Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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ASCENSION HALL Ascension Hell it respected by ell for its beauty, end for its production of leerned men. It conteins lecture end recitetion rooms end edministretive offices. Built in 1859, the funds were provided by the Church of Ascension, New York, in honor of their former rector. Bishop Bedell. After he hes graduated, the Kenyon alumnus it e men educated in humanities end sciences under some of the finest professors available. In 1927 the interior was en- tirely rebuilt in fireproof con- struction.

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LEONARD HALL Leonard Hall, second largest dormitory, was a gift of Ohio churchmen in honor of the fourth Bishop of Ohio, William Andrew Leonard. It was opened to students in September, 1924. Presently, it houses four fratornities. WINTER AND SPRING In the fall, when the early morning mist envelops the golden-red trees. Old Ken- yon looks like a mythical castle. Quiet, its spires still wet with dew, its steps cluttered with freshly fallen leaves, it is justly called one of the most beautiful build- ings on campus. It is a massive Gothic structure, one hundred sixty feet long.

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Mather Hall looks as if it has been borrowed from the English country- side. Along with its classic architecture and the hallowed esteem held by every Kenyon student and alumni for the building, within its walls is found the teaching that has made Kenyon an outstanding Liberal Arts college. Mather Hall is the science build- ing. Before one can be matricu- lated, he must fulfill course di- versification requirements in this area. The building, occupied in 1926, was a gift of the late Henry G. Dalton of Cleveland as a tribute to his senior partner, Samuel Mather. MATHER HALL