By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer
This week in 1930, the sophomore class was excused from all their finals to take the Carnegie Foundation Test, along with 54 other Pennsylvania colleges. The test was found out how students maintain the quality of their work, looking at their first-year grades compared to the tests, figure out why some students leave college before they graduate, and to understand whether it is beneficial for professors to praise their students. It tested students on six different subjects: English, math, general culture, a language of their choice, social science, and natural science. These results were compared with other Pennsylvania colleges that participated.
This week in 1955, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the newest dorm on campus: Stine Hall. The president of the college, Walter Langsam, noted the importance the various departments working together on campus to create this dorm. He also noted the last building constructed was McKnight Hall, which was 50 years old at that point. Fraternities made up a good portion of the housing, but a new dorm was necessary at that point. The dorm was named after Charles Stine, who worked “hard for humanity and for Gettysburg College.” Stine’s two daughters broke the ground in the ceremony which ended with a prayer and the band playing the “Alma Mater.”
