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News Story on Page 8A Story on 1B “Tell the truth and don’t be afraid.” 1899-1999 history Celebrating 100 years inbrief 1896 – Cornerstone for Old Main laid. 1999 marks Old Main’s centennial 1900 – First entertainment number performed. It was a music recital by By Geneva White W.Waugh Lauder. Campus editor 1903 – Old Main gave up its status as Exhibit to focus on architecture the only building on campus when the hen Eastern’s Board of new greenhouse was built. Trustees chose Bishop’s Woods as the site for the school of university’s oldest structure 1918 – Old Main stood empty, along that would one day become with the rest of the campus, when the WEastern Illinois University, Lincoln Avenue By Amy Thon ture, including Pemberton Hall, Blair school was shut down because of the Assoc. news editor Hall and Booth Library, Watts said. was nothing more than a two-lane road used influenza epidemic. by horse-drawn carriages. The exhibition will demonstrate how An exhibition looking back at Old Old Main and Eastern’s other early neo- The concept of building Eastern Illinois – Students no longer attended Main’s creation and its importance for Gothic architecture reflects various con- 1935 State Normal School came in 1895, leading chapel in the auditorium of Old Main. the last century will open at the Tarble ditions and influences from the turn of to the construction of its first structure in Instead they attended College 1896, which today is known as Old Main, Arts Center Nov. 20. the last century, regarding politics, eco- Assembly once a week. according to Charles Coleman’s book, The exhibition, titled, “The nomics, higher education and health, as “Eastern Illinois State College, Fifty Years of Architecture of Eastern’s Old Main: well as aesthetics and functionality, 1944 – Plans were proposed to Public Service.” Aesthetics, Education and Politics,” will Watts said. It also will show how the remodel the auditorium in Old Main, Old Main celebrated its 100-year anniver- run through Jan. 16. architecture relates to turn of the century according to 1915 plans, to provide a sary in August, and September marks the The exhibition will include vintage revivalist and “Collegiate Gothic” styles, sloping floor, modern seating and an 100-year anniversary for the university’s first photographs, actual architectural ele- and the architecture’s place regarding adequate stage. semester of classes. On Sept. 12, 1899, the ments like doors and decorations, draw- current historic preservation issues. university’s first 400 students began their ings and paintings and a variety of arti- A symposium Nov. 20 will feature 1957 – New doors installed. classes in Old Main, which used to be known facts, including one of Livingston C. several lectures regarding the history of as the administration building, main building Lord’s desks. It also will include objects Old Main. The symposium, titled 1961 – Old Main gets a fire protection and the Livingston C. Lord building. from the 1896 time capsule, books and “Eastern’s Old Main: A Centennial system. Like other state schools being built in musical instruments, clothing and uni- Symposium,” will be from 10 a.m. to 3 Illinois at that time, including Northern Illinois forms and original building materials, p.m. in the Buzzard Auditorium. 1982 – Old Main receives facelift. University in DeKalb and Southern Illinois said Michael Watts, director of the “The focus is on Old Main, but it will University in Carbondale, Old Main was Tarble Arts Center, in an e-mail. also discuss other aspects on campus,” 1986 – Resident assistant catches two designed to look like a castle, an idea prompt- Many of the photos and objects are on said Nora Small, assistant professor of men scaling Old Main. ed by then Illinois Gov. John P. Altgeld and his loan from Eastern alumni and annuitants, history and architectural historian. as well as the archives at Booth Library. The symposium will feature illus- wife following a trip they took to Germany. 1987 – Old Main granted historic “We hope this exhibit will generate trated lectures by four Eastern faculty “He and his wife were both interested in landmark status. Germanic architecture,” said Robert Hillman, interest in ensuring Old Main has a members in the Buzzard Auditorium as university archivist. future,” said Terry Barnhart, associate well as a tour of the exhibition. professor of history. The lectures include: “Origins of the 1995 – Time capsule laid in original But some have speculated about the rea- cornerstone of Old Main was dug up sons behind Old Main’s architecture, saying The exhibition is designed to exam- Modern University: Medieval France c. ine and place in historic context the AD 1000,” by Bailey Young, associate and new items were buried to reflect Old Main and other castles on Illinois cam- Eastern in 1995. puses were the result of an architectural trend architectural style of Old Main and the university’s Gothic Revivalist architec- of the late 19th century. See EXHIBIT Page 2A 1998 to 1999 – Exterior work on “That may have had less to do with Old Main is being done to help pre- Altgeld’s travels than it did the popularity of serve the stonework. Currently the collegiate gothic,” said Nora Small, assistant architecture for the time,” Barnhart tral part of the state.” stone of the building’s North side is history professor and architectural histori- said.“It’s such a good representation of that Hillman said Old Main stood out as a being washed as part of this process, an.“It’s not just one thing that contributed to type of architecture.” major jewel of Charleston. said Ted Weidner, director of facilities, the design of Old Main and many of these In summer 1899, a completed Old Main “It certainly was a landmark here in East planning and management. campus structures.” was welcomed to Charleston with a large Central Illinois,” Hillman said. “Nothing Associate history professor Terry Barnhart Sources: “Eastern Illinois State parade marching down Sixth Street to the had been built like it here.” College: Fifty years of public service” agrees castles were a popular choice of archi- site of the new school, Hillman said. Hillman said Old Main’s preservation has by Charles H. Coleman, 1950; The tecture at the time. “It was a fairly big event,” Hillman said. Warbler, 1996; The Daily Eastern “It was considered to be the type of “They invited people from all over the cen- See CENTENNIAL Page 2A News (various years). Campus reflects on Old Main memories By Jason Maholy and and arguably most historically sig- and a landmark,” said Claire had over the years, Old Main has arrives at Eastern. Some see it as a Shauna Gustafson nificant building on campus. Krukenberg, chair of the mathe- in some way been incorporated compass pointing them in the Staff writers Dating back to 1899, Old matics department. “It’s proba- into it. Old Main personifies direction of campus. Main is as old as Eastern itself. It bly the most recognizable and Eastern.” “The first weekend I lived here Approaching Charleston from has heard the footsteps and con- identifiable feature on campus. Some students see Old Main as the only way I knew I was going either the east or west on state versations of a century’s worth of You have no problem telling a sign that they are almost home. in the right direction was the cas- Route 16, one can’t help but university presidents, students people how to get there; just tell “It’s different than any other tle,” said Patience Taber, a sopho- notice what seems to be a and administrators, including them to go to the castle.” building on campus. It’s a good more biology major. medieval fortress rising out of an Livingston C. Lord, Eastern’s first Steve Rich, director of alumni sight to see after traveling three The building has long been one otherwise traditional Midwestern president. At one time, it was the services, said Old Main definitely hours on the expressway,” said of the first impressions prospec- small-town landscape. only building on campus and was holds a special place in the histo- Brandi Daniels, a sophomore tive students get of Eastern when As any Eastern student knows, home to every classroom and aca- ry at Eastern. business major. they visit the campus. this hulking, ivy-covered, limestone demic department. “Just look at the logo,” Rich Old Main has long stood out as behemoth is Old Main, the oldest “Old Main is a trademark said. “Of all the logos Eastern has the first building seen when one See REFLECTS Page 2A friday, september 3,1999 RG magazinmagazinee EE EE inside: V Allister review VIn September of 1999, one reporter page 4b headed into the crowded corridors of ‘Caught on the Web’ Blair Hall to find out if anybody really likes page 4b this movie.