MacMurray College - Tartan / Illiwoco Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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twenty - seven Years MacMurroY College today is the culmination of twenty-seven years of one man ' s work, hopes and dreams. Dr. Clarence P. McClelland, President Emeritus, is an inseparable part of all that MacMur- ray means to her thousands of alumnae. The very name of the college is a reminder that it was Dr. McClelland who is largely responsible for Senator MacMurray ' s generous endowment, and the resulting change of the school ' s name from Illinois Women ' s College to MacMurray College for Women. Down the long line of MacMurray s distinguished presidents it is difficult to find a single man who has given of his own life and personality to so great on extent. The very character of life on this campus is reminiscent of Dr. McClelland ' s gift for pleasant, gracious living. In his fourteenth year at MacMurray, Dr. McClel- land stated as his desire for MacMurray, that it shall be a college as unique and excellent in its educational work and its spiritual life as the new buildings which have recently been erected; that, year by year, there shall go forth from its halls a select group of young women, physically efficient, sound in moral principle, accustomed to co-operative effort, with minds alert and well-informed, and with a living faith in God, prepared and eager to invest their lives for the beautifying and betterment of the world. We here know that he has given us invaluable aid in fulfilling his hopes for MacMurray. In the upper left comer of this page, Dr. Mac is shown with Mrs. Kalhryn MacMurroy, examining saddle bags that belonged to Peter Cartwright, one of the college founding fathers. Immediately below, Mrs. MacMurray, wife of the college ' s most dis- tinguished benefactor. Dr. McClelland, retiring presi- dent, and Dr. Louis W. Norris, MacMurray ' s ninth president, stand on the steps of MacMurray Hall just before the inauguration ceremonies on September 24. Dr. McClelland is next pictured as he addressed the inauguration banquet on the same day. THE HISTORY OF MacMURRAY COLLEGE, by Dr. Mary Watters, in the lower left corner of the page, was published in 1947, and is here opened to a picture of Senator MacMurray. The inaugura- tion procession, viewed from an upstairs window, ascends the steps of beautiful Annie Merner Chapel the crowning achievement of Dr. McClelland ' s building program. The 1953 Illiwoco staff are proud to dedicate our book to Dr. McClelland in recognition of his monumental gift to us — our Alma Mater.

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Mrs. MacMurray confers the office of President of MacMurray College upon Dr. Louis W. Norris during in- augural ceremonies in Annie Merner Chapel. T ie Torch Is Dr. Louis William Norris, the ninth president of MacMurray, was inaugurated on November 24, 1952. He was already well-known and well- loved by the time he was officially installed. Dr. and Mrs. Norris have brought a graciousness and warmth to our campus that have won them secure places in the hearts of all our students. Suppers, teas, and informal gatherings have confirmed our first impression that these two grand people are sincere in their interest in every girl. Dr. Norris is a man who believes, as he stated in his first address to the faculty, that Teaching is fun! This man has helped to create the new spirit of growth and activity that pervades our campus and our classrooms. Through his own personality he has poised us all, faculty and students, on the starting line. We wait, expectant and ready to move onward. Dr. McClelland ' s twenty-seven years of service, with his great strides in the expansion of MacMurray ' s campus are the foundation on which the new president will build. We turn to Dr. Norris with certainty — knowing that he will carry our college forward to fulfillment of all our fond dreams. 16