Western Maryland College - Aloha Yearbook (Westminster, MD)

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-SKETCH or western maryland ollege, BY FRUIT. S. SIMPSON, A. M. . lN'estern Marylznnl College is indigenous io this countrv and to this agei 'Neither in theory nor discipline is it an importation from other lands or insti- tutions. .-Xlthongh in its growtli it has profited hy the experience of all, yet it is not the developineiil ol premletcrniinecl plans or ideas, nor is it a calculated creation ! ...ir ' r ef a m. -a p :A - , ,af H rs. nf .W A , ,Y ' f ' 1- ? -- -' efifilg -' ' . ll 'b., ' Q5 1 . 1 a l I1 Us it -- , 15? H 51 - '75 i' ' ' 1 F? . 4' 3' T i E 'lg 'wt tl! l faif l A -1s::i4'i:g?4,4l W i l t il l gjsja' f U Em ' -- fb fier i f, 'xiii 1 gli' ' - 1 f- -:str t m r ' 'fluff - i:f.ff2 '- JE:'..w . - ' me Wt:- , fff-.-Eefi,-' T- wi' 13- 1 1. ' .,, K -,, - .Q N-...Y 4 5 I. fs. ,bygf ij-', I 1. -river,-E I: xhgvgm .G ' AL' -ttf - ',..i 1-zffz:-Fl' Q'555eV '-52 - -'als 1 c. 1 'P -Allfl, '-1 ' :T --.ws ,, -.VI lllllliilllm l if ' if i l illiii ii ii 7 of this and other States. With slender financial resources, among its active friends and very little aid fromiothers, it has accomplished what was deemed inossible only on a large pecuniary basis, and hence some antagonism, honest doubt and depreciation were to be expected, and from the first Vtfestern Mary- landhad' to compete for popular favor with other institutions that had an abund- ance of money, the whole force of tradition, the 'eclat of distinguished alumni, for the maintenance and diffusion of local, theological or political dogmasg but from the beginning' it has contributed its part to the moral and intellectual growth and the sanction of history. 23

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4 1 I lm U G W Lif' in Y N., W- iff' L IV A--..-f FT... f :P Hb U.. 1 HNVQ 4 1 y in . Eff ll f If ' fX MAP OF CAMPUS AND BUILDINGS. 1 Main Building. 2 Owings' Hall. 3 Smith Hall. 4 Hering Hall. 5 Ward Hall. 6 Y. M. C. A. Hall. 7 Gymnasium. 8 Prof. McDaniel's Residence. 9 Presidents Residence. 10 Ward Memorial Arch. 11 Alumni Hall. 12 Levine Hall. 13 Baker Chapel. 14 Prof. Simpson's Residence. 15 Dr. Bonnattc-:'s Residence. 16 Laundryman's House. 21 17 Chief Engineers House. 18 Butler's House. 19 Observatory. 20 Theological Seminary. 21 Dr. Elderdice's Residence 22 Tennis Courts. 23 Grand Stand.

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There are many points of interest in its struggle and many acts and achieve- ments worthy to be reckoned in the measure of its success that will have to be omitted in this short sketch. All of this country lying between the P. VV. Sz B. Railroad and the Blue Ridge-the principal geological divide in Maryland and the most important topographical feature of this section-is known as Parris Ridge. The elevation at the end of VVestminster, on a beautiful knob of this Ridge, is known as ALUMNI HAL L. ' .n,,.c f'College Hill. A better place for a College could never have been selected. In the midst of a country of ine scenery and great fertility, with the picturesque Blue Ridge conspicuous in the western horizon, with air pure and invigorating, the site chosen for the College is certainly one of marked adaptation and unsur- passed loveliness. On this spot, which has now become classic, the sixth of September, 1866, Prof. James VV. Reese, master of Door-to-Virtue Lodge of Freemasons, assisted 24