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THE FUTURE DEVELOP M EXT OF E L M H U R S T COLLEGE In its annual meeting of March 20, 21, 22, 1924, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accorded our Junior College full accreditation. Thus our Junior College together with our Academy is given official recognition by the strongest association of colleges and secondary schools in the country. We are no longer lost among the undefinables ' but have an honorable status in the Academic world. The future plans call for further expansion. Our goal is a standard A.B. College. The next step towards the realization of the same will be the accredita- tion of the Senior College. By 1925 the Senior College may be established, but its accreditation will depend on the ability of our Synod to meet the require- ments of the Association concerning endowment funds, enrollment of students and some further equipment. There is no doubt concerning the possibility of our Synod to meet any and all the requirements of the Association, if there is the earnest will to do so. The external expansion of our College calls imperiously for some additional buildings. In the last three years tremendous strides have been made, as is evi- denced by the erection of the Memorial Library at a cost of $65,000.00; of the Men ' s Dormitory at a cost of $145,000.00; and of the renovation and remodeling of the Recitation Hall at a cost of $55,000.00. Besides this there were other improvements made, as, for example, in the Dining Hall and on the Campus so that the sum total of expenditures is more than a quarter of a million of dollars. Future plans call for the removal of the old Music House, thus eliminating the crowded appearance of our buildings in the eastern section of our campus. A New Music House with an adequate auditorium would find a place on the north- ern line of the court which will extend from Prospect Street west to the Golf Links. On this line, also, but further west, is the place for the new Gymnasium. Plenty of floor space, and the usual modern equipment such as showers, the neces- sary apparatus, and, if possible, a swimming pool should be provided. The Ath- letic Fiel ' d must also be developed. This with its diamonds and courts may re- main, for the present, where it is. Eventually it may be moved farther toward the west. The athletic field should have a grandstand, good tennis and hand- ball courts, diamonds, football field and track. These are some of the outstanding features in the plan for further internal and external growth and expansion of our institution. We are fully conscious of the bigness and greatness of the task to bring about the materialization of these plans. But if all the members of our Synod will stand unitedly on the pro- ject of a full development of our College, and if they will enthusiastically and generously support our institution, we shall within a reasonable time behold Elmhurst College among the best of its kind in America, stressing not only the development of the mind and the body, but especially the development of Chris- tian character. For Elmhurst would stand first and foremost for thorough Chris- tian education, with the emphasis unequivocably and emphatically on (Jhrislui 11 . hi. J. SciniiK, President 9
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M U S I C HOUSE The Music House, the oldest building on the campus, was built in 1873. It served the purpose, at that time, as a dormitory, dining hall, and an instruction hall. Since that time it has been used for all sorts of things, from storing potatoes in the cellar to serving as a radio center. It is now used to house a few students (radio fans), workmen, the barber shop, candy store, and a few practice pianos on which the students can pound to their heart ' s content. Even the band has a room in which they practice, although as this goes to press the Band has taken over the old chapel for its practice room. The building, at least it seems so to most of us, is too old for service. Its historical and poetic duty is over, and it should be removed. 10
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