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1801
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March 1. George Logan carved his initials on a tree
near Hanover.
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1808
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Williamson Dunn bought land at Hanover from the
Federal Government.
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1809
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Williamson Dunn built the first log cabin
in what was called Dunn's settlement and is now the town of
Hanover. He purchased the land upon which he built his cabin
on Nov. 28, 1808.
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1812
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Carmel United Presbyterian Church organized.
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1818
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First record of the existence of a "Mr.
Maxwell's school at Hanover, probably conducted by Bezaleel
Maxwell, father of David Maxwell, a founder of Indiana University.
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1820
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March 4. Hanover Presbyterian Church founded
at Dunn's Settlement with the Rev. Thomas Searle as its first
pastor. The church was named after Hanover, N.H., the hometown
of the pastor's wife. The town and the College later adopted
the name.
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1821-22
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Stone Meeting House, the first edifice of the Hanover
Presbyterian Church called the "Old Stone Church" was
erected on site of present public schoolhouse (1927). Mr. Seale
died late in 1821.
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1823
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John Finley Crowe became pastor of Hanover Presbyterian
Church. Presbytery of Salem erected by Synod of Kentucky, embracing
all of Indiana, Illinois, and the states north and west.
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1824
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John Finley Crowe presented to Presbytery meeting
at Salem the question of establishing a seminary for the education
of ministers. That fall, an "Education Society" was formed.
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1825
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Salem Presbytery divided into
three parts: Madison, Salem and Wabash. Center section of
Crowe's residence built.
Committee comprising Crowe, Hamilton, Dickey
and Brown appointed to induce General Assembly of Presbyterian
Church to locate its proposed new theology seminary at Charlestown,
Indiana. Presbytery decides to establish Presbyterian Academy
at Dunn's Settlement (Hanover).
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1826
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Madison Presbytery requests John Finley Crowe to
organize a private academy.
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1827
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Jan. 1. Crowe opened a school
at Hanover in a 16' by 18' loom house west of the Crowe house.
Six boys attend the first classes.
Hanover College is the oldest private college in
Indiana.
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1828
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April. Resolution to take Dr. Crowe's school
under the patronage of the Madison Presbytery passed at a
meeting in the Sand Creek Church. School becomes the Hanover
Academy.
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1829
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Two-story 25' by 40' brick
building constructed for the academy and seminary, adjacent
to the Hanover Presbyterian Church.
Madison Presbytery transfers management
of Hanover Academy to the Synod of Indiana.
Feb. 26. State of Indiana granted
a charter to the Hanover Academy.
October. Dr. John Matthews arrived
in Hanover to be the first professor for a theological seminary
established by the Presbyterian Synod of Indiana.
Nov. 9. Hanover Academy's Board of Trustees
accepted a proposal by the Presbyterian Synod of Indiana to
adopt the school provided a theological department was established.
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1830
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Two-story brick building constructed
to house Hanover Academy and new Indiana Seminary.
Theological Professor's house
burned.
Post Office established and the
town is called South Hanover (later incorporated into Hanover).
Dec. 2. Academy student body divided into two parts.
Class I became the Union Literary Society and Class II the Philosophronian
Literary Society.
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1831
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New residence completed, and the "boarding
house" erected.
Nov. 1. Indiana Seminary formally opened.
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1832
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May 8. James Blythe, former president
of Transylvania University, named president of the Academy and John
Finley Crowe, vice president.
December. A three-story 40'
by 100' College Edifice constructed and finished. It is now
the Hanover Presbyterian Church.
Manual Labor System officially begun.
Several small shops and "dormitories"
are opened.
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1833
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Jan. 1. James Blythe inaugurated
as president of Hanover College whose charter as a college became
effective on this day. Blythe remained president until 1836.
Jan. 10. Charter was received by Hanover College
from the Indiana State Legislature. College Edifice lit with 100
candles to celebrate event.
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1834
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Formation of Whig Literary Society.
Sept. 23. Trustees authorize graduation
of first class. First class of seven graduated from the College;
five became ministers and two, teachers.
West wing of the College edifice built.
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1834-35
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Hanover College Catalog first published.
Struggle between Old School and
New School factions of the Synod of Indiana for control of the Theological
Seminary. The Old School faction won.
Total enrollment: 220, 101 students attended Hanover
College and 119 attended Preparatory School (high school). This
total was not surpassed until 1910-11.
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1836
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March 31. Hanover College Alumni
Association formed.
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1837
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July 5, late afternoon. Tornado
hit Hanover, leaving College and village in ruins. The tornado took
off top story of College Edifice and destroying east wing of academy/seminary
building.
July 31. Hanover Presbyterian Church
agreed to turn over to the College all materials and funds ($825.54)
in its possession intended for the construction of a new church
if the church would have the right to worship in the renovated College
Edifice.
Sept. 27. A committee of three trustees memorialized
the United States Congress for a grant of land to help atone for
damage sustained by the tornado.
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1838
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Hanover College faculty: 7.
Hanover College student enrollment:
4 Law Students, 33 Undergraduates, and 72 Preparatory.
Tuition: $25.00 a year.
Repairs completed to college buildings. Duncan Macaulay
was president of Hanover College from March 27, 1838 to July 20,
1838. Erasmus Darwin MacMaster was president of Hanover College
from 1838 to 1843, served as president of Madison University in
1844, and then took the presidency of Miami University in 1845.
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1840
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Nov. 5. Philalathean Literary Society formed; made
up of union of Whig and Philosophronian Literary Societies.
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1841
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Hanover College student enrollment:
33.
April 5. Indiana Theological Seminary moved to New
Albany and in 1859 to Chicago where it is now the McCormick Theological
Seminary.
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1842
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James Blythe, first president of Hanover College,
dies in Hanover.
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1843
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Dec. 18. By an 8-6 vote the Board of Trustees dissolved
Hanover College and petitioned the Indiana State Legislature for
a charter to form Madison University. Later Crowe bought at auction
the former Hanover College property for $10 and formed the Hanover
Classical and Mathematical Academy since the former academy charter
was still valid.
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1844
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March. Members of the Philalathean
Literary Society moved back to Hanover; they were later followed
by the Union Literary Society and the faculty.
Dec. 25. Indiana State legislature approved issuing
another charter for Hanover College since Madison University had
folded. John Finley Crowe becomes founder of Hanover College for
a second time.
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1846
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August. Group of abolitionists met secretly
at Hanover and decided to star the National Era magazine which
later published Uncle Tom's Cabin. Sylvester Scovel
became president of Hanover College, 1846-1849.
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1848
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Oct. 7. Society for Religious Inquiry founded.
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1848-49
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Hanover College swept by cholera epidemic.
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1849
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July 4. President Scovel died of
cholera in Hanover.
Thomas Ebenezer Thomas, president
of Hanover College, 1849-1854.
Oct. 18. Trustees purchased 200-acre farm comprising
land where the College is now located.
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1852
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Plans for "Old" Classic Hall adopted by
Trustees.
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1853
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Construction of new college building,
later called Classic Hall, begun on the Point.
May 19. Iota of Beta Theta Pi chartered.
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1855
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Jonathan Edwards, president of Hanover College,
1855-1857.
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1856
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Professor J. Garritt became Professor of Latin,
retiring in 1906. Forty-nine years he occupied the same class room.
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1857
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Dr. Crowe retired from the faculty.
Sept. 23. Fall term opened in the
"New College", according to Ester Brandt.
Nov. 13. Literary Societies moved from College Edifice
to new building "Classic Hall" on the Point.
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1858-59
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Assets of the College: $78,000.
James Wood, president of Hanover College, 1859-1866.
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1859
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The old "College Edifice" was deeded to
the Hanover Presbyterian Church in satisfaction of the claims of
the Church against the College.
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1860
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Jan. 17. Founder John Finley Crowe died.
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1862
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President Wood gave Hanover College "Wood Field"
and adjoining lots west of Point House.
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1862-4
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Enrollment drops and many students
withdraw to enter armies during the Civil War.
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1863
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July 8-13. Morgan's Raid in Indiana.
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1864
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Feb. 5. Tau of Phi Gamma Delta chartered.
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1868
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Dec. 14. Indiana Epsilon of Phi
Delta Theta chartered. (A charter for the fraternity had been received
on April 6, 1861, but no group was founded).
George D. Archibald, president of Hanover College,
1868-1870.
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1869
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Women sought admission; their initial
request was ignored, but they enrolled anyway. Women given permission
to enroll in classes of the academy if subject matter was not taught
in their private schools.
First Panhellenic meeting at Hanover College (Phi
Delta Theta and Phi Gamma Delta).
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1870
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Educational value of Natural Science
officially recognized by Hanover College.
Trustees pass resolutions rejecting
Presbyterian Church proposal to merge Hanover College with Wabash
College.
George C. Heckman, president of
Hanover College, 1870-1879.
May 30. Chi of Sigma Chi chartered.
Sept. 24. Society for Religious Inquiry became Y.M.C.A.
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1871
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June 19. First Senior Class Day.
Andrew Harvey Young was master of ceremonies.
Summer. Hanover Presbyterian Church renovated. Second
story removed, south facade replaced, and steeple installed.
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1873
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Sept. 24. Hanover College Board of Trustees rejected
an offer to move to Indianapolis to become Johnson University.
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1875
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Nov. 3. First Hanover College periodical issued
- The Gnivri.
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1876
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President Heckman constructed the President's
House, on the present site of the new President's House. Razed
in 1951.
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1879
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July. Board of Trustees voted to
reduce faculty salaries and that of the president by 25 percent.
President Heckman resigned in protest.
July 8. Board of Trustees came within
one vote of dissolving the College.
Daniel Webster Fisher, president
of Hanover College, 1879-1907.
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1879-80
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Assets of the College: $145,000.
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1880
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Sept. Women officially admitted to full privileges
as students at Hanover College.
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1881
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Nov. 17. Freshman beanies first worn.
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1882
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First telephone installed in Hanover.
Jan 2. Nu of Kappa Alpha Theta chartered.
May. First Freshman Excursion (boat
ride).
December. College Point House, a residence hall,
completed.
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1883
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June 13. First college Y.M.C.A.
building built for that purpose in the world dedicated.
June 14. First woman, Calla Harrison, graduated
from Hanover College.
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1884
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Nov. 13. Dedication of Donnell Chapel in the College
Building, later named Classic Hall.
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1885
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The Point House was erected.
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1886
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September. First sorority house in Indiana. The
one-room house just east of the Hanover Presbyterian Church was
occupied by Kappa Alpha Theta.
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1887
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Establishment of the Department
of Music and Art.
Nov. 17. Hanover won state collegiate football championship
by defeating Butler in final round of tournament. Other colleges
competing were Franklin, Indiana University, Purdue, and Wabash.
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1889
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Astronomical observatory built and
equipped.
Feb. Chrestomathean Literary Society formed.
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1890
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Sigma Chi house, later called Tower House, built.
Was first Sig house in the nation and said to be the second frat
house built in the United States.
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1891
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First college yearbook, called the Crow, published.
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1896
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First Gymnasium built.
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1897
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Jan. 22. Edward Plannette,
Hanover's entrant in the Indiana State Oratorical Association's
annual competition, won first place.
Old Science Hall built.
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1898
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May 21. Hanover's tennis doubles team (W.
A. Oldfather and W.L. Whallon) won state championship. Whallon
also won singles championship. It was the first of many such
victories up to 1919. Winners included John Adams, A.K. Whallon,
C.H. Oldfather, Harold Mann, Hursel Manaugh, Allen and Henry
Montgomery.
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1900
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Baldridge Gate erected. It was gived
by Mrs. W.H. Sutherland in memory of her father, the Rev. S.C. Baldridge,
Class of 1849.
June 5. Board of Trustees named
college building Classic Hall.
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1901
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Feb. 16. First men's varsity intercollegiate
basketball game with Hanover defeating Moores Hill 28-7.
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1903
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Hendricks Library, a gift of Mrs.
Thomas A. Hendricks, built. Thomas A. Hendricks, former U.S. Vice
President, attended Hanover College 1837-1840.
Feb. 13. First women's varsity intercollegiate
basketball game with Moores Hill defeating Hanover 21-14
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1904
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Men's basketball varsity record 7-1 including
victories over University of Cincinnati (32-22, 29-12) and
over Miami University (44-16).
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1906
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First issue of The Revonah,
college yearbook, published.
Pure Food and Drug Act voted on
by Congress, written by Harvey Washington
Wiley, Class of 1867.
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1907
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Hanover's first and only Rhodes Scholarship
winner named, A.K. Whallon '05.
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1908
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William Alfred Millis becomes the
11th President of Hanover College, 1908-1929.
College Point House became
a women's dormitory.
Jan. 17. Fire destroyed gymnasium.
Rebuilt by Dec. 17.
June 10. Rachel Hoffstadt graduated. First Hanover
alumna to receive a doctorate.
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1909
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April 2. First issue of The Triangle, college
newspaper.
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1911
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Phi Gamma Delta completed new house.
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1913
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Jan. 31. Rho of Phi Mu chartered.
June 2. Phi of Alpha Delta Pi chartered.
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1914
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Oct. 22, 3 p.m. Electricity first turned on in Hanover.
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1916
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Preparatory department discontinued. Hanover High
School established; its classes held in Classic Hall until 1928
when new school building was completed in Hanover.
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1917
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Faculty declared that it was no longer compulsory
for students to belong to a literary society.
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1918
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Hanover College entered into contract
with the Federal Government to train a unit of the S.A.T.C.
Fall. Well driven near the Ohio River to supply
water for the campus. College water system completed.
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1919
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Jan. 1. Old Science Hall burned. Rebuilt and dedicated
Sept. 20, 1921.
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1920
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October. West wing of College Point House completed.
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1922
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New Gymnasium erected.
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1923
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Hanover College student enrollment: 500.
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1924
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Beta Theta Pi House built. Later
occupied by Kappa Alpha Theta. Destroyed by 1974 tornado.
Oct. 11. Indiana Alpha of Theta Kappa Nu chartered;
it became Theta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha in 1939.
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1925
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Oct. 24. First Homecoming.
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1927
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Assets of College: $940,251.
Centennial year with celebration,
June 5-9. During Hanover's first 100 years, 1,335 were graduated
with 28% going into education, 26% into the ministry or missions,
17.5% into other learned occupations, 17.5% into business,
and 11% into homemaking.
Oct. 18. Varsity "H" Club organized.
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1928
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January. East wing of College Point House completed.
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1929
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Number of Faculty: 25.
Nov. 27. Albert George Parker, Jr.,
president of Hanover College, 1929-1958, inaugurated.
Alpha Delta Pi House built. Now
a faculty home.
Oct. 19. First night intercollegiate football game
in Indiana played at Hanover.
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1931
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Phi Delta Theta house built. Now
the Faculty Office Building.
May 1. Radio play "Finger of God" won
top award for all Indiana colleges and universities.
Nov. 5. First Dad's Day.
Feb. First Co-ed Week.
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1932
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Oct. 11. Dedication of Ball Chapel in Classic Hall.
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1934
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November. Phi Mu lodge completed.
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1936
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William Henry Donner, who attended Hanover College
for a term in 1882, gave Hanover College $2,000 if $18,000 of an
old debt were secured. Then gave $10,000 for a new campus plan and
$10,000 for campus improvement.
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1937
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Mr. Donner offered Hanover College $250,000 if friends
of the College matched it.
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1938
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Donner Challenge met; $500,000 added
to assets of College.
June 1. First Honor's Day.
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1939
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Donner Residence Hall and Newby Hospital completed.
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1940
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Mr. Donner offered Hanover $500,000 if friends of
the College matched it.
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1941
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Second Donner Challenge met; $1,000,000
added to assets of College.
Plans for Hanover College's
Frank Lloyd Wright house are completed.
Dec. 7. Attack on Pearl Harbor.
America goes to war.
Dec. 14. First Candelight Christmas
Concert performed by the Hanover College Choir.
Dec. 19. Fire destroyed center section of Classic
Hall.
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1941-42
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Hanover College student enrollment drops to 164,
including 140 women.
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1942
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Feb. 20. Board of Trustees voted 12-6 not to restore
Classic Hall.
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1944
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Mr. Donner offered Hanover College $250,000 if friends
of the College matched it.
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1944-45
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Hanover College student enrollment: 294.
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1946
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Hanover College student enrollment:
679.
Third Donner Challenge met; $500,000 added to assets
of College.
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1946-47
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Assets of the College: $3,644,179.
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1947
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"New" Classic Hall completed.
Goodrich Hall completed, named for P.E. Goodrich, president of the
Board of Trustees, 1930-48.
Parker Auditorium completed. Named
after Albert G. Parker, Jr., president of Hanover College, 1929-1958,
to commemorate his 25th year as president, 1953.
Lynn Hall completed, named after
Charles J. Lynn, president of Board of Trustees, 1948-1958.
June 2. Long College for Women of Hanover
College established for a 10-year period adding $750,000 to
the College's assets from the estate of Henry C. Long.
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1949
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Crowe Residence Hall completed.
Called Men's Residence Hall until 1963 when it was named after
the College's Founder.
Hanover's first undefeated football team in
a regular season's play, 8-0.
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1950
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Feb. 5. Phi of Alpha Omicron Pi
chartered.
Nov. Hanover's Interfraternity Council named
best of all colleges and universities in the United States.
Trophy presented to Hanover College on Dec. 19 by IFC prexy
John Collier. Much of winning report was written by Frank
Guthrie.
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1951
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Ide Residence Hall built. Named
after Mrs. John J. Ide, daughter of William H. Donner.
American Association of University
Women recognized Hanover College.
Fall. Engineering program with Lafayette
College begun.
December. Telephone dial system installed.
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1952
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New President's Home completed.
Gift of William H. Donner.
May 27. New college library first occupied; now
Old Science Hall.
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1954
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Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Delta Pi, and Phi Mu sorority
houses completed.
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1955
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Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta,
and Sigma Chi fraternity houses completed.
College Store completed; now the
Education Building.
Junior Year Abroad program begun.
Washington Semester program with
American University begun.
Indiana Intercollegiate Study Project begun by Dean
E. Mowbray Tate.
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1956
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Brown Memorial Chapel completed. Given by J. Graham
Brown, who attended Hanover College, 1898-1900, and his sister Mrs.
A.L. Duggan, in memory of their parents.
Blythe Residence Hall completed. Named after James
Blythe, first president of Hanover College.
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1957
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Long Gymnasium completed. Named
after Henry C. Long, founder of Long College for Women. Agreement
with Long College renewed.
Service building completed.
Hanover College varsity track team won Little State
meet for the first time.
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1958
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February. College Point House razed.
March 22. President Parker dies,
after announcing his plan to retire on Sept. 1.
John Edward Horner, president of
Hanover College, 1958-1987.
Beta Theta Pi fraternity house completed.
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1958-59
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Assets of the College: $7,792,006.
Hanover College student enrollment: 750.
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1960
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March 8-11. First Hanover College Institute on "Christian
Perspectives in Contemporary Culture."
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1961
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April 30. Hanover participation
in G.E. College Bowl on T.V.
May 2. Last all-college boat ride.
$4,000,000 5-year development program announced.
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1962
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September. Hanover Plan initiated.
December. Madrigal Singers organized.
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1963
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May. Administration building completed.
June 2. First out-of-doors commencement.
Newby Hospital renovated and enlarged.
Wiley Residence Hall completed,
named after alumnus Harvey W. Wiley, author of the U.S. Pure Food
and Drug Act of 1906.
Nov. 22. Hanover College Triangle,
the first weekly collegiate newspaper to publish information about
the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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1964
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April 18. Hanover College Choir
sang in Carnegie Hall, New York City. Received rave reviews in the
New York Times.
Katherine Parker Residence
Hall completed. Named after Mrs. Albert G. Parker, Jr., wife
of the College's 12th president on June 1, 1968.
Nov. 8-13. First Perspectives on
America series.
Dec. 14. Alumnus J. Graham Brown gave $2 million
for a campus center.
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1966
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May 16-17. First Theological Convocation.
Oct. 21. Development Fund completed; $5,517,000
added to assets of the College.
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1967
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Sept. 8-10. Dedication of J. Graham Brown Campus
Center.
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1968
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June 2. Graduating Class: 240.
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1969
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Phi Delta Theta fraternity house
completed.
J. Graham Brown bequeathed $2,500,000
to the College.
Dec. 18. Sigma Chi house fire; over $50,000 in damage
caused.
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1970
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Creation of the P.E. and Ethyl Goodrich
Memorial Fund of $1,500,000 by Mrs. Goodrich.
Spring. Faculty bowling team (Fox,
McClew, Mullett) won intramural championship.
May 2,3. Hanover College Theatre
presented "Peer Gynt" in Kennedy Theatre, Washington,
D.C. as a finalist in the American College Theatre's national
competition.
Nov. 10-12. Final presentation in Perspectives on
America series.
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1971
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March 9, 10. Final Hanover College
Institute.
Kappa Alpha Theta house completed.
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1972
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Sept. 7. Challenge for Greatness
fund drive of $8,000,000 launched.
Oct. 7. Lyman S. Ayres Athletic Complex dedicated.
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1973
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April 28. Hanover College
Theatre presented "A Man's A Man" as a finalist
in the American College Theatre's national competition.
July 28. Library Moving Day.
Sept. 5. Duggan Library dedicated.
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1974
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April 3, 3:51 p.m. Tornado struck
campus doing $10,000,000 damage.
April 22. Spring Term opened, 19
days following the tornado.
John Collier named national basketball
coach of the year by N.A.I.A. His team had 29-4 record, going to
quarter finals of national tourney.
Summer. Members of Hanover College
Theatre toured Asia representing American College Theatre.
Renovation of campus buildings damaged
by tornado completed.
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1975
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Football team had undefeated season,
9-0.
Cross Country team won Little State
meet.
Physical Plant building completed. New Water Tower
built.
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1976
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July 4. Bicentennial of the United States of America.
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1977
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Jan. 1. Sesquicentennial year of
the College. Assets of the College: $30,000,000.
March 24. Ground-breaking for Fine
Arts building.
December. Challenge for Greatness
Development program completed; $11,015,000 added to assets of the
College.
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1978
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Sept. 16. Lynn Center for Fine Arts
completed.
Nov. 2. Long College for Woman of Hanover College
merges with Hanover College.
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1979
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Feb. 7. John Collier named to Indiana
Basketball Hall of Fame.
Spring Term. Hanover College Choir
toured Poland.
April 23-25. Hanover College Theatre
presented "And They Danced Real Slow in Jackson" as a
finalist
May. Hanover wins Hoosier-Buckeye
College Conference all-sports trophy for the first time.
September. Revised Hanover Plan (13-13-4) goes into
effect.
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1980
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April 25, 26. Hanover College Theatre presented
"The Diviners" as a finalist in the American College
Theatre's national competition at the Kennedy Theatre in Washington,
D.C.
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1981
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Establishment of the Richter grant of $75,000 annually
to students for approved creative projects outside the classroom.
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1983
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March 15. Opening of the $10 million
endowment drive.
April 7. Announcement of President
Horner of a $5 million anonymous gift to the college, the
largest single donation in Hanover College's history.
Spring Term. Hanover College Choir tours Romania
and Greece.
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1986
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Feb. 2. Harlan Hubbard donates thirteen
paintings to Hanover College.
May 17. Endowment drive concluded.
$10,529,284.41 raised.
December. Gift by C. Richard Petticrew for a Computer
Center in Hendricks Hall.
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1987
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Number of Faculty: 72.
Spring Term. Hanover College Choir
sings in Avery Fisher Hall, New York City.
July 1. Hanover College endowment:
$40 million.
Sept. 26. Hanover College's 14th
president, Russell Nichols was inaugurated.
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1988
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Jan.-Feb. Confectionary (Cooper's
Corner) razed.
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1992
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Number of Faculty: 94.
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1995
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Horner Health and Recreation Center opened.
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1997
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Hanover College finishes the installment of a fiber
optic network.
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2000
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Science Center dedication.
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2002
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Hanover College -175 Years.
Renovation of Classic Hall
Hanover College student enrollment: 1050.
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2003
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January. Grand Opening of the Joseph
Wood Evan Memorial Special Collections and Archive Center at the
Duggan Library.
Jan.-Dec. Remnant Trust Exhibit, "Wisdom Of
the Ages."
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2004
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August. Largest incoming class
in the history of Hanover College totaling 380 students.
Hanover College instituted the Academic Vision.
This includes adding programs and institutions such as The
Rivers Institute, The Center for Business Preparation, and
The Career Connections Program.
Hanover College faculty: 97.8.
Hanover College student enrollment: 1055.
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2005
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October. Wayne Perry becomes
the winningest coach in Indiana collegiate football history.
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2007
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September. Sue DeWine inaugurated
as College's 15th President.
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