Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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GRADUATESOFI908 3 ' IJTERARY COURSE-B.L i 3i V J; I : - : Floy Crews. . ....................................... Liberty, MO. Lena Pearson. . ................................ haglewlle, MO. . 3 Anne Franklin. . .................................. Cameron, MO. Dona Sharp. . ............................. . ......... Liberty, Mo. 3 Mary Moore. . ........................................ Paris, Mo. Willa Williams ................................. Kansas City, Mo. K L X 1 . INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC--PIANO Elsie Griffeth. . ..................................... Liberty, MO. Edith Lowrance. . ................................... A lluwe, Okla. Jeanette Johnston ............ , ..................... Platte City, Mo. Virgie Mackey. . .................................. Merkle, Texas Georgene Johnston. . ............................ Platte City, Mo. ; ELOCUTION Sadie Ray Bailey .............................. 22 Big Timber, Mont. Lydia Bolton ..................................... Mt. Hope, Kan. HE 1. 1331111 1x mg fit tion of XVwm This dull creasing nun: Eastern .de. reach educmf VV-est. 177'w11: With a pmlui: noble girls. ; life from 13m g0 311111127y $ educmi nuf. :' the dcshml '- fmnx m7 L: this ; - 111;.L . V ,3 XLQK t

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......... Liberty, MO. ..Kansas City, Mo. ......... 3illuwe. Okla. ....... Merkle, Texas ....... Eagleville, M0. HE LIBERTY LADIES COLLEGE was founded in 1890 to meet a growing demand, exist- ing throughout the West, for the Higher Educa- tion of Women. This demand was made manifest by the ever-in- creasing number of Western girls who annually Visit the Eastern schools or the institutions of Europe in order to reach edueational facilities that are denied them in the West. FrOm this broad area of 2,000,000 square miles, with a population of nearly 20,000,000, hundreds of our noble girls, at enormous cost, at the risk of health and life from the change of climate 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 benedic- ficms 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 Historical Sketch and Prospectus 23 institution. 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 benehcent 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-spir'ited Citizens of Liberty, they bought eleven acres for the site. Elegant buildings were erected and equipped with all the apparatus needed for a hrst class Ladies 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, and free from malarial influences. The sur- roundings are remarkably picturesque and attractive. KN