Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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Where a dream of many years camo true — Men's Memorial Hall, beautiful, modem, new dormitory for men. OnCE upon a time, in Atchison, Kansas, there was a significant celebration. It was the opening of a new college, to be called Mid- land because of its location near the center of the country. When the college opened, there was one dark, austere - looking building, with classrooms for a faculty of five. In the student body were twelve young women in floor-length dresses and fluffy hair bows, and five young men in un- comfortable dark suits and high, white collars. That quaint picture was the be- ginning of what can now be called Midland Yesterday — a Yesterday which encompasses six decades. For last fall, Midland College observed the sixtieth an- niversary of its founding on Sep- tember 14, 1887.

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Where coeds study, romp and droam — Beogle Hall, attractive dormitory for women. The college year of 1947-48, re- corded in this book, is part of Midland Today — which contrasts greatly with the Midland of Yes- terday. Situated in Fremont, Ne- braska, since 1919, Midland now boasts a beautiful, ten-acre camp- us and seven buildings — the newest, Men's Memorial Hall, having fulfilled a dream of many years. Midland's curriculum, which once listed only classical, scien- tific and literary courses, now offers majors in sixteen fields and approximately three hundred fifty individual courses, taught by a faculty of thirty-six persons. From two literary societies, the list of extra-curricular groups has grown to nearly forty. The alumni roster, begun in 18 9 1 w i t h a n initial graduating class of two members, now includes 1,105 men and wom- en, of whom 1,065 are still living. More than seven thousand others have also studied at the college. Page 8

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Where gab sessions solve many problems of the world — North Hall, temporary dormitory for men. The student body, instead of seventeen, numbers approximate- ly four hundred fifty — and the Warrior's first full - color photo- graph, taken before the Adminis- tration Building, shows the present campus ratio of two men to every woman student. Sylvia Hawkin- son of Fremont and two Califor- nians— Gene Vosseler and Ted Youngerman — recall this year's unusually large enrollment of Fre- mont students and the representa- tion of sixteen states and two foreign countries on the campus. Whore kids throw snowballs, veterans study and housewives cook — Midland's Quonset Village of 20 apartments. Page 9