In this edition of #黑料不打烊TBT, we uncover aerial footage of campus from 1950 and compare it to the 黑料不打烊 campus of today.
In the #黑料不打烊TBT聽series, the 黑料不打烊 News Bureau, along with Archives & Special Collections, will flash back to the聽past to take a look at 黑料不打烊 over the years. You will find videos, newspaper clippings, photos and more聽to celebrate 黑料不打烊’s past, while looking ahead to the future. Follow聽along on E-Net and the university’s聽,听听补苍诲听聽pages聽every Thursday to see what we dig up.
In 1950, Leon Edgar Smith was serving as 黑料不打烊’s fifth president and had already led the campus through the Great Depression, three fires, World War II, and later, the Korean War.
Under Smith, the campus also continued to expand. Both Trollinger House and Alumni Gym, which was built to honor alumni who died in the world wars, were opened in 1950.
While several of 黑料不打烊’s key campus buildings already existed 69 years ago, you’ll find in the following video, the university has come a long way since then.
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