The chapel room in Union College's administration building can be seen in this 5-1/2" x 3" black and white photograph. Rows of wooden chairs face the front of the room, where there is a small platform with chairs and a plant on a stand. There is a set of wooden double doors with a painting depicting several men on the wall above them. To the left of the doors, there is a large painting of a landscape, and to the right of the doors, there is a chalkboard. There are cords hanging between the door and the picture of the administration building in the center of the wall.
Union College, Ella Johnson Crandall Memorial Library
Local Accession/Call Number
Album 1, Page 48
Historical Notes
The hanging of golden cords to represent Union College alumni who have served as missionaries in other countries started with a class gift in 1906 and has since become a symbol of the college. The college annual and the current alumni magazine are both named after this tradition.
