The meeting was held in Washington Hall and later the Custom House.
All 4,417 cadets sit down for three meals a day together in the mammoth Washington Hall, facing the parade ground.
On January 23, 1881 Washington Hall - the main classroom building - caught fire during religious services and was entirely destroyed.
Thus, even today, Washington Hall remains at the physical core of the university.
After expansion of Washington Hall in 1971, it was moved to its current location outside the hall's front entrance.
Washington Hall was first constructed in 1929.
The studios are on the college campus, in Washington Hall.
In Washington Hall, for instance, a girl supposedly ended her life after a fight with her boyfriend.
The cadets were gone now, no doubt rushing off to Washington Hall for lunch.
Eventually becoming known as Washington Hall, it hosted plays and musical acts put on by the school.