Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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D. Ikenberry, A.M., LL.D. Vice-President-Treasurer ®p Jjfotfotng program for 1926-1927 During the past year Manchester College has had in progress the greatest building program in the history of the institution. In all about $150,000 has been expended for new buildings and equipment. This improvement will mean a great deal for every student who attends Manchester College. The first building completed was the College Library. The building formerly known as Science Hall, a beautiful and well built structure, was converted into a new library. A fire proof addition built on the north end of the old Science Hall furnishes stock room capacity for 60,000 volumes. The basement furnishes room for storage of magazines and also for a book repair shop. The large reading rooms will accommodate more than one hundred fifty students at once. This building was dedicated on December 10, 1926. Dr. Henry N. Sherwood and Supt. Chas. Miller were the principal speakers. The Gymnasium Auditorium is the largest building ' erected during the year. On the main floor is a large basket ball playing floor with room for bleachers that will accommodate five hundred spectators. This floor makes a large space for physical education. The Auditorium is seated with 1,700 opera chairs. The moving picture machine, given by the Class of 1926, is already in operation. The basement is well equipped with showers and dressing rooms for both men and women. The entire cost of the building and equipment will be about $60,000. This means was furnished largely by the alumni, students, and business men of North Manchester. Prof. J. W. Wiles of Ohio State University gave the dedicatory address for the gymnasium while Dr. C. C. Ellis of Juniata College was chief speaker at the dedication of the Auditorium. The Ladies ' Home has been more than doubled in size by the new building. The general plan is a duplication of the old building with a center joining the two. About sixty new rooms will be added. Center union provides for a large parlor and for a women ' s chapel. The base- ment provides two large dining halls, ample kitchen room, and store rooms. When fully completed Manchester will have one of the largest and best buildings of its kind to be found anywhere. This year a new heating plant has been installed which furnishes adequate service for all buildings. Large additions were made to the Physics department. A Social Center for students has been provided. Much credit is due to Dr. L. D. Ikenberry for his efficient direction of the building program. B Page Eighteen Z

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H iJSt -jO£ « % Otho Wincer, A.M., IX. D. President of Manchester College Philosofhy W5£ 4a3 £i:. Page Seventeen

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pssss.: m A. W. Cordifr, Ph.D. History University of Chicago, 1926 Carl W. Holl, Ph.D. Chemistry Ohio State University, 1923 J. G. Meyer, Ph.D. Education New York University, 1923 Vernon F. Schwalm, Ph.D. History University of Chicago, 1926 Dean of College Pa e Nineteen