McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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■ ' t i .c (1 tliur of iHcrl ' uui and frirndly iirrcliiiii. The old stone sicfs hy llic Cluitfl dooi: —¥. C. Bkow.n, M ' ■ -S«3MBaB«W« HV-

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THE COLLEGE

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Standing as nidninncnls of tradition and cherished memory, the bnildings on College Hill trace jMcKen- dree ' s history from 1850 to the present day. I ' or on Commencement Day, 1850 — jiisl ciglit -t(iiir ears ago this June llie corner- stone of Old Main was laid. Eight years later the class of 58 were the first to re- cei e their degrees from the platform of the newly-com- pleted Chapel building, ihen, the largest hall of its kind in the state. The Cha])el is still, perha])S, the most interesting building on the campus. Its spire rises one hundred and forty-five feet above the level of the walk in front, and the bel- fry contains the historic bell which once called New Me.xico Indians to worship at a Spanish mission. Pur- chased in 1858, the bell has hr en in continual service ever since, last year ' s grad- uating class being the sev- enty-fifth it has called to commencement. H •li ' hilc hiialil-cwd sriciicc watrlics ' round