<strong>The</strong> Auetrlsn Alp. were Ire- quent1y vlslted by Devln Ward when he studied in Frclburg. W. aermany WMIe studying in Vienna. a Lsa Harris and Meliaa crane en- : JOY ' few ten at an outdoor 3 catc
OUR CHANGING CAMPUS eturning to Bucknell in September. tennis courts, while the Financial Aid Of- the academic year. As the buildings rose. one could not help but not~ce the fice and Taylor Street House had been one could not suppress a sigh of relief that changer to our beautiful campus. <strong>The</strong> huge moved to St. George Street. What an odd the new dorms, like Dana and Bertrand hole behind the library was gone, replaced place for Taylor St. House to be thought Library, would follow the Federal architecby Ellen's new addition, while a new hole the befudd<strong>led</strong> mind. ture of the campus. This architecture is had been opened up behind Coleman for With men and unobstructed doorwavs. characterized by relatively plan and slmple the foundation of the Arts Center. With the Dana welcomed back the engineering hamqleneous buildings trimmed wlth scaffolding gone. the new columnar third students, many of whom didn't have flnals Georgian ornamentation and using such floor of Dana was visible. Its new granite last year on the account of the reconstruc- basic elements as the Bucknell brick, the steps were being f~nlshed and scrubbed for tion. in addition to having the third floor Buckneil "white" trim, arches, and slate the rededication ceremony in October. added, laborator8es and classrooms had roofs. A walk down the hill behind Roberts been expanded and a large central machine <strong>The</strong> physical changes of the campua brought Lmmis Field into sight, but lab was constructed an the ground floor. were profound during the year, but the Lwmis Field was no longer there. Itr broad Although originally built in 1921. this $4.2 more significant and important changer green expanse was now fil<strong>led</strong> with the million renovation war the first construc- will be in how these new facilities are utiliz. foundations for new dormitories and con- tion on the build~ng since it was enlarged in ed. <strong>The</strong> new dorm on Seventh St will be usstruction litter. A dusty haze, kicked up by 1938. ed ~n conjunction with Vedder as the site the dump trucks, now hung over the <strong>The</strong> addition to the Ellen Clarke Bertrand for the new F~eshman Residential Colleges former fieid. Continuing downhiii to Moore L\brary was also open for use this fail. next year. <strong>The</strong> other downhiii dormitories Avenue, one now came face to face with a While students studied and workers put the wlli house the remainder of the freshman. completely alien sight. D~gging back into finishing touches on the new addition, the Trax, Kresr, and Roberts will no longer the depths of the mind, beneath the more original library was undergoing a massive delineate the freshman quad, so, will our recent memories of a summer just ended, renovation and reconstruction. <strong>The</strong> freshman quad retain its name or will it one tried to recall what used to be here renovation was completed early second become the "uphill quad"? before the bulldozers had arrived. semester, the temporary entrance at the Buckneli will take ail these changes in When the mind stopped churning and ride of the new addition was removed, and stride just as it always has. Three and a half the memory clicked into place, one could Ellen's main doors were opened to the Roberts will always exist, but to us it can only utter a "Wow?'. <strong>The</strong> foundations of public. <strong>The</strong> $8.2 million facility doub<strong>led</strong> the never have the same meaning without another new dorm occupied what had only previous sire of the library and included ad- freshman girls. Just as each of us must a few months ago been two streets, a park- ditional study space, group study rooms. grow and change during our brief stay at ing lot. and three houses. While the streets and a new 24-hour study lounge complete Bucknell, so must Bucknell also grow and and parking lot were gone for good, the with computers and snack machines. change. Despite all the changer. Bucknell three houses were still alive but had been <strong>The</strong> Bucknell communcty also witnessed will continue to be a small, strong, liberal moved to new homes. Spratt House had the two new dormitor~es grow from their arts college wah a loyal and proud student been moved across Seventh St. next to the foundations to full-f<strong>led</strong>ged buildings dur~ng body. <strong>The</strong> ribbon iscul.on Orlobcr 12. 1986officlaliy ded~raling the $4.2 mill#m renovation and 'e
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