Old School Football Style

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:53 pm

Here's a couple scans someone from here sent to me for bgsusports.com from the very late 30's or early 1940's:

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:04 pm

Now THOSE are awesome!!

mk455 · Post by **mk455** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:37 pm

why cant i figure out whats goin on in those pictures?

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:45 pm

mk455 wrote:why cant i figure out whats goin on in those pictures?

Because most of campus as you know it didn't exist then?

Top photo is Eppler (The old men's gym) and nothing beyond it. You WOULD see the BA building and Memorial Hall and Olscamp Hall were they there then.

The second photos has a road running in front of the original college buildings (Hanna, University & Mosely) with that same Eppler building in the upper left.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:37 pm

Man, we need to bring back the roundabout!

mk455 · Post by **mk455** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:05 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:
mk455 wrote:why cant i figure out whats goin on in those pictures?
Because most of campus as you know it didn't exist then?

damnit i knew that had something to do with it! im still confused as to where the stadium was... in the top picture... what would be in the distance beyond the stadium? maybe that will help me figure it out.

Lord_Byron · Post by **Lord_Byron** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:09 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:
transfer2BGSU wrote:
ZiggyZoomba wrote:Is it the clock tower??
Is that your final answer?
Final Answer....

Actually, I believe it's the Carillon, donated by the Class of 1979.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:31 pm

mk455 wrote:what would be in the distance beyond the stadium? maybe that will help me figure it out.

that view is almost like you're standing in the education building and looking out to the left of the library, although the picture was likely taken from University Hall, and the Education Building would be in the endzone, the BA Building is roughly where the stands are in that picture.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:55 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:Now THOSE are awesome!!

Those are awesome. To see nothing but farms past Eppler is really mind-blowing.

For those still trying to orient themselves:

In the top photo, the stands are positioned right where the sidewalk would be leading east past the Business Administration Building (on the left) and then Memorial Hall (also on the left) toward Jerome Library.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:38 pm

hammb wrote:Man, we need to bring back the roundabout!

Yeah, that thing is hilarious! I never knew a road used to be there either!!!

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:51 pm

I believe the round a bout was taken out when the McDonald's last erection was build. But I agree with you Metz. There is no reason why there isn't a sidewalk running from the Administration Building and University Hall. And I love the old steps as well. It makes University Hall look more open to people. There used to be a flag pole in the center of the circle in the 1940's when the V-5 unit was stationed in Williams Hall. Progress is goo, but we have let to many unique things about our campus disapear (sp?). If you ever get the chance to go to Jerome Library and look at the old year books you will get quite an education. That is where I learned a lot of what I know about BGSU!

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:56 pm

It's the Journey... wrote:I believe the round a bout was taken out when the McDonald's last erection was build.

I think I can speak for many of us when I say MacDonald has never really stopped building erections.

(Especially on a warm, sunny day).

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:17 pm

Do'oh :duh:

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:01 pm

TG1996 wrote:Here's a couple scans someone from here sent to me for bgsusports.com from the very late 30's or early 1940's:

Tell me if I'm crazy (no jokes, Lyons!), but does it or does it not look in that top picture like the pointed roof from Olscamp is sticking over the roof of Eppler South? Perhaps the future ghost of buildings built to make presidents leave? Or maybe I'm crazy? Shut up Lyons...

And yes, there was an Eppler South and an Eppler north. If my University history serves me correctly, Eppler South was the Men's Gym and Eppler north was the Women's Gym. I bellieve between the two was an outdoor natatorium (prior to the construction of what became Eppler Center with the connecting middle section that exists today).

Lord_Byron · Post by **Lord_Byron** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:03 am

Bleeding Orange wrote: And yes, there was an Eppler South and an Eppler north. If my University history serves me correctly, Eppler South was the Men's Gym and Eppler north was the Women's Gym. I bellieve between the two was an outdoor natatorium (prior to the construction of what became Eppler Center with the connecting middle section that exists today).

You're correct on Men's and Women't gym. The pool was indoors, however.