Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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nded in .ughout reasing Eastern ch edu- From popula- irls, at change he East ntages. es were 1e await Lhe C01- 1 an' in- uwn, the ,nd best 3. people ear the spot of ,shioned l. Here ided by : eleven ed and st class 'erty; is :own of :althful, and free from malarial influences. The surroundings are remarkably picturesque and attractive. Within half a mile of the city limits are the famous Reed Mineral Springs, the seat of the Odd F ellows, Home of Missouri. Fourteen miles east of Liberty are the well-known Excelsior Springs. Kansas City, fourteen miles from Liberty, is connected with it by two lines of railway, Viz.: the Hannibal 8z St. Joseph and the Chicago, Milwaukee 8: St. Paul. The Wabash railroad is four miles distant, and makes easy connection With the other roads at Birmingham. Liberty is accessible by rail in twenty-four hours or less from Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, St. Paul and Denver. The churches of Liberty are Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic. BUILDING. The building is modern in architecture, three stories high With basement-the last being of stone and the other three of brick, With stone trimmings. The main building 050 feety fronts t0 the east; the wing t110 feety fronts t0 the south. The building contains 140 robms. Those for the pupils are mainly for two each. They are large and well ventilated. Ceilings are high and hallways are Wide. The entire building is lighted With incandescent electric lights and heated by steam, the electric and steam plant being located 200 feet from the building. Bath rooms With hot and cold water on dormitory floors. The stately buildings on the crest of the hills facing William Jewell College on the opposite side of the city; the campus, eleven acres, covered With greensward of blue grass and clover, sloping in every direction; the College windows, commanding as far as the eye can reach, a most charming View of the surrounding country; here and there, glimpses of the classic Missouri river, its silvery sheen re- flecting the bright sunlight--all combine to make this an ideal college home, conceded by those WhO have visited the College to be Without a parallel in all the land. The great prosperity and the unprecedented growth of the College, year after year, since its foundation, prove the wisdom of the selection. I5

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HISTORICAL SKETCH AND PROSPECTUS HE LIBERTY LADIESl COLLEGE was founded in 1890 to meet a growing demand, existing throughout the West, for the Higher Education of Women. This demand was made manifest by the ever-increasing number of Western girls who annually visit the Eastern schools or the institutions of Europe in order to reach edua cational facilities that are denied them 'in the West. From this broad area of 2,000,000 square miles, with a popula- tion of nearly 20,000,000, hundreds of our noble girls, at enormous cost, at the risk of health and life from the-change Ofelimate and the perils of travel, go annually to the East and to Europe to secure the best educational advantages. These would all remain here, if the desired facilities were afforded. Surely the benedictions of a great people await the school that is to meet this growing demand. Inspired by this lofty aim, the, founders of the Col- lege set about seeking an eligible location for such an in- stitution. In the classic city of Liberty, a college town, the seat of William Jewell College, one of the oldest and best endowed colleges for young men in the West, with a people famed for intelligence, culture and refinement, near the Western metropolis, Kansas City, was found a spot of ground which beneficent nature seems to have fashioned with special reference to the location of such a school. Here the founders resolved to locate the new College. Aided by the public-spirited citizens of Liberty, they bought eleven acres for the site. Elegant buildings were erected and equipped with all the apparatus needed for a first class Ladiesl College. LOCATION. The location of the College, in the City of Liberty, is admirable in every respect. Liberty is a beautiful town of more than three thousand inhabitants, perfectly healthful, I4 3ZU$B

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, wusmgk LTNL A 4. , .5. : COURSE OF STUDY. The curriculum embraces the most liberal course of study, modeled after those of leading universitiesand c01- leges of the country. The course is both prescribed and elective. Students Who so desire may, With the approval of the Faculty, pursue a select course of studies, provided the selections do not conflict With the schedule of recitations. For a thorough and comprehensive College course, preparatory work is necessary. Studies in this department are so arranged as to form a consecutive Course with the collegiate classes. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. FIRST YEAR First Term Second Term Bible Stories, 0. T. Bible. Stories, 0. T. Reading. Reading. Spelling. Spelling. Primary Arithmetic. Primary Arithmetic. Language Lessons. Language Lessons. Geography. Geography. Writing. Writing. SECOND YEAR First Term Second Term Bible, N. T. Bible, N. T. Elementary Arithmetic. . Elementary Arithmetic. Grammar and Compositlon. Grammar and Composition. Geography. . Geography. Primary Hlstory 9f the U. S. Primary History of the U. S. Reading and Spelling. Reading and Spelling. Writing. Writing. THIRD YEAR First Term Second Term Higher Arithmetic. i Higher Arithmetic. Higher Grammar. ' Higher Grammar. Higher Geography. Higher Geography. Mental Arithmetic. Mental Arithmetic. Histqry of the.Un1ted.S.tates. History of the United States. Reading, Spelling, Writing. Reading, Spelling, Writing. FOURTH YEAR First Term Second Term Eilrstbyear Latin, Collar 8: DanielI. Second year Latin, Collar 8: Dan- ge.ra. iell. Physical Geography. Algebra. Readlng and Spelling. Anatomy and Physiology, with Composxtmn and Rhetoric. Lectures. Reading and Spelling. Analysis. Composition and Rhetoric. Wuav -M