Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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SOUTH HALL This, the college dormitory, still holds its place as the newest edifice on the campus. It was built in 1922, and was occupied by the students in the spring of 1923. Like Irion Hall, it has several rooms for an apartment at the east end. This is occupied by the President. Last year, this dormitory was too large to be entirely taken up by college students, and had rooms for several Academy students. This year, however, it no longer is large enough. Within a very few years, another dorm- itory will, no doubt, be necessary. 15

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IRION HALL Mainly, Irion Hall is the Academy dormitory. At the east end are also several rooms which serve as an apartment for the Principal. On the north side, the college chapel is attached. This building was erected in 191 1, and was for twelve years the main dormitory on the campus. Now it has only second place, since a better one has been given first.

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HISTORY OF ELMHURST COLLEGE The actual history of Elmhurst College dates back to 1871, although the movements and beginnings that finally resulted in the firm estab- lishment of our school, can be traced back almost ten years farther. ' Elmhurst College is the result of efforts of several church bodies of the middle-west, composed mostly of recent German immigrants, to estab- lish a school in which teachers and pastors could be trained who would form the nucleus in upholding their traditions and beliefs and thus keep them intact for a while at least. This purpose our school fulfilled very ably for many years. It trained teachers and prepared men for entrance to Eden Seminary and thus the ministry. From the latter purpose resulted the name that until so recently has been ours — Proseminary . As such it began in 1871 with two instructors and thirty-one students and not very adequate housing conditions. But growth was rapid. In 1873 the building now known as the Music House was erected, followed in 1878 by the Administration building. Since then a Dining Hall was erected in 1896, Irion Hall in 191 1 — the home of the academy today — the Memorial Library in 1921, and South Hall in 1922. The faculty now numbers twenty and the student body nearly two hundred. In 1919 a reorganization took place with the result that we no longer were a proseminary but Elmhurst Junior College and Elmhurst Academy. Since then the Junior College has been extended to a complete four-year course— the first class graduating in June, 1925. 16