Grand View University - Viking Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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over the course of time, and others have been added to the campus. The many students who each year are considering to what college shall I go ? should give serious thought to the facilities and opportunities of Grand View College. This accredited junior college is ideally situated for trans- portation convenience. Here are railroads, bus lines, and excellent plane service to all parts of the country. Because the college is located in Des Moines, there are countless advantages that only a metropolitan capital city can afford. The Grand View College curriculum has been carefully adapted and selected to give special attention to the advanced work most of the students will pursue. The faculty and administrators are Christian men and women of high scholastic achievement and experience. The major emphasis of the student's development is educational and spiritual. So now, come walk with us about the Grand View campus and see on the pictured pages to follow, evidence of the fulfillment of the dream of long ago. Tlzesv eight pages of the 1952 Viking ct-rc bcring rlistributerl sepfLra,tcLy as ct college brochure. -9-

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.7Ai:5 ,915 gran Mew Cofige Near the end of the last century, several ministers were planning an educational program for their church and were looking for a favorable place for the founding of a college. Such a location they obtained in a four acre area of northeast Des Moines, the capital city of Iowa. Although their immediate object was the erection of the first unit of Grand View College on this land in 1896, they all realized that of more lasting importance than the structure itself would be the ideals of Chris- tian living established here. These ideals would guide and enrich the lives of those who studied at Grand View College. These educators believed that the common quest for enlightenment would unite all races and faithsg for indeed, the end of all education lies in the precept of our Greatest Teacher: Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. The principles on which our college was founded have remained the same throughout the years, but the original building has been changed On grreceding page: Luther Memorial Church, home church of the college, used for official functions. -3-

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ymww THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Above: The administration building was the first unit of Grand View College to be erected. This building houses the administrative offices, some class rooms, the general lounge, dining hall, and on the second and third floors, the 1UGH,S dormitory. Below: Several second year students in the teacher training depart- ment are shown gaining experience with textbooks which are used in the public schools. Over two hundred fifty books have been added to the text- book library in the last two years. STUDENTS EXAMINING THE TEXTBOOK LIBRARY IN THE EDUCATION ROOM -10-