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* Within two years, Old Main was replaced by several new buildings which (after substantial renovations within the last 30 years) remain the primary structures for the classes, labs, and faculty offices. These include Kauke Hall (the iconic center of campus), Scovel, Severance (which together form a large courtyard in front of Kauke Hall), and Taylor Hall.[citation needed]
 
* Within two years, Old Main was replaced by several new buildings which (after substantial renovations within the last 30 years) remain the primary structures for the classes, labs, and faculty offices. These include Kauke Hall (the iconic center of campus), Scovel, Severance (which together form a large courtyard in front of Kauke Hall), and Taylor Hall.[citation needed]
 
* In the 1920s, William Jennings Bryan, a prominent Presbyterian layman, attacked the college for its teaching of evolution, which had been championed by president Charles F. Wishart, and called for the General Assembly of the church to cut off funding to the college. But Wishart defeated Bryan for the position of Moderator of the General Assembly, and the college continued to teach evolution.[citation needed]
 
* In the 1920s, William Jennings Bryan, a prominent Presbyterian layman, attacked the college for its teaching of evolution, which had been championed by president Charles F. Wishart, and called for the General Assembly of the church to cut off funding to the college. But Wishart defeated Bryan for the position of Moderator of the General Assembly, and the college continued to teach evolution.[citation needed]
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==Gallery==
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File:Wooster College WR19180220p3.png|ad, <ref>Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-20, p. 3</ref>.
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==Newspaper articles==
 
==Newspaper articles==

Revision as of 18:03, 30 June 2015

330-263-2000

Headquarters 1189 Beall Ave., Wooster, Ohio, Wayne County, Ohio
Number of locations 1
Area served Wayne County, Ohio
Website www.wooster.edu

Services

Adult and Continuing Education

Financial Aid for Career Training

Historical documents

Slogans

  • Independent Minds Working Together

Timeline

  • Founded in 1866
  • December 11th 1901- Fire destroys "Old Main"
  • Within two years, Old Main was replaced by several new buildings which (after substantial renovations within the last 30 years) remain the primary structures for the classes, labs, and faculty offices. These include Kauke Hall (the iconic center of campus), Scovel, Severance (which together form a large courtyard in front of Kauke Hall), and Taylor Hall.[citation needed]
  • In the 1920s, William Jennings Bryan, a prominent Presbyterian layman, attacked the college for its teaching of evolution, which had been championed by president Charles F. Wishart, and called for the General Assembly of the church to cut off funding to the college. But Wishart defeated Bryan for the position of Moderator of the General Assembly, and the college continued to teach evolution.[citation needed]

Gallery

Newspaper articles

References

  1. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-20, p. 3