Western Illinois University - Sequel Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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Aff , gl Sim 5 e f ff 4 ,, -,-1, saw- ew of the students Monroe Hall, completed in 1913, affords a beautiful home for the girls. Within a few years the boys also expect to have a dormitory. As this Volume goes to press work has begun on the erection of a magnificent three-story Art Building, just northwest of the main building. Perhaps a word regarding the surroundings would not be amiss. The institution is situated in the centre of a sixty-acre tract of what is generally conceded to be the most beautiful campus in the State. On it are scores of different kinds of beautiful trees, flowering shrubs, climbing vines, and gorgeous flowers. A ra- vine of natural woods also adds charm and majesty, and gives a nesting place for the many birds that Visit us each year, last summer over seventy different spec- ies cheered us with their warbles. To the north of the main building is the athletic tractg north of this is a large plat of young forest trees planted and super- vised by a true lover of nature who has well earned for himself the glory of the living monument that Hurshwood will be to him in the years to come. The nortlzxvcxt corner contains the experiment field conducted by the department of agriculture. In the southwest earner of the campus lies Lake Ruth, a small, placid burly of water, which on quiet days re- flects the image of the stately school. lllith its able president, its corps of efficient in- structors, its large enrollment of enthusiastic stu- dents. its niaterial equipment, its almost ideal envir- onment, and its firm adherence to broad educational policies in the future as in the past, this institution is fast becoming one of the permanent factors in the educational circles of the State and the Union. ll' ' ff PQI' , - . , -f ff '-- ,f 2 'f I 1, Q-nw, - - !'4 p!!,'f4e 1 L7 A ,,l- xxx 1,121 7,. . - -Z'1ff 'Pri if , i , 4, CQ w,Jg,fp?,gff 4 i. , 5 ,,fgf43.z7f4- 3.,,fT.-7,11 A I f.,f.LgW:l,vfyf. b W 4 1' 'i:'4T:-4:7 , -QW-wav. 1 ,J 4. jl,'f4'.'+fq'. , ' ff 5 Q L .ry l XLS, 1 fff A - ' -A f fzgjfgia. 1- - ,- ,gg , -N H X.. SEVENTEEN

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The steady growth of the school since 1902 is highly indicative of its accomplishments and progress. The faculty now numbers thirty-seven, while the total enrollment for the past year is over thirteen hundred. , President Henninger resigned in 1906 and the du- ties of the president were assumed by the Hon. Alfred Bayliss, who had just completed a successful term as y State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Under l his charge many changes took place: the course of study was altered for the better, two new departments, Domestic Science and Manual Training, were added, , and Correspondence Work was begun. This last de- partment has developed into Extension Work which is now one of the strongest phases of the curriculum and is a fitting monument to Mr. Bayliss, to whose un- tiring efforts the instigation of the work is due. This year the number of extensioneand correspondence stu- dents has exceeded the number in attendance. President Bayliss' sudden death as the result of in- juries sustained from being thrown from a horse lin the summer of 1911, cast a gloom over the entire state, for his noble work, long recognized by all edu- cational circles, was just beginning to bear fruit. As time passes we are almost daily brought into contact and appreciation with some of the great and good things of life which is largely due to the inspiration of Mr. Bayliss. Mr. John E. McGilvrey, then acting as supervisor of the- Training School, was elected president. The keen, sagacious foresight and broad, genial personality of this man have given him a permanent place in our memory. In 1912, owing to a previous engagement as president of the Kent, Ohio, Normal, Mr. McGilvrey resigned his position here and fol- lowed by our admiration and fidelity, left to assume his new duties at Kent, Ohio. Since the summer of 1912 Mr. Walter P. Morgan has acted in the capacity of presi- dent. As to the results of his endeavors there is no question. His executive ability, his hearty cooperation, and his high standards are characteristics for which he and the institu- tion will ever be cherished. Here every phase of life necessary for the full development of the student is given ample scope. Athletics has been worked up to a high degree of efficiency. Each student is able to participate and develop himself physically. The work of the literary societies has grown stronger within the last few years, also the work in dramatics. A large open air theater has been constructed in the ravine and here in the summer the students are given the opportunity of seeing the best in dramatics as por- trayed by the best artists. That the orator may hew to his line, the school has become a member of the Normal Interstate Oratorical League. Not to be overlooked is the social life SIXTEEN P

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