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Throughout Purdue\u2019s history, students, faculty, and staff have enjoyed recreational activities on all parts of campus.\u00a0 This photograph shows one of the more popular activities that was enjoyed throughout the year.\u00a0 Can you tell what is happening here, when, and where this picture\u00a0was<\/span>\u00a0taken?\u00a0 Share your theories in the comments and we\u2019ll reveal the whole story on Friday.<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n This mystery photo shows students enjoying the old horseshoe pitch that stood outside Memorial Gymnasium.\u00a0 According to a 1927 booklet on \u201cPurdue in Athletics\u201d published by the Department of Physical Education for Men, horseshoe pitching was a popular activity between class sessions and in the evenings, enjoyed by both students and faculty.<\/p>\n Following its dedication in 1909, the Memorial Gymnasium served as a space for various athletic and recreational events, commencement ceremonies, and later as a gymnasium for women.\u00a0 In 1985, the facility was renovated into the Computer Science Building.\u00a0 Since 2006, it has been known as Felix Haas Hall in honor of Felix Haas, a former faculty member and administrator who helped develop Purdue\u2019s computer science program.<\/p>\n The location of this photograph is now the site of\u00ad Honor Tracks, the newest monument on campus, which spells out the words of the student honor pledge within a railroad track.\u00a0 Honor Tracks is visible in this photograph with Haas Hall in the background.<\/p>\n Please join us again on Monday, October 23, for our next From the Archives mystery challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout Purdue\u2019s history, students, faculty, and staff have enjoyed recreational activities on all parts of campus.\u00a0 This photograph shows one of the more popular activities that was enjoyed throughout the year.\u00a0 Can you tell what is happening here, when, and where this picture\u00a0was\u00a0taken?\u00a0 Share your theories in the comments and we\u2019ll reveal the whole story […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,64],"tags":[3863,6977],"class_list":["post-5831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-spec","tag-archives-and-special-collections","tag-from-the-archives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pT6ms-1w3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5831"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5938,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831\/revisions\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Haas-Hall-today.jpg?resize=989%2C587&ssl=1\")
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