Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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Eiatnriml $kvtrh anh lHrnapvrhm l HE LIBERTY LADIES COLLEGE was founded in 1890 I 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 insti- tutions of Europe in order to reach educational facilities that are de- nied 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 bene- dictions of a great people await the school that is to meet this growing demand. .0 Inspired by this lofty aim, the founders of the College set about seeking an eligible location for such an 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 relinement, near the Western metropolis, Kansas City, was found a spot of ground which beneficent nature seems to have fashioned with special refer- ence 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. hrst- class Ladies College. Location Thelocation of the College, in the city of Liberty, is admirable in every respect. Liberty is a beautiful town of more than three thou- sand inhabitants, perfectly healthful, and free from malarial influ- ences. 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 Missouri. Fifteen miles east of Liberty are the well known Excelsior Springs. Kansas City, fifteen miles from Liberty, is connected with it by three lines of railway, viz.: the Hannibal 85 St. Joseph, the Chicago, Milwaukee 85 St. Paul, and the Chicago, Rock Island 85 Pacific. The Wabash Rail- road is four miles distant, and makes easy connection with the other