The Woodcrest Estate
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THE MANSION
100

The Year in which the Missionary Sisters purchased the estate.

What is 1953?

100

These current COM faculty are graduates of Cabrini.

Who are: Dawn Francis, John Doyle, Jill Smith, and Jana Tidwell?

100

The number of internships that one COM major held in just one semester.

What is 7?  (Nick Cipolline)

100

The year Cabrini College became Cabrini University.

What was 2016?

100

This building housed the first Newsroom and Video Studio

What is Widener Center?

100

The second owner of the Mansion was CEO of this company.

What was the Campbell Soup Company?

200

The purchase price of the estate by the Missionary Sisters.

What is $295,000? (More than $3 Million today)

200

This Cabrini professor originated the cable new program as a student and served as its producer.

Who is Dawn Francis?

200

The Missionary Sisters originally used the newly purchased estate for this purpose.

What was an orphanage for 72 orphans?

200

Cabrini is currently searching for its which President.

What is 9th?

200

Cabrini's cable news program before LOQation?

What was FYI?

200

The Mansion's cornerstone was placed in this year.

What was 1901?

300

The total cost of building the Mansion, stables, gatehouse, pump houses and greenhouses in 1901.

What was $305,000?

300

This COM faculty was the Director of Resident Life.

Who is John Doyle?

300

The Mansion originally had this number of rooms, fireplaces, chimneys and grotesques.

What were 51 - rooms; 25 - fireplaces; 13 -- chimneys; 81 -- grotesques?

300

The year that the first male students enrolled at Cabrini.

What was 1970?

300

Cabrini's radio station moved from carrier current to FM in this year.

What is 1992?

300

The cost to build the Mansion in 1901.

What was $154,000? ($4+ million today)

400

The approximate number of servants while the Dorrances lived on the estate.

What was 25-35?

400

In this year Dr. Zurek began teaching at Cabrini.

What is 1971?

400

Grace Hall was originally used for this.

What were the stables and Carriage House?

400

This was the name of the original campus snackbar.

What was the WigWam?

400

The Loquitur was first published in this year.

What was 1989?

400

It was not uncommon for the Mansion to have at least this many guests for an event.

What was 1000 guests?

500

These were brought daily to the Dorrances.

What were Flowers especially carnations and vegetables?

500

This faculty member has family roots in Armenia.

Who is Dr. G??

500

The reason why the estate is called Woodcrest.

What was that the Mansion sat at the high point of the local elevation, looking out over the fields toward the town of Wayne, once known as Louella. Hence, the name of the estateĀ­ Wood-crest?

500

The partner department before the current Com department.

What was English/Communication?

500

Cabrini Radio's first call letters.

What was WCAB?

500

The year of the first major renovation of the Mansion.

What was 1914?

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