College Unearths Time Capsule, 1983
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College Unearths Time Capsule, 1983
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Scranton Times article regarding the discovery of a time capsule in the Seeley Building (later the site of the University of Scranton's Hyland Hall).
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1983-09-04
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University of Scranton Archives
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univscrapbook-b008_0111b
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Times Shamrock Communications
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College Unearths Time Capsule
Remnants of the past were found in a 63-year-old time capsule unearthed at a downtown site now owned by the University of Scranton.
The U of S acquired the tract at Jefferson Avenue and Linden Street from Lackawanna Junior College, and turned over to LJC officials the contents of the capsule which had been buried in 1920. That was the year that LJC - then known as Scranton Lackawanna Business College - was completed.
Among the items found inside was a catalog produced by The Times Printery and showing photographs of various sections of the college complex, Lackawanna County Courthouse, Albright Memorial Library, St. Peter's Cathedral, the Scranton Life Building and the Everhart Museum.
The capsule also contained a history of the college written by its president at that time, John H. Seeley, along with a souvenir postcard depicting various college scenes.
The catalog found inside also made mention of an editorial in a 1920 edition of The Scranton Times about the new business school. It stated in part: "This home of Scranton-Lackawanna Business College and Scranton's newest monument to its educational system is proclaimed as the most modern school building in this city of Scranton."
Even in those days, the college was a strong advocate of women's rights, as evidenced by a newsletter that also was among the contents of the capsule. Entitled "The Unusual Young Woman," the piece stated: "She is one who believes. She believes in her own abilities, in her power to win success. She believes in the new era that has dawned for womanhood that women are neither to be counted as drudges or pets, but as responsible co-workers with men."
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