Ouachita Baptist College - Ouachitonian Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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IU VUGVUQQIQVH 1.54.93-ak? '+g'H'ri.?+'Nb'- ff 1 Xjfr y f V2 ff fbgrifiyi f4 f'Q.5.li' X X I f , ' l ,l IA Xu! X i' X if at in be ,J f- i - ' W- ' ,X ' 1 fi 1 V . if X . 'X sf if 1 i w W ae . wi X' XX i f! FX X Yr xi '- .M A , 'ey ,lfl g.,,X, V ,Xu r fat. N it t if U X r n! AT+3 Y, :Mr A . ggi Il 24 Qi it K- W, ' lf Fi ,I King c X M, fx ' 7 l f V X' 5 Ifyl f , f l' i al X A X Hp1XX Jf X,XX fi EW it f f ffl t XVYJ wk J, -X!! .X.X vi I g 1' Qc ,f -If gf, X C+ Q15 Q .X I 1 ' lin . f' kk ,W ill 4 ,I M new .M ff 1 ,JC V '?'filfff' fh JOHN W. CONGER Q55 ,X F t ml 1857 1924 w le W X J 'lil - X - K Lx 1 L Q K X ii5'zf? f V in I7 ir!'l'6s' We if fr ' 6 is ' f V A fi 1 ,w FOUNDER OF OUACI-HTA COLLEGE 'Z JC Q? A L36 CRD' M? K mv ti f' ilii'llAVi ------- ,Y ,yy f 4 ', 15'uv',X 45 gi 352 uffzjj uv Slwf XX? I 'i a 4 'X 91. wt ' On December 24, 1885, Dr. W. Conver, an Lqiivs Y ' 1 ':1H'll,-l' lfl C' '22 . if -5 i , . . . 5' 'QW l' I, XIX LL 33311, JX' alumnus of Southwestern Baptist University, was X X 1 A XXX X Y J chosen as the first President of Ouachita College I ,Q 1 ,Syl XX 'iX lll:'5i P li' ff . . -L 47? A X I X1 ,A 'VV I A by the Board of Trustees. He served in this ca- f -2 Xl t , ' Agfa 'X . . . fo 1 N ff' L yi l 5 pacity for twenty-one years. This man gave his AQN xx 4 F1 N M heart wholly to the college, and much of the pres- fg?,i,iRXXXljERiXXXUXTEXXFJXXMMJHMXXF In XWX ent prestige and power of the institution is clue to MXL -Q his untiring efforts. r f pf' ! , Na 'i 1! 'l . !' if fxriwlwiii -'ll TW ls 'gi' xi V ' , . ll iXrJ,::n.vwv.ai.re AM L .5 91 It is both fitting and proper that we, on the WKXTXF Xiu, gmc. 't occasion of our Fiftieth Anniversary, pause to pay lf '-I f I , X9 ' K, A we is mg' 'Q' l , M If M4 LJ Mmm yf-.Nn.vmwf is tribute to the man who meant so much to the col- . ,X 1- W QM' ,yr - X ',,X,,I Am, -' 1 W - -r , x ' ' -..,'f of ' ,aa a - lege during the first half of its life. His spirit, his V ,mam 7 2 A - In , work, and his influence will remain a part of 5i,?:?g i7ZL? f14f,a,,, Xff-,Z X cf- 'W ' ...lid L 4 -,WY kg f Msg- 1-v . a , Ja Ouachita in future years.