The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-14
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cipal, erected three halls to replace
the original building.
The seminary is situated in the val
ley of the Wyoming, one of the most
historic sections of Pennsylvania, and
but a few miles from the scene of
the famed Wyoming massacre. Ira
dition and legendary lore are plentiful
throughout the valley. On either side
of IT rise magnificent hills, clothed
with verdure of various emerald hues,
and through the vale winds the
peaceful Susquehanna river irrigating
and enriching the soil, making of this
region garden spot of beauty and
fertility. Many handsome residences
dot the landscape and the fields are
level and well cultivated, truck gar
dens and floral cultivation lending an
air of thrift and enterprise. The air
is clear and bracing and from the
neighboring SUBMITS a view of many
miles up and down the anthracite re-
gion is unfolded.
Beautiful Surroundings.
In the midst of this charming valley
the Wyoming Seminary is implanted.
like gem in setting of emerald
tion, erected for their adaptability for
seminary work, comprise seven halls,
viz: SHETLAND, Commercial, Union,
Centenary. Nelson Memorial, Nesbitt,
and the Caroline NJ. Pettebone Gym
nasium. SHETLAND, Commercial and
Union halls were erected in 1858 to
replace the hall destroyed by flames.
In 1866, the centennial of the intro
duction of Methodism in America,
from subscriptions taken through the
conference, Centenary hall was erect
ed. In 1887, by the aid of a few
friends of the school, Nelson Memorial
hall was erected. This contains con-
venicnCes for the music department
and a most beautiful room for chapel
exercises. In 1894 Abram Nesbitt,
Esq. Of Kingston, erected and donated
to the school Nesbitt hail. a picture of
which is here presented, one of the
! very best buildings among the prepar-
atory schools in the Union. In 1898
Mrs. Caroline NJ Pettebone of Wyom-
| ing save the school the beautiful Car
| olinC NJ PettebOne gymnasium which
| has no superior among academic In
stitutions. In 1894, in celebration of
the semi-centennial anniversary of the
establishment of the school, a large
! athletic field was purchased, graded
and equipped with Erand stand, ball
fields, a track twenty feet wide, and
tennis and alley ball courts.
Nesbitt Hall.
Ncsbitt Science hall is of brick. with
red sandstone trimmings. The build
ing is one of the most substantial ir
educational use. It's dimensions are
100 hundred feet long, severity feet
wide, and three stories high. In the
basement are the cloak rooms and
lockers for day scholars. Tables arJ
also provided for those who bring
| lunches.
On the first floor are the art rooms
we'll located for light, spacious hal
and a study room siXty-seven fee
long by forty-two feet wide, with 15'
Berkeley desks and seats. These are
a gift from Hon. w. II. Cool of Pitts
ton, Pa. On the second floor are th'
chemical and physical laboratories, {
lecture room and a museum of natura
history and Indian archaeology. on
the third floor is a room seventy fee
long by siXty-seven feet wide for tn
college of business and rooms 70
stenography, typewriting and business
correspondence.
These seven halls are all built sub
stantially of brick ana trimmed witt
stone. They are heated with an i'm
proved system of steam heating ap