Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

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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:

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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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' -mar man r,': l ENTENARY CHAPEL and the C Bench 'gave way to the most recent building program of the college, which erected the new College Church, the Conservatory, and the Parish Housegin their old places. Centenary, built ' 'X 'U in 1884, was an important seat of Missouri Methodism and an integral part of the campus. Then, more than now, the number of ministerial students and profes- sional Christians enrolled in the college made Centenary services a laboratory course in religious work. The widening appeal of colleges, even those with ofhcial church affiliation, has made a larger plant necessary, but the emphasis today is upon lay participation rather than leadership. The C Bench, which was cast in concrete in IQIQ for service between Science Hall and Brannock, dates back through the early co-educational days of Central to the time of freshman trial by torture.. Although its cool but friendly beauty on spring days and moonlight nights must have inspired many romantic thoughts, the bench was used for discrimination among men. Freshmen, for example, were denied sitting privileges. But every day, just at sundown, they were required to report to the bench for shoe-shine duty. Even the freshmen, however, joined the more fortunate ones in a curse on progress when this last remnant of the days of chivalry was sacrificed to the Central skyline of today. f iv ' f,4meee'f,z3s,r' 'wyffe , ' W' rf, fa Zire? Z- ' ' r ty ff' ' ' V f , ff ,f 11 ff- 2 Branrzorle, the library, Centenary, Science, and the gym ar they urecl Io loole from northeartern Fayette par- turer. The olaltimer who took thif 5 V V as photograph mart have been a woman- l t 1 . - hater, at leaft temporarily, for he cut of Howard-Payne. 1 Page 25