Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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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

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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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A girl ' s room today of Olivet. In 1955, a new housing develop- ment was opened, known as the Goodwin Addition. The Graveiine property was purchased and the home remodeled to serve as a Home Management House. In 1956, the Memorial Library was completed and dedicated at a total cost of $275,000. The college was also granted full membership in the North Central Accrediting Association. The Central Educational Zone reached a new high in educational budget giving. The amount received was $185,812. Four houses were built in Goodwin Addition to be used as . . Williams Hall is the modern girls ' dormitory which houses 220 girls. senior girls residences. Miller Dining Hall.