Eastern University - Log Yearbook (St Davids, PA)

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3 l 3. Z ? 2 2 increasing enrollment has proven too much for this once roomy place of worship. Consequently, daily chapel is now held in the gymnasium-auditorium. The very heart of an educational institution is its library, which must expand in proportion to the growth of the student body if it is to remain the necessary focal point of intellectual pursuit. What is now merely a small portion of the College library reference room within Walton Hall was once the Walton's family library, an attractive, comfortable room with decorative wood carvings and whimsical gargoyles on mantlepiece and walls. Last year this room was incorporated with the former chapel, the small chapel , rotunda and reading room to pro- vide more room for the evergrowing accumulation of The Library-a peaceful refuge from the pressures of the outside world! The expanded facilities of the Library are dedicated to learning and higher education. periodicals and books and to furnish a more accom- odating study center. Acliacent to the main building is the Suzanne B. Walton Infirmary, a greenhouse in bygone days, donated by Charles S. Walton, Jr., in memory of his daughter who died in early childhood. In the years of expansion since the purchase of Walmarthon, additional estates have been annexed for dormitory facilities, classrooms, laboratories and administrative offices. Ott Hall, formerly a closed building on property continguous to the Walton estate, new administrative headquarters, is a recent example of this. Such was also the case with Doane Hall. When first acquired, it was sumcient to house all of the women of the College; it is now flanked mW-Iwa-md-hw-wvriwav .m. a ruin. v . h h Ia

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Reminiscent of scenes of European grandeur, the Walton estate was the epitome of luxuriant living. prepare students, now a co-educational group, for many walks of life in addition to the ministry. Full ac- creditation by the Middle States Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools, awarded in 1954, further enhanced the academic appeal of Eastern Baptist as a small, liberal arts college. The stately main building of Walmarthon, since christened Walton Hall by the College, was soon converted into classrooms, and administrative and faculty oftices. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, blooming perennial, and proudly overlooking spark- ling Willow Lake, Walton Hall is the inspiring cen- ter of much activity, from early in the morning until late at night. Meals are served in the ma- hogany-panelled dining room and adioining solar- ium, the latter just recently employed for this purpose. Until this year, worship services were held daily in the chapel of Walton Hall, but the steadily Atrmhnxmmx Converted to classroom facilities, the Walton estate house is now the center of all campus activity.

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