Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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EDITH LEWIS LITERARY COURSE. ........... Missouri ' .......... Missouri Crouch, Alice. ............... . . . . . . . . . . . .. .................. Missouri Amald, Mamle- ......................... ' ............. Oklahoma Lewis, Bess. .......................................... Missouri Bynum, Ramona. ..................................... Missouri Lewis, Edith. ........................................... Missouri Carter; Marie. HHH-HHHHHHHHHHUN... ......... Missouri Pitts, Ruby. .1 .......................................... Missouri COOK Helen. .................................. Missouri Williams, Luc11e. .............................. Cossairt, Bess. .................................. W. .:H - W. . . . 5 w J h L INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC--PIANO. L x h ' ....... Missouri ............. Oklahoma Stone, Minme: ........................................... Missouri ................... Missouri Winston, Lettle. 1 ELOCUTION. w ' ........ Missouri . .................. Oklahoma Bundy, Abble. ...................................... Missouri 5 . ................... Oklahoma Cossairt, Bess. ....................................... ART ABBIE BUNDY ,ordova, La Una dc .................................... Oklahoma 22 HISTOI HE LIBER'P in 1890 to Hick out the West. This demand w ing number of West em schools or the it educational facilitie: From this broad ar population of heath girls, at enormous cc the Change of chmat to the East and to advantages. These facilities were afford pmffc await the sche Inspired by this set about wekin; tion. TV: the Husiq seat 0'5 M33131, 3- thmvre wai ' x jj: n' ARK

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JATION. :ollege, in the City of Liberty, act. Liberty is a beautiful town nd inhabitants, perfectly health- 11 inHuences. The surroundings : and attractive. Within half a te famous Reed Mineral Springs, vs, Home of 'NIiSSOUTi. Fifteen 1e well known Excelsior Springs. . -:,,. from Liberty, is connected with '.:,$; t h . ' ' Viz.: the Hannibal 8: St. Joseph, N, DITTQ ' RAMONA BYNUM HELEN COOK BESSIE LEWIS St. Paul and the thcago, Rock ,EL n V t ,, WOUQH . ' MINNIE DAVIDSON HELEN BARRETT LUCILEEWILLIAMS Ad L t J eU SENIORS, CLASS OF t09

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.............. Missouri IIIIIII Missouri Missouri .............. Missouri ....... Missouri ............. Missouri Missouri ............... Missouri .................. Missouri I HISTORICAL SKETCH AND PROSPECTUS ' HE LIBERTY LADIES COLLEGE was founded T in 1890 to meet a growing demand, existing through- out the West, for the Higher Education of Women. This demand was made manifest by the ever-inereas- v ing number of Western girls Who annually visit the East- ern schools or the institutions of Europe in order to reach educational facilities that are denied them in the West. From this broad area of 2,000,000 square miles, withe-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 benedictiom Of a great people await the school that is to meet this growing demand. Inspired by this lofty aim, the founders of the College set about seeking an eligible location for such an institu- tion. 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 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 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 health- ful, 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 Fellows, Home of 'lVIiSSOUFl. Fifteen miles east of Liberty are the well known Excelsior Springs. Kansas City, hfteen miles from Liberty, is connected With it by three lines of railway, Viz.: the Hannibal St St. Joseph, people famed for intelligence, culture and refinement, near 1 the Chicago, Milwaukee 8z St. Paul and the Chicago, Rock 23