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This Week In Photos: HWS Then & Now

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Gulick Hall, originally constructed in 1951 and completely renovateed in 1991, has served as the home to the dining hall and the Office of the Registrar. It now houses Human Resources and the Psychology department.

After its donation to the colleges from the Vail family, Housghton house was an all-female dorm until it's conversion into an Art and Architecture building in the 1980s.

Members of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity relax on the front porch of 573 South Main St. in 1917. The house is now home to the Chi Phi Fraternity.

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The first residence hall for William Smith Colleges, Blackwell House was constructed in 1863 and is still an all female residence hall to this day.

the 1922 Hobart College Commons ClubHobart College Commons Club, group photograph.Description (21) Same photograph in 1922 Echo. Back row: N. Dwight Smith, Harris C. Stecher, Innis Palmer Lyon, H. Frederick Lightfoot, Kenneth E. Gell, B. Gregg Abbey. Middle row: Marcus M. Cass, Lewis J. Neely, Noble Potter, Wallace E. Grosh, Lorimer D. Heywood, Harold R. Wood, Newton E. Farwell, Alfred S. Haeussler. Front row: Ralph W. Odell, Culver B. Alford, Owen K. Brundage, Samuel J. Hartmere, Prof. Walter Sylvester Gamertsfelder, Wells McCormack, Carlton Howard, James L. Davis. (22) Same photograph in 1923 Echo. Back row: B. Gregg Abbey, Thomas R. Allison, Ralph W. Odell, Marcus M. Cass, Gilbert Zehr, T. Halsey Raines, H. F. W. Lightfoot, Raymond C. Hartjen. Middle row: Frank S. Ford, Raymond A. Prusinoski, Wallace E. Grosh, ? Thomas, Augustus H. Hillman, C. Harold Haynes, Warren S. Smith. Front row: Newton E. Farwell, Raymond A. Kurtz, Noble Potter, Lewis S. Neely, Alfred S. Haeussler, Johnson Abercrombie, Richard E. White, Ralph W. Odell, Lorimer D. Heywood, Vaughan Abercrombie.

Constructed in 1965, Bristol Pool is now home to only the William Smith swim and dive team, with their coordinate team having been disbanded in the late 20th century.

Where now there stands a Vietnam war memorial and flagpole, there was once a cannon overlooking the quad.

Pictured is the Hobart College 1908 Lacrosse team.

Though the trees have grown, not much else has changed in the Sunken Gardens in the arts campus since 1970.

Geneva Hall, the college's first building, was constructed in 1822. Originally serving as classrooms, it is now used as an all-male residence hall.

Pictured standing in front of Demarest Hall, the 1895 Hobart Baseball team.

THe Mini-Quad, made up of Barlet, Durfee, and Hale, was built along with Gulick Hall in 1951. Though at the time of this photograph, 1967, Barlett, Durfee and Hale were all-male residence halls, Hale Hall now has one floor of female housing.

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The Quad, whether in the 1960s or the 2010s, is always a popular place to relax on a sunny day.

The HWS Tennis center was originally constructed in 1958 and newly renovated this year. Pictured above are two William Smith Tennis players from 1918 shaking hands on the court after a match.

The Hobart football practiced on Quad in 1906. The teamâs current home, Boswell Field was built in 1974.

Save a new coat of paint, the row houses on S Main Street have not changed much since 1876.

The Hobart baseball team plays on the Quad in 1895.

The Bradford House, built in 1840, housed two different schools prior to its purchase by the Colleges in 1967. It is currently home to the Department of Admissions.

A Fall Nationals cart from 1972, Fall Nationals has since moved to race down the back of the William Smith Hill. However, it is still a crowd pleaser during Homecoming weekend.

Before the construction of the Warren Hunting Smith Library and Stern Hall, the William Smith green was home to Boswell Field. Also pictured is the old baseball diamond where Scandling Center and Cozzens Field now stand.

Despite having updated the tables and chiars, the Brackett Clark Reading Room in the Warren Hunting Smith Library remains a popular place to study in both 1976 and 2018.

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