McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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THE COLLEGE . . . Centennial Gateway

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OUR CAMPUS . . . Standing on one of the highest points of the Lebanon hill is old McKendree College, its ml brick buildings surrounded by trees, some of which were fully grown when the college was established here one hundred seven years ago. To him who is impressed with the majesty of trees and with the splendor that falls on old buildings, there is nothing more impressive than McKendree ' s eighty-year-old Chapel Hanked by two giant white oaks that looked on when the building was con- structed and which now reach out with their forty-foot branches as if trying to shield the sacred roof. From these branches the squirrels drop upon that roof which serves them as a playground and as a bridge in their journeys from one tree ;. ' another. At the door of Science Hall stands another giant oak. on guard, its three-foot trunk towering far above that three-story building. ' There are eight of these venerable white oaks on the campus, not one of t hem less than two centuries old. These, with several of their offspring, many of which arc already more than a hundred years old, give a majestic air to this wooded hill such as no other trees could provide. Fifty-one species of trees, young and old, are flourishing on our campus, and every year is adding to this number as well as to the number of native shrubs and perennial plants. The Hill will he an arboretum of note some day if the sons and daughters of McKendree do not forget her. McKendree has been taken out of the mud by walks constructed where paths run. A rock garden and three perennial flower beds adorn the one-time ipe north of Clark 1 till. The parking lot has been taken from the front cam- pus, and now. where dust and noise formerly mingled with the music from the Chapel studios, harmony reigns supreme. The old parking space will be reduced afford only enough room for visitors ' cars, while the ugly view from the front windows of Clark Hill will be changed to one of beauty. Trei j set in a cordance with a plan on the back campus, and Lake iful will some da) deserve the name. Daffodils and wild flowers have been on the north shore of the lake, and the dam. once unsightly with weeds, ■ I being overed with the almost-evergreen vines of the money- i nior memorials, memorial seats, and bird baths given by local clubs have the int n 51 and convenience of the campus. Best of all. there is a grow- i worth and beautv of ii all. here has a more unique or more beautiful campus than lc- i pj ireciate and cherish it. DR. 1 ' .. R. SPENCER.

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Pi Mairikr. Carnegie Hall, named after the donor, Andrew Carnegie, is the college home for men. This dormitory, one of the last buildings to he constructed on the Hill, is connected with 1 ' earson ' s I tall by a glazed pergi ila. Tin- first building to he erected (in Mckcndi ' cc ' s cam- pus was a small wooden struc- ture which was destroyed by fire in 1856. Since that time nine buildings have been erected. The Benson Wood Library was the last to he built and was completed in lime. 1918. I ' lwto - I ' aiic liii ht x