Lon Morris College - Alexandra Yearbook (Jacksonville, TX)

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X A A Review 0 Outstanding people have much to LM C's Hrs! One I'-WM w DR. ISAAC ALEXANDER W K S'I'ROTHER M. L. LEFLER GEORGE FREEMAN WIN FIE REV. R. A. QLONJ Moms

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Z A S fflff A, 1 Editor-In-Chief -2,- Assistant Editor-Iri-Chiefg - - Business Manager - - - - Art Editor ---------- Editor. and Classes Editor -iv 1 - Organizations Editor Sports Editor - - Activities Editor - - Drama Editors - -QE- Staff - - d BRENDA1 zrig BOLTON - - DONNA SHORT x 'T 5' H LOWELL THOMPSON - - MELISSA PRICE RHONDA DEGARMO - VIEELEN EIL!-IARTZ GARY MCGAUGHEY - -MARY NOOCHRAN - - --'- - - - HOLCOMB - - - TED LUEDEMANN - -vizosrnr CRAFT LEE MENASCO n'ERRr5ELL1o1ig1 KAREN PHLFER DONNA DOBBS g-, 1: In the one hundred year history of the schooi, the year- book has had two names. PEACH was published from 1913 through 1923 with the exception of 1918. in that year thelmoneyiwent tcfthe War Sufferer's Relief. 1924fedi- tion was entitled E Golden Yearbook E-QQ. Volume I of '-IL-LE. ALEXANDRA was published in 192Q5and hasbeen publish- ed beach ydeiiir since with the exception of:1933 when there was no book due to the depression. This 1973 edition is the 48th volume of Eh-g Ailerxandraifand the-459th ylearbookpppublished by ff the schoolf

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the fir t 100 year contributed Hundred years TE. C. scuntocrc DR. C. E. PEEPLES I 1 u 3 . L. E N. ' ' M'-1. ,, ,, ...W-W-.mm E.ACKER T. E. ACKER 1873 saw a young man, Dr. Isaac Alexander, with a great deal of determination and foresight open an accredited Methodist co-educational high school in Kilgore. In later years other equally foresighted men carried on Dr. Alexander's idea. W. K. Strother built the Twin Towers in Jacksonville in 1909. He was also responsible for securing accreditation for Alexander College in 1916. Social clubs, student government, and intercollegiate athletics were begun under the guidance of M. L. Lefler in 1912. G. F. Winfield secured Lon Morris' first endowments, work scholarships, and regular annual conference support. He also had secured Southern Association accreditation by 1928. R. A. QLonJ Morris gave the college his name and Lula Morris Hall in 1924. Serving Lon Morris for 53 years as a trustee and for 35 years as chairman of the board, was T. E. Acker. E. C. Scur- lock, the present board chairman, has contributed half a mil- lion dollars to the college in leading the Lon Morris building campaign since 1953. Dr. C. E. Peeples rescued Lon Morris from the debt it had fallen into during the Depression, secured a large endowment, and built a modern campus. Thanks to these men's dedication, Lon Morris is one of the most prosperous junior colleges in the nation today.