Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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— g l ,. ... One hundred eight acres at a glance This is the external Olivet— one hundred eight acres at a glance. To obtain an impression of the interwork- ings of our college, one must first have a panoramic view of its physical aspect. In scanning the beautiful landscape which holds Olivet, one sees many different types of buildings. The architecture varies from the Greek-style Admin- istration Building to the modern library. However, there is more to Olivet than merely a few buildings. ONC is alive! As you examine the campus more thoroughly, you will find it busy in activities and you find it at rest from the cares of life. All of these moods play an important role in the many sided life of this college. The pages ahead depict not only the surface activ- ities but the actual pulsations of Olivet ' s heart.

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NESBITT HALL, named in honor of Miss Mary Neshitt who was the college ' s first teacher and only instructor its first year, and her brother, Orla, who was instrumental in founding the college. The beginning of a dream . . 7s[esbitt Hall In order to meet the steadily rising pressure for enroll- ment, Olivet is now engaged in a ten-year expansion program to construct five buildings— two residence halls, a Science building, a Chapel-Fine Arts building, and a Student Union building. This year a part of the dream begins to materialize. Nesbitt Hall, the new women ' s dormitory is under construction. Much of the progress in the expansion program is due to the dynamic leadership of J. Harlan Milby, Assistant to the President. The Kankakee phase of the drive for funds was organized No- vember 11, with Donald Gray, a local attorney, named as honor- ary chairman. Here, Walter ]. Charlton, Vice President of the First Trust and Savings Bank and a vice chairman of the fund drive, gives his contribution to Mr. Milby.