Elizabethtown College experienced a boom in the roaring ’20s, steadily growing in enrollment and reaching 179 students at the end of the decade. Land purchases had nearly doubled the size of the campus and led to the completion of Lake Placida on a tract of land that had once only contained a stream of running water. During the decade, the College experienced enough financial support to construct Gibble Science Hall (now known as the Steinman Center for Communications and Art) and two new residential buildings, Fairview Hall (present-day Wenger Hall) and The Maples (which served as a Student-Directed Learning Community from 1992-21).<\/p>\n
Student life blossomed with the formation of intercollegiate debate teams, theater clubs, and athletic teams. The Class of 1922 was the first to get accredited baccalaureate degrees after the Pennsylvania Department of Instruction certified the College\u2019s degrees in four areas of study.<\/p>\n
1921<\/strong> – The College is accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Instruction to grant baccalaureate degrees in art, pure and applied sciences, philosophy, literature, and theology.<\/span><\/p>\n 1921<\/strong> – The College\u2019s alma mater is composed by Jenny Via, Head of the Music Department.<\/p>\n 1921<\/strong> – Jacob Gibble Meyer, Class of 1905, the first alumnus to serve as president of Elizabethtown College, is elected.<\/p>\n 1922<\/strong> – Men\u2019s and women\u2019s debating teams were organized.<\/p>\n 1925<\/strong> – Students and alumni complete the construction of Lake Placida, which was named by student Eli Engle \u201927 for its setting as a peaceful site on campus.<\/p>\n 1927<\/strong> \u2013 Ralph Schlosser, Class of 1911, is elected President on Nov. 29.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong> – The first intercollegiate men\u2019s basketball game is organized and coached by Ira R. Herr on Dec. 8, and a women\u2019s basketball team is organized and coached by Harry Bower.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong> – Gibble Science Hall is completed and dedicated on May 26.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong>\u00a0 – The first and last Elizabethtown College football squad is formed, playing five games.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong>\u00a0– Elizabethtown College is accredited for pre-legal education.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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