Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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J -.. Huh 0.. H H 71,5 Chi: ,Cihrary af Aaaastaaa 6011415 is a symbol of tits asasrasity of the frisads af Aagasfaha. 27h: original sallsstiah of haahs dates hash ta ths a'aaatiaa af 5000 aalalass ta ths collage try kitty 6harlss x V of Swe- a'ea. Che .Cihrary aataberea' 6000 aalaiass whsa it was mm! to kash Jshzad fma Pariah ia 1875. Z'hc collation was hoased aa th: third floor of the hrs! callsae hailda fay aatil it was atom! to Old Maia its 1839. fish: the library rmaihed ahti! ths arsctiaa of the Dsahhiaaa Memorial .51 - hrary. Mr. Frederick 6. A. Qsahtaaaa faaha- ed his hasiasss partaarship with ?rsasrish Weysrhacassr in 7860, the same year as the sollsya's tactptiaa. Mr. Dsahlaaaa acted as prasidsat of this calamity for 45 years, gaining satcsss as ths malt of his aacsasw iag sasrgy aaa' sarsfal attsatiaa to details. Hath Dtahlaaah ma Weysrhasassr hacaws haawa as captaias af iadastry ma mama- aity leadsrs lipaa ths passing of Mr. Daahmaaa ia 1905, Mrs. Dsahmaaa am! her children dissasssd the idea of . s . doing sawsthiaa substaatial far a 95mm! caassf' 0a Jaa- aray 28, 1909 fhs family laid th: hm! the wishes phzas far the daaatiaa of a library to sha- aastaaa galley: ih armory af thsir parents. ihiara 55m a4 Am! A Deeply Appraciatsa' gift 5 email Mrs. Dsahataaa haaiag passta' away its 1907. the gift would awsoaat to wet! am 5200.000 dollars. that aiabt, a tarthlt'aht pratsssiaa of stadaats aisitsd ths harass of the donors to capress their gratitude. 37:: building itsslf was 4651371154 5;; ar- chitects Patton 4- ,Millsr of 6hisaaa, aha hailt by 306st a Salt of Peoria. Graaad was broken ah Ssptsmhtr 16, I909 am! the layiag of the soraststaas took place an iaa- , aary 21, I9 70. the arshitwtaal style is a atadsraiztd form of Jtaliaa rsaaissaasa the haildiaa has a granite base aad walls of Missouri limestoas. With a main section of 120 ha 96 fast am! this: main floors, the library was dssigasd ta sqaal tits size and aaality of any athsr mamr library in sasstsacs at that that. 011 May 79 th, I910, the students aad facility farmed a hasaaa chain ta transfer the asarly 20,000 haahs fMM Old Maia to the asw tihrary. the gift of the Dsahmaaa tihrary reflects ths saastttatiaa of those it mmoriatizss. Che sallsgs dssperately amid a haw h; hrary, am! therefore this gift was aratsfally apprssiatsa'. Uh: Dsahtaaaa Memorial .Cibrary rsataias as . , . a carryiag vat of of the parents at the same time that it is a wahamat ta fhsir memory and their stable asasroasitit

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:4. ':I , .... -. .. gum w, 7 -- t K Before the third floor of thc prmht Old mm was built flit bhildihg mrric'd within ii: a sham! which was roumtat amt ctcgtmf in its style. Augustam tone that sum students of th: litidr-fiftfef cltmhzd up amt atmhed a hug: handle and spout to mate a Crawl Dam - the dam was Augustahis addition. prsala didrft haw aha. Eat a 130m! member whmmd his colleagues that Americans would 5110ch a dam h like those on top of state capitals - on a build- ing of chdurihg siyhihcahce. 31'th th: bc- gthhihg that. Ahghstaha was to he, as its second presidtht 3'. JV. HHSSKMIIISI put it. a 'Whtplzte Amman valleys. 1!! Old Math, for many years. that completi' college experience went on. Stil- dmts practised urge . went to class and chapel and .Cyc'eum program, did lab at- pmhts. painted pictures, and studied in the library. Old Main was Augustaha. Amt though college activities hm moved across an ever-widmihy campus. and the hm building of 7384 1'5 now listed ah the National Register of Jtistaric Places - stilt haldihg past and prmht togethtr, Old Matt: at too is Augmtmm. by AM 750445;!

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two views of tin: Amman Dmkmarm Me- morial .Cibmry: At the left tine first lit'rary building as if was but?! in I910, am! at III: right lit: library from the back aid: as W6 36: today. F ' --' Jnsidt flit! library for til: first many yam tlmt it stood, the sludmts could work at light tables Wllitl! cantinml for rows and ram. Kafar: tlm floors Hild m'linys wart cram! in the library SMCB. tltis is the View an: mild m: with! he thousands of boats filling Virtually all Ill! shelves.