Somebody better win the Power Ball this weekend.
Do it right…The Capital Grill…
This is actually necessary, farmer is full. In spring 22’ I had an accounting class that had to be in laws. When I did my masters I had a class that had to be in a conference room on the 3rd floor of farmer. I’m sure the problem is even worse now
Anyone remember if anything was at Cook Field before it became the green space for IMs?
The space currently occupied by Cook Field at Miami University was previously a large parcel of land associated with The Oxford Retreat, an asylum for people with mental and nervous disorders and drug addictions, and later was home to the university’s Wilson Hall residence hall and the personal residence of Dr. Harvey Cook, known as Cook Place.
Here’s a breakdown of the history of the site:
- The Oxford Retreat: The land was originally owned by The Oxford Retreat, an asylum founded in 1882 and run by Dr. Harvey Cook, after whom the field is named.
- University Acquisition: Miami University purchased the main building of The Retreat and the land around it in 1925, which was later renamed Fisher Hall. The 14.67 acres that now make up Cook Field and the area where Wilson Hall stood were leased to the university in 1936.
- Wilson Hall: The annex building of the asylum, called The Pines, was renamed Wilson Hall by Miami University and used as a residence hall until its demolition in 2019.
- Cook Place: Dr. Cook’s personal residence, known as Cook Place, sat on the west end of the current field and was used as office space for a time before it was also torn down, leaving the space as a green area.
- Current Use: For over 70 years, the area has largely been used as an outdoor recreation space for intramural sports (soccer, softball, flag football, ultimate frisbee) and student events.
I miss my days at The Oxford Retreat. They had great red jello.
How many former asylum patients are buried under Cook Field in unmarked graves?
A few of us, having drunk copiously from Four Mile Creek, are still above ground.
Quite a few. Ron Tammen is also buried in that location.
Let’s find out soon!
When we still played at Miami Field we parked and tailgated at Cook Field.
Cool. I’ll get together with my geophysicist colleague (also a Miami alum) and we’ll put together a scope of work and cost estimate for a ground penetrating radar survey of Cook Field and submit it to Crawford and Sayler (we’ll give them a Miami discount). In all likelihood this will need to be done anyway before the dirt starts flying.
This guy?
No. Bert is a hard rock geologist not a geophysicist.
Given that Goggin was built smaller than originally planned because of steam and other piping issues, I would imagine the same issues would arise and the other mentioned site.
I’m on Team Just Build the Damn Thing.
Maybe some ELO was playing. Lie to me if you must.
In the fall of 1967, the South Quad Freshmen bested the East Quad Freshmen in the wood gathering contest for the annual Friday night Homecoming Bonfire.
We won by going south on US 27 down the hill from Western College, across the street from the graveyard, looking for fallen trees.
We found an enormous fallen tree that was 60 or 70 feet long, several feet around & weighing several tons.
On the count of 3, over 200 guys from Stanton & Anderson picked up the tree and walked up the middle of north bound US 27, blocking traffic along the way.
We deposited the tree at the Bonfire judging area in the middle of Cook Field and were promptly declared the winner.