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Article #4984Re: UMASS tower library ULs
From: Charles Wm. Dimmick
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:00
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Kristin H Jensen wrote: > > Supposedly the person who gave most of the money to build > 1837 Hall was named Hoar, and the trustees didn't want to have a "Hoar > House" on the campus of a women's school Are there legends > of "Hoar Hall" on other campuses too? > I apologise for following up on this, since unusual names are not considered proper material for this newsgroup, but a thread is a thread. For many years, a prominent member of the Board of Trustees for Conn. State University was Luva Hoar, who lived on Cox Road in Portland, CT. There were quite a few jokes going around, mostly told with a straight face, about naming a new dormitory after Ms. Hoar after she retired. Charles Wm. Dimmick Former Farmer (outstanding in his field)
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