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Observatory, 1854
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Miiicralotjy, I ' .iology. ArcliC(ilog . and kindred hranclKS. Its present museum, tlie uutyrowth (it tliat Ix-j finning-. exceeds in co:ii])letencss and value must cither Cdlleetiuns in the colleges and imiversities of the Middle West, . biint the same date, the first astroniimical dhservatdry in tile state was estabHshed (in the campus. Here. also, the first chemical laboratory in Indiana, for the use of college students, was equip])ed, and. as an out- growth from this. Earlham has today five well-equipped scientific laboratories. Earlham llall was the scene of all the activities of the col- le.ye life until 18S7. Then the C(.irner stones of two new build- ings were laid and the following year saw the Cfjmpletion of Lindley .Memorial Hall and Parry Science llall. The history of these has been given in a ])revious number of the Sakg. sso, and need not be given here. The two new buildings provided com- modious class rooms and laboratories and gave room for a chapel, a museum, society halls, offices and the like. To Earlham Hall was left the home life of the college. Keeping pace with a general broader movement in the col- lege world, new interests were taken up and Earlham ' s influence was rapidly widened. The new claims of athletics were met by the building of a gymnasium, and. a little later, by the laying out of an excellent athletic field. The year 1907 marked another step in the material progress of the institution. To meet the demand for home life on the cam]jus which had grown out of increased attendance, provision was luade for the building of a men ' s dormitory, known as the Edwiti S, Rundv Memorial Hall. This is one of the best equipped dormitories in the Middle West and olifers accommodations for about one hundred young men. The hall was made possible by a gift of Mr. and ?vlrs. Zcnas L. riimdy, of Greenfield, in memory of their deceased son, who was a foriuer Earlham student. The building is of red brick trinuued with stone and its architecture is based on that of l ' .arlham llall. The interior is arranged on
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