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Page 1wo Report of a Visit Conunissian on Institutions of Aigher Education Navember 21-22, 1974 IC is the clarity of this purpose as manifested by the entire college community which �s drawing financial support, attracting fa�ulty who shar� such a purpose (and most certainly warning away those who would be in�mical to it), and appealing to students who want to Iive and study in a pe�cvcu5�.ve2y Ch�c.i��i.an env.vr.vrrmerr,t. Ab�s e,t�s Late i.n 1970 the group working toward the new Northwestern_found a.buyer for the old downtown plant and, at the same time, had the oppa�tuz�ity to buy the entire plant and 90 acres of wooded land formerly belonging to a Roman Catholic seminary in Roseviile, just north of St. 1'aul. Part of the campus borders a lake. The College has space to spare. The two main huiidings px'ovide, together, about 1.75,000 square feet of space. Halls are wide and ai.ry, so�e so wide that they have been furnished as lounges without leading to any sense of constriction. No offices are �ramped or �rowded. Classrooms.are well furnished and excel].ently maintained. �'urther, �he plant was obvionsl.y huilt fur very iow depreciati.on and long 1.ife, The Romanesque buildings are faced with brick and roofed with solid tile. The one si.gnificant addi�tion made by NorthwesLern Coll.ege, a women's dormitory having 88 students, is entireiy in keeping with the spaciousness and quality of the bui�dings...rhough it does not follow the Romanesque style. Nowhere are there the signs, which �ark so ma.ny small Christian colleges, of penury and marginal operati.on. Though the campus does not seem opulent or 3.uxurious, it is obviously very healthy and a very pleasant place to be. �ona� who v.v.t.i� .c,t g�.ve n.o� au� o� a eaneehned ehah,i�y bu,i �a be. �an,t a� a go�.ng e�,telcph,i.�se -i.ra wh,i.eh. �hey be,?.i.eve. �urther, the fortuito�s opportur�.ity to sell the old property downtown, �he opportunity to buy the sem3.nary for a figure £ar below its real value, and (rahile this team was on the campus) the oppartun.ity to take full title to half the 90 acres and so to open the way to build more darmitories on ].ien-free land - a.� �7.P�5� beeln �U Noh�btWe�S�PhYt �eop�.�e avcd �h.e.ih �uppo�c.iv.�us �o be a�ean.ey pnav.�den�.i.a.�, avcd �� a ca►v�eh.va�i.ve bu� d�e�.�y cammi��ed cn►vs.t,i,tuency, �'ha� -i,d moh� campe,�P,i.ng. Ac,t,c:v.i.ti.e�s a��Gce Con �Y an.a.t,i.a n T�ie Corporation does not just run a �oliege, though that i.s its chief objective. It is also develnping a Special Events program the purpose of which i.s ta attract more ihan Id0,000 people to the campus annual�y for