A Chronology of Goucher College 1881-1996_Page007

1935

The Music Department was established.

1936

1937

1938

The architectural competition for a design of the new campus was won by Moore and Hutchins.

The 50th Anniversary of the opening of classes was celebrated. The Anniversary Ceremony was held at the Lyric Theatre; the winner of the architectural competition was announced; the competing plans were displayed at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

1939

1940

Kalends ceased publication with vol. 50 and was replaced as the literary magazine by The Dilettante.

Ground was broken for Mary Fisher Hall.

Julien Green was visiting professor of French.

1941

The first students to major in child development were graduated.

William Lyon Phelps preached the baccalaureate sermon.

The first vice president for finance was appointed, Horatio Whitridge Turner.

1942

Mary Fisher Hall, the first building on the Towson campus, opened.

The Romance Languages Department offered Portuguese.

Students enrolled in non-curricular courses in mechanical drawing and air navigation, their "voluntary response to ... the present situation."

Some members of the faculty became head residents in the houses of the residents halls.

1943

Catherine Hooper Hall was the site of a pre-clinical nursing program offered by four area hospitals.

Goucher offered its first summer term "to forward general education and to provide opportunity for the acquisition of some of the skills needed by college-trained women in wartime."

The Liberty ship S.S. John F. Goucher was launched at Fairfield, Maryland.

1944

1945

The victory ship Goucher Victory was launched at Fairfield.

1946

1947

Frances Connor, former student counselor, was appointed the first dean of students.