The gym did not have an official name until 1958 when former professor and Vice President emeritus, Cecil M. Hewitt passed away.

Seventy years after its initial opening, in 1978, after a rich history of intercollegiate sporting events and conference tournaments, not to mention two world wars where the facility served as a barracks and training center, Hewitt Hall was converted into the Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts.

The boy is said to be heard sobbing beneath the floorboards of the pit and scratching against the wood as he tries to get out of the water.

This ghost is known to be a former theater patron who regularly attended performances, dressed in his characteristic dark brown suit.

The "Brown Man" would sit in the back of the theater and keep an eye out for those in attendance to pay attention to the show.