Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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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

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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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Island 81 Pacific. The ,VVabash railroad is four miles dis- ta11t,ai1d makes easy connection with the other roads at Birmingham. Liberty is accessible by rail in twenty- four hours 011 less from Chicago St.Louis,Me111phis, Dallas, St. Paul and Denver. The churches of Liberty are Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic. BUILDING. . The building is modern in architecture three stories 11ioh with basemente-the last being of stone and the Other three of brick, with stone trimmings. The main building HBO feeti fronts t0 the east; the wing t110 feety fronts t0 the south. The building contains 140 11001115. 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 m, k: 5 1:111; it-Whm? e1ect1ic lights and heated by stea111,t11e electric and steam plant being located 200 feet from the building. Bath rooms with hot and cold water 011 dormitory Hoors. The stately buildings 011 the crest of the hills facing William Tewell College 011 the opposite side of the city: the campus,e1eve11 acres, covered with greensward of blue grass and c10ver,sloping in every di11eeti011;t11e College VX 111dows commanding as far as the eye can reach a most cha11111i11g View of the surrounding c01111t11y1 . here and there glimpses of the Classic Missouri river, its silvery sheen refiecting the bright sunlighteeall combine to make this 2111 ideal college 110mg, 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. English Grammar 11:11- Practical Aritbmuic Geography KRIUTP Elementary Hist 11111 Reading; 5111111111; UM