Marion University - Marionette Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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Overcrowded Administration Building Administration offices, classrooms, and laboratories are but a few of the uses imple- mented in the administration building. In 1944 the foresight of the G.l. Bulge and increase in enrollment was indicated by the launching of a building fund drive. In 1947 the college purchased some buildings from the government. They were moved to our campus, remodeled and brick veneered: The library tour present Student Centeri pro- vided a library and seven classrooms, the P.E. building housed P.E. classes and recreation room on the second floor with the bookstore and snack shop in the basement. The.College Faculty which taught courses in liberal arts, fine arts, teacher training and theology. ll floor ofthe A class in Zoology, meeting in an upper Administration if Building. Vx IS' -SQ fl t LL I.. 444, , . pl F. , ff - A 4. M 'lx'flsH.' if 557' 4611 .. A vi - M lui: mi 5 Mp' Gill? ,314 2 qi .. ,Q ,yt -t s ?,,ig-et. ,. 4 A Students were expected to ' -1 ': 'll fnrff - ' attend the spiritually re- f Xl 'H 'Q I .K ,tl freshingdaiIyChapel. -V, , '-f ,XX 7- '-1 . Wi f -i t 2 isa it 412 . 4-1 The President's Former Library Now Student Center ---1 wu t J l 4 y T ' 1 'L . uns... Kea Students doing carefully supervised work in one of the chemistry laboratories. Office was a center of activit y on the

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William F. McConn, President 1932-1960 The 7405: . Decade of djustment The Forties were filled with the uncertainties of war, but Dr. McConn successfully guided Marion College through those years of uncertainty. Marion College and the War Years In the days before Pearl Harbor, Marion College earnestly prayed that war would never come, but when it en ulfed our country the college immediately set out to give the best preparation to our boys who would be called in by the draft. Marion College first participated in the armed services programs of Enlisted Reserves, approved by the Arm , Navy, Air Corps, and Marines. Wllen the men began to return, Marion College qualified for ap- proval under the United States G.I. Bill of Rights. This provided that a serviceman honorably discharged from any branch of the service may receive one year of schooling for his first ninety days of service and a month for each additional month of active duty, with the government underwrit- ing the cost. Dr. McConn says Our boys have given to their country some of the best years of their lives and Marion College proposes to do everything within her power to afford them an educational opportunity comparable to the one they missed when called into the service.

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The '50 Decade of C nsolida ion Self-Study for Regional Accreditation By 1950, Marion College faculty were engaged in a self-study program preparing the college for membership in the North l . . T Central Association. 4 The results of the study proved to be of considerable value. There was a broadening of the student counseling program, at- tention was given to general education with resulting changes in requirements for graduation and the curriculum was organ- 19324960 ized to provide a greater degree of unity and efficiency. 4 William F. McConn, President Williams Hall Constructed BY 1959 Qaih and Pledges for the proposed Williams Hall for men ex- W gg, ceeded 551,000 The ground breaking wif-.fgfylflt ,M ceremony was conducted on Home- ilx, gy 'Lil I-Q, ' R not I fs' I ff, 1:3-.gl 1,34 5 gL,'1,'.fwgfj coming Day, October 14, 1955. The new gfw-5 2 gp-,ff ,lying Writ, residence hall was officially dedicated 1- 'I 'F T ,r L 'r ff- ' Elf' - 'l'f1'l 'J '1' ' 'ii . gi 4?fvfHl2 'fi' H2 Jllltffr March 11 1957. The total-electric fi b -,d- ' - I 1 ly li gig ..l,...yiW,S,l3.55i.igy,g.f,f,ly:31,-willlily115313153T5,Z,y,3MWqMElnHWI5? UI ing, measuring 144 by 40 , con- HQN tains 50 student rooms, 3 lounges, and ,., 5 l.,.:1Jfc.i'l1:i1.,lfQ5'c73355lii..A1il:'.-1iff'?ll'cf l'1i,,il?xiiillki5i5i75' Ili ' ' I ll ll limi,l5li:rll'T+1lli'l'Klimiillilfrlntlii.,tllilrtl,l1Eii,lllwi1lllllili'El head feydem S apaftmem- ' ' W' gwgiggl... 'Y V -H Home Economics Center l Little Red School Houses never die, they just change their emphasis. During the year 1954, T Marion College purchased the little red school house at the cor- ner of Harmon and 45th, and con- verted it into a Home Economics building.