Eureka College - Prism Yearbook (Eureka, IL)

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igfce 1943 PRISM Frances Fcltcr, Editor William Wclsl1, Business Mlll121gCl' S1796 Yearbook of EUREKA COLLEGE Founded as Walnut Grove Academy in 1848 by visionary pioneers, and chartered as a college by the Legislature of Illinois in 1855.

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Veteran of Four Wars This stately old building has three times before heard the tramp of marching feet as fellows from the student body answered the call to colors. This time, in Wox'ld War II, members of both sexes answered the call of duty and took their places among the ranks to do battle with the Axis. Erected in 1858, its mortar was hardly dry when it saw most of the men in college and one faculty member leave to battle in the war between the states. Again in its fortieth year, Remember the Maine probably rang through its corridors as the war cry of that period just as the nation now does its best to Remember Pearl Harbor. During the first World War the building stood 'neath the elms upon the campus and saw the mem- bers of the S.A.T.C., Student Army Training Corps, that was quartered on campus march ptlSC as they went to and from their classes and drills. This Corps was in addition to those students who saw active duty in other cantonments and overseas. Following the war the structure saw one of the greatest periods of prosperity in the history of the College. Although the student body of the college fell down to 142 during the war, in 1924 an all-time record was set for enrollment. In this the second NVorld XVar the college which centers around the Administration Building has an- other sag in enrollment. It is quite likely that the building will still be here to welcome back the re- turning studcnts who have seen service against the Axis.