February June Mile Hall, Page Hall, And Richardson Hall Were Opened Between February And June
1929
February-June Mile Hall, Page Hall, and Richardson Hall were opened between February and June on what is now the Downtown Campus. Milne Hall, named William A. Milne, President of the New York State Normal College
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1890-1914, the was the first building to open in February 1929. The Milne High School quickly occupied the building. Page Hall, named for the New York State Normal School's first Principal, David Page (1844-48), was open by May 1929. Richardson Hall was named for Professor Richardson who taught Ancient Languages at the school from 188? until his retirement in 1928?. The name Richardson Hall replaced the Trustee approved name, Richards Hall, when the decision was made to drop Home Economics from the curriculum. Richardson Hall is the only campus building to date whose name was chosen by the student body. See French, p. 205-6 for the opening of the buildings and their naming. The students waged a successful campaign during the spring of 1929 to rename the hall, Ricardson Hall, a campaign supported by the Alumni Association. ; "Richard's Hall," Alumni Quarterly July 1929, p. 15 No evidence has been found in the Board of Visitors minutes the successors to the Board of Trustees in 1929 that the Board, which alone had the right to name buildings, ever formally discussed or voted on the name change. Enrollment reaches maximum allowable by Regents, 1300. French, p. 212