The Letter P was on the back campus on the north side of the college and begun in 1919 by the classes of 1922 and 1923. The students wanted to provide an insignia, begin a freshman tradition and establish an area of campus for school celebrations.…
The sun dial in front of Penn Hall given by the Penn Academy class of 1919. The gift symbolizes the graduates faith that the college would always rightly interpret the need of the times.
Penn College Band, Ralph. P. (Bobby) Robinson, Director, Penn college is justly proud of her band, it came into being in the fall of 1908 as a little German band, the band has the following instrumentation; cornets, clarinets, piccolo, alto, tenor,…
Mrs. S. C. Peasley donated funds to the College in 1947 that allowed for the purchase of a three hundred acre farm located to the east of Lewis Hall. The farm was first leased as a dairy and then operated as a dairy by the College until the early…
Mrs. S. C. Peasley donated funds to the College in 1947 that allowed for the purchase of a three hundred acre farm located to the east of Lewis Hall. The farm was first leased as a dairy and then operated as a dairy by the College until the early…
Mrs. S. C. Peasley donated funds to the College in 1947 that allowed for the purchase of a three hundred acre farm located to the east of Lewis Hall. The farm was first leased as a dairy and then operated as a dairy by the College until the early…
Penn Hall designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof, constructed 1916-1917. Note wood plank wood and on the right is Spencer Chapel under construction.
Penn Hall, during construction, designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof, constructed 1916-1917. Originally the building had metal windows, deep-red rough…
South facade of Penn Hall. Dirt road is now Trueblood Ave. Lewis Hall is on the right. Penn Hall designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof, constructed…
East side view of Penn Hall observatory that was part of the original building. The observatory was eliminated in 1986 when the red tile roof was replaced by asphalt shingles. A telescope was donated in 1927 by Willard Swift and is still in use.…