Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Cartoon honoring the history of Evansville College. Top left: Picture of the original building at Moores Hill, Indiana. Top center: The colleges seal. Top right: Drawing of the administration building, the first building in the colleges new permanent location. Center: College President Hale, Dr. Alfred Hughes, and President of Indiana University Wells look at pictures from the colleges history and plans for its future. Center right: Picture of Reverend Alfred F. Hughes, the colleges first president. Bottom left: Photograph from a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the administration building in 1921. Alumni dinner this evening. Knechts elephant wears a cap, gown, and hood and says he was in on most of the colleges history and took all the early photographs for the Courier. Under Knechts signature, it says that he received a Litt.D. in the class of 1953. Hale, Lincoln B. (Lincoln Bell); Hughes, Alfred; Wells, Herman B.; Bosse, Benjamin, 1875-1922; Hughes, Alfred F. Image Access WideTEK 25 At Moores Hill, Indiana, until a fire in 1915 led to its re-establishment as Evansville College. Evansville College 1854. Until the above administration building was opened in 1922 temporary headquarters were in Vine Street near Sixth. Other buildings followed--the engineering--1947, McCurdy-Alumni Memorial Union 1951. Doctor we have scads of pictures old and new--Ralph saves them. President Lincoln B. Hale. Dr. Alfred Hughes. 1919 campaign. Dr. Herman Wells President I.U. Future plans. May 1921 groundbreaking late Mayor Bosse at left, President Hughes at plow... Alumni dinner this evening. Reverend Alfred F. Hughes first president..1919. I was in on most of it even making all early photos for Courier. Litt.D.. class 53. [in margins: Evansville, Indiana, Courier 1-11-1954.]
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3030
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
Copyright:	Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Subjects:	Education City Sketches Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States

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