View from Dormitory

Item Information

Title:
View from Dormitory
Description:
This hand-colored lantern slide, “View from Dormitory,” shows Lake Massasoit and the Washington Gladden Boathouse through a stand of trees on the hillside. The Washington Gladden Boathouse, on the shore of Lake Massasoit at the bottom of Rally Hill, was completed on March 19, 1901. At the request of Frank Beebe, who donated the materials for the boathouse, the structure was named after Reverend Washington Gladden. Plans for the boathouse were prepared by J. Claude Armstrong (class of 1903), a master carpenter was secured, and Frank N. Seerley was chosen to lead the construction. At the request of the student workers, two weeks of the academic year were set aside to build the boathouse. An early Springfield College tradition was for students to volunteer on school projects. The boathouse project is believed to be Springfield College's first “Work Day," a tradition which has since evolved into “Humanics in Action.” The completed building was two-stories and fifty-three feet by twenty-nine feet. The boathouse was dedicated on June 18, 1902, during commencement. During the 1930s, Springfield College used this image in a recruitment pamphlet with two titles: “A Cinema of Springfield College” and “Being the story of a Young Man who elects to go to Springfield College.” Through a series of pictures featuring the campus, students, and faculty, the pamphlet describes the life of a Springfield College student, from his very first day to graduation.
Creator:
Victor Animatograph Co.
Date:
[1910?–1932?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Springfield College
Lake Massasoit
Springfield College--Campus
Springfield College--Buildings
Gladden Boathouse
Administration Building
Springfield (Mass.)
Trees
Water
Lakes & ponds
Lantern slides
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
3x4 in
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3463
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
Part of the Story of the Cinema of Springfield College Lantern Slide Series
Identifier:
LS-01-37