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现在的名字:cositt Hall
历史名称:弗雷德里克·H. 科斯特纪念馆
地址:906号. 级联大道
完成年份:1914年
Architectural Style: Neoclassical and Art Moderne
建筑师:Maurice B. Biscoe,丹佛
名称:国家注册
Access Level: Cossitt大厅 is a working building. The public is invited inside, but we ask that ongoing activities not be disturbed.

1914年弗雷德里克·H. 科斯特纪念馆 filled a long-felt need for a building that would provide athletic and social facilities for the men students of the college. The building's eclectic design contains Neoclassical and Modernistic elements, while its materials combine the Castle Rock rhyolite found on several of the major historic buildings of the college with concrete components used in many later campus buildings. Completion of Cossitt ended the period of major development during William F. 斯洛克姆总统, which saw greatly expanded and improved campus facilities, 招募杰出的教员, 学生人数的增长, and recognition of the college's national reputation. Cossitt was the last building erected on campus until Shove Chapel in 1931.

After completion of necessary academic and residential buildings, interest in providing adequate athletic facilities at the college grew rapidly. In 1891, a simple frame structure paid for by student subscription was erected west of Hagerman Hall and utilized by men students and the college sports teams. Women gained their first access to physical education facilities in 1903, when 麦格雷戈大厅 opened with a small gymnasium in the basement.

By 1909, support for the construction of a men's multi-purpose gymnasium gained momentum in the college community. The Tiger student newspaper editorialized about the specter of "grinds," students who focused on academics to the exclusion of physical activity and died at an early age. The campus rallied in support of a building where athletes could train and supporters gather to engage in booster and pep activities.

学生 staged drives to marshal support for such a building, but the campaign relied on the fundraising prowess of President Slocum to gather most of the large sum required. 斯洛克姆说服了他在纽约的远房表亲, 海伦·科西特，茱莉亚音乐学院, 纽约的居民, 捐出全部113美元,000, with the provision that previously-raised funds would go to other campus projects. 夫人. 茱利亚, whose husband's family had ties to the 茱利亚 School of Music, asked that the building be named after her late father, 弗雷德里克·H. Cossitt, who had been prominent in 纽约 real estate, insurance, and banking.

学院选择了丹佛建筑师莫里斯B. Biscoe, who had prepared plans for 1908 比大厅, to design the building. Biscoe moved to Denver from Boston in 1905 to oversee the construction of Denver's St. John's Cathedral and subsequently opened his own office there, working on such commissions as the Dickinson Branch Library and Clayton School for Boys, as well as buildings at the Myron Stratton Home in Colorado Springs. In 1920, the architect returned to Boston and joined the firm of Andrews, 兰图尔和琼斯, 安德鲁斯的继承者, 雅克和兰图尔, which had designed 1904 帕默大厅 at 科罗拉多大学.

At the groundbreaking for Cossitt大厅 in April 1913, President Slocum emphasized the importance of athletics in the college curriculum:

The gymnasium with its scientific physical training should be a part of the education of every man and woman, 和他的数学一样重要, 英语, 或哲学. 一个和另一个一样重要, and therefore should have just as much recognition in college standing and credit . . . . This building has just as sacred a mission as a church, a lecture hall or a library.

Cossitt大厅, 1914年6月建成, 包括一个篮球场, 培训室, 储物柜设施, 还有淋浴房. The presence of the new gymnasium with spectator seating stimulated campus interest in basketball, and beginning in 1922 the college teams won Rocky Mountain Conference championships for four consecutive years. An oval stadium ("Cossitt Bowl") projecting from the south end of the building featured tiered seating and was used as an outdoor running track, 竞技场, 动员会地点, 和戏剧. Cossitt大厅 also functioned as a social center or men's club, 拥有可容纳200人的餐厅, 一个厨房, a common room for informal gatherings and reading, 还有一个供学生开会的大房间. 地下室里有一张台球桌. The college adopted a three-year physical education requirement for graduation after the completion of the facility.

在cossit开业之后, 全是男学生, 包括那些住在兄弟会的人, were required to take their meals in the new hall. The Colorado Springs Gazette viewed the building as a democratizing factor in student life because men of all ranks and classes came together for dinner and social activities in the lounge. The Middle-West School Review favorably profiled the building in 1915 and observed:

The work carried on in the Cossitt Memorial thus touches the life of the students at many points. . . . New men gather about the piano to learn the college songs, 新老同学相聚在一起练习大学的欢呼, thus gaining the common touch and viewpoint which goes a long way to make that subtle thing called 'college spirit.'

The college initially prohibited smoking and playing cards in the Cossitt lounge, prompting students to stage the first organized protest in the history of the campus. 为管理大厅而成立的委员会, 由教员组成, 校友, 和学生, 很快就推翻了规则.

Over the years Cossitt大厅 housed a variety of activities. 1918年第一次世界大战期间, the more than 500 men assigned to the Army Signal Corps School at the college were quartered in the gymnasium and served meals in the Cossitt dining room. The 茱利亚 Room at Cossitt大厅 became the meeting place for the college's C Club. The group, organized in 1919, brought together men interested and accomplished in athletics. 早在1914年, the senior class staged Euripides' "Electra" in Cossitt Bowl during commencement, and in the 1920s and 1930s several plays were presented there by the Classics Club.

In 1941, 科罗拉多大学 President Thurston Davies invited dance artist Hanya Holm to campus to lead a summer dance school. For 43 summers Holm conducted an eight-week course in dance, mostly taught in Cossitt Gymnasium. Former student Claudia Gitelman recalled that the floor "had a mellow patina just right for the bare feet of the dancers. High windows let in the light needed in daytime." Holm, a native of Germany, studied under Mary Wigman before coming to America in 1931. She became a leading dance artist and was one of four principal teachers at a summer dance school at Bennington College before starting the Hanya Holm-科罗拉多大学 Summer School of the Dance. 在1950年代和1960年代, 她为《全球十大赌博靠谱平台》(Kiss Me Kate)编舞,“我的淑女。,和百老汇的《全球十大赌博靠谱平台》(Camelot). At the peak of Holm's summer dance school in the 1960s and 1970s, the tuition generated by her classes reportedly "carried" the rest of the summer program. 在1965年夏季会议期间, many former students who had attained prominence in dance returned to honor Holm with a week-long series of performances. In 1983, 理由是入学率下降和其他因素, the college abruptly terminated Holm's association with the institution, 这一决定在舞蹈界广受遗憾.

In 1948, artist Eric Bransby painted a mural in the entrance rotunda of Cossitt. 《赌博正规的十大网站》描绘的是淘金者, 迁移的定居者, 养牛业, 还有猎人和商人. 出生于奥尔巴尼, 纽约, in 1916, Bransby studied at 科罗拉多大学 and taught at Yale University, 伊利诺伊大学, 西伊利诺伊大学, 以及密苏里大学. Other Colorado Springs area sites with murals executed by Bransby include the Colorado Springs Medical Center, U.S. Air Force Academy Planetarium (later installed at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport), 防空司令部总部, 以及科罗拉多斯普林斯先锋博物馆. In 2002, Bransby, then in his eighties, returned to restore his mural in Cossitt's rotunda.

Cossitt's dining room closed in the mid-1950s after completion of Taylor 餐厅 Hall at 比大厅. Cossitt Bowl was demolished in 1957, and Honnen Ice Arena occupied part of the site in 1963. Cossitt大厅 continued to serve as the focal point of the college athletic program until 1970, when the El Pomar Sports Center was constructed. Cossitt大厅 briefly became a center for women's athletics. 今天, the building houses the departments of Drama and Dance and Classics and Comparative Literature. Cossitt大厅 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 in recognition of its historical and architectural significance.

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