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,…
Old Main, Science Class, the students are wearing lab smocks, female students were always able to take the same courses as the male students at Penn College.
Zoology Class in the Old Main Laboratory, dissecting cats, Mahlon Kirk Teacher, Elmer Jones, Will Terrill, Corwin Oneal, Loren Morgan, Harly Carver, harry Hayes, Bernice Lacy, Charlie George, Ashby, Luella Woodward, Albert Watland, Olive Floger,…
Old Main, interior image of the Biological Laboratory, on the back is written, Emily's sophomore Biology Class - Prof. Meek, 1909, Penn College, She had charge of the class often times - most often the lab. Female students were able to take all of…
Old Main, interior image of a hallway, Architect William Foster, building was constructed from 1872 to 1890, served as the original site of Penn College which opened on September 23, 1873.
Old Main interior image; Biological Laboratory, equipped with large aquarium with running water, dissecting and compound microscopes furnished with the best Abbie substage condenser and oil immersion lenses.
Old Main, interior image, Physical and Chemical Laboratories, it was the policy "of the department to add each year some first class pieces of apparatus, believing that by this means an excellent working laboratory can be built up.
Old Main, Domestic Science Laboratory, Cooking Class, each girl has her own desk including a gas plate, drawer and cupboard, and various cooking utensils, there are large gas ranges for baking, during the summer a dining room is to be furnished in a…
Old Main was destroyed by fire on the morning of May 27, 1916, the day of the senior breakfast, the fire began at 3:30 am, cause unknown, Robert Williams and Henry Oakley died in the fire when the heavy bell crashed through the building roof, the…
