Marmion Military Academy - Pass N Review Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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asPL ■ia H« ■■■■ HBaaa ilEiiilliil t ifl.i : Kim tint mh The new classroom building adds greater length and beauty to the campus. 0rmt f of a J ew Campus A night shot of an important building — the barracks. Three plaques on the Butterfield campus bear the numerals 1957, the date of opening construction. Two years later, 1959, four classes moved to the bright buildings for boarders. For this first orientation, all the cadets and even the faculty had to adjust to the newness. The class of 1963, the first class to live all four years out at Butterfield Road, can tell you it has grown. Are there any strong traditions? Not yet. A few minor traditions — such as kitchen raids and lounge burnings — have been squelched by justly vigilant fathers. Some of the older ones from the Lake Street campus have been retained and injected with a new vigor. Y.C.D., plebe rules, and the hysteria for Federal Inspection are examples. The growth of new buildings and facilities makes room for growth of the school. Time will select certain activities to be- come traditions of the future.

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It used to be slightly embarrassing when a cadet was asked about some of the more technical aspects of Marmion. Eventually, he knew, he would ha e to admit the rather funny fact that his school had no classroom building. Swimming pools were unquestionably superfluous, and athletic fields could be shared with the Lake Street campus quite easily; but there was shame in not having a classroom building. IBA Now, Marmion can show off to the best. Classes have been mcvea Pof the dormitory and into a new home. The new building is a place for study and general pursuit of knowledge; and since it stands for this purpose alone, ' it has assumed an atmosphere impossible in the old days. Naturally, facilities for learning have been markedly improved in the past four years. More classrooms, larger and in some cases specialized to facilitate and improve instruction, enable Marmion to educate better than in any period of her history. Science laboratories, considered indispensable to understanding of the sciences, and even a language laboratory for practical instruction, are now in the classroom building. The Academy can finally settle down to normal processes of learning; the elevation of the calibre of students is in progress.