UC-NRLF LD 00 o o UJ >- i m ;),;[■, ;r>j I .ill ; K ^~' ^^H P trfi H £^0^ i/p t^^^i - ^'t'l'oj^J fc mm ^l^tilS^ ^.> ^^^ li Bfc^Vi^ ' i £> /'i^^^KSKsHOk- IflJpH ,, ' 't- :r5;5>» "Jl "i:"- j K*^ i M'.' [#^^ mH ^if^^^'^r., :- r| M IP i i^pR w* ■«=:^i|:>; H MP IH^I P i \ 11 t^ yi. -- P^^^^^n .... JS*" ^^^^^^^^^ Location of new "Old Main" Benson Wood I.ibraryt now being erected Carnegie Hall New Science Hall 1916 Chapel Clark Hall Eisenmayer Gymnasium FOUNDED 1828 CHARTERED 1835 Clark Hall Pearsons Hall Chapel Science Hall Carnegie Hall A THE CONSERVATORY THE NEW BENSON WOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Now being erected— presented by Jennie Jewett Wood as a memorial to the life and character and work and worth of her late husband, the Hon. Benson Wood, of EfSngham THE COLLEGE FIELD IN ILLINOIS- Showing Density and Strategy of Distribution ; 1 ).' >',> > '.' Northern Illinois 34 COUNTIES ONE FOR EVERY 1.62 COUNTIES. Excluding Cook County the Average Population is 10,331 CHART 1 Central Illinois 34 COUNTIES ONE FOR EVERY 2.83 COUNTIES. The Average Population in a County is Southern Illinois 34 COUNTIES ^-^ IrT.^titi_tt ioim^ ONE FOR EVERY 6.80 COUNTIES. The Average Population in a County is 26,385 31,948 McKENDREE COLLEGE, LOCATED IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY THE SECOND COUNTY IN POPULATION IN STATE BEING NEXT TO COOK COUNTY 404093 the fqjl,lo.)k!ng four charts give a comparison " * 'aQF the held served BY THE COLLEGES IN ILLINOIS McKendree Serves a Large Isolate J Almost Uninvaded Geographical Third of the State CoufpuM\Ttoiyr fx>i| EfiCH CouUdE OH UwtwERsiTvSTuaEArr iSTubcMr CHART 8 Educational Need — High School Conditions SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HAS FEWER HIGH SCHOOLS CHART 9 EXPtANATlO!1> • STANDARD SCHOOL + 50PERIOB SCHOOL BUT IS INCREASINQ NOW MORE RAPIDLY THAN ANY OTHER SECTION OF THE STATE ILLITERACY IS HERE GREATEST BUT IS BEING DECREASED MORE RAPIDLY THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE Kf Kf CHART 11 CHART 10 CHART 12 EDUCATIONAL NEED— HIGH SCHOOL CONDITIONS <5. EhKoixntHT I'T't.vc^ i» 0.1 fc«hLawE a W ShwmTljpf ^^■n mm IS n BoCKFOHB HHi''* <• CairnfMve HH" n Huti'tH BH" a>WHSiir«v HH" U lltl^ST'fWIf ■■i " 4*» vAtMTt ■^ a BtJlUMttt ■' •• QfmeMfiLLK » **■ IjNCOKN m-* af I£w«nC |3 CHART 17 A/UHBER OF CqonTies SeRveu BY THE Xlliivois OF Relrtive Size of Xukivois Cpiu&ES.diB.^BLWRrs). McKENDREE COLLEGE BUILDING EQUIPMENT (1) "OLD MAIN" — 7 LECTURE HALLS— 1 OFFICE 2 SOCE TY HALLS (2) CHAPEL — AUDITORIUM - 1 SOCIETY HALL- 3 LECTURE FIALLS (3) SCIENCE HALL — 7 LABORATORIES — 3 LEC- TURE HALLS (4) PEARSONS HALL— 3 LABORATORIES— DINING HALL — KITCHEN— POWER AND HEATING PLANT (5) EISENMAYER GYMNASIUM - 80 X 40 GYM FLOOR (6) CARNEGIE HALL— MODERN MENS DORMITORY (7) CLARK HALL-MODERN WOMEN'S DORMITORY (8) CONSERVATORY- 10 LARGE ROOMS-THE FU- TURE HOME OF THE ACADEMY £kMt<««T UtNCQLM i ,T*.f M.S. £v4iNa & « CHART 18 (9) BENSON WOOD LIBRARY— UNDER CONSTRUC-' TION — READING ROOM SPACE FOR 96 AT ONCE GROUNDS (1) 20- ACRE CAMPUS OF PRIMEVAL FOREST (2) HYPES ATHLETIC FIELD— CINDER TRACK (3) 20 -ACRE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL STATION GIVEN BY THE COLLEGE BUT OPERATED BY THE STATE THE FIFTY/MILE ZONE Push Pin Map of Illinois, showing Towns from which Students came in 1916 HERE THE INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP BErWEEEN STUDENTS AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES MAY BE STUDIED The College draws even beyond its 100 -Mile Zone CHART 19 CHART 20 SHOWS Shows What Part OF ITS C0t.<.E0C jDRftWIWfR fi?»H:T(ON OF High SchoosTothi. THe 50 fMue Zone: in *4 Y£"/\f{s . I. cHicnao ^^^ii^a rafA UViveRSlTV ^HanTHnesjew iiXKurnois T- umiwcasity FIFTY^MILE ZONE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES O^^^ During 4 Years entered the the institution in [question CHART 16 SHOWS Another Important Fifty^Mile Zone Gauge.^,of Service e XLI.IVOIS ' WotnAN'S a SHURTLeFF if i?OCKm>Rl> ' College /fBLIfCKSURIV COkkEQE It Hr- MowRii UMmthwestew cokLcaf 111 r« JAT&RPREri/y<;- THESE fT?flCT«J*VS One- SHOULD co(vs(Be(f THf,r (N fU-IWOlS - 1^ OF THE HI6H SCHOOC QRfJIUflTES e«T-ei? Some cbtL^^e. 1" Simv tT ll'l - P''< CHART 20 Field Summary I. The Field of McKendree College is Southern Illinois 2. Other Colleges draw but fe>v students therefrom 3. McKendree is the strongest College in this area in size, resources, service 4. Southern Illinois needs intensified educational opportunity NORTHERN ILLINOIS ONE COLLEGE FOR 1.6 COUNTIES ONE COLLEGE FOR 16,234 PEOPLE 121 STUDENTS PER COUNTY ONE STUDENT FOR 949 PEOPLE CENTRAL ILLINOIS ONE COLLEGE FOR 2.8 COUNTIES FOR 90,519 PEOPLE • 39 STUDENTS PER COUNTY ONE STUDENT FOR 1.^64 PEOPLE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ONE COLLEGD FOR 6.8 COUNTIES FOR 179,541 PEOPLE 12 STUDENTS PER COUNTY ONE STUDENT FOR 6153 PEOPLE Highi Schiool Conditions Southern Illinois | '• "itherto-Most Backward I 2. Now — browing Most Rapidly CONCLUSION:— FIELD DISTINCTIVE— STRATEGIC— IMPERATIVE 'IVhy r CflMC To This Collect e CHART 21 SHOWS THAT Educational Standing has become the chief asset of a College in eyes of prospective students. Location is a close second STHHDtltG OF XwriuewcE SeuF- HELP OpponTgNiTj eotsnesTioM ^Am fiP'^HttATion) *jTMOSPMei?E tf Titi-rfrvrntH *'T« IkyTlTUTlO*! ffTHLETIC Fietr WORKERS TufLVgMcr ft-**** McKENDREE COLLEGE has the location and as the initial step in the present forward movement has thru financial sacrifice or- ganized its internal practice in conson- ance with the highest current standards CHART 21 89 Years of Ser^/ice to State and Nation I % : CHART 22 AxroR^ygYS iU States CHART 23 — ^"TTs.^ — CHART 25 CHART 24 CHART 26 These men have been presented to the State and Nation, trained without cost to the State or Nation. "PLATO— 1849" "PHILO"— 1837 TWO LITERARY SOCIETIES AND THEIR SERVICE. 29 138 8 24 5 105 20 176 83 75 20 Judges Attorneys Congressmen College Professors College Presidents Teachers School Superintendents Ministers Physicians Government Service State Legislature "CHART 27 Ic KeNJM?'?^ 'J^^^a^ 2B STATSt^^^i CHART 29 28 Judges 205 Attorneys 8 Congressmen 30 College Professors 11 College Presidents 114 Teachers 11 School Superintendents 118 Ministers 97 Physicians 32 Government Service 45 State Legislature CHART 28 McK&yiJOHee TU^s CHART 30 GROWTH f? Yms ofJuiuwc QmwTH ENDOWME/Vr CtROWTH mi CHART 31 CHART 33 Sf Ve/IRS OF CrmPOS QrOWTH . G nKSGQi^EncQnsn sanaBD^HK^ |^ ^ ■ ■ ■ ■■■jI MI if?owrH 1 to N UK COLIESE i s /^ - , VI $ ^-Tk .^ '^ CHART 32 'W-8 i4»f-1 Mo<»-4« Hi»-n i^ii-a 't'»-l» 'T'>'"» '1"'»-ir f^-H 'ti*-«7 ;CHART 34 GROW^TH I ^i_l_l_^ I all" ^ a ^ i i I I I ^ K l I ^ ^•^ t4«r i^fr S«i l^9f '1o1 '1< in — r -or ferH ■ n -TTTl i»ii Hrl 113 MlH ''If i^ib (VI m — T CHART 35 I Ifn 1^1 "I"! I^H V\K >jgk H" HJol lol ijio W f^lt 1(1 1"* '1'^ Ift CHART 36 BM A'e«A«c T^iTi«n (oMLi) ^^Cakue^n BCT71 l\vc>lit«eT..ri«<««>«>^1) 7 lj>..ejT r«« \ W/jma\ '"' CHART 39 Si\k««Y E»PtwfliTuffe< fly Ymw 14^1 i^A i^« «« iv>r It. >m ifYiAR», ^mV CJ-ECJ-f-wtS CoLLCoe TuattHAMS -n»w*fi » rue Vae A ' -■■"" CHART 42 CHART 44 ,DlSTI?UBUT4«/V OPTH£ GrRMJES C'**'-^) fl^HiSMcj 3Y Ajfc t^gvaRce Coi-keiig 3TUJC/V7y. .£s^ PgflSiSTC/yCV Of 223 spfic/ALs firctHMe/» ^owwwaBo Ju/vTW/vcsr < Smot.flRSHiP . CHART 45 Students' Average Ages by Glasses ACADEMY COLLEGE SPECIAL I. YEAR II. YEAR III. YEAR IV. YEAR SPECIAL FRESHMAN SOPHOMORES JUNIORS SENIORS 20 18.5 01 on A 19.5 21 20 20.5 22 7 23 8 1 tfiAiL Stiadent Data TJRCE/^rAlgE S fif McKeNBREE PlEAf SB WOMEAT lAi VqwI&US StmBE/VT 4cTT Tff^ B^sg" QLee v.wc./\ CHART 47 lift!: cxiftT IT jssj^ 30 ^ '?'» WoRKIfiG HjElft Wh^ TIlKU COkkEfit. LjTcuHRr YAVtfl. divoSTHTi-S"'^!* «h.«»«Y 3vKrr got B/n-i. Muiu N«v(irfi«iL *e«<«iMr A««i'Vb- »''e B.0W06Y '1^™,j"'^'-^i'^'V^ xgne TSvTiUES • >rvtcr- FvoBs CHART 51 J THE- Cc>*»KE.cq£s MJ SEcoay0.00 - eViM.QOr -C - lWl.QOr-'"--%j : Chart 63, Distribution of Amounts Contributed ■' %. .*>. sMkr COWTMB !L1 INOli -4, ^-^r • /. i»J^^ ^>:s» -_.¥ -^ ^i'. ' c<.E/\R Cur ILLINOIS CHART 62a Chart 64, Shows the Student Field of McKendree College ■^ CHART 63 ^^rCnnn J^fh^p^^'. ^^o ^^^''''"^ ^^ ^'^^''^ ^^' ^^ow that Southern Illinois is a (county, the Greater Percentage ' ■ ~ of Foreign Population BY Coy/ Southern Illinois has the Most of Unmixed White Native Population 7m as densel Populated as the State TOTAL POPULATION. CHART 64 CHART 65 Financial Conditions by Counties COMPARATIVE LAND VALUES BY COUNTIES ^ «t SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HAS FEWER MEN OP GREAT WEALTH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS FINANCIALLY AND AGRICULTURALLY BACKWARD VflLue OP '^pjlril j'^^-Mi i U«J CHART 59 CHART 61 ■I 0«M ISO 111*200 -*zsro THE NEED, THEREFORE, IS IMPERATIVE FOR (1) OUTSIDE AID ,p f INTERNAL ^^^ I SACRIFICE BOTH BY EVERY POSSIBLE » LARGE AND SMALL GIVER TO DEVELOP HER RESOURCES THRU ENDOWING HIGHER EDUCATION CHART 60 CHART 62 Natural Resources of Illinois COAL, BITUMINOUS MIUJONI e» OMAAm 10 W M 40 M — in ^ ^ ^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m ^m M H «rt«T vinoiNi* ^ H ■ ^P^^ 1 ALASOMA ™ ™ ™ II ^ ^J 1 M «W* ^ B KINTUCKY ■1 KANtA* ■1 _j WTOMINO ^ „ wAtMiNaroN ■i TINNttKI i OKLAHOMA 1 MIStOUM 1 MOMTANA f VALUE OF PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS, BY STATES: 1909 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 10 HO eo «o PENNSYLVANIA OHIO c/n.:FonNiA WEST VIROINIA JL^JQg^ OKLAHOMA KANSAS TEXAS PETROLEUM *ND NATURAl GAS FIELDS! 1909 v> \ /-— _ / * T 1 1 r^ OuU. BIB Diiiuiii, ^m Uid-OntbMni IHI AppilMbka 1 i f 1 \ -jI^ V 1 ■ ■ i^ "vr ^ ^\ PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM, BY FIELDS: 1909 [22J MID-CONTINEN CALIFORNIA SAN JOAQUIN VALLEV APPALACHIAN CALIFORNIA COASTAL AND SOUTHERN GAS. ILLUMINATING AND NEATING-VAIUE Of PRUDUCTS FOR LEADING STATES: 1909 AND 1899 I LIMA-INDIANA I I OTHER Kusa Southern Illinois Awaiting Intensive Development kk^^X^ BUnER, CHEESE, AND CONDENSED MILK-VALUE OF PRODUCTS FOR LEADING STATES; 1909 AND 1899 -1 S»t>TH£lt'< CmWOO VALUE CF PRODUCTS, MINING INDUSTRIES, BY STATESi 1909 AND 1902 11 1 m ill o> iMX I « w WI IH WBTOW aowTH OAitaT* T-n SLAUGHTERING AND MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY-VALUE OF PRODUCTS FOR LEADING STATESi 1909 AND 1699 tMuxxw or oo«AAm VALUE OF ALL FARH CROPS: 1909 AND 1899 Southej^ii Illinois Awaiting Intensive Development ) 'HU-vtiuE or piioDucTS rM ieadim SUTtSi 1909 AKO IS99 Baas &« fljutPTEi ) -£ %i5 \_(, o_i L -■•'■ ". -•'- fi ^mre ovT-Mfc«* I^u./^^fb , ^ p^r 2^ *»iM' Stli 52£.^- COfTtll. TIN, ADD SHEET-ltlON P«ODUCTS-Vtl.U[ Or nOOUCn roil IXAOINC STAnSi 1909 AKD I89S VALUE OF PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, ^Y STATESi 1909 AND 1899 LIMESTONE WU.IOMI or ootxAin OMK> Nlw VOMI m T) 11 ~^ pi CARS ADO GEKERAL SHOP CONSTRUCTIOH ADD REPAIRS BY STEAM-RAILROAD COMPANIES-VALUE OF PRODUCTS roR LEADING STATESi 1909 AND 1899 •*»MCm*«rT» The Relation Between Higher Education and Leadership Is No Accident The Development of Southern Ilhnois Presupposes An Educated Leadership £**>«« Wool, l-^M^ar «tiW^«*ft<.4. otj^tu OiiTMrftw '4^<> T^ltSOMt H/HL CM#K#/m '»"C«^ «*#«««nMrMT SUMMARY McKendree College Distinctively Serves Southern Illinois SOUTHERN ILLINOIS One^third of the State, with many people and Fewest Colleges, with great Undeveloped Resources, with equally great present Financial Limitations; an area hitherto Educationally Undeveloped, now Expanding under a Great Educational Awakening and Growth. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NEEDS an Established College of High Standards, Ideals and Traditions that shall be FULLY and ADEQUATELY ENDOWED for stirring demands of a coming, Growing Area. McKENDREE COLLEGE The Added ENDOWMENT Now Sought The Complete Meeting of the above NEEDS Outside Aid and Internal Sacriiice WILL DO IT McKtnhtn (toiW^t luUptm Vol. IV MAY, 1917 No. 1 Published Monthly at Press Hall By McKENDREE COLLEGE Entered a» second-class mail matter, March 3. 1913. at the Postoffice, at Lebanon, Illinois, under Act of August 12, 1912. Journal Press, Lebanon, Illinois ,1 Gaylord Bros. ■ I Makers Syracuse, N, Y. FAT. JIN. 21. 190t M YE 10093 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY LOAN OEPT ate recall. General Libraiy