Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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1L9 In and of the Past A quarter of a century has lege. The school has grown fro adolescent e successfully. Ii is through this stage successfully ai ,f Eli il of matur tbethti iod, youth, May it 1 Col- The first meeting of a committee to consider the building of the college was held at Reading, November 28, [898. The locating committee met at MountviUe. On June 7, 1899, at a meeting held at Elizabethtown, it was decided to locate Elizabethtown College where it now stands. On March 4, 1901, Alpha Hall was dedicated and the school was moved from the Heisey Building in Elizabethtown to the Hill. Then on March 4, [906, Memorial Hall was dedicated; this building was erected to the memory of J. H. Rider, a faithful supporter of the school. Again on June 7, 1921, there was the dedication of the third of the regular college buildings. This was the Fairview Apartments; the honor for the christening of this building goes to one of the members of the class of ' 26 — Miss Lvdia Landis. An out-standing event in the history of the school occurred April 26, 1917, when the Eastern Pennsy lvania District of the Brethren Church took over I- .. C. as church property. Probably the greatest event in the history of the college took place on December 21, 1921, during the presidency of Dr. J. i. Meyer, when students and faculty were informed that Elizabethtown was a standard college. The courses were revised and standardized, resulting in the approval of five standard courses leading to the Baccalaureate Degrees. October 25, 1923, a letter from the University of Pennsylvania informed the school family that E. C ' s graduates would be admitted to that institution on the same basis as graduates from other schools. The history of the college i- interesting not only in the growth if buddings and important events, but also from the point of view ions of the Alumni. if the number