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theoldwolf) wrote2009-10-25 06:33 pm
theoldwolf) wrote2009-10-25 06:33 pm
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The Old Wolf Express - A Visit to Gettysburg.
Now that I have all my photos transferred over to my desktop, I can record a few more thoughts and impressions.
Gettysburg College:
My visit to Gettysburg was somewhat of a sacred pilgrimage. My first year of college was a debacle from the academic point of view, but was a watershed year in my life, so in spite of the fact that I ended up transferring to the University of Utah the following year, this campus is pretty much holy ground for me. And going back 40 years later was quite a trip down memory lane, with the added perspective of what almost half a century of progress has done.
Pennsylvania Hall, or "Old Dorm" - used as a hospital by both Union and Confederate forces, several times remodeled. Now the Admin building.
Glatfelter Hall, through some fall color. Home of various departments and numerous bats (in the belfry, of course.)
The Quad, with Rice Hall on the left - my dorm - and Breidenbaugh hall, formerly the Chemistry building, center. Stein and Paul halls are the other two dorms, at right and behind the camera. Notice the small round window at the top of Breidenbaugh Hall. The fourth floor used to be inaccessible ducting and storage, and has now been remodeled as a very pleasant study lounge.
Taken through the window on the other side, looking out over more of the campus.
What you see as you get closer.
A new fountain in front of Glatfelter Lodge, a lovely little meeting hall with beautiful stained-glass windows. Used for various purposes, including meetings of the Society of Friends.
Some of said windows
Alex T. Rowland, my Chem 101 professor. Despite my academic shortcomings, he was always most supportive and friendly. Retired in 2001. I had the chance to visit him at his home, and despite having a cold he received me graciously. It was wonderful to reconnect.
More fall color
Battlefield memorials on the road to Chambersburg.
I think I startled a little coed when I asked her to take my picture in front of Rice Hall, but when I explained what I wanted it for, she was down with it. 40 years takes a stiffer toll than the Jersey Turnpike... Mogg's teeth, I was thin. Back then, the dorms were open, people could come and go, the hoagie man would come in at night and wander the halls selling sandwiches; now they are all locked up with keys and checkered again with "trespassers will be prosecuted" signs. Not all change is for the better....
Wandering through the student union building was a mind-bender - as I walked into a lounge, I had a sudden flashback that the bowling alley used to be there - everything is so modern and updated compared to how it looked when I was there. But it's all good.
The day was off-again on-again rainy, a continuation of the storm that I caught up with in Washington, DC, but nothing I couldn't work with. It was just so awesome to be there...
Gettysburg College:
My visit to Gettysburg was somewhat of a sacred pilgrimage. My first year of college was a debacle from the academic point of view, but was a watershed year in my life, so in spite of the fact that I ended up transferring to the University of Utah the following year, this campus is pretty much holy ground for me. And going back 40 years later was quite a trip down memory lane, with the added perspective of what almost half a century of progress has done.
Pennsylvania Hall, or "Old Dorm" - used as a hospital by both Union and Confederate forces, several times remodeled. Now the Admin building.
Glatfelter Hall, through some fall color. Home of various departments and numerous bats (in the belfry, of course.)
The Quad, with Rice Hall on the left - my dorm - and Breidenbaugh hall, formerly the Chemistry building, center. Stein and Paul halls are the other two dorms, at right and behind the camera. Notice the small round window at the top of Breidenbaugh Hall. The fourth floor used to be inaccessible ducting and storage, and has now been remodeled as a very pleasant study lounge.
Taken through the window on the other side, looking out over more of the campus.
What you see as you get closer.
A new fountain in front of Glatfelter Lodge, a lovely little meeting hall with beautiful stained-glass windows. Used for various purposes, including meetings of the Society of Friends.
Some of said windows
Alex T. Rowland, my Chem 101 professor. Despite my academic shortcomings, he was always most supportive and friendly. Retired in 2001. I had the chance to visit him at his home, and despite having a cold he received me graciously. It was wonderful to reconnect.
More fall color
Battlefield memorials on the road to Chambersburg.
I think I startled a little coed when I asked her to take my picture in front of Rice Hall, but when I explained what I wanted it for, she was down with it. 40 years takes a stiffer toll than the Jersey Turnpike... Mogg's teeth, I was thin. Back then, the dorms were open, people could come and go, the hoagie man would come in at night and wander the halls selling sandwiches; now they are all locked up with keys and checkered again with "trespassers will be prosecuted" signs. Not all change is for the better....
Wandering through the student union building was a mind-bender - as I walked into a lounge, I had a sudden flashback that the bowling alley used to be there - everything is so modern and updated compared to how it looked when I was there. But it's all good.
The day was off-again on-again rainy, a continuation of the storm that I caught up with in Washington, DC, but nothing I couldn't work with. It was just so awesome to be there...