Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

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oWARD FEMALE coL- TMCXNWQ if .M X-?:,v lege was chartered in 1859 S5,,,Q WK-DY as a concession to those m N not fortunate enough to be admitted to the stag aristocracy of Central College. lt, too, grew with the increasing emphasis on college training and, after being changed by name to Howard-Payne College in 1892, fmally was merged with Central and several smaller Methodist schools in 1922 and the years immediately following. ... ,-11...,i.z.,rfLf.-, ,,..',, , PIU!! GXKQ The Loop wax the Jocial cmzffr of the twin rampufrf and a very democratir place to park in the Jprirzg. 9 Howard-Payne Zookrd likf tliif before it acquired ity coricrfte ftepf and ww right wing.

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g g,4g,g,iia5l the College grew and moved into newer buildings. By the lirst decade of the twentieth century the old academy seemed doomed to decay from disuse and lack of care. lt was in IQII that T. Y. Brannock, brother of the man who had entered the building in its fifth year, gave ten thousand dollars toward its reconstruction as a dormitory for men. As Brannock Hall it served in this capacity until IQ27, when the growth of the college demanded the construction of McMurry Hall. Since that change, Brannock has returned to its original position of prominence on the Central campus. Remodeled and completely equipped for classrooms and administrative offices, it stands, in position and in function, at the center of Central College life. Gxkfl Until IQ22 thif fence furroumied the tiny prineipalizy of Howard-Payne, but in that year near-by Central .vtartecl on ez policy of imperialirm which opened it to the world. Page 22 If W3f1L 5 35'- 554TZ .1 .. fi '?',13! lff'E-5-fi - ':dZ'E E32 H , if Y - 11-zfmvif - :f ,.,,. ---f. . -N ... Y -,, ,-,... ,Yu -. ' J '-' f Q - 55' - - P-in . if - ..... 51 i-- ...4-.-1ff33'v '31-mba Wg' ,ama15:ssi'555'.Ef'5'.?'.imi,si?.i:L'A7f-fi?'-'32ef wnToJ.?e'whig -,

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Centenary Chapel, with itr tower at the Church Street front, overlooked the carnpuf with the fame dignity and watchful cloclef that have been included in our modern College Church. Y Warniirzg the bench war no penalty to Central .ftudentr in the decade following 1919. In fact, it war a plearure denied even the mort ambitiouf offrefhmen. N, .3 ,. ef,-:Jang With co-education came a slow but distinct lessening of the anti-social precautions of former two-college days. Walls and board fences rotted away, never to be replaced. fAnd from one opportunity a month to view the opposite sex in the formal atmosphere of the Bishopls home, there came the privileges of today. The combination of facilities of the two schools not only increased the economy and efhciency of the educa- tional plan but also gave the men and women interests and skills in common. Where they had regarded one another with decorum and pangs of martyrdom, they developed more candid and less painful social attitudes. Neither school lost anything of value. Instead, both gained in the addition of kindred spirit to the clannish interests of earlier years. The friendly efforts of supporters and alumni of Central have made possible an increase in size and in financial backing which not only meets the present responsibilites of the college but also creates a greater demand to be met in the future. The history of Central College has been a history of the sacrifice and sincerity of its builders, who have raised it to its present posi- tion of relative independence and power among the denominational schools of Missouri and the Middle West. Page 24 ,. .. . -.-- as -- -VW-.--.if.::. -- - -.uw rv-,mw:.w,::.-1. .i-i:.:,,.:f-few: