The ’87 Gym Goes Up

As we noted in our Commencement 1912 post, the ’87 Gymnasium was dedicated in June 1912. Planning for the new facility went back a couple of years earlier to 1910 when a Board of Trustees committee was established to investigate the feasibility of developing a department of physical culture at the Institute. The committee concluded that a [...]

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more new old stuff

We recently received an item that is part of an interesting story with a connection to an important alum.  The item is a zither — yes, a zither.  It’s a complex musical instrument that was quite familiar a hundred years ago.  This was the first time I had seen one outside of a museum.  The [...]

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new old stuff

I mentioned previously that we rely on donors to acquire new material for our collections.  In this post, I will highlight our latest acquisition. Recently Mr. Cox left this comment on the blog: I live in Seattle Wa. and i found an old calculus book at a garage sale. It is ” practical treatise on [...]

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