MacMurray College - Tartan / Illiwoco Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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FOREWARD MacMurray College has changed greatly since the initial founding ! 1846. The school was charactered as the Illinois Conference Female ' - Academy in 1847, Illinois Female College in 1863, Illinois Women ' s College in 1893, MacMurray College for Women in 1930, and finally MacMurray College in 1955. Several traditions and ghost stories have survived throughout the years. The 82-83 Tartan staff felt that these relics should be preserved and have chosen to focus upon them in the 82- 83 Tartan. - li mtimi .•„ii— - ■iiiiiiaiiiiiitiMiM ps;-- ' 1 ! » S . : If HUH ii yL ' Jill 11 n I jiiiiiiiiiiiiihi |ttiwMH||||j ' DICATION IF I I r m I The 82-83 Tartan is hereby dedicated to the Alumni of MacMurray College who helped establish the fine principles for which MacMurray ml m of m stands today. 4 MacMurray

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Students were seen here entering the Education Complex where it adjoins the pool and the gymnasium area, upper left. As students left McClelland after lunch, they headed different directions to resume their classes, middle. This fall scene caught the beauty of the leaves changing color, with the Campus Center in the background, lower left. Henry Pfeiffer Library MacMurray College Jacksonville, Illinois 62650 MacMurray 3

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MacMurray Hall is a four-story science hall built in 1928 and renovated in 1966. It contains science laboratories, classrooms, faculty offices, animal experimen ta tion facilities, and a greenhouse, top. Hardtner Gymnasium was completed in 1917 after the first plans were introduced in 1905. Mrs. Blackstock, who donated money for the gym to be built, dedicated the building to her parents. On completion, the gym housed basketball courts, a pool, and a stage, middle left. Barker Hall, a resident hall, was built in 1909 and razed in 1971. The cornerstone of the building was dedicated as a memorial during the 125th Anniversary of the founding of the College, middle right. The Fine Arts Building is a five story structure housing the music and art departments, also Orr Auditorium, a recital hall that seats 440. It was built in 1907, bottom.