"This week in Cornell history" is a feature chronicling significant events, interesting discoveries and quirky moments that occurred from the university's founding through the present. Corey Earle '07 contributed to this feature.

If you would like to provide a history item, contact Susan Kelley at sek39@cornell.edu.

Left, the Cornell Arts Quad as seen in 1919. In the center is Boardman Hall, now the site of Olin Library.