North Central College - Spectrum Yearbook (Naperville, IL)

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NORTHVVESTERNFSPECTEUM Chemistry Lab. in the Main Building Reading Room. To be sure room was at a premium and We had but one hood for use, so that the manufacture of HQS by amateurs was generally known throughout the building. There were even times when the Chemistry Lab. and the Dining Hall ran in direct opposition to each other.-But we will not go into details. ' The Physics Department too had narrow quarters. The Laboratory and class room were one and the same. It was located in the northwest room on the second fioor CPhysics Laboratoryj. It will doubtless be noted from the the second floor. It will doubtless be noted from the picture that the skeleton played a very prominent part in the general appearance of the room. How many practical jokes it caused! How often the Professor would come to his room only to be greeted by the skeleton garbed in his overcoat and cap, with hand extended in hearty welcome! But all the sciences moved into commodious quarters on the erection of the Science Hall in 'O8. The money was donated by Dr. Goldspohn of Chi- cago, an alumnus. ln the same year the Carnegie Library was erected, and in the fall of '09 these buildings were ready for use. Such has been the history coupled with personal experiences that every loyal college student holds dear. A progress, it is, that has been notable be- cause of the true Christian standards that it has always held. Physics Laboratory. 21 1 ml

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NORTHVVESTERN- SPECTRUM founding of the College here in Naperville and was celebrated by having field events. We had contests in running, jumping, and the girls were always on hand in club swinging and drills. The College band had a prominent part and the day was given over to a most happy sportsmanlike spirit. We began to have College yells in those days too. 1 In 1896 a picture was taken of the College and all the students. The open field extended to the east of the College and houses were very scarce on every side. Say, do you see that big stone there on the picture? Well, one night that stone disappeared. Cf course now we couldn't blame anyone for taking it, but it just disappeared. With all these pranks that I've been telling you about you can easily understand that there was altogether too much surplus energy in the students. They needed a place where they could work off a little of it and still not do any damage. Then the talk for a gymnasium began. The material was here as was being shown every field day, but we had no place for training. In 1901 the late J. L. Nichols donated means for the erection of a modern gymnasium. My connections with the College soon ceased, but my love for her has not been slackened by years of absence. And here I've been telling you all these things when we should have been going long ago. I love my Alma Mater, for- Other bards may sing the glories Of their Alma strong and fair, They may cheer for other colors Till they rend the very air. But we'll never raise our voices, Till the strong and pure 's in sight, Then we'll shout for all that 's in us For the Cardinal and White. L As we daily sit and study Truths that live long ages through As we wrestle with them ever, Will We keep this thought in view That when College days are ended Crowding cares our spirits blight, There is succor in the memory- Of the Cardinal and White.' '--f,-we---7-K-.mwv1A -'wv -1- I . The Students of '96, With a smile and a wave of the hand they were gone. Gone-why had I been standing here? What had been my troubles so short a time before? Had I been dreaming? No, surely not. I had been fussing about that history for The Annual and here it was all up to very recent dates. Well do we recall the erection of the Gymnasium and the interest of all the students to Go to Gymi'-even to the flunking of classes, so ardent were they. But other changes too have been made. Up to four years ago the sciences were taught in the main building. Chemistry was taught in the pres- ent Y. M. C. A. Committee room and the Laboratory occupied what is now the 19

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