McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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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

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rcKendrt-e ' s huililin s ; rt, ' v witli tlu ' ears. In 1910, the campus took on a i; ' rcatl}-change(l appearance with the erection of t1ie men ' s and women ' s liirmi- tories, Carnegie and Clark Halls, and Pearsons llall. In June, 1918, the latest of the present buildings on the campus, the Ik-nsmi Wood Lilirary, was dedicated. The gift of Airs. Jennie Jewett Wood, in memor} ' (if lier husband, the I bin- (ir.able I ' .enscjn Wdnd, the ciilji ' ge Iilir;ir imw cnn- t;iins o er sixteen tlinus.nnd (ihnnes. In ;idditi(in, tlie c,[m]ius boasts lluee-storied Science Mall, old l ' ' ,isen- m;i er g innasiinn a n d li pes Field, scene of so man ' McK football icto- ries, .Ml of these, coupled w ith the natural beauty of llie campus, ])articularly the line old trees, are part of tliat indelin.abje S(jmetliing --AlcKendree spirit. M ■Clark llall slct ' — famous loiuj