupola, had a flag pole on
top of the dome and a clock which was installed in
December 1900.
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1867 - Beginning of two-day Dedication Ceremony for Institute (Carver) Hall
1876 - Dedication of new dormitory building, Waller Hall
1866 - Bloomsburg Literary Institute reopened by Henry Carver
1965 - First formal student protest in school history in Centennial Gym
1890 - Appointment of Judson P. Welsh as principal
1927 - Appointment of Dr. Francis B. Haas as principal
1908 - Land purchased along Spruce Street, future site of Ben Franklin Hall
1970 - Dedication Ceremony for Scranton Commons
1976 - Approval given for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
2012 - Rededication Ceremony for Sutliff Hall
1995 - Site Dedication for new Harvey A. Andruss Library
1950 - Accreditation by Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
2012 - Field at Redman Stadium named in honor of football coach Danny Hale
1990 - Rededication Ceremony for Science Hall
1995 - Inauguration Ceremony for President Jessica S. Kozloff
2006 - Rededication Ceremony for Navy Hall
1957 - Opening of College Commons, now University Store
1978 - Final day of first Spring Jamboree, later Renaissance Jamboree
2003 - Rededication Ceremony for World War I War Hero Memorial Pinery
1969 - Dedication Ceremony for Hartline Science Center and Elwell Hall
1983 - Publication of first issue of Carver magazine
1970 - Inauguration Ceremony for President Robert J. Nossen
1969 - Student protest against an increase in the cost of tuition
April 15, 1970 - Scranton Commons dedication, with, left to right, William Lank, Robert Nossen and William Scranton
Henry Carver, 1870
The May Queen and her attendants at the May Day ceremony,
May 31, 1917. For this ceremony the queen took on the persona
of the priestess Diana while chariot races were held on the tennis
courts below her, located on the current site of Kehr Union.
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2001 - Dedication Ceremony for remodeled Student Services Center and Scranton Commons
1959 - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for Sutliff Hall and New North Hall (Northumberland)
2005 - Dedication of Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center in former Tustin Mansion
1969 - First graduation ceremony at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds
1957 - First graduation ceremony in Centennial Gymnasium1963 - First appearance of the College Mace at a graduation ceremony1963 - Arthur Hontz awarded first master’s degree
1942 - David M. Young first African-American male graduate
2010 - Final victory for Jan Hutchinson as a head coach at Bloomsburg University — her 1,807th
1919 - Dedication Ceremony for War Hero Memorial Pinery
1981 - Start of Elderhostel program
1971 - Approval to confer first Master of Science Degree in Biology
1970 - Bloomsburg Foundation established
1964 - Final Ivy Day Ceremony held1948 - First Distinguished Service awards presented by Alumni Association
1962 - Approval of Bachelor of Arts degree programs
1973 - First graduation ceremony in Nelson Field House
1942 - Dedication Ceremony for Centennial Gymnasium
1916 - Bloomsburg State Normal School purchased by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1927 - Name change to Bloomsburg State Teachers College
2001 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for Curtis R. English Great Room in Fenstemaker Alumni House
1963 - Final May Day Ceremony on campus
1890 - First official baseball game in school history
1973 - Dedication Ceremony for Waller Administration Building, Kehr College Union and Nelson Field House
1982 - Induction of first Athletic Hall of Fame class
1962 - Start of First Spring Arts Festival
1910 - First May Day Ceremony on campus
May 5, 1971 - Students at a May Day protest rally
May 30, 1919 - War Hero Memorial Pinery Dedication Ceremony
Faculty members and students marching up Second Street to the commencement ceremony
in Centennial Gymnasium, May 1961. Spring graduation ceremonies were held in Carver Hall
auditorium from the first in 1870 until 1956. Increasing class sizes then moved the ceremony
to Centennial in 1957, Haas Auditorium in 1968 and the following year the grandstand at the
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. All commencements were held there until 2005, with the exception
of 1973 in Nelson Fieldhouse. The ceremony came back to campus in 2006 at Redman Stadium
and finally in 2008 to its new home, the Academic Quad.
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1874 - Establishment of Calliepian Literary Society
1926 - Authorization conferred to award Bachelor of Science degrees in Elementary and Junior High Education
1920 - Dedication Ceremony for Tiffany stained glass windows in Waller Hall
2000 - Trustees name softball field after Jan Hutchinson
1927 - Arthur C. Jenkins awarded first B.S. degree in education
1866 - Trustees purchase three acres of land, future site of Institute (Carver) Hall
1871 - Organization of Bloomsburg State Normal School Alumni Association
1915 - Helen M. Parks first African-American female graduate
1919 - First summer school session begins
1929 - Establishment of Alumni Room in Waller Hall
1868 - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for first dormitory
1906 - First Ivy Day ceremony is held 1923 - Appointment of G.C.L. Reimer as principal
1941 - Death at age 95 of Dr. David J. Waller Jr., 1867 graduate and longtime principal
1900 - Trustees approve adding a tower to Institute (Carver) Hall
1870 - First graduation ceremony of Bloomsburg State Normal School
1873 - Appointment of T.L. Griswold as principal
1986 - Naming Ceremony for Boyd F. Buckingham Campus Maintenance Center
1918 - The Class of 1921 on the steps in front of Waller Hall
1957 - The Waller Hall Long Porch along Second Street
Alumni Day, 1928
Members of the Class of 1887 around a fountain located
to the south of Institute Hall. The fountain was in-
stalled in 1882, a gift of that year’s class, and remained
until the mid-1920s.
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1983 - Name change to Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
1920 - Appointment of Dr. Charles E. Fisher as principal
1877 - Appointment of Dr. David J. Waller Jr. for his first term as principal
1993 - Appointment of Dr. Curtis R. English as president
1903 - Trustees approve purchase of Buckalew Place for $6,000
1927 - Carver Hall tower damaged when flag pole hit by lightning
1889 - Trustees purchase two plots of land, future site of Elwell Hall
1985 - Appointment of Dr. Harry Ausprich as president
1927 - Institute Hall renamed Carver Hall in honor of Henry Carver
1899 - Trustees approve installation of fire alarm box on campus
1943 - First Navy V-12 cadets arrive on campus
July 1, 1943 - Navy V-12 cadets march to campus across the East Bloomsburg Bridge
1931 - The President’s residence, Buckalew Place
An aerial view of the upper campus looking to the south, October
25, 1972. In the foreground can be seen the old club house for
the golf course of the Bloomsburg Country Club, located on the
current site of Danny Hale Field.
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1916 - Name change to Bloomsburg State Normal School
1963 - First summer graduation ceremony
1985 - Honorary doctorate awarded to Edward M. Barton, Class of 1907
1993 - Street on campus named for Bloomsburg alumnus Chuck Daly
2004 - Debut of new husky mascot Roongo
2005 - Dedication Ceremony for new West Wing of Hartline Science Center
1985 - Announcement of Fred G. Smith Golden Rule Trust Fund Scholarships
1906 - Dr. David Waller Jr. accepts Trustee offer to return to Bloomsburg as principal
2004 - Opening of new Monty’s on upper campus
1973 - Swearing-in of Dr. James H. McCormick as president
1898 - Trustees approve construction of boiler house on Penn Street
1968 - Approval to confer Master of Education degree in Reading
1967 - Approval to confer Bachelor of Science. degree in Business
1909 - Price of meal tickets for faculty established at 15 cents
1965 - Graduates outside Centennial Gymnasium after commencement
1979 - The original husky mascot costume
Lawn behind Sutliff Hall, 1960s
Bloomsburg State College freshmen registering for classes,
1962. Part of freshmen customs was to wear a “dink” and a
sign with name and hometown. By 1970 the customs were
no longer a part of college life.
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1986 - Start of University Scholars Program
1994 - University website, www.bloomu.edu, online for first time
2011 - Campus closed for 10 days due to historic flooding in Bloomsburg
1998 - Dedication Ceremony for new Harvey A. Andruss Library
1985 - Ceremonial opening of pedestrian walkway over Lightstreet Road
2010 - Official fall enrollment figure at 10,000 for first time
1994 - First booth at Bloomsburg Fair Education Building
1962 - First upper campus land acquired when state purchased former Bloomsburg Country Club
1974 - Dedication Ceremony for Robert B. Redman Stadium
2013 - Construction begins on BU Foundation building in downtown Bloomsburg
1927 - Publication of first issue of the pilot student handbook
1983 - Bloomsburg University Dedication Convocation
1875 - Original campus dormitory burns down
1995 - Publication of first issue of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
2001 - Dedication Ceremony for Centennial Hall
Institute Hall, 1880
1966 - A Bloomsburg State College student, at right, getting help moving into his Waller Hall dorm room.
The Husky on a Homecoming float, October 12, 1963. The
traditional Homecoming Parade has been held the day of
the game since 1961.
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1989 - Dedication Ceremony for the Percival R. Roberts Memorial Sculpture Garden
1993 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for Student Recreation Center
1967 - Dedication Ceremony held for first Harvey A. Andruss Library and Haas Center
1963 - Installation of Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity
1984 - Dedication Ceremony for husky statue on Carver Hall lawn
1995 - Lt. Gov Mark Schweiker ’75 announces release of state funds for construction of new library
1875 - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for new dormitory building (Waller Hall)
2008 - Inauguration ceremony for President David L. Soltz
1945 - Formal closing of Navy V-12 Program
1976 - Dedication Ceremony for Lycoming Hall
1989 - Dedication Ceremony for campus Veterans Memorial
1984 - Dedication Ceremony for McCormick Human Services Center
1969 - Vietnam Teach-In on campus 2009 - Dedication Ceremony for Jessica S. Kozloff Apartments
1964 - Dedication Ceremony for East and West Hall dormitories (Montour and Schuylkill)
1967 - H. Keffer Hartline ’20 named Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology and medicine
1871 - Resignation of Henry Carver as principal
1979 - Costumed husky mascot makes first appearance
2007 - Dedication Ceremony for Academic Quadrangle
1996 - Dedication Ceremony for Five Friends Memorial Plaza
1931 - First appearance of Maroon & Gold Marching Band at a football game
1993 - Dedication Ceremony for Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium in Carver Hall
1989 - Dedication Ceremony for Montgomery Place Apartments
1892 - First football game in school history
1962 - First official women’s field hockey game in school history
1933 - Designation of the husky as college mascot
1905 - Trustees approve construction of Science Hall
1985 - Students around the Husky statue, designed by artist Richard Bonham
Football versus West Chester,
1959
Children from the Ben Franklin Training School, May 11, 1938. The elementary school
on campus began in 1869 and closed in 1967. It was located in Ben Franklin from 1930
and the playground seen here, one of several over the years, was located on the current
site of Northumberland Hall.
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1980 - Dedication of “Two Elongated Forms” sculpture outside of Kehr Union
1999 - Danny Hale sets school record with 51st victory as head football coach
1985 - Dedication Ceremony for Marco and Louise Mitrani Hall
1928 - First Homecoming Day on campus
1985 - Football team to national playoffs for first time
1875 - Trustees pay for construction of Hemlock Hall (present site of Schuylkill Hall)
1981 - First national championship by women’s field hockey team
2010 - Rededication Ceremony for Hartline Science Center
1895 - Establishment of student government
1942 - Establishment of Navy V-5 Flight Instruction School
1964 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for first library building on campus
1930 - Dedication Ceremony for training school building (Ben Franklin)
1973 - Campus designated Bloomsburg voting district number 2, third ward
1981 - The “Two Elongated Forms” sculpture outside of Kehr Union
1938 - Training School children in the Waller Hall library
1981 - The national champion women’s field hockey team on a Bloomsburg fire truck
The dining room in Waller Hall decorated for
the holidays, December 1946. The dining room
opened with the building in 1876, was remodeled
in the 1920s and used until the College Commons
opened in 1957. The space later held first the
library and then the campus bookstore.
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2000 - Football team completed 29-point fourth quarter rally to defeat UC-Davis, advancing to national title game
1900 - Seth Thomas clock run for first time in Institute (Carver) Hall tower
1983 - First University Medallion awarded to Marco and Louise Mitrani
2004 - Association to Advance Collegiate Scholars of Business accreditation awarded to College of Business
1871 - Appointment of Charles G. Barkley as principal, following Henry Carver1983 - First Honorary Doctorate degree
awarded to Howard Fenstemaker, Class of 1912
1995 - First Poinsettia Pops Concert 1980 - Establishment of John J. Serff Sr. Memorial Scholarship
1997 - Irvin Sigler wins Harlon Hill Award as best football player in Division II
1984 - Accreditation of nursing program by National League for Nursing
1894 - First official basketball game in school history
1996 - Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu at commencement in Nelson Fieldhouse
Carver Hall Lit for the holidays, 1930
A member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Noted professional photographer Axel Brahnsen took this photo
of Theta Gamma sorority that was the photo contest winner in
the Obiter yearbook in 1969. The sorority became Sigma Sigma
Sigma in 1971 and in October 2013 sorority alumnae gathered to
recreate the striking photograph (inset).