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Mount Union's History in Photos
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Orville Nelson Hartshorn, a 23-year-old graduate of Allegheny College, visits the village of Mount Union where his sister is ill. After meeting with the Alliance community, he begins his “Select School” on October 20 with six students enrolled.
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Wayne Manzilla, the first African-American graduate of Mount Union.
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First graduating class of Mount Union College in 1858. These students were taught by Orville Nelson Hartshorn on the third floor of the “Old Carding Mill” a “select school” of six students.
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Stuffed gorilla going to it's home in the Chapman Hall Museum.
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Jane Weston, the first female student at Mount Union, graduates with a B.S. degree and becomes its first female faculty member one semester later.
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Mount Union’s men’s basketball team plays its first game in the newly-constructed Morgan Gymnasium. It is one of the first college basketball teams in the country.
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President Marsh campaigns for a school newspaper, and the first issue of The Dynamo is published in June 1890.
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Former president, Albert Riker
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The Conservatory of Music, which was purchased by Mount Union in 1884.
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In February, the National Phrencon Association, which was a non-Greek letter fraternity established on campus in 1915, becomes the Epsilon chapter of Phi Kappa Tau. It is the fifth chapter to be established in the United States
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Four years after his appointment to the Mount Union Board of Trustees, Ohio Governor McKinley returns and is initiated into Mount Union’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Four year later, he is elected president of the United States.
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Lamborn Science Hall, built in 1914.
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The new football stadium is dedicated and soon named Hartshorn Stadium. The named is later changed to Mount Union Stadium, which is recognized as the oldest college football stadium in Ohio.
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Soldiers’ Memorial Hall is built in honor of the 687 men and women from the Mount Union family and the other 1,965 from the Alliance area who took part in uniformed service during WWI.
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Through the efforts of student Jack McIntosh, “The Escape Hatch” snack bar is opened in the basement of Miller Hall.
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Through the efforts of student Jack McIntosh, “The Escape Hatch” snack bar is opened in the basement of Miller Hall.
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Students celebrating May Day on campus.
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Former College President, C. Cluster Bracy
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Mount Union College Gateway into campus.
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The Mount Union Theatre
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1964-1965 Marching Band
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Former College President, Ronald Gilbert Weber ’38.
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Under Head Coach Jim Wuske, the Mount Union Cross Country Team scores 105 points at the Chicago Country Club, winning the Division III National Championship
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Students all gather at the football satudium for Blanket Day.
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Dr. John D. Brumbaugh donates land six miles south of campus in honor of his grandfather, Mr. John T. Huston. The land, used as a center for environmental education, is named the John T. Huston-Dr. John D. Brumbaugh Nature Center.
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Notable Speaker: Former U.S President, Gerald Ford.
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Head Coach Larry Kehres ’73 leads the Mount Union football team to its first NCAA Division III National Championship, defeating Rowan College 34-24. It is the first of 13 national championships for the football team to date.
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Students gathering for the first BSU Meeting in 1970.
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Dr. Andy Bain works with a student.
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WRMU has been a staple for decades on campus, switching formats from jazz to a variety of current hits in 2015.
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The Riggs Plaza was constructed and dedicated in the 2010s, creating a more green campus at Mount Union.