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YET FOR WHEN IT WILL BE ON 

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STORE SHELVES SO WHY ARE WE 

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HERE IN THE TINY TOWN OF 

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MARION INDIANA 

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>> WELL IT'S HOME TO THIS 

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HISTORIC A HIDDEN GEM HIGH 

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ABOVE THE WABASH BUT THIS 

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STORY JUST AS UNIQUE AS THE 

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STRUCTURE ITSELF 

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>> THEN SENDS WAS THE CAPITAL 

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OF INDIANA WAS JUST ONE SHORT 

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STEAMBOAT RIGHT UP THE RIVER 

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THE WABASH RIVER WHAT YOU SAW 

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THE BLAST YOU KNEW THAT YOU 

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WERE HERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF 

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY 

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INDIANA INDIANA ONCE THOUGHT 

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OF AS A SHINING CITY ON A HILL 

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THE EPICENTER OF ARTS AND 

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CULTURE IN THE LATE 19TH AND 

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EARLY 20TH CENTURY EVEN 

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ATTRACTING PRESIDENTS LIKE 

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WARREN G HARDING AND WILLIAM 

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TAFT THE BODY CULTURAL SCENE 

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IN MERA MADE WAY FOR THE 

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CONSTRUCTION OF UNION 

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CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN 18 59 

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THIS WAS THE FIRST PLACE THE 

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FIRST COLLEGE AND ALL OF 

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INDIANA TO OFFER THE SAME 

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CURRICULUM TO WOMEN AS TO 

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MEANT THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE 

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AND DURING AND RIGHT AFTER THE 

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 2 

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>> IN RECOVERY FROM WAR A 

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WHOLE SOCIETIES LOOK THE 

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REBIRTH IS TO BE UNION 

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CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WAS PART OF 

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THAT RESTORATION AND REBIRTH 

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AND OVER 160 YEARS LATER THE 

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SAME BUILDING THAT WAS ONCE 

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THE ANCHOR TO WHAT WAS 

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FORMERLY UNION CHRISTIAN 

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COLLEGE IS IN DIRE NEED OF A 

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RESTORATION AND REBIRTH ITSELF 

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THINK ARCHITECTURALLY COLLEGE 

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ITSELF IMPRESSIVE 

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>> IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU SEE BUT 

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REALLY IS A 6 STORY BUILDING 

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CIRCA 18 WITH PEOPLE ON TOP 

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TOWERING OVER A SMALL 

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COMMUNITY LIKE I THINK THAT'S 

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PART OF WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE 

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THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL 

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STANDING SO MANY SMALL 

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COMMUNITIES THAT HAD LANDMARK 

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LIKE THIS ONCE THAT ORIGINAL 

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NEWS THAT'S THOSE LANDMARKS 

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WERE SO TO HAVE THIS CONTINUE 

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ITS THE BUILDINGS CONTINUE TO 

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BE EVOLVED WITH THE EVOLUTION 

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OF 

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>> THE FACILITY THE CAMPUS 

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ALSO MAKES THE HISTORIC 

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COLLEGE HALL IS CHALK FULL OF 

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MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL PRE-CIVIL 

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WAR FEATURES IN MANY CASES 

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SEEMINGLY BARELY TOUCHED BY 

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THE PASSING OF TIME BUT 

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PERHAPS THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE 

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MALL COLLEGE HALL THIS SPIRAL 

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STAIRCASE 

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>> CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK UP THIS 

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3 STORY WOODEN SPIRAL 

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STAIRCASE ORIGINAL TO THE 

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BUILDING 160 YEARS OLD IT'S 

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UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE CARVINGS 

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FROM PEOPLE DATING BACK TO 18 

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87 THE 1920'S SO MUCH HISTORY 

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ON ONE STAIRCASE OVER THE 

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YEARS COLLEGE HALL HAS BORIS 

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SO MANY THINGS 

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>> THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS 

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COMMUNITY UNION CHRISTIAN 

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COLLEGE CLOSED IN 1924 BUT THE 

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CAMPUS BEEN REOPENED AS THE 

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INSTITUTE BUT PERHAPS MOST 

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THE HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR 2 

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>> IT BECAME BASE CAMP NUMBER 

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14 FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS 

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DURING WORLD WAR THERE THOSE 

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MEN REFUSED TO SERVE 

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>> AND THEY WERE GIVEN AN 

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OPPORTUNITY TO STILL SERVE 

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THEIR COUNTRY THE CAMPUS HERE 

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SERVED AS THE CAMPSITE FOR 

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CHANCE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS 

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WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO 

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ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLAR OR A 

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MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO 

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RESTORE THIS BUILDING TO ITS 

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ORIGINAL WILL BE AN INTRICATE 

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PART THE FUTURE WE BUILD UPON 

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ITS HISTORY THE VALUE WE'VE 

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HAD IN DEVELOPING THIS 

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COMMUNITY I HAVE TO FIND THE 

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MONEY TO SAVE THIS BUILDING SO 

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THAT THIS BUILDING WILL BE 

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HERE FOR MY GREAT 

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GRANDCHILDREN TO SEE AND FOR 

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TO BE A VITAL PART OF THIS 

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COMMUNITY TRULY A HIDDEN GEM 

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RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST