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2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: COUNTING CALORIES

While Wesleyan can't really take credit (or blame) for the South Beach Diet, we do count "the father of American nutrition" among our alumni. Wilbur Olin Atwater, Class of 1865 and professor of chemistry, was one of the best known American scientists of his day. Atwater, for whom the "Atwater" part…

2004 Issue 2May 20, 2004May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

In Wesleyan's first years, when most students boarded in town or lived in the Old Boarding Hall or the Dormitory (now known as North College), food was simple and plain. Many students were of relatively modest means, and…

2004 Issue 1January 20, 2004May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: OLIN LIBRARY TURNS 75

Olin Library, dedicated in 1928, has reached the ripe old age of 75. Built by the well-known New York firm of McKim, Mead, and White, and based on original plans by architect Henry Bacon, Olin was constructed during a pe…

2003 Issue 4August 4, 2003May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: WEST MEETS EAST, WESLEYAN AND THE CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

In the early part of the 20th century, many Wesleyan alumni traveled to China as part of a movement to introduce Western-style education to the East. Their influence, and the influence of other Western educators and miss…

2003 Issue 3May 4, 2003May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

When you're chatting about alma mater, do you find yourself explaining which Wesleyan? Ever wish you had attended Middletown College, Winchester College, or even Wultuna? All three are names that alumni of past generatio…

2003 Issue 2March 4, 2003May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO SNOW

This summer, the Graduate Liberal Studies Program celebrates its 50th anniversary. The first program of its kind, it opened in the summer of 1953 as the Graduate Summer School for Teachers (GSS). Despite the later additi…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: A CHAPEL FOR ALL SEASONS

When Wesleyan men came home from the Civil War, a new era of campus expansion began. College Row, then known as Brownstone Row, came into its own with the construction of three of its five prominent buildings. Joseph Cum…

2002 Issue 3July 4, 2002May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: THE DAVISON RARE BOOK ROOM AT FIFTY

George W. Davison was born March 25, 1872, in Rockville Centre on Long Island. Always a high achiever, he matriculated at Wesleyan at age 16. A classics major, he excelled in academics as well as athletics, and he was in…

2002 Issue 2April 4, 2002May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: THE SINGING COLLEGE

Long before our time, Wesleyan was sometimes known as "The Singing College." This sobriquet reflected the many musical pastimes of Wesleyan students, from the Speirachordeon Band of the late 1830s, to the informal colleg…

2001 Issue 3October 4, 2001May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: CROSS STREET A.M.E. ZION CHURCH AND WESLEYAN

Cross Street A.M.E. Zion Church has a rich and complex history as Middletown’s oldest African–American church, founded in the 1820s. An exhibition on view in Olin Library from June 24 through November 4 celebrates the ch…