The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
new Penn COLLEGE,
SOME PLANS NOT HERETOFORE
MENTIONED.

school from its present campus to an.
other site on the outskirts of, the
city. Wesleyans case came before
Architect A. T. Simmons of Blooming
ton, who is architect for Penn College
and Mr.. Simmons submitted a lengthy
article to the Bloomington Sunday
Bulletin, comparing Wesleyan with
Penn College of this city. In the art
icle Mr.. Simmons describes a few fu-
ture plans of Penn. He says in part.
This change, knowing Penn to- a
new campus) involved the entire loss
of church and chapel gymnasium, ath-
letic field and the presidents home,
which was roughly figured at $4,000;
but this same groupe of men got be-
hind the movement and said that they
would secure the guarantee of this
money and depend on the sale of
=. residence lots in the newly acquired
tract, and also the value of the aband-
!. oned property to reimburse them, II
the college authorities would agree to
, move to the new location. This they
decided to do, and they now figure
, that the old property and new resi-
dence lots planned and to be sold will
net them a considerable sum over the
extra expenses of the change, and this
includes the expense of new city wa
ter mains, sewer electric lines, grad
, ing some paving and also some bonus
. to the street railway company to run
their track to the new site.
at seems that since the official
board made their decision to go to
T the new location, everybody is SO
pleased over the opportunity for a
, greater college, that larger sums OF
money are being given, and some
friends of the college are donating en-
, tire buildings; and it looks as if two
quadrangles consisting of eleven OF
twelve fireproof buildings would soon
( be realized, in addition to several hun
Y dred thousand in endowment. The
. funds are alreay guaranteed for five OF
4 these buildings, and by the time
4 school opens next fall, these will be
0 ready to occupy and will be a com
!. plete, up-to-date, modern college which
! will attract three or four times as
?. many students as it ever had before
and these students will also be of q
superior class and will make this
school rank still higher in years tC
come. The increased donation anC
) endowments and the modern facilities
will permit the school to acquire bet
= ter teaching talent and with in
!, creased scientific equipment much bet
ter work can be accomplished.
! "One of the things made necessary b!
!. the change was the building Of a girl
.dormitory, because the new location
of the college was slightly away from
g the residence district, and also, it il
: a we'll known fact that a modern dorm
! itory means increased attendance o
l. high class of girl students, and il
! addition, a girls dormitory properl!
! planned and managed is a fine rev
D enue producer. At Grinnell college
J. they are building their dormitoriet
solely on bond basis, guaranteed b!
the school and so planned that will
G ordinary revenue and depreciation
!, the dormitories will entirely pay of
their own bonds in about sixteeI
!, years. But in the school | refer Il
q they propose to raise the money TO
a dormitories aid use this great amour
= or revenue to add to the yearly bulge
v or for investment The girls dorm
n itory is being planned on what Il
9 known as a unit" system, which con
v stitutes a series of up-to-date and mod
a ern dormitory units, each planned
E very much like a beautiful home
, where all the girls can live in the at
mosphere of fine home and underth'
direct care of a mother" in each unit
y A unit in no case will exceed capacit!
n for thirty girls. These dormitory unit
will be connected, one with the othe
both by closed and open porches alons
: the front of the building, which will
form a cloister the full length of thu
: group and the first story of the for
ward units will contain the large din
ing rooms, social parlors, deans OF
/, fees, hospital unit, rotunda, cos!
, hooks, few private dining rooms
! kitchenettes, fudge rooms, ETC., al
= of which are so dear to girls in col
lege. The basement will have genera
and private laundry, sewing anC
mending rooms, ironing rooms, etc
/ While the last unit which is on steel
D hillside will have a fine girls gymna
. SUM in the basement, and off Of thu
8 cloister porch will open a view of ;
, semi private campus with girls tennis
! courts, etc, and this closely wooded
: bowl will form the amphitheatre fol
. white open air Greek theatre colon
made which will enclose the other side
, of the quadrangle.
, 81 am preparing their plans for &
uniform type of buildings, plain enough
!. in design to be economical in con
, struction, up-keep and original cost
and yet substantial and sturdy IL
form and materials, thus securing q
happy medium with full utility value
and with simple charm of design
Contract prices already secured show
that these buildings are not going tc
exceed the appropriations, and the
style of architecture is appealing
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