Residential Areas/Life
After the civil war, in 1869, the first college dormitory was constructed, called normal hall. This was a coed dormitory which was split half and half. Boys on one side, girls on the other. Students would contribute a specific amount of money for food that the principal would then go to the purchase supplies at the nearest wholesale. Any surplus amount of money at the end of the year was split up between those who had paid. In the 1890s this procedure was discontinued and a set price for board was established. Also, normal schools, because of their position as a state institutions received no bequests from wealthy alumni.
In later years new dormitories were constructed, Woodward hall, and Tillinghast. In the post war period, more dormitories were built, Pope hall, Scott hall, Durgin hall, Shea hall.
In 1933 Bridgewater grew as a school and the school needed to start to meet this growing attendance year by year which meant making and expansion of their meagre buildings which were thought to be adequate in earlier days.
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