Liberty Ladies College - Liberty Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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10 Liberty Ladies College and roads at Birmingham. Liberty is accessible by rail in twenty-four hours or less from Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Dallas, St. Paul, and Denver. The churches of Liberty are Baptist, Christian, Presbyte- rian, Methodist, and Catholic. Building The building is modern in architecture, three stories high, With base- mentv-the last being of stone and the other three of brick, With stone trimmings. The main building t: 50 feety fronts to the east; the Wing t1 IO feety fronts to the south. The building contains 140 rooms. 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 reflecting the bright sunlight'all combine to make this an ideal college home, conceded by those Who have visited the College to be Without a par- allel 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. ' WWW English G Practical Geographj Elemental Reading, English G Practical Geographj Elementau Reading, English, Advt Practical Arii Mental Arith: Civil Govern: Physical Geo; Reading, Spe English team Practical Ari- Mental Arith Civil Goverm Physical Geo Reading, Spe English tCon Latin tFirst Higher Arith Ancient Hist

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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

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1ty-four m1, and resbyte- 0111mm nf g?tuhy SUB-PREPARATORY YEAR F irst Semester th base- English Grammar 1E1ementary Grammar1. th Stone Practical Arithmetic 1Wentworth1s Practica11. st; the Geography 1Morton1. 3 rooms. Elementary History of the United States 1Montgomery1. and W611 Reading, Spelling, Writing. e 631mg? Second Semester :ate by English Grammar 1E1ementary Grammar1. 'rom t 6 Practical Arithmetic 1Wentworth's Practical1. Y inOI'S. Geography 1Morton1 ' 3n Jewell Elementary History of the United States 1Montg0mery1. m acres, Reading, Spelling, and Writing. in every 6 e can Y PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT acre and . 'eiiecting Latin Course ge home' FIRST YEAR a ar- t P F i'rst Semester C ollege English, Advanced Grammar and Composition . . . . . . . . . . . 151 . , ' .1 Practical Arithmetic 1Wentworth s School Arithmetic1. . . . . . . . . 151 - 'eleCtlon' 1 Mental Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Civil Government Games and Sanford1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Physical Geography 1Tarr1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Reading, Spelling, and Writing. 11A Second Semester English 1same continued1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Practical Arithmetic 1same continued1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1511 Mental Arithmetic . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Civil Government 1continued1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Physical Geography 1Tarr1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Reading, Spelling, and Writing. SECOND YEAR F irst Semester English 1Composition and Rhetoric, Scott and Denny1. . . . . . . . . 151 Latin 1First Year Collar and Danie11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Higher Arithmetic 1Wentworth, s Advanced1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Ancient History 1West1 . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131