{"id":498,"date":"2022-08-16T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wbbm.digitalprojects.brynmawr.edu\/dev\/?page_id=498"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:59:09","slug":"campus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbbm.digitalprojects.brynmawr.edu\/why-build\/exhibit\/health\/campus\/","title":{"rendered":"A Campus for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In planning a women\u2019s Haverford, the founders of Bryn Mawr made adjustments to accommodate the particular needs and limitations of the female body and temperament. Air circulation, heating systems, exposure to the elements, sufficient light, and stair height were extensively discussed in the design of Taylor and Merion Halls. \u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the presumption of women\u2019s fragility, it is not surprising that documents from this early period indicate only a vague vision for physical culture on campus. Francis T. King proposed locating a gymnasium in the basement of Merion Hall, suggesting a lack of priority for athletics. The earliest campus plan provides for a field, annotated as the \u201cplayground,\u201d where students could exercise in fair weather. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Unknown photographer, Wooden boardwalks outside Merion Hall, c. 1890-1929. Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, PAB_00179.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This unrealized floorplan for Merion Hall depicts a corridor to a dining room housed in an Annex, which would have been accessible by a sheltered walkway, ensuring that students would not be exposed to the elements. Eventually the dining room was resituated inside the dormitory, which similarly minimized the need for students to  venture outside. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Addison Hutton,\u00a0Cottage No. 1<\/em>,\u00a0May 31, 1882,\u00a0ink\u00a0on paper.\u00a0Bryn\u00a0Mawr\u00a0College Facilities Services.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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