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Remodeled version, interior: Recitation hall

Remodeled version, interior: Recitation hall

Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.

Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 31

The recitation rooms resembled modern lecture halls, with seats arranged in a semi-circle around a podium. Dickinson also contained the first on-campus offices for faculty members, and smaller classes were held in these offices, with students seated in armchairs arranged around a professor.