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

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Che fifth prcsidmf 0f Augustam Gollcgc, 8mm! Kcrgmdoffl mm! III! valley: from 1935 - 1962. Hz hclptd cclcbmtc Mam 125:1: Amiversary tltis year by mttmg a Mk: 4! III: Anniversary party. Ii 619mm: Sammy, Augmmm's sixth presidmt. Aitlmtglt this old plqugmpli of Me of Agus- carried 111's responsibilities la the school from tam? pas! bands mutqms 0ng twelve rfwsmam I962 - 7975. and w females, mm: was 1115! as Important I flit!!! it is now. 11

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After several periods ' ' ' ' of changes, additiaas, aaa' restorations. ths fiaase ah the flill ' still staads today as as: important landmark am! a part of the Aagastaha 6alleae Gamma Jiaase 0a the 11111 Aeaaired Malay. 6hahaes 3mm ?oarI-Kaem 57am J10ase Che Jtaase an the 11111 hegah as a small faar-raam farm haase. As it grew, so 1111! Aagastaat eaiiege, its aeiahhar is the Northeast. 'Che iifeiim af aae seemed ta be a reflectiaa of the othefs. the farmer owner of the firm: was ?rea'erieh Weyerhaeaser, an immigrant to this eaaatry is: 1856. f1e rose from milk ham! to yard maaager ia a local sawmill before beginning his career its the lumber hasihess. fie joined his brotherwih-iaw 3.644. Deahmaah 111 1860 in Che Weyerhaeaser 11 Dehhmahh .Caaiher Goat- ,aahy. As the formats of his empathy grew. so did the 110m! 011 ths 11111 Weyerhaeaser first acquired the fleas: 1a 1869, after moving from 60111 Valley in order to avoid a Starlet 3am epidemie. J-le parehasea' 20 aeres of property at 3062 1011! Awhile haawa as the em: Phase. formerlya fmit aha truth farm. the thist- iag halts: was expanded dramatically darn tag the Wegsrhasaser years. the first alter- atioa same in 1877 when two small rooms were enlarged 1111:: am: liaiag roam. the house was almost completely rebuilt ia 1882-83 with the additiaa of the west ehtrahce hall and two adjoining reams, amt their a third flaar added to the whale straw- tare. the house eaehtaally eahtaihed nearly 30 rooms. perhaps the most significant of which was the dihiha moat. Still today this team has walls and eeilihg af gherry, alaba- rately carved with apple hlassams. Mahog- aay woodwork Walnut hoahshelees, aha elegaat ariehtal rags highlight the rest of the haase. Although ?rea'erieh tamed the hsase ever to his suit joha it: 1891, the hoase was always a eeater for family gatherings. faith. in tam, gave the place to Sam amt Appaiahia Davis Weaerhaehser, wha eam- pletely rebuilt aha' refihishea' it ia 1907 for ?rederieh amt Mrs: Weyerhaeassfs geldeh weddiag anniversary. ?rea'eriehs grandson, 511117111 W. Davis, was heir to the Jtaase ea the Hill and active director af Weyerhaeaser ihterests 1a 1954. 11: that year he deeidea' to give the jtaase ta Augustaha Gallege. the grounds of the es- tate ihereased the campus sizs by 50h. am! preuidsd space far the haila'ihg af hew aar- mitaries. the hyper floors of the itaase have heea eahaarted ihta stream! and fatal- ly apartmats, Kallege entertaihiha aha eaafereaees take place ah the lower fleet. which has treea maiataiaed as it was when the Jiaase was reesiaea'. .711 this way. the Jfaase ah the 11111 has beeh ihesrparatea' into life as: the Aagastasra eampas; the two paths have eaavergea' iata aha

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This Year Ar Augie Holds Mony Reasons To Celebrore The Theme T'Celebrore Augusrono was come friends, 0nd ofren rlmes rhey helped one chosen for mahy reasons Indeed Firsriy, eoch orher our rhe school was celebron'ng rrs 125m onnrverso- The combrnonon of ocrive 0nd creorrve srur ry Secondly, everyone was hoping for 0 re denrs, fine foculry 0nd udminrsrrolion, end on peer performance of the Augusrono Foorboll exrensrve course nerworlr mode up rhe hecrrr Team, and by George rhe 1084 prayers come of Augusrono College However, rhe outer rhrough once ogorn wrrh 0 second notional shell, or rhe campus Irself, wos yer onorher chompionshrp' Bur mosrly, rhe rheme was cho reason r0 ceTebrare As nored in rhe previous sen because Augusrono College was 0 school pages, Augusrono College burlr irself up r0 rhe In whrch everyone involved wirh ir had some campus rr r5 rodoy from 0 one room schoor- reoson r0 ceTebrore Wherher ir wos rhe frne house In Chrcogo Today we are prrvrleged ro academic opporrunmes, rhe anense schooT sprrr have on enormous Srudenr Cenrer, on elobo rr, or rhe quolrry of rhe schooT rrseTf, rhe 1084785 rare Lr'brory, and o nosrofgic OTd Morn to house school year broughr our rhe besr Th peopTe, our leornrng fociliries, 05 well 05 oil The orhers 0nd rhor was reason enough ro celebrore. And rhe besr pan of GIT, Cexcepr for the wrnr In oddrrron ro rhe Jorge number of ocrrvrries, rersT i5 rhe beautiful Jocarron of rhe College lecrures, and servrces whrch rook ploce rn hone or of rhe schooT's125rh anmversory, Augre wos obundonr wrrh lrvelrness School spirrr peeked rhrs year Arhlerrc evenrs, concerrs, recrrols, plays. guesr speakers, and rolenr shows mode up only a smell porr of rhe ocrrvrries specrrum For rhe rumour or mosr rhese funcrrons was even greorer' A ryprmT day or Augie was uneventful onTy rf you stayed rn your room 0T! day For each new day broughr new Ideas, new Information, and new insrghrs, BuTIerrn boards In every bude mg were covered wrrh prnned-up norices for rhrhgs ro orrend Even rf you were in your eighr o'clock class srruggling ro keep your head off rhe desk, you srrlT had your nrne-rhrrry coffee and denur 1n rhe Snocls Bor ro look forward ro Sure, everyone had borh The fun and excrre menr 0nd rhe difficult rimes or Augre, which Is norurol or any college Yer Augre held such high occdemrc srondords rhcrr srudenrs coqun'r help groduonng wirh o greor deoT of sorisfoc non, 0nd 0 sense of occomplrshrnenr. The en rrre realm of course possibrTiries offered by Au- gusrono wos JUST one more reason ro CeTe- brore Augusrono The Foculry did more rhon Just merely reach 0 subjecr, rhey ocruoliy mode rhemselves overlobre r0 help srudenrs our on u onero-one bosrs Srudenrs and Teachers bee Shem Sobog and Doug Sena lead rhe Augie Cross COUNTY runners rn 0 race of many frne orhletes from drfferenr coTreges