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KENYON • • Turning right at the iron sign of Old Kenyon, on Highway thirty six out of Mount Vernon, down a winding road to the little village of Gambicr one comes to the stately buildings of Bexley and Kenyon.
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facuh the Path To the lover of architecture the buildings of Kenyon are the evi- dence of one of the country's most beautiful collections of college build- ings. For the most part the buildings are perpendicular Gothic of the Tudor or Collegiate type. Bexley Hall has been called the most per- fect building of this type in America. The design for this building was given to Bishop Mcllvaine by Henry Roberts, the architect of the Lon- don Crystal Palace. Down the maple-lined Middle Path, which is the axis of the col- lege buildings and the village, through the gate and by the traditional freshman jumping stone” to the College Park. The first structure past the gate is the College Chapel. It was built by the Church of the Ascen- sion of New York and is covered with ivy that was transplanted from Melrose Abbey, England. The nine college bells in its tower ring the Westminster Chimes at the quarter hour. Next to the Chapel is Hubbard Hall Library with its Stephen s Stack Room with some seventy thousand volumes. Then Peirce Hall (See color plate on title page), which has been called the most beauti- ful college commons in the United States, stands opposite stately Rosse Hall Gymnasium. Opposite is one of the oldest college buildings— Rosse Hall, an Ionic structure first built as the College Chapel. Past Mather Science Hall, which is the next building on the right as we go down the path, with its gargoyles and stately Gothic exterior and its extra-complete scientific interior; and Ascension Hall with its ivy-covered reddish-grey freestone; we come to the fraternity divisions in the three dormitories, Leonard Hall, Hanna Hall, and Old Kenyon. Old Kenyon was built by Philander Chase from plans by Charles Bulfinch, the architect of such distinguished buildings as the National Capitol Building at Washington. The materials for this build- ing were supplied by Philander s own quarry and lumber mill, which he built specifically for the purpose. The walls at the base of Old Kenyon measure four and one-half feet thick, built for protection against the Indians. Over the brow of The Hill lies Shaffer Pool, one of the finest swimming pools in this part of the country. Last, and newest of the Kenyon buildings, is the new Speech Building, dedicated solely to the study of speech and dramatics.
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