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A GREATER GETTYSBURG Breidenbaugh Science Hail Completed in 1927-1928. Work on the new science building, begun during the winter of 1925-1926, did not quite keep pace with that on the gymnasium. The classrooms and some of the laboratories were first used in the fall of 1927; the remaining laboratories were completed and occupied during the 1927-1928 academic year. Breidenbaugh Science Hall was dedicated during commencement weekend, on June 12, 1929. Charles M.A. Stine, of the class of 1901, gave the address. The cost of the building was $160,458.16. Reflecting upon his more than thirty years of teaching in Breidenbaugh, John B. Zinn in 1972 declared that the building had well served the purposes which he had in mind when he helped design it.162 The chemistry laboratory immediately south of Weidensall Hall was removed during the summer of 1927. During the College centennial exercises, on May 28, 1932, members of the class of 1917 dedicated a sundial on the site where the old building had stood for some fifty-five years.163 Few persons disagreed with the statement made by the librarian in June 1923 that "we are indeed in urgent need of a library building." Soon after becoming president, Henry W. A. Hanson began searching for the funds required for such a facility. After an unsuccessful 162Interview with John B. Zinn, July 1972, in GCA. In June 1923, in adding its voice to many others calling for a new science building, the Alumni Association recommended that it be named for Professor Breidenbaugh. 163Some person or persons who may have thought that they were engaging in good clean fun soon stole parts of the sundial, not all of which were ever recovered. 52