#ChapmanChanges

As you stroll onto campus through Schmid Gate, it’s difficult to ignore the construction zone to your left. A significant amount of change is looming in Chapman’s future with its plans for the Musco Center for the Arts, the Digital Media Arts Center, the Center for Science and Technology and the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine.

But how much has changed since Chapman’s beginnings 153 years ago?

Take a snapshot of the university’s past to see.

1. Chapman began in 1861 as Hesperian College in Woodland, Calif. The school moved and changed its name several times, settling as Chapman College in 1934.
   Photo: Chapman University: Celebrating the Past, Shaping the Future

2. Chapman moved once more into the Orange Union High School campus in 1954. The building with flags is Wilkinson Hall, which was torn from the ground and moved to where it stands now. 
   Photo: Fulfilling a Dream

3. Students at the snack bar in the original Student Union, in DeMille Hall. This union also had a large dining hall, bookstore, and some offices for student organizations.
   Photo: Fulfilling a Dream

4. Hashinger Science Center opened in 1969. Hashinger and the fountain at its entrance have remained unchanged over the years, although the surroundings have changed drastically.
   Photo: Chapman Univerity: Celebrating the Past, Shaping the Future

5. Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library was built in 1967. The Chapman community created a human assembly line to move the books from the original library in Memorial Hall.
   Photo: Chapman Univerity: Celebrating

6. Men in their dorm in Morlan Hall which opened in 1963. Morlan was filled with men who had moved from apartments that had been called North Hall, which became the Harris Apartments.
   Photo: Fulfilling a Dream

7. A woman’s dorm in Cheverton Hall. Cheverton opened in 1959 as East Hall and housed women. The building was demolished in 2000 to become Glass Hall and the Jim Miller Parking Structure.
   Photo: Fulfilling a Dream

8. Students in 1954 dressed down for an All Hallow’s Eve party to celebrate Halloween. Little did they know that many students would later follow their lead for the biannual Undie Run.
   Photo: 1954 yearbook

9. Dancing wasn’t allowed on the Chapman campus until students fought to change that rule in the 1940s, which led to formals and casual dances becoming regular events.
   Photo: 1954 yearbook

Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.