Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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IRION HALL Irion Hall, the Academy boys ' dormitory, was erected in 191 1. On the first floor, in the east wing, is the Principal ' s office, and next to that, his apartment. The Chapel, which is on the north side and cannot be seen on the picture, is used for evening chapel services. In the basement are the Y. M. C. A. reading-room and the gymnasium. The gymnasium has been worthless to us in the past few years because of the bad flooring and low ceiling. The flooring has been removed and a composition floor has been laid. This makes a vast improve- ment but still doesn ' t allow the basketball team to practice in it. The remaining two floors contain students ' study and bedrooms. Irion Hall can accommodate one hundred students comfortabh ' . 1.3

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DINING HALL The Dining Hall has a place in every student ' s heart, and it is a place to which he is immediately drawn. The first floor contains the kitchen and dining room. On the second floor a few Academy students dwell, not because of the nearness to food, but because the Academy is slightly overcrowded. On the third floor are the sick rooms to which the student may sojourn when he is sick of going to classes. A word of gratitude may here be spoken for the Ladies ' Auxiliary who have put new furniture in the hospital rooms and who have donated their time and money to make these rooms more cheerful and home- like. 12

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MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Memorial Library, the most attractive building on the cam- pus, is the gift of the Young People of our Evangelical Church. This building was erected as a memorial to the Evangelical soldiers and sailors who died in the great World War. It is designed in the classic style of architecture. The exterior is made of tan colored rough texture brick laid up with colored mortar and raked out joints. The trimmings are of Buff Bedford stone, including the two lamp standards at the main entrance. The building is fireproof throughout, the floor and roof construction being of reinforced concrete and the exterior and interior walls of brick. The main entrance is in the center of the building; and one enters through two bronze doors into a vestibule. From the vestibule, a stair- way leads into Memorial Hall. The ceiling is of beautiful stained glass and lighted from above through a large skylight. Herein are the bronze tablets containing the names of the dead soldiers and sailors. On each side of the Memorial Hall are the large reading rooms. In the basement and back of Memorial Hall are storerooms. A. G. S. 14