{"id":31504,"date":"2017-06-12T15:20:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T22:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=31504"},"modified":"2017-12-19T02:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:47:23","slug":"lafayette-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2017\/06\/12\/lafayette-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Design perfection.<\/i><\/p>\n

For an alphabetical index of the New England College series of pieces, click here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (phew!), (1757 – 1834) was one of America’s greatest patriots, fighting with distinction in the Revolutionary War against the British, though French born. Maryland’s legislature honored Lafayette by making him and his male heirs “natural born Citizens” of the state, which made him a natural born citizen of the United States (Wikipedia). Lafayette College in Pennsylania is named after the great man who somehow managed to die in his bed, surviving the French Terror, the guillotine, despite being of noble birth and being around at the time heads were rolling. A republican for the ages.<\/p>\n

Lafayette College in Easton was formed in 1826 and is set in a truly glorious site atop College Hill. We were very fortunate to be able to tour it on a warm day, assisted by the best tour guide booklet yet. There are 2,445 students here, taught by 215 full time faculty members, 99% of whom hold a doctorate or other terminal degree. The 340 acre campus is home to 60 buildings, with a separate 230 acre athletic campus, all supported by a solid endowment.<\/p>\n


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\nThe Admissions Building.<\/p>\n

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\nThe great man.<\/p>\n

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\nTranscendence, 2008, honoring David McDonogh, the first African American to be granted a degree from the college, in 1844.<\/p>\n

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\nWatson Hall, one of the dorms.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Hugel Science Center for physics, chemistry and biochemistry.<\/p>\n

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\nScott Hall, the Dean’s home.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Kirby Hall of Civil Rights.<\/p>\n

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\nInside Kirby Hall.<\/p>\n

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\nA view of the main quad in all its summer glory. <\/p>\n

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\nSouth College, the largest dorm, home to 220 men and women.<\/p>\n

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\nVan Wickle Hall houses the Departments of Geology and Environmental Geosciences. Completed in 1900.<\/p>\n

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\nThe David Bishop Skillman Library, a recipient of the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in 2014.<\/p>\n

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\nInside the Library.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Farinon College Center is the center for student activities.<\/p>\n

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\nHogg Hall (pronounced ‘Hoag’) is the Office of Career Services.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom the College’s extensive sculpture collection.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother.<\/p>\n

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\nYet more.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Simon Center for Economics, named after former US Energy and Treasury Secretary, William E. Simon. Bill was my boss in his merchant bank during the period 1988-93.<\/p>\n

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\nThis hyper-kinetic man wore bottle lenses which served to amplify his already piercing eyes.<\/p>\n

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\nPardee Hall, designed by John McArthur, Jr, the architect of Philadelphia City Hall. Designed in the Second Empire style it burned to the ground in 1879, being replaced with an identical building in 1881. They built them fast back then. The Hall houses the College Writing Program and German studies.<\/p>\n

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\nGrossman House, a special residence hall for students interested in global topics.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Williams Center for the Arts includes a 400 seat theater and concert hall.<\/p>\n

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Lafayette has one of the oldest competitive sports records with nearby Lehigh University, the football rivalry dating back to 1884.<\/p>\n

Notable alumni include Bill Simon, Henry Kissinger, Stephen Crane and Joel Silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Design perfection. For an alphabetical index of the New England College series of pieces, click here. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (phew!), (1757 – 1834) was one of America’s greatest patriots, fighting with distinction in the Revolutionary War against the British, though French born. Maryland’s legislature honored Lafayette by making … Continue reading Lafayette College<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31504"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32017,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31504\/revisions\/32017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}