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even more students broke into Old Main and packed the main floor with snow, along with chairs, tables, benches, and the entire wood fuel supply for the winter, which then froze overnight. MacMaster expelled all students involved over the next two weeks, and Miami’s enrollment fell to 68 students. However, not wanting to close the university, the Board of
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Harrison Hall, then known as Franklin Hall, began in 1816, shortly after the completion of the log schoolhouse in the University Square in 1811. The central part of the building was completed in 1818, and various additions were made to the building afterwards. The west
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of the snowballs. President MacMaster informed the faculty and students later that day at a chapel meeting, which all students and faculty members were required to attend, that those involved in the incident with Old Main would be expelled. This ultimately backfired though, for the following night
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on April 3, 1959 discussed the potential distribution of rooms and offices within the new
Harrison Hall, also stating which departments would be housed within the building. The official dedication of Harrison Hall occurred on October 8, 1960, which occurred inside one of the three lecture rooms
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Columbus and construction began in January. The cornerstone was laid on May 9, 1959 and was presided by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hugh C. Nichols. A strike that began on June 8, 1959 interrupted the construction of the building, which was later completed in 1960.
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Department of Political Science and the Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs. It replaced an earlier building on the site built in 1818 and demolished in 1958. The original building was first named Franklin Hall, and became known as
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featured within the building. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, E.W. Nippert, presided over the ceremony, while James H. Maloon represented the State of Ohio. Harrison Hall is 40,000 square feet (3,700 m) and cost $ 1,004,000 to build.
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Snyder, Frank R. Old Main Building exterior from northwest ca. 1896. 1896. Photographs of Frank R. Snyder, Miami University Archives, Oxford, Ohio. Miami University Libraries-Digital Library Program. Web. 27 Oct. 2010.
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The new Harrison Hall was designed to resemble the old building, and is only about 60 percent as large as Old Main, yet it actually has more space for students and for activities. A memorandum by then President
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1158:(1889–1893)
966:Miami Field
961:Hayden Park
896:Puddle Pull
876:Miami Triad
752:Harris Hall
727:Bishop Hall
722:Benton Hall
712:Alumni Hall
238:Miami Triad
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83:Coordinates
1508:Categories
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1281:Lodge Bill
1243:Presidency
936:Ice hockey
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812:Upham Hall
782:Ogden Hall
681:Middletown
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