150-131, published in Spring 2006.
130-111, published in Summer 2006.
110-91, published in Fall 2006.
90-71, published in Spring 2007.
70-56, published in Summer 2007.
55-41, published in Fall 2007.
40-26, published in Spring 2008.

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90. Class of 1888. In the 1880s, the Missionary Institute had a two-year college program. The Class of 1888 agitated for a full college program, initiating pressure that six years later culminated in Susquehanna University.

89. Missionary Journal, 1891-1895. The predecessor of the Crusader and the Susquehanna, the monthly Journal was created by Jonathan Rose Dimm, principal of the Classical Department, to promote the transformation of the Missionary Institute into Susquehanna University.

88. Orange and Maroon. In choosing these as the school colors in 1897, the student body “earnestly hoped that as time rolls on they (orange and maroon) may become as fixed as the trees of Lebanon, and looked upon by posterity, as one of the traditions of the school.”

87. Seminary “Suspended,” 1933. The Seminary was the successor of the Theological Department, one of two programs making up the Missionary Institute at its founding. By 1933, it was small, expensive and contrary to Susquehanna's mission. The seminary was“suspended” rather than closed because most of the school's endowment had been donated to support it.

86. Samuel Owen, 1860, Board Chair, 1901-1916. A graduate of the Missionary Institute, Owen was a Lutheran pastor in Hagerstown, Maryland. A member of his church, Samuel Seibert, helped to fund the first dormitory for women.

85. Gene Urey, Faculty Member, 1965-1999. He was head of the Department of Political Science for many years, and also chaired the faculty committee that in 1970 created the “3-3-3” curriculum. In 1977, he largely authored the college's long-range planning document, “To Meet the Challenge.”

84. Class of 1968. One of the most influential classes at Susquehanna University, its members support the university as board members and donors. The Class of 1968 reformed the student government and led a rebellion against long-running college rules, in particular those that were in loco parentis (in the place of the parents) and compulsory chapel.

83. John Absalom Richter, student, 1899-1904. The father of Pulitzer-Prize winning author Conrad Richter, he felt called to preach the gospel and prepared to do so at Susquehanna, even though he had a family to support at the time. Richter the younger described his father's life at Susquehanna and his family's experiences in Selinsgrove in the novel A Simple, Honorable Man.

82. The Rev. J. B. Focht, President of the University, 1905-06. He was a student in the Missionary Institute, briefly was the assistant principal of its Classical Department and member of the Seminary faculty, and served as president for the shortest term in university history. A Lutheran pastor, among his parishes was Trinity Lutheran Church in Selinsgrove.

81. Warner Athletic Field, 1899-1922. The first athletic field at Susquehanna, it was located where Hassinger Hall and the O. W. Houts gymnasium currently stand. Named for the Rev. Adam Warner, the college's business manager at the time, it was created to placate alumni and male students who wanted the university to construct a gym instead of Seibert Hall.

80. Phi Mu Delta, 1916-1982, 1988-2005. One of the first and most active fraternities at Susquehanna University, its brothers built a beautiful tudor house on University Avenue that slowly deteriorated due to ill use by its occupants. By the 1970s, it was a fire trap and was emptied, and burned down in 1987. By then, the fraternity had been decolonized. Following a second period of activity from 1988 to 2005, students are currently engaged in recolonizing efforts.

79. George Fisher 1888, Faculty Member 1896-1946. For many years, Dr. Fisher was the science program at Susquehanna University, teaching biology and chemistry. He was the longest-serving faculty member at the college. He planned the Steele Science Hall in 1912 and had the science building named for him in 1964.

78. Susquehanna Women's Auxiliary, 1924-2005. Organized at a tea hosted by Mrs. E. Edwin Sheldon, wife of the director of the Conservatory, and Mrs. Charles Aikens, the president's wife, these “friends of Susquehanna” raised money to help the school. Ruth Juram Smith, the president's wife, enlivened it in the 1940s. Its most significant contribution was in support for Heilman Hall in 1958.

77. YMCA/YWCA, 1859-1935. Among the first organizations making up the extra-curriculum at the Missionary Institute, the YMCA was vibrant when mission fields at home and abroad were of great interest to the school's students. The YWCA was organized in 1903 when coeds were sufficiently numerous to support it. Both “Ys” were folded into the Student Christian Association in 1935.

76. Alumni Gymnasium, 1903-1934. Built of red brick and trimmed in sandstone, the first Alumni Gymnasium was located where the south section of the Blough-Weis Library now stands. The main floor was used primarily for gymnastics, though basketball was also played there. A gallery traversed the upper portion of the gym, carrying a concave track. The basement had a cage for baseball practice, lockers, and a shower.

75. Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr., Coach 1935-1960. From 1935 until after WWII, Stagg Jr. was Susquehanna's athletic director, physical education teacher, and coach of football, basketball, baseball and, occasionally, tennis. His 1940 and 1951 football teams were undefeated. From 1947 to 1952 his illustrious father, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Sr., helped him as a coach of Crusader football.

74. Roger Blough '25. Roger “Nick” Blough received a diploma from Susquehanna's Academy and an undergraduate degree from the college in 1925. He went on to become a Wall Street lawyer and then an officer with the United States Steel Company, eventually becoming its CEO. Long a board member at the college, he was honored when the library came to bear his name.

73. Hassinger Hall. Constructed in 1922 of Hummelstown sandstone with front and side entrances set off by Corinthian columns, Hassinger Hall was built on the old Warner Athletic Field. For a year during WWII it housed the 35th Detachment of the Army Air Force. The Department of English and Creative Writing currently occupies its lower level.

72. “Sleepy Hollow,” 1868-1929. Located just across the street from what is now the front porch of Hassinger Hall, “Sleepy Hollow” was a small cottage that had three lives. It probably began life as a double-sided cottage for seminary students in the late 1860s, was remodeled in 1897 as the school's first science building, “Sell Lab,” and in 1912 was remodeled as a dormitory.

71. Samuel Domer. Pastor of SU's “mother church,” the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Selinsgrove, Domer was one of the founders of the Missionary Institute. In 1866, Domer resigned his pastorate and became principal of the Susquehanna Female College on North Market Street in Selinsgrove, before selling it in 1868 and returning to parish ministry.