GNI Campus Scenes
Grandview Normal Institute Student Body Alongside Jewett Hall No.1 - 1895
Teacher's desk in classroom in Jewett Hall No. 1 - 1894
The Burning of Jewett Hall #1 - March 2, 1896
Between classes. Note the scaffolding around the top of the bell tower for hoisting the bell into place. The bell tower itself was constructed in 1900, just over a year after the construction of Assembly/Jewett Hall was completed. The school garden from which students were fed is on the left.
Completed Assembly/Jewett Hall without boll tower - 1899.
Classroom in Assembly/Jewett Hall.
Grandview Normal Institute student body alongside Assembly/Jewett Hall - circa 1900.
Intermediate Students in Miss Ells Click's Class - 1906
Hoyt Hall #1 - Girls Dormitory and Dining Hall Burning - January 18, 1907
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The fire is out ...
... and the rebuilding begins.
Workers taking a break.
L to R - Cal Dye, Henry Bivins (background), Ed Holloway, Ralph Boynton, Bob Cawood (background), Ralph Boynton, John Dunlap, Frank Wyatt, Jacob Wyatt
Construction of Hoyt Hall No. 2 is completed within the year.
Modern Dance 1908
Oak Lodge group - 1909.
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Boys of Grover Hall drilling in front of their dormitory - 1910
A gathering of male students in front of Assembly Hall (Jewett Hall No. 2). - Circa 1910
4th & 5th grade students outside their classroom - 1909.
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Primary students in front of their classroom located at the rear of the Congregational Church building - circa 1910.
Grandview Normal Institute Campus circa 1910
Looking northwest from Assembly/Jewett Hal bell tower - 1912
Looking southeast from second floor of Hoyt Hall No. 2 - 1910
Decorated commencement stage on second floor of Assembly/Jewett Hall - 1910.
A commencement crowd gathers circa - circa 1910.
Between classes.
Students studying in school library, recently converted from the Intermediate Department classroom - 1913.
L to R - Joe Lee Walker, Unknown, Georgia Lewis, Melvin Reinhardt.
Assembling dormitory beds in front of Boy's Workshop. - 1914.
George and Martha Washington on campus.
Visiting foreign dignitaries...
L to R - Ruth Hinds, Elizabeth Smith, Nannie Martin, Pearl Majors
Sewing was an important part of a young girl's education - 1912.
"Normal"students 1912-1913 (grades 9-12).
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Tennis anyone?
Between classes.
Shoveling snow. William E. Taylor on the left.
Grover Hall No. 2 residents gathered outside their school home.
Enjoying the "grand view" - 1916
L to R - John Barron, Ney Williams, Grace Bell, Kitty Bell, Mae Robbs, Dorothy Lansing - 1913.
