Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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ness will be perpetuated in the naming of the next new building. Dr. Wiley Brooks, first president not an ordained minister, and symbol of a really startling break with tradition fas late as 19375. President Lloyd M. Bertholf is the second. President William E. Shaw, who governed wisely in a time of tension and in a land at war. Baseball pitcher at old Moorels Hill College, and vast hu- manitarian for the rest of his life. President Merrill Holmes, who with his Alad- din's Lamp almost literally conjured up all of the recent buildings on this campus and added safe en- dowments for the present academic program. Since present company must always be excepted, this roster of a few of our Hconstant starsu is at an end, as is the long, long trail from 1850 to 1960, our closest landing field. Within the campus family there is some grum- bling, but often much praise. The tuition has in- creased, the faculty has been strengthened, quite a bit of new ground has been bought for building purposes, several stately edifices have been erected, subject always to individual opinion, and, tragically, over a hundred venerable elms have given up their botanical ghosts. But this University, Illinois, Wesleyan, meaning the Wesleyan of Illinois, goes on with high purpose and tranquil spirit, eventually getting under our skin, and most seniors fit happens every yearj say they are sorry to leave! Art students sprawl under the trees that used to shade the campus in front of Shaw Hall. Occupied at the opening of the college year 1954-55, Shaw was the first classroom building erected after Hedding burned. It cost a mere j5314,024.79.

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During Thanksgiving vacation on November 25. 1956, tire destroyed the Old English building occu- pied by Kappa Delta sorority since 1959. The sorority had redecorated the whole house during the winter of 1951, It had been built by Ed Cole and was later owned by B. F. Hiltabrand. The girls moved into their new house, on the same site, in September, 1958. Ceremonies for laying Franklin I-Iall's cornerstone were held in February, 1955. Watching in solemn dignity, second from left, is President Merrill J. Holmes Cnow chancellorlg but the workman steadying the monolith failed to relinquish his cigar- ette. In the stone was a copper box containing articles representing campus life. . .i . ,M . .,, ., ,W...r.

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The name Duration lost its significance when the Merrill J. Holmes Administration Building was completed in January, 1960. QBut then the I.A.A. gave us another temporary operation in Hedding's basement, further delaying its demolitionj The new building-costing 366,654 as of june 30, 1960-was dedicated in ceremonies held on February 9, The structure sur- rounds the enclosed McKenzie Memorial Garden, given by Anna Evans McKenzie in memory of her husband. Air conditioning units, about 310,000 worth, are expected to diminish the effect of excess solar heat which large areas of glass will admit for the udurationf' 27