Word: rotch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Langdell Hall was completed in 1929, there was an understanding that the rather decrepit brick building which was crowding its north-east corner would be removed as soon as possible. The Rotch Building has enjoyed 21 years of reprieve since then, but with the Graduate Center going up right behind it, it will be demolished this summer...
Since 1898, the Rotch Building has housed various schools and departments of mining, metallurgy, and mining geology. But its original name and purpose were far different: It was christened the Carey Athletic Building in 1891. Seven years later, the athletic authorities needed more space and moved down to Soldiers Field...
...structure was revamped to absorb the School of Mines, with its heavy machinery, and the athletic facilities were all removed or buried. There had been a Mining School at the University during the 1860's that had died, and the one installed in the Rotch Building was a brand-new department under the guidance of Professor H.L. Smyth. This one lasted all the way up to the 'thirties, and filled the building with testing labs containing full-scale mining and milling equipment...
...Mathematics Department and the graduate dining facilities are in Vanserg. When the dining facilities are shifted to the new graduate center this fall, geological work now in Rotch Hall will use the vacated space...
After athletics were largely transferred to Soldiers Field in 1898, the building was put to other uses and was renamed for Annie Rotch and her children, Edith and Arthur, contributors to the Lawrence Scientific School...