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 Eureka, the seat of Eureka College, is the county seat 
 of Woodford County, and is situated at the intersection 
 of the Toledo, Peoria & Western and the Atchison, Topeka & 
 Santa Fe railroads. It is nineteen miles east of Peoria, and twenty- 
 five miles north-west of Bloomington. The city is one of the most 
 beautiful, healthful, and moral in the State. It has no saloons, 
 billiard halls, nor other places calculated to lead young men astray, 
 and the sentiment of the people is in favor of temperance and 
 morality. 
 
 KUtMiftll tliOtfh Eureka College grew out of an attempt at 
 OlMvriCal >K?lvP higher education which was made in Walnut 
 Grove, Woodford County, Illinois, in 1848. In September of that 
 year, A. S. Fisher, a student of Bethany College, Va., began the 
 first session of Walnut Grove Seminary in a single room sixteen feet 
 square. For the session of 1849-50 an addition to the little frame 
 house was built, the new room being 16x24 feet, and the school was 
 
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 Burgess Memorial Hall 
 
 THE COLLEGE BUILDINGS 
 
 Old College Building 
 
 Chapel 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 re -organized as the " Walnut Grove Academy." The following year 
 a brick building was constructed and the faculty was increased to 
 five. 
 
 On February 9, 1855, the Illinois Legislature passed a liberal 
 charter, incorporating the institution as a college. Since that time 
 the school has steadily advanced to its present position of usefulness 
 and influence. 
 
 fir>lltt(k attd fftltldltta* The College buildin g s are situated in 
 tjlvlllltl? (WW DMIlV4lliy> a campus of ten acres in the southern 
 
 part of Kureka. For natural beauty this spot can hardly be sur- 
 passed. It is adorned with forest trees in great number and variety, 
 while a fine sward of blue -grass covers the ground. 
 
 There are five buildings, as follows: Burgess Memorial Hall, 
 which contains, besides recitation rooms, the President's private 
 office and reception room, the library and reading room, the museum, 
 the biological and geological laboratories, the art room, and the 
 commercial rooms ; the Original College Building, containing the 
 chemical laboratory, the Adelphian Literary Society hall, the Young 
 Men's Christian Association room, and the gymnasium; the Chapel 
 Building, in which, in addition to the large assembly room, are the 
 
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 ONE SIDE OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AND LECTURE ROOM 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 Periclesian and Edmund Burke Literary Society halls, the Young 
 Women's Christian Association room, and the music rooms; the 
 Tabernacle, with a seating capacity of 1,200; and Lida's Wood, the 
 young ladies' boarding hall. 
 
 T\ks 1*ik»*«*iT ^ e Library is open throughout the day and is in 
 \Xi\ Ifllvl Wl y constant use by the students in connection with 
 class-room work. It contains about 3,200 volumes and nearly as 
 many phamphlets. A large number of magazines and other periodic- 
 als are received and kept on file in the reading room. In addition 
 to the general library there are special libraries connected with the 
 departments of Biblical Literature, English Literature, Natural 
 Science, and Mathematics; all of which are accessible to students. 
 
 Cb\\V<b Of <flldir There is but one course of study, but it is 
 J6V?Wl>v Vl vlWWy practically equivalent to the two courses of- 
 fered heretofore, as there is a choice between ancient and modern 
 languages. The course is as follows: 
 
 Freshman Ykar: English, History, Mathematics, Physics, 
 Latin or French, Greek or German. Eighteen hours. 
 
 Sophomore; Ykar : English, Mathematics, Chemistry, 'Latin or 
 French, Greek or German. Eighteen hours. 
 
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 THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 Junior Year: English, History, Geology, Logic and Psychol- 
 ogy, and five hours from the following electives: English, Biology, 
 Pedagogy, Mathematics, Latin or French, Greek or German. Sev- 
 enteen hours. 
 
 Senior Year : Ethics and Evidences, Political Science, Thesis, 
 and ten hours from the following electives: English, Geology, 
 Astronomy, History, History of Philosophy, Mathematics, Biology, 
 Sociology, Hebrew, Latin or French, Greek or German. Fifteen 
 hours. 
 
 The course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 
 
 The schedule of recitations has been so arranged that no classes 
 will recite after one o'clock, the afternoon being kept clear for 
 laboratory work. Saturday afternoons and Monday forenoons will 
 be given as half- holidays, all college exercises being suspended. 
 
 jw* * j Candidates for admission to the Freshman class must 
 
 /lUIIii?3lVH p ass a satisfactory examination on the subjects given 
 below, or furnish a full statement, properly certified, of the com- 
 pletion of these preparatory studies : 
 
 Geography — Descriptive Geography. 
 
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 BASEBALL TEAM — Chapel Building in the Background 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 English — Grammar, English Analysis, Rhetoric and Composi- 
 tion. 
 
 History— United States History and Civil Government, General 
 History. 
 
 Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra (through Quadratics), 
 Plane and Solid Geometry. 
 
 Science— Physiology, Zoology, Botany. 
 
 Latin — Grammar, Viri Romae, Caesar (four books), Nepos. 
 
 Greek or German — One year's work. 
 
 ENGIvlSH Bible. 
 
 Students who wish to obtain credit for work done in other 
 schools will be furnished, upon application, with blank forms, upon 
 which the subjects pursued, the number of weeks, and the number 
 of hours per week devoted to each, the text-book used, and the 
 grade attained, are to be explicitly stated. These certificates, when 
 endorsed by the principal of the school, or other responsible officer, 
 will be received in lieu of an examination, so far as they cover the 
 required preparatory work. 
 

 
 
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 ON THE ELMWOOD COURT-Tabernacle in Background 
 
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 Course in Sacred Literature *gJZ^^L?* 
 
 preach the Gospel , but it is open to all students who wish to specially 
 qualify themselves for a life of Christian work. The course is as 
 follows : 
 
 Sophomore: Year: Old Testament History, New Testament 
 History, New Testament Greek. Twelve hours. 
 
 Junior Year: Old Testament History, New Testament His- 
 tory and Plan of Salvation, Hermeneutics, and Exegesis. Twelve 
 hours. 
 
 Senior Year: Hebrew, Church History, Homiletics and Pas- 
 toral Work, Sociology, Missions. Twelve hours. 
 
 On the completion of the course the student is entitled to the 
 degree of Bachelor of Sacred Literature, provided he has also com- 
 pleted the collegiate course, in this or any other institution of like 
 standing. 
 
 In addition to this course there is a four years' English Bible 
 Course, for the completion of which a certificate is given. 
 
 There is a fund known as the Bible Students' Aid Fund which 
 is used to assist poor young men who are studying for the ministry. 
 
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 A CLASS IN THE GYMNASIUM 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 For information concerning this fund application should be made to 
 the Secretary of the Students' Aid Fund Committee, Eureka, 111. 
 
 Preparatory Department ta ined tTet stents Z the S- 
 
 man Class of the College. It also affords a comprehensive course of 
 study for students who can spend only a few years in school, or who 
 desire to fit themselves for teaching in the public schools. 
 
 Preparatory students enjoy the advantages and privileges of 
 collegiate students, such as library, laboratories, gymnasium, liter- 
 ary societies, and all student enterprises. 
 
 A three years' course, requiring twenty hours per week through- 
 out each year, has been arranged as follows : 
 
 First Year: English Grammar, United States History and 
 Civics, Geography and Arithmetic, Dictionary Work, Physiology. 
 
 Second Year: Algebra, Rhetoric, General History, English 
 Bible, Latin. 
 
 Third Year: Geometry (Plane and Solid), Composition, Zo- 
 ology and Botany, Latin, Greek or German. 
 
 Mr. O. B. Clark, the principal, will cheerfully furnish any 
 further information in regard to this department. 
 
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FOOTBALL TEAM 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 Commercial Department p r actkaTL«rsTof a study X is ee offefed 
 
 in this department. The Ellis System of Actual Business Practice 
 is followed. The student can enter upon the work of this course at' 
 any time of the year. The work is so arranged that each pupil pur- 
 sues his studies independently of all others. The time required to 
 complete the course depends largely upon the aptness and ability of 
 the student; usually, however, two terms, or about six months, will 
 be sufficient time in which to do the work well. The completion of 
 the course entitles the student to a diploma. 
 
 Courses in Shorthand and Typewriting are also offered at an 
 additional expense of $1.50 per week. 
 
 nAMatttMtAHt Af tfttitlA Piano — The piano department is under 
 IKpai UnClU ©I IBlUSlC the direction of Miss Sarah K. Pickrell, 
 late of I^eipsic, Germany, where she was for four years a student of 
 Bruno Swintscher in the Royal Conservatory of Music. 
 
 A four years' course has been arranged which leads to the de- 
 gree of Bachelor of Music. Students completing three years' work 
 are given diplomas. 
 
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 TRACK TEAM 
 
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 Voice Cui/ture — A three years' course is offered and its com- 
 pletion entitles the student to a diploma. 
 
 Frequent recitals are given by students in the two departments 
 of music. 
 
 IWtl/ltfHIOfrlt Af Ml*t Courses are offered in drawing, oil, and 
 Utf/ftl llllvHI vl /111 water-color painting, crayon work, pastel, 
 and china painting. 
 
 <tiiri*ttt AtVianWatiAHt LlTORARY Societies— There are three 
 ^IMUCIII Urg<HllZailQII> literary societies, the Edmund Burke, 
 Periclesian, and Adelphian, all of which admit men and women on 
 equal terms. Each of the societies has a very handsomely furnished 
 hall where meetings are held one evening of each week. 
 
 The three societies unite in an organization known as the Joint 
 Association, under whose auspices the college paper — the Pegasus — 
 is issued. Inter-society contests are held, and an annual course of 
 entertainments is arranged. 
 
 Religious Organizations — There are five religious organiza- 
 tions, as follows: The Young Men's Christian Association, the 
 Young Women's Christian Association, the Missionary Board, the 
 Ministerial Association, and the Student Volunteer Band. Each of 
 
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 BASKET-BALL TEAM 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 these organizations has its own peculiar work and all exert an influ- 
 ence upon the student life if the College. 
 
 Athxetic Association — All athletic enterprises of the College, 
 except tennis and gymnastics, are under the control of a general Ath- 
 letic Association, a strictly student body. Only members of the 
 Association are allowed to represent the College on its foot-ball, 
 base-ball, or track teams. 
 
 The Association is a member of the Illinois Inter- Collegiate 
 Athletic Association. A series of inter- class ball games and the 
 class field day in June enlist a large per cent of the students, in 
 addition to those who are interested in gymnastics and tennis. 
 
 In 1891 the Board of Trustees purchased a five -acre tract of 
 ground one block from the campus and gave it into the hands of 
 the students as an athletic park. The track and field have been 
 much improved during the past year. 
 
 At a meeting of the Association at the opening of the fall term, 
 the college colors were changed from light blue to maroon and old 
 gold, which action was ratified by the faculty. 
 
 Faculty supervision of athletics is left to a committee of three, 
 whose work has, in the past, been confined to the prevention and 
 
MANDOLIN CLUB 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 rectifying of abuses ; the policy of the faculty being to allow the 
 students the largest liberty possible, in athletics, consistent with 
 the chief aim of College life. 
 
 Tennis is practically under control of two clubs, which have 
 courts on the campus and hold a joint tournament during Com- 
 mencement week. 
 
 Musical Organizations — Mandolin Club— Vox several years 
 past an excellent Mandolin Club has been maintained. Any student 
 with the requisite musical ability is eligible for membership, and 
 there is no expense except for music. 
 
 Glee Club — If a suitable number of voices can be secured, a glee 
 club is organized, thoroughly drilled and sent out to give concerts 
 throughout the state. There is usually, also, a good male quartet. 
 
 A mixed chorus is kept in training, and each year gives a con- 
 cert. This chorus is open to all and there is no expense for in- 
 struction. 
 
 Thk Pegasus— For nine years past the students have published 
 the Eureka College Pegasus, semi-monthly. It is ably edited by 
 representatives of the literary societies, and besides being an inter- 
 esting record of College happenings, it is quite a help to those stu- 
 
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JEUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 dents who desire to become newspaper men. The subscription price 
 is $1.00 per year. 
 
 £- It is the policy of the College management to furnish 
 
 CA|7vll>V> first-class educational opportunities at the lowest rates 
 consistent with the high grade of facilities offered. The expense of 
 both living and tuition is very moderate. Extravagance in the use 
 of money by the students is strongly discouraged. Parents and 
 guardians are advised not to furnish their young people with lavish 
 amounts of spending money. 
 
 Tuition— Fall Term $15.00 
 
 Winter Term 12.00 
 
 Spring Term 12.00 
 
 Piano — Two lessons per week 1 . 50 
 
 Less than two lessons per week at above rate. 
 
 Voice: —Two lessons per week 1 . 00 
 
 Less than two lessons per week at above rate. 
 
 Painting — Drawing— One lesson per week (six hours) .50 
 
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 TWO OF THE PARLORS AT LIDA'S WOOD 
 
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 A SOCIAL HOUR AT LIDA'S WOOD 
 
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 A ROOM OF ONE OF THE GIRLS AT LIDA'S WOOD 
 
EUREKA COLLEGE 
 
 « ^1 The best of boarding is afforded at the Boarding Hall, 
 
 DvillMlliy Lida's Wood, for both ladies and gentlemen. The 
 rooms are large, well ventilated, and only two persons are placed in 
 a room; steam heat and electric light. Rates are as follows: 
 
 Day Board , per week , $2 . 25 
 
 Room and Board , per week 3 . 25 
 
 Board can be obtained at about the same rates in private fam- 
 ilies. Clubs are often formed enabling students to live as cheaply 
 as $1.00 per week. Ladies sometimes club together and do their 
 own housekeeping, thus reducing expense of living to actual cost. 
 Rooms can be rented either singly or en suite. 
 Any information not found in these pages will be promptly and 
 cheerfully furnished on application. Address, 
 
 President J. H. Hardin, 
 
 Eureka, 111. 
 
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 A GROUP OF LIDA'SWOOD GIRLS 
 
1857 
 
 1898 
 
 Cdtmmd Burke Dterary Society 
 
 Bonis Artibus Gloriam Quaeramus 
 
 €$$ay, Oration, Debate, music, Arts, Parliamentary Caw, Society Paper, 
 "Burke Born," UoL UTT 
 
 "We live by admiration, hope and love, 
 And even as these are well and wisely fixed 
 In dignity of being we ascend." 
 "it is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason and 
 justice tell me I ought to do."— Burke. 
 
 "Blest statesman he, whose mind's unselfish will 
 Leaves her at ease among grand thoughts; whose eye 
 Sees that apart from magnanimity 
 Wisdom exists not." 
 
 Charter members 
 
 N. S. Haynes 
 R. B. Dickinson 
 Cyrus Benson 
 Henry Hall 
 Henry C. Mannen 
 Frank I,. Cook 
 Thomas Dunkeson 
 John Iy. McCune 
 Charles Taggart 
 
 MEMBERSHIP SEVENTY. .. 1 898 
 
 Among the scores on the old records we note 
 the following names: 
 
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 B. B. Tyler 
 
 N. S. Haynes 
 
 Carl Johann 
 
 W. Frank Richardson 
 
 H. O. Breeden 
 
 A. P. Cobb 
 P. A. Felter 
 
 B. O. Aylesworth 
 J. H. Gilliland 
 
 Z. T. Sweeny 
 
 O. P. Hay 
 
 J. G. Waggoner 
 
 W. H. Cannon 
 
 H. N.^Herrick 
 
 Mary Musick Herrick 
 
 O. W. Stewart 
 
 Ella Seass Stewart 
 
 C. R. Vandervort 
 
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 EDMUND BURKE HALL 
 
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««Perick$ian Society 
 
 Scientia 
 
 Tenebras 
 
 Lampade 
 
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 The society, named after the illustrious Athenian, has nobly 
 and continously defended the principles for which Pericles stood. 
 There is no aristocracy of authority or domineering clique of par- 
 liamentarians, but a modeling after that ancient order of aristocracy 
 of quality of literary effort. Demonstrative of this stands the 
 record established during the later years of society life in which the 
 Periclesians have furnished journalists, poets, authors, and novel- 
 ists of note. "Originality" is the pass- word, literary culture the 
 warden, and authorship the master's degree. 
 
 Not in numbers and not crudeness is our destined end or 
 way. 
 
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 PERICLESIAN HALL 
 
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JMelpbian Society 
 
 Colors: Black and Old Gold 
 
 ntotto: Let Brotherly Cove Continue 
 
 President, Louis O. Lehman 
 Recording Secretary, Miss Kffie Moulton Vice President, W. H. Kindeed 
 
 Corresponding Secretary, Chas. Hall Treasurer, Rodney Cripps 
 
 Wm. Drummet 
 H. G. Harward 
 Elmer Shepard 
 F. K. Hagin 
 Guy Foster 
 W. T. Allen 
 J. O. Baker 
 Miss Eva Hinman 
 W. H. Kindred 
 W. D. deeper 
 Ira J. Stonier 
 Mrs. J. T. Stivers 
 H. G. Bennett 
 D. A. Shepard 
 J. T. Stivers 
 
 ROLL OF 1897-98 
 
 L. O. Lehman 
 Miss Helen Liggett 
 C. E. Bolin 
 
 B. H. Sealock 
 Miss Effie Moulton 
 Mrs. C. W. Marlow 
 Mrs. H. G. Harward 
 Miss Estie Harrod 
 Miss Mary Wadsworth 
 Merle Hunter 
 
 C. W. Wellman 
 Rodney Cripps 
 H. W. Carter 
 C. W. Marlow 
 W. L. Mcllvaine 
 
 Miss Lucy Jones 
 H. W. McVay 
 Ora Patterson 
 Miss Iua Foster 
 Emmette Fuller 
 Miss Ellen Haney 
 Miss Sara Comman 
 C. W. Hall 
 H.E. Tucker 
 Ira Engle 
 Miss McVay 
 Leslie Harvey 
 Mr. Thompson 
 Miss Lottie Cripps 
 Miss Carrie Smith 
 
 Adelphian's orator, Mr. Harward, represents Eureka in the State Ora- 
 torical Contest next October. 
 
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Eureka College Aid Association 
 
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 In its efforts to give good facilities for the education of our young people the 
 expenses of Eureka College have often been greater than its income; hence a 
 debt rests upon it. To stop this yearly deficit its income must be increased, or 
 our one college in Illinois for Christian education and for training ministers of 
 the Gospel will be overwhelmed. Those acquainted with its good work in the 
 past are not willing to lose its Christian work and influence. One of the plans 
 devised to help it was inaugurated in the month of March, 1897. 
 
 Some women, who think it wise to have our young people educated under 
 Christian influences, began to organize under the name of the Eureka College 
 Aid Association. 
 
 The object of this Association is to secure students and money for the support 
 of Eureka College, and to disseminate a knowledge of its work and needs 
 throughout the State. One share of $5, payable annually in five equal install- 
 ments constitutes an active membership. Men who pay $1 or more to the College 
 through this Association are honorary members. The First Annual State Meet- 
 ing is to be held during the State Encampment at Eureka, the first week in Aug- 
 ust, 1898, when State officers will be elected. The present officers are, President, 
 Mrs. S. J. Crawford; Secretary, Miss Gertrude Hawk; Treasurer, Miss Clara L,. 
 Davidson, all of Eureka, 111. 
 
 Anyone can become a member of this Association, at any time, by sending 
 
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her name to the Treasurer and paving the first installment of one share, $1; 
 though it is earnestly desired that all who can will take more than one share. 
 The Association has been fortunate in securing Miss Anna M. Hale to visit the 
 churches in Illinois in the interests of this work. 
 
 Through such an organization as this the smallest as well as the largest offer- 
 ings can be made effective. Rich and poor, old and young, can all have a part in 
 helping to prevent the loss to our brotherhood of such a valuable institution as 
 Eureka College. 
 
 This Association has already become helpful. It has a large and active 
 membership in Eureka. Miss Hale is meeting with success in securing members 
 elsewhere in the State. The hope and prayer of those who realize that this is 
 missionary work of the first importance, is, that thousands of those who love 
 Christ and the Church will join us in this good beginning, and thus help us reach 
 a glorious success. 
 
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J. W. FRANKS & SONS 
 PRINTERS 
 PEORIA, 
 ILLINOIS