Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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“Say it with Flowers ” Greens Greenhouse INCORPORATED Phone 124 Fremont, Nebraska HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF MIDLAND COLLEGE Written by Albert Quelle (Note: Because every Midland student should know tin history of Midland College we are republishing the. following article. This history was written for the 1927 Warrior. The Hall of Fame was also compiled and written for the 1927 Warrior by Mr. Quelle. Midland College came into existence as a child of the dawn of Christian educa- tion in the middle west. Like all the older colleges and universities in this country, and the majority of the younger colleges, the institution owes its existence io the Church. In fact, it is the child of the Lutheran Church east and west. The idea to establish this “western college” was conceived in the realization that it was necessary to create a Christian institution of higher learning. It was evident (Corner Third and Main Streets FREMONT that such a school would promote the social and political, moral and spiritual, as well as the economic welfare of the great constituency of the Lutheran pioneers on the plains west of the Mississippi river. The first sentiment expressing this vision of a denominational school was pro- mulgated in the form of a petition for a Board of Kdueation. This body, after its appointment and organization, created Midland College. A copy of this petition appears in the proceedings of the thirty-second convention of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in the United States, which convened in Zion’s Lutheran Church at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 27 to June 2, 1885. This church is still active and could be visited today in case one might chance to be in the city of Harrisburg. The petition reads as follows: “WHEREAS. More system and efficiency are needed to advance our educational interests, especially in the west, northwest and ! The cover for this annual was created by j j THE DAVID J. MOLLOY CO. j I 2857 N. Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois : ■ I Specialists in Apparel for Women and Misses

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Quality DKl'EXDABLK CANNED GOODS MAY BROS. CO. FREMONT Excited freshie: What hell is that? You lake tin- cake. remarked the sopho- (.'aim senior: That one ii|H.n the wall. ,norr as ,,r cleaned his pipe. I’ity poor Bruin—no matter how hard lie works, lie pets only a hear existance. The prize goes to the freshie who thought that only children could get into tin infantry. You hail no business kissing her. It wasn't business; it was pleasure. What's the lump on the front of your car? Oh. the radiator just hail a boil. After all. belting on the races is just so much horse play. It's raining cats and dogs. Yes beastly weather we're having. I d sit on my linger hut it has a nail on it. The only gray matter some people have is dandruff. My. hut your daughter is growing fast. Oh. I don’t think she's any worse than the other young people in town. Many young men spend a lot of time tink- ering with a miss in their motor. Angel No. 1: How did you get here? Angel No. 2: Flu. How docs your cirgarette lighter work? Fine! I can light it with one match now. You say that you flunked in Latin? I can't understand it. Same here. That's why I flunked.

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 Fremont’s Style Center” 17’ O A O 1) AO Exclusively Women’s and Misses’ ! K KAjIND Ready-to-Wear J l l J We Feature Quality Merchandise Only, at Most Moderate Prices j 141-143 EAST SIXTH FREMONT, NEBR. soul Invest; therefore, we. the representatives of the Illinois, Iowa. Kansas and Ne- braska synods, in a.eeord nee with tin instruet ions given us. memoralize this l od for the creation of a General Synod Board of Education. On motion, this petition was referred to a committee. It consisted of the chair- man of delegations from the afore-mentioned synods, whose report is here in part reproduced: That this Board secure for the General Synod any lands which may he donated for educational purposes, provided that conditions shall not he accepted so as to compel injudicious location. In the event of offers for the establishment of an institution, the consideration of the same shall he referred to said Board for decision. Rev. Mosheim Rhodes. I). I)., of St. Louis, one of the men appointed on this Board of Education, was elected as first executive. He. later served the college in j NEW FIDELITY QUALITY7 s LAUNDRY i SMITH BROTHERS. PROPRIETORS J 2.V WEST 6th STREET IMIONE 208 | Work Called (or and l)cli crcd its first two years as president, pro icm.. and lecturer on Ethics. Further developments accrued at «he thirlv-lhird convention of die General Synod assembled in the old Kountze Memorial Church, then situated on the northeast corner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets, in Omaha, Nebraska. June I to 13, 1887. This location is a landmark in the histon of Midland College. Here, the General Synod decided to establish a college in the west. At this time, also, the same both assigned to the Board of Education its first specific duty, namely, the founding and sustaining of the future western college. Propositions to the board for the location of a college had been presented by nine different cities and towns in Kansas and Nebraska. Two of them were regarded especially worthy of note, namely. Atchison, Kansas, and Beatrice Nebraska. The 1 Fremont Gandy Kitchen i ! JOHN PETROW, Proprietor | Refreshments and Light Lunches Served at All Hours. Candies | Forwarded Anywhere in the World. ]