Alumni Memorial Auditorium,
Dana College
At a cost of $30,000,
Alumni Memorial Auditorium (AMA), a multipurpose gymnasium-auditorium, was
built in 1928 down the hill and southeast of Old Main on the Dana College
campus. This photo from the 1940s was taken by then-Dana student Oscar
Johnson; it shows the northwest corner of the building. In addition to
hosting campus athletic events, commencement exercises, and plays, it was a
recital venue for well-known performers, among them opera great Lauritz
Melchior. In the 1960s and 1970s, AMA also served as the campus chapel. It
was razed in 1982 to make way for the new Madsen Performing Arts Center.Photo from the
Danish American Archive and Library at Dana
College Catalog
DAN-0014 |
