{"id":20221,"date":"2012-12-19T12:59:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=20221"},"modified":"2012-12-19T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T16:59:30","slug":"bearcat-winters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/12\/bearcat-winters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearcat Winters"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Kevin Grace<\/em><\/p>\n

With the first major storm of the winter about to hit us in the next couple of days, it seems appropriate for a campus trip down memory lane.\u00a0 And, it should be a quintessential Cincinnati weather experience of warm temperatures, rain, driving rain, gale-force winds, sleet, and snow all in the same 24-hour period.\u00a0 If any ghosts of ancient Mayans visit the Queen City tomorrow or Friday, in all likelihood they will say, \u201cSee! Told you so!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Beecher<\/a><\/p>\n

Be that as it may, here are some photographs of bygone winter days on the Clifton campus.\u00a0 The first image is of Beecher Hall, now replaced on that spot by University Pavilion.\u00a0 Beecher Hall was designed by A. Lincoln Fecheimer and constructed in 1915.\u00a0 Originally called \u201cThe Women\u2019s Building\u201d because it housed classes and services for coeds, by 1920 it had been renamed in honor of Catherine Beecher, though the name would not become official until 1960.\u00a0 Catherine Esther Beecher was the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe, and a \"From<\/a>notable advocate for the education of women.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to her own writings on \u201cdomestic economy,\u201d\u00a0 Beecher was also involved in assisting William Holmes McGuffey in the publication of his eponymous readers, the widest selling textbooks \"winter3_vanwormer\"<\/a>of the 19th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 We\u2019re not sure if the horse and buggy shown in the photo carried a parking decal, but you can bet we wouldn\u2019t tolerate its absence today.<\/p>\n

The second image is taken from Cunningham Hall with a view of Van Wormer in the foreground and Hughes High School in the distance to the right. \u00a0Yes, Cunningham Hall as part of the original McMicken Hall complex on the Academic Ridge.\u00a0 Before the current McMicken Hall was dedicated in 1950, \"Memorial<\/a>there were three separate buildings instead of the \u201cwings.\u201d\u00a0 Hanna Hall stood to the north, with McMicken in the middle.\u00a0 And, as you can see, Van Wormer boasts its original dome.\u00a0 You know, the one that was architecturally proportional to the building.\u00a0\u00a0 Designed by Samuel Hannaford and Sons and constructed in 1899, Van Wormer is now the oldest building on campus. That dome was removed in 1930 when Van Wormer underwent remodeling.\u00a0 The other Van Wormer photograph shows \"In<\/a>the drive in front of the building during the 1950s.<\/p>\n

Our fourth view of Bearcat winters is a photograph of Memorial Hall, now part of the CCM Village.\u00a0 Memorial is one of several beautiful buildings at UC designed by the architectural firm headed by Harry Hake. \u00a0Constructed in the early 1920s, it was named in honor of the UC students who died while fighting in World War I, and for its first few decades, it served as a men’s dormitory. \u00a0The fifth image is the front of Tangeman University Center, another Hake structure that was built in 1937, with an addition to it built in 1965.\u00a0 In 2005, TUC underwent a dramatic transformation as part of the Main Street campus plan.<\/p>\n

Finally, we have a photograph of the TUC Bridge, for five decades the focal point of students gathering between McMicken and TUC, though there is obviously no lingering in this snowy shot.\u00a0 Gone from the bridge are the preachers, the credit card vendors, the Greek rush tables, the protesters, and that weird guy who sold alpaca serapes.\u00a0 Chances are, though, after the snow stopped, a snowman would appear.<\/p>\n

\"TUC<\/a><\/p>\n

And so, enjoy tomorrow and Friday to the fullest, taking shelter from the storm and knowing full well that it can just as easily be sunny and in the 60s for Christmas Day.\u00a0 After all, we live in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

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