Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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December 4, 1871, Elmhurst College opened its doors. Fourteen students, a single frame building, and Inspector Carl Kronz formed the nucleus. Proseminar at First, Elmhurst was in reality only a high school. In the year 1923, the school was accredited as a junior college. The agitation for a four year liberal arts college began to gain mo- mentum and in April, 1933, the North Central Association accredited us as such. Mean- while a great event hod occurred. September, 1930, coeducation invaded Elmhurst. Elmhurst today can show an enrollment of over 350 students with coeds numbering a little over one-third, and boasts a beautiful campus with 14 buildings to its credit.

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Pep squad . . . inciters of triumph. Add football, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, golf and table tennis and you have a typical college athletic program. Athletics at Elmhurst build bodies physically and tend to relax mental strain of student life. School spirit serves as the final ingredient in a successful intra and intercollegiate athletic program. From the gym class wonder to the grid or track star there ' s a place for everybody . . . and the vv ise ones take advantage of that fact. Common sense, and lately notional defense, prove the positive value of sports.

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PfifVKUJ Of fLUlHOfiST ' S DlflfflOOD JOBILtf Someday, when alumni return to Elmhurst, it may be the campus as pictured below that will greet them. Growth continues even now despite momentary wartime setbacks. Seemingly idealistic dreams of the founders and their suc- cessors will soon become fact. Five years from now, the campus is scheduled to make significant changes in appearance. Construction of a stu- dent union building, a fine arts building, a well-equipped science center and a more adequate chapel, plus improved library facilities and the completion of the swimming pool are all on the program. Elmhurst College . . . futurama style.