Two framed photographs, that are portraits of:

MC2011/148a - Carl Waldo Holl - Chemistry Professor and Dean of the College. Dates serving Manchester,1923 - 1961.

MC2011/148b - Edward Kintner - Professor of History, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, Science and Physics.  Dates serving Manchester, 1910 - 1951.

The Holl-Kintner Hall of Science was constructed during the first phase of the March of Progress fundraising campaign was named in honor of these men.  Two framed photographs were located in the lobby of Holl-Kintner Hall of Science and were removed for the renovation project in May 2011.

1)      Holl Kintner:    The first phase of the March of Progress Campaign began in 1955 with the building of the Holl-Kintner Hall of Science.

2)      Schwalm Hall:  The first project in the second phase of the March of Progress was the building of Schwalm Hall.  The Men’s Residence Hall (as it was first called, was built and dedicated in the fall of 1961 – another wing was added in 1966 and the building was rededicated 21 October 1967 as Vernon F. Schwalm Hall.

Another building project started, that of the chapel.  Beginning in 1948 Ray Petersime designated gifts for the construction of a chapel. In the spring of 1959 the trustees agreed to accept Petersime’s offer to donate enough money for construction.   (I think this is Petersime’s gift...not actually part of the March of Progress).

3)      Library: With the chapel constructed, planners knew that the library needed attention and decided to build another rather than to remodel.  The $1 million needed for the library came from several sources;  Pledges and gifts through the March of Progress campaign, a $100,000 matching grant from Lilly Endowment, Ind., and a $100,000 gift from Cyrus Funderburg, a former student.

4)      Union: Students were concerned about a student center and pledged $30,000 for a student center in the late 1950’s as part of the March of Progress campaign. While only $20,000 was collected, in 1959 students elected to add a $10 “Student Union Fee” to student charges each term.  With the $20,000 that had been raised, and the promise of income from the student fee, the college secured government building loans and managed to simultaneously raise funds for the Library and the College Union.  The Union opened in 1964.

Also constructed during this time but not as part of the campaign:  After the Funderburg Library was completed the old library  building went remodeling as the new Communications Center.

The auditorium in the Ad Building received a new name during this time: Sadie Wampler Auditorium.

Manchester also acquired additional amounts of land.

 Here is a quote from the blue book, “A Century of Faith, Learning and Service:”

Helman demonstrated decisive leadership in the two phases of the March of Progress campaign.  The first phase, from 1955 – 1960, targeted significant building projects such as the Science hall, as well as endowment, which reached $1 million for the first time.  The second phase, working under the motto “A Million More by ’64,” helped fund the Library and the Union.  By the end of March 1964, the college had raised the additional $1 million.  .................Seven new buildings or additions were added in that time (Holl-Kintner Hall of Science, Petersime Chapel, the Maintenance Center, Vernon F. Schwalm Hall, an addition to East Hall, the College Union, and Funderburg Library).  Several older buildings were remodeled, and almost 40 acres of land were added.

Framed portraits were sent to Marketing for digitization to be included in an updated display in the renovated Academic Center (Summer 2012).  The glass of MC2011/48a was broken and hanging hardware was removed from both framed portraits.  Consequently, the photograph of Holl was removed from the frame and placed in Flat File Drawer D along with the framed image of Kintner.

Description prepared 2 June 2011 by Jeanine M. Wine.