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GENERAL INFORMATION Visible from La Mirada are such outstanding Southern Cali fornia landmarks as Mount Wilson, Mount Baldy, Signal Hill, Palos Verdes, and Santa Catalina Island. Famed Knott's Berry Farm is six miles away while equally famous Disneyland is ap proximately twelve miles to the southeast. Within an hour's drive are such popular ocean resorts as Long Beach, Newport, Balboa, and Laguna Beach. While located sufficiently far from Los Angeles to escape its noise and congestion, La Mirada is close enough to enjoy the many cultural advantages offered by a major metropolis. Points of his torical interest in the form of some of California's most famous missions lie within an hour and a half's drive. Recreational facili ties lie close at hand. Within La Mirada will soon be created a public park comprising more than one hundred acres with hiking trails and picnic and play areas and an eighteen hole golf course. In winter, an hour's drive will take one into the nearby mountains where winter sports are available.
THE BIOLA CAMPUS
The campus is bounded on the west by Biola Avenue and on the east by La Mirada Boulevard. It is located between the large east-west thoroughfares of Rosecrans Avenue and Imperial High way. Approximately three miles to the south is the Santa Ana Freeway. Students coming to the campus by automobile should follow these directions: coming from the west leave the Santa Ana Free way at Rosecrans and travel east to Biola Avenue; coming from the southeast leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Valley View and travel north to Rosecrans, then turn right to Biola Avenue; coming from the east via San Bernardino Freeway (U.S. highway 60, 70, 99), turn south on California Highway 39 to Imperial Highway, and right on Imperial to Biola Avenue. Campus buildings include Sutherland Hall, Marshburn Hall, Crowell Hall, and the Science Hall-all large instructional facili ties that house classrooms, auditoriums, and offices. Additional campus buildings are the Rose Memorial Library, the commons, a student union, a gymnasium, the Pierce-Hunt Memorial Infirmary, several residence halls, the Rose of Sharon Prayer Chapel, and other structures. The master plan calls for the erection of addi tional buildings within the next few years. On the eastern side of the campus lie the athletic fields. In cluded are a crushed brick quarter mile track, an excellent base ball diamond, and tennis courts.
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