{"id":64061,"date":"2015-10-13T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=64061"},"modified":"2015-10-12T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:21:40","slug":"speaker-to-present-key-moments-in-the-evolution-of-colgate-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=64061","title":{"rendered":"Speaker to Present Key Moments in the Evolution of Colgate University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colgate_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54046\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colgate_logo.jpg\" alt=\"colgate_logo\" width=\"241\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colgate_logo.jpg 241w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colgate_logo-150x87.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>(Madison, NY \u2013 Oct. 2015) Bob McVaugh presents on the development of Colgate University at the Madison Historical Society, 3606 South St. in Madison on\u00a0Monday Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.\u00a0following a short meeting for the society.<\/p>\n<p>Colgate University has evolved into a campus recognized nationally for its beauty.\u00a0 In this discussion we will look back over the history of the campus and identify a few moments that have been decisive for its evolution.\u00a0 We will review the donation of the Payne farm in 1826, the reach toward the canal in the 1830s, and the advice of Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1880s.\u00a0 The formative work of Massachusetts landscape architect Ernest Bowditch and architect Walter Chambers set the campus prior to the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p>Finally the placement of Dana Arts Center in the 1960s as well as Persson Hall in the 1980s set the patterns of the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to this free presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments follow Bob\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<p>Please call 893-7910 for directions or more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Madison, NY \u2013 Oct. 2015) Bob McVaugh presents on the development of Colgate University at the Madison Historical Society, 3606 South St. in Madison on\u00a0Monday Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.\u00a0following a short meeting for the society. Colgate University has evolved into a campus recognized nationally for its beauty.\u00a0 In this discussion we will look back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}