August 17, 2016

About 26 years after its founding, Drexel offers public seating for the first time when straight-back wooden benches are installed in the A.J. Drexel Picture Gallery. Before then, a 1896 yearbook entry noted that “Students are not to loiter or assemble in the entrance hall, central court, or galleries. During the midday recess students have the privilege of the court and galleries, but loud conversation or noise of any kind is prohibited.”