Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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i|iiL ' nll ihu rchilidii anJ sinnilicance ol all uIIut hLiiklinjjs on the tiroLinil. I he new ,n ' mnasium on the axis of the (Campus stamls face to face V, ilh ( )kl Main , at the fool of (he open area to he lefl w ithin the (Campus to he Jex eloped as a mall or qiukli anj le of rectangular shape. W ithin this iiuaJrangle will he establisheil tlri ewa - and walks lo lacililale the Iransler ol stiklents Irom hiiiKlin.; to huiklin,L; and the iiioxemeni of ehicular Iraflic. Within tlie dii ewa anil walks will he suHicient space lor the erection ol those various monuments of academic experience deposited or to he deposite l upon tliL ' interior precincts of the ph sical property ol the Cj)llege h arious class organizations. W ithin this c|uadrangle it is thus expected that in time the e will gather ihe physical mementos ol ideaK anil traditions of the (j)llege as experi- enced b ' those pri ileged indiv iduals w iio ha e loiteretl w ithin the halls of the ( )llege and lingered as the ' walked within its lanes. a enues, and buildings. The huiklings on the new ( ampus will all he rectangular in shape. |iarallel with the axis of the ( am|uis and so constructed as to Iront the lectangle as well as the outside streets, and when the ' are all erec ' .ed will include another Science lUiikling. south ol the present Science ilall: SUident . cli ities Building, an architectural correlate of the Science Ilall. located on southwest corner pre enl campus; Library lUiikling. directlw south of Student . cli ities lUiikling; new .Administration lUiilding, including auditorium lor chapel, south ol the kibrarv ; aiul kreshman .Men ' s Dormiloix m the southeastern corner ol the (Campus pioper. and a group of kralernil ' Mouses on the crescent overlooking Ihe new athletic held to be tle eloped M)ulheasl of the Ci mnasium. Ten

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The New Campus and Buildings P R H S I [5 E N r W A L L A C E liLMi ihc moiu cIclinilL ' cle clopmcnt pn ,L;ram lor W estminster C]c)lle, ie was adopted b ' the lioard ol ' I rristees some lew ears a. o, the area of the actual (]am|uis was discoxered to be but little oxer four acres, althou, h the (College had ori, inail ' owned a more extensixe acreage tt) the south. 10 [ roxiiie the area within which the dexelop- ment program could be workeel out to adx antage. it xxas resolxed bx ' the Boarel of Trustees of the Cjillege lo dispose of scattered real estate hold- ings in and about New W ilmmgton. mcluding w hat had become know n as the C ollege farm , lor the acc]uisition ol sutiicient jiropertx Ixing south of the present (Campus. This new (Campus will comprise about twentx-six acres, including the athletic held. The organizing mind out of which the dexelopment program for the (x)llege is unlolding, not unconscious ol the imagerx ' of l iebrexx ' ong descriptive ol an historic campus, licautijtil III c ' U ' vat.uii. the joy of the icholc caitl) Is Mount .ion. oil the sides of the north 1 l?e city of tf.w threat l iiig. has appropriate!,! the natural topograph) ' for the articulation of the x ' arioLis buildings ol the College into such relation to one another as that one ma ' exclaim oxer it when linishcLl that, like Jerusalem, West- minster is a citx ' compactlx biult and fair. W hen title is acc|uired to all of it, the land Ix ing directix ' south of the present Campus to the width of the latter, to the new gxmnasium, a distance of about eight lumdreLl feet will be graded into a mead, practicallx ' lex ' el east aiKl xxesl. xxith a grailual slope tow.ird the south of about thirtx ' feet for the entire length. The plotting and ilexelopment of the new Campus xxill suggest and maintain the dominating signilicance of Old .Main in the phxsical plant of the (jillege. hen the grading is completed, ( )ld .Main will be left seatei.1 upon the highest elex ation on the ( am| )Us, its center axis nordi and south determining the axis o( the nexx ' (.ampus and conse- Nine

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Old Main dri)!! yciirs. rt-lciilU ' Ss tr e lis lunir v I ' Ciui Jt ics. l-or III I radiiuuis iiiiertloii, y(uilh denial lic .