Benedictine College - Raven Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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a ee..- .sa .J ' +1 , 3, S THE NEW MONASTERY 'Grim, visagecl days of the past seem'but of small consequence when their work, in the form of the new million dollar group of buildings to be built on the bluff north of the college and overlooking the broad expanse of the Missouri River, produces results of such stupendous importance. X The buildings, for which ground has already been broken, will epitomize the work of those noble men who have in the past striven so hard to attain their goal. What a magnificent monument have they given to posterity! What a concrete expression of their silent, but unceasing efforts, will be erected in memory of those who had. toiled so long and so arduously to make their dream a realization! Although they have long since been called to their eternal reward, these pioneers of pre-Civil War days have made possible the huge task now undertaken by the Fathers of St. Benedict's College. The group is in the Tudor Gothic style of architecture and native stone is to be used in the construction. The buildings will extend 528 feet along the bluffs overlooking the river. The east and west dimension will be 320 feet. There will be a ground area of 40,000 square feet, the main building being four stories. The center wing will form the Abbey Church. To the right will be the library and a visitors' wing. Looking toward the river is the monastery proper. To the left of the Abbey Church is an infirmary, novitiate, refectory, and a group of small wings for kitchens, power plant, and other purposes. - Q WllIIlllIlIllllllllllllllilllllllllllllIlIIIllIIlIIlllIl!!lIlIIIIIIIlllIIllIlllIlIlIll!lIllllIIlIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllC I 9 2 7 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllillllllllllllllilIIIIIllllllllllllllllIIIIlIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIll!IllllIllllIIlllllllllllllllillllllllz XVI

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