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Fourteen acres of campus afford ample space
athletic g'rounds,

the four large brick buildings
floor space of

for

lawns and

and include a large and beautiful oak grove; while

four

shown

and one-seventh

to their different uses.

The

in the picture,

acres, are

containing a

admirably adapted

total length of the corridors in these

buildings exceeds one-half a mile.

Cut of Buildings and Ground.

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The

school propsrlj- attracts

much

altention.

vation of over 150 feet above the Susquehanna.
this elevation is almost unrivalled.

The

IL is at

an

ele-

The view from

river, like a

ribbon edges

the plain on the south and disappears through a bold gorge three
miles to the .southwest.

Rising immediately beyond the river

is

a

precipitous ridge four hundred feet high, backed by the majestic

The town lies at the feet of the spectator.
and water, field and forest, town and county,
maiuifacture and agriculture, are combined in the varied scene.
Bloonisburg is an attractive town in one of the mo.st beautiful
regions of Penn.sylvania, has a population of about seven thousand and is easily accessible by the three largest railroads in the
State
the Delaware, L,ackawanna & Western, the Reading, and
Catawis.sa mountain.
Hill

and

plain, land

:

the Penii-sylvania.

The town has

the district .s}-stem of steam heating, a perfect

public sewer .sj-stem, pure water from a mountain .stream, illuminating gas, and both the arc and incandescent electric lights.

Thi'.

Town

oi*

!i..ooMsm'Rr..

This beautiful audience room

and hand.somely decorated

lias

been remodeled, refurnished.

at great expense.

It

contains one

thousand and twenty-six opera chairs, and when occa.sion de-

mands, can be made

to

acou.stic properties are

acconnnodate

many more

apparently perfect.

people.

The

ThK ArUITORUM.

"When

you are

fnniishir.g the mind, get the best.

pays to spend time and money

economize

in his

at

an inferior school.

many

ciplined,

never

one must

education h2 should remember that a few weeks

spent at a good school under skillful instructors,

than

It

If

raonths spent in a school

p.iorl\-

is

more

profitable

organized, badly dis-

and unskillfuUy taught."

Anon.

A Class Room.

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A

library

may

be regarded as the solemn chamber in

which a man may take counsel with

all

that

great and good and glorious amongst the
before him."

have been wise and

men

—

that have

gone

Dawson, Address
on opening of Birmingham Free Library.

ThK

LlIiRARV AND STUDV

HAI.T..

A

passenger elevator has recently been put into the dormitory at

a cost of nearly four thousand dollars.
five

to thirty

management

grown persons

at

It is

capable of lifting twenty-

a time, and

of an efficient operator.

is

under the constant

Climbing

stairs is

now

a

thing of the past, and rooms on the top floors are .sought for in preference to those below.

They

are

more comfortable, quieter and

connnand a more extended view of the surrounding country.
elevator

was

built

by the famous Otis Brothers and

hydraulic elevator operated by the duplex

svstem

pump and

is

The

their best

pressure tank

New

furniture has recently been placed in

and spring

inatresses

have been provided

all

for all

students' rooms,
beds.

Rooms

are frequently inspected, and habits of neatness and order are inculcated.

The beds

cared for daily.

of gentlemen are made, and their rooms

(.)Til

i\I

Cl'M DlCNlTATK.

No

phase of our normal school

life has been marked by more
rapid change during the past few years than
the athletic.
Not
only have all the leading branches of athletics
taken a place
among us, but they have come to stay. Permanent tennis,
foot-

and base- ball organizations have been effected
an
whole-some influence upon the life of the school
has loeen
marked.
ball

1

their
\-er\-

Bask

Bai.i, Oi.iu.

" The cook makes our bodies
them."

;

the apothecan- only cobbles

Oliver Wendell Holmes.

The Kitchkn.

" There

is

no teaching

state or principle in

he

is

you and you are he

friendly chance or
benefit.

until tlie pupil

which
;

\-ou are

there

is

;

is

brought into the same

a transfusion takes place

a teaching

;

;

and bv no un-

bad coinjiany can he ever quite loose the

'

Emerson.

CoRRinoR,

1ST

Floor, 275

ft. I.oNr,

Chas. Kingsley in his Hypatia

lets fall

from the

lips of the Chris-

tian Bishop Synesius,

on an occasion when the hunting procli\-ities
of that old worthy were called into question, these words
" The
:

hunt gives

me

endurance, promptness, courage, self-control, health

and cheerfulness.
can

game

'
'

Would

of foot-ball

?

No

not the same words apply to our Ameriother athletic

game

with foot-ball in the direction of bringing

And

all

is

to be

compared

nuiscles into play.

moreover, none of them except rowing, gives training

.so

valu-

able in strengthening the great in\oluntar}- muscles, those of the

heart and diaphragm.

houT

liAi.i.

Team.

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Old and j-oung alike vie with each other

ness to engage in this health giving exercise.

abiding place on the tennis court.
sparkling

e3-e,

the healthful glow,

in their eager-

Dull care has no

One has but

to note the

the merry ring of

voices to realize the value of this delightful sport."

happy

I

value Science

It

Be

— none can prize

it

more,

gives ten thousand motives to adore
it

religion, as

it

ought

;

to be,

The heart it humbles, and it bows the knee
What time it lays the breast of nature bare,
Discerns God's fingers working everywhere
In the vast sweep of

Finds

And,

Him

all

:

:

enil)racing laws,

the real and the only cause

;

in the light of clearest evidence.

Perceives

Him

acting in the present tense.

ABKAHA>r Coles.

The Scikxck Room.

"

Now

And

good digestion wait on

health on both

ajipetite,

'

!

Shakespeare.

The Dining Room — 4s

ft.

x 100

ft.

TRAINING

ill

this

department aims

to train the

hand and

mind^the mind through the hand. Dr. Belfield says "My
own opinion is that an hour in the shop of a well-conducted
manual training .school developes as much mental strength as

the

an hour devoted to Latin or Geometry."

;

Mantai. ruAixiNi; Room.

" Cycling

is

the judgment,

the prince of sports.

makes

and strengthens

lioth

tlie

It

clears the lirain, trains

eye quick and accurate, and steadies

nerve and muscle, making them quick to

respond to the decisions of the
Hi^^rbcTt J,

'

will.

Smith, Prof. Colgate L'uiversity, Oswego, N. Y.

BiCYCtE Club.

"

No

little

Wherein

room

so

warm and

bright,

to read, wliereiii to write."

Tennyson.

THE PARLORS.

"The

fact

till

that

When

plwsical sins.

not

is,

all

breaches of the laws of health are

this is generally seen, then,

then, will the physical training of the

the attention

it

desen-es."

and perhaps

young

receive

Herbert Spenser.

all

A Class

in

the Gymnasium.

"

The man with

and a fourth-class
not a strong

have

man

staid like

a first-class brain, and a third-class stomach,

liver is
;

beginning to find out that he

Bismarck or Gladstnne

likely to be written

is

really

and that while by sensible exercise he might

by the time, or soon

till

seventy, his obituary

after the

time he

is

is fifty."

W'm. Bi.aikie.

Bovs Gymnasium

Ci.ass.

" Lastly came Winter, cloathed

all in fr'ze,

Chattering his teeth for cold that did him
W'hils't

chill

on his hoary b^ard his breath did freese."

Spenser.

mj^^
Sxowini

t'NDiut

"

However

world without

fine a soul

a

may

be,

it

is

not worth

much

in

good body."

Savagk.

this

The man that hath no music in
And is not moved with concord
Is

fit

for treasons, stratagems,

himself,

of sweet sounds.

and

spoils.

Shakicspkaric.

The

B. S.

N.

S.

Orchestra.

When we
for ever.

alone, let
let

Let
it

bnild, let us think that
it

we

build (public edifices)

not be for the present delight, nor for present use

be siich work as our decendants will thank us

us think, as

we

lay stona on stone, that a time

is

to

for,

and

come when

those stones will be held sacred because our Iiands have touched

them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and

wrought substance

o."

them, See

!

this our fathers did for us."

RUSKIN.

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^'l^£v::ia
Rear View of Buhdings.

h^XPENSES
as

may

be seen

will be sent

at this Institution are
bj'

reduced to the minimum,

consulting the catalogue

on request.

;

a copy of which

itstikt

View from

a NOR-\rAL

Winhow.

Town of Bloomsburg.

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Back View of Aiditorii'm.

Front View of Auditorium.

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The Tennis Courts.

Manual Training Room.

SciKxcK Room.

Kitchen.

Dining Room.

Normal Cvclkrs.

STrnKxTs' Room.

Students' Room.

A

Mi'sic

Room.

Library and Study

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Hai.i,.

A Oymnashm

Ct.ass.

45 Ft. X 95 Ft.

Runnixg Track

23

Laps to a Milk.

A WiNTKR

MANTF.K.

Foot Ball Practice.

Thk

First Toiciiduwx,

1.S95.

Cr.EARlNi; THE

BAR AT

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8 fT. lO Ix., SPRIXG SPORTS, 1895.

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