Helen Rockwell Morley Memorial Music Building, opened in 1927 – its classic Greek design, Corinthian pillars, seating for more than 1,000, and four-manual E.M. Skinner organ with 4,359 pipes.
[7] The Civil Aeronautics Authority approved Lake Erie for a civilian pilot program in 1939, several years after Amelia Earhart visited the campus to speak to its Aviators Club.
[8] In the 1940s, President Helen D. Bragdon, a Harvard alumna, moved the college from more Victorian ideals toward an active, responsible citizenry.
Prints, sculpture, graphics and more by celebrated artists such as Dali, dekooning, Magritte, Miro and Picasso were on display.
All students complete a general curriculum, called CORE, as a foundation to courses required by their major field(s) of study.
This name was chosen after Lake Erie College started competing nationally, at which point they held a contest to name the team.
[18] Lake Erie College sponsored the first women's national collegiate tennis tournament in 1922, won by Evelyn Ennes of Sandusky, Ohio.