The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29

on Cherry street. Students donated
their labor, and others gave money
and materials, and the gym became
a reality.
By 1923 the need for a mems dor
mitory had become pressing, and
Lincoln Hall was erected to fill the
need. 1t houses from 80 to 100
young men each year.
Another great need of the college
was met in 1880 with the compile
ton of the Musselman Library. The
old library had been located on the
second floor of College Hall. The
building is the gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. H. Musselman of Biglerville, Pa.
1t houses about twelve thousand
bound volumes and some so or more
current magazines. The Mussel-
mans also endowed the book fund,
and due to their gift the annual ex-
penditure for the library accessions
has risen from 5000 a few years ago
to about $1,000 at the present time.
Last addition to the campus has
been the Work Project building
which at present houses the chicken
project managed by John K. Cheney.
The building was erected from ma
terials salvaged from an old brick
school house purchased by the col
lege. 1t was completed early in the
fall of 1889. This too was CO.
operative project in which alumni
and other friends of the college do
mated their labor.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
The Music Department is the only
department of the college which
grants a separate degree, that of
Bachelor of School Music. Complet-
ing the prescribed course permits a
graduate to teach or supervise mu-
sic in the public schools.
Outstanding organization of the
Music Department is the Vesper
Choir directed by Prof. Russell A.
Lantz, head of the department. This
chorus, including about fifty voices,
makes a tour each year during the
spring vacation. They plan to
travel through Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, and possibly Minnesota this
spring.
ART DEPARTMENT
Recently accredited to train teach
ers of art, the Bluffton Art Depart
ment is rapidly gaining recognition
in the state. 1t is one of the few
departments in the country using
metal casting as a means of express
sion in art. Prof. John P. Klassen
is in charge of this department.
CHEMISTRY
Each year for the past fifteen
years one of the departments of
Chemistry at Ohio State University
has employed a Bluffton College
graduate as a laboratory assistant.
This is certainly a unique record,
and speaks we'll for the standing of
the Chemistry department.
Prof. II. w. Berky, head of the
department, is one of the oldest
members of the faculty from the
standpoint of years of service, hav-
ing come here in 1913.
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The study of plants and animals
at Bluffton College has been gradu-
ally built up to it present high
standard under the direction of
Professor M'Della Moon.
One of the outstanding assets is
a valuable herbarium containing
nearly two thousand pressed plant
specimens. Many of these have been
donated by friends of the college.
HOME ECONOMICS
Another field in which there is
great demand for teachers is that
of Home Economics. The Bluffton
department has met the require
ments as outlined by the State De-
partment of Education to train
teachers in this department.
The most recent improvement is
the setting up of individual kitchens,
one equipped with electricity, anoth-
er with gas, and a third with kero-
sene, in order that students may
have experience with all of the types
of stoves. Another advantage of
the individual kitchens is that the