Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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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

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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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NEW DORMITORY This is the newest and most modern building on the campus. It is designed in the classic style of architecture. The building is faced with tan brick, and is three stories high and thoroughly fireproof. It contains fifty suites of two rooms each. These suites are built to accommodate two students and contain a bed-room with two in- dividual beds, chairs, and a closet for each student, and a study-room opening from the bed-room, containing a five-foot study desk, and a large bookcase. All the rooms are well lighted with large windows. On the main floor is a large six-room apartment, adjoining the Presi- dent ' s office, in which President Schick and his family live. On the second and third floors are the students ' rooms and on each floor are two large wash-rooms with all modern equipment. The building is heated by a vacuum vapor system of steam heat. A large water heater with a fifteen hundred gallon tank supplies the hot water.