William Penn University - Quaker Yearbook (Oskaloosa, IA)

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Our, ew One snowfall caught them, but the building was finally enclosed-roof, doors and win- dows-ready for the pouring of the cement floor. What a busy day, and a long one ftwenty-four hoursl, as the entire cement base was spread and smoothed at one oper- ation. Now, hurry, hurry, with the hardwood flooring, the roll-away bleachers, the paint- ing, the shower rooms, the baskets, a hun- dred and one other details , January 18th is almost here. Oh yes, don't forget the pop- corn machine! A dream did you say? Rub your eyes again, there it is: bright lights, shining floor, rows and rows of seats, crowds stream- ing in, players running, balls flying Ksome of them into the basketsl. The Gym is a reality! W.F.F. Gymnasium

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A Dream Realized Have you ever seen a dream, not walking, but building? We have, right here on the Penn Campus the past year. Eighteen months ago the Physical Education building was still just a pic- ture of a proposed gym-architect's drawings on blue print paper, pledges of money , finally con- tracts with workmen. Then last spring on Ground Breaking Day a few spadefuls of dirt were dug: but the hole made was not even big enough to set a fence post! Before long a bulldozer clanked and snorted, leveling the site: the long arm of a drag- line swung the buckets of dirt out of the trenches for the foundation. Thereafter the west campus be- gan to be cluttered with material, an shed of cement, piles of sand and gravel, bricks and building blocks, steel bars, pipe and drain tile. A complicated pattern of stakes, and later trenches was laid out. The first bit of the building was finally in-the con- crete footings. One by one cement blocks , bricks and tiles went into place: and gradually the walls rose, up to ground level , ia-su high as my head , to the height of the windows , end walls, are all the way up. But other strange things were happening. In the deep trench encircling the foundations a maze of water pipes, drain pipes , steam pipes, electric conduits were laid. Pipes and bars stuck up in the air in all sorts of odd places. More holes and trenches were dug, for sewers, water lines and the connection to the heating plant. Electricians strung the power wires across the field. As the walls rose toward their full height, prospects seemed bright for a gym ready for the first basketball game of the season. Then-the steel strike! Day after day papers were anxious- ly scanned for news of a settlement of the strike: before that finally came the target date for com- pletion of the gym was pushed back a month, six weeks, two months. But at last the suspense endedp and the long arm of the hoist swung the five-ton roof trusses into place. Then the ques- tion was Will the roofing crew get the roof on before it snows or rains ?

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A Prayer For Students Where Wh ere Where Where Where Where hate is, is is there there there is is is there there an instrument of Thy peace! let me bring loveg injury, let me bring pardon, doubt, let me bring faith, despair, let me bring hopep darkness, let me bring light, sadness, let me bring joy. -- to console than to be consoled O Divine Master, let me seek rath er To understandthan to be understood, To love rather than to be loved, For it is in giving that we receive, In pardoning that we receive pardon, In dying that we rise to the life eternal. --Francis of Assisi