McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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Although founded in 1n2n as Lebanon Seminary, the name of the institution was changed in 1s::o to McKendree College in honor of Bishop William McKendree. The first charter was re- ceived in 1S35. Largely through the influence of Abraham Lincoln, a new and more liberal charter was obtained in 1S39, and is still in force. Book of the Classes

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fp ( [i tiWregg la1 X P Mentor piston? On the twenty-seventh day of September in the year Nineteen Hun- dred and Twenty A. D. fifty-five aspiring lads and lasses departed from the shores of parental jurisdiction to embark upon the mystic voyage of a college career, eagerly anticipating a day four years hence when the last lap of the vovage of life should begin. Now that day has come, bringing to us not a spirit of eager anticipation, but one of reluctant realization that those college days have passed too quickly. They are mere memories; pleasant, ' tis true, — exciting, too. We had things our way the first year here, although the green was slow to wear off. The grass, however, was hardier than weeds and we soon crowded the upper-classmen out of the way. Our first attempt to have a -teed ' was crushed, we admit, but a counter attempt was successful and from them we defied all of them, ate when we liked and said what we pleased. Our return the next year was marked by renewed vigor and deter- mination to instill in the hearts of every McKendrean a true college spirit. To do this we had to be the examples. The Freshies of this year were not the right caliber to experiment with. So we gave our own parties, in- vited fellow McKendreans, and really were a congenial bunch. Five girls from our ranks effected the organization of the Student Volunteer Band. Then came the campaign for McKendree ' s endowment and the Class of ' 24 responded with the largest pledge of all classes. The crowning achieve- ment of the year was the establishment of the Student Association and the election of one from our midst as the first president. In our Junior year we did not intend to be forced into the background and from the beginning maintained our position so nobly obtained. Al- though many did not return, the twenty-five who did. ably carried on our colors Again, one from our class was elected president of the Student Association and was re-elected the following term. Assistantships in every department of college work were awarded to members of the Class of 1924. The works of the former three years were carried on during our Senior year In all school activities we had our representatives in the Student Association, in the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. cabinets, on the 1924 Mc- Kendrean Staff, assistantships and student instructors. It was indeed ap- propriate that the student body should dedicate the beautiful elm to the memory of the Class of 1924. But these are reminiscences, the actualities never to be experienced again. However, these pleasant memories of attainments in our college career encourage us and arouse within us the determination to attain to the best in life. a n [giBX d Qd AiE Page Twenty-fiv