Taken in February of 1946, this view of the Maple Allee to Ward Manor shows slender young trees. Today many of the sugar maples have died, and the college has planted a second layer of oak trees to form a double allee.
Warden Bernard Iddings Bell placed a great emphasis on athletics, and the variety of sports played, as well as the support for these teams improved greatly during his tenure. In 1922 the student publication "The Messenger" ran a brief article...
Bard College class of 1948 graduation ceremony taking place in the oak grove on the lawn in front of Stone Row. This commencement represented the first class to include women graduates.
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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
