Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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The Campus in 1940 The front entrance of Chapman Hall in 1940. In this year Harold W. Reed was made president. Williams Hall was furnished and made ready to house two hundred and twenty girls. The student enrollment exceeded one thousand. The following year the college pur- chased additional property on Main Street to aid in faculty housing. The graduating class reached a new high of two hundred. Williams Hall was completed and dedicated in 1951 at an estimated cost of $450,000. The Alumni presented to the college Greer Greenhouse. Olivet ' s faculty was being enlarged and strengthened necessitating a more adequate faculty housing program. Two homes were purchased for this purpose, and three National Homes were built on south campus. Walker Hall in 1940. It was first used for faculty apartments, and then as a girls ' dormitory. Inside of Miller Dining Hall in 1940. An air view of Olivet ' s campus in 1940.

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Troubled Time Oh, sacred, hallowed trysting place Where God and man did meet! Today in ashes cold it lies — The students ' safe retreat. The altar burned — how can it be That I no more shall kneel On that blest spot with open heart, God ' s strength divine to feel! Before it stood the white-veiled brides When life was young and sweet, And there the coffined saints have lain Who went their God to greet. Along this holy altar place The sinful bowed with grief. To find in Him who bled and died New life and sweet relief. Oh, wuves of holy glory there Have swept both young and old; The beauty of those sacred days By tongue can ne ' er be told. The brides, the babes, the saints, the seers This holy place did pass; And least of all, I worshipped there An humble Ozark lass. O conquering God of battles there. Thy promise still is sure; Lord, beauty for these ashes give Thai ever shall endure. Copyright Leah Whitcanack Smith The Administration Building otter the fire was put out. The bankruptcy sale in 1926. The college was saved when T. W. Willingham ' s bid was accepted. The burning Administration Building at Old Olivet in 1939. A picture of the Ad minisf ration Building several days later. l ' n if Tn ' rfity htio

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niffi ' 11 IJ 11 m m in 111 ni Burke Administration Building as it now appears. M ID la Ii5 Lg iNfl g -- In 1953, plans were launched for a new library building. Five more National Homes were constructed for faculty use. A new well was drilled at a cost of $10,000. Ten districts paid their educational budgets in full. The ground on south campus was given to the College Church of the Nazarene in 1954, and they began erection of a beautiful sanctuary. Plans were also completed for a Memorial Library building. Goodwin Hall is the music hall which is used for practice rooms and classrooms. ■II ' - An air view of Greer Greenhouse and Walker Hall. Paiir Twenty-four