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The Waterloo Lutheran University campus from above, circa 1961. Along what is now University Avenue, then named Dearborn Street, is the current Arts Building. Where the Lazaridis Building now resides is St. Michael's Elementary School. Moving eastward into the campus are the current Dining Hall, Theatre Auditorium and MacDonald House, then known as West Hall. Moving east again towards Bricker Avenue are areas under construction and open fields. Where Martin Luther University College stands today are Conrad Hall, the women's residence, and a large brick building known as Willison Hall. On the north side of Bricker Avenue are residential houses

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