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French Home PageFacultyFrench Academic ProgramAvailable CoursesCourse DescriptionsSpring Semester '05Students Work La
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Where Are We LocatedThe French Department is located in Smith Hall which is across the street from Coxe Hall. Smith Hall was built in 1907 across the street from Coxe
Hall and was In Smith Hall, and later in Williams Hall, the Jacobean style was used because it gave a somewhat collegiate Gothic effect, but it did not require the buttresses, arched windows, leaded glass panes, and other details which made real Gothic construction so expensive for a college with modest means. A huge renovation of Smith Hall was completed in 1992. The refurbished space houses the William Smith and Hobart Deans' Offices, the Department of Modern Languages including its language laboratories, and the Public Service Center. The French Department |
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designed in similar Jacobean style. It was the first building constructed
with William Smith's funds on the William Smith campus but it also is
the only building that has always been shared by both Colleges. It was
used for biology and psychology classes, though originally male and female
students were taught separately.
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