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' I5o the Future Though this portion of the Jubilee Edition encompasses the past, yet ever looms ahead the college of the future, to¬ ward which we must drive with the spirit of progress.
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Sevii ' (Centennial (Celebration A lmost tour score years ago an idea found its beginning in the fertile mind of a j western pioneer. This idea gradually flowered into a mature plan. It was that of founding in Parkville an institution of learning to be “fostered by religion, cherished by the lovers of learning blessing to the West and pride of generations yet to come.” It sprang from the mind of young Colonel George Park, and found its fulfill ' ment in the person of Dr. J. A. McAfee. Last year the golden jubilee celebration of Park College proved the efficacy of this idea which in 1875 found its modest beginning in the “Salt and Pepper Box,” Park ' s first dormitory. Therein lay an attribute to the wisdom and forethought of the father of Park, who gave gladly and bountifully with his coadjutor. Dr. John A. McAfee, to the advancement of moral education. Park ' s semi ' Centennial celebration began Saturday, May 30. Visitors and graduates from all points of the country assembled on the hills of Parkville above the broadly roll- mg Missouri, to sing praises of the steady growth and advancement of a college which has neglected no part of life ' s preparation. At nine o ' clock an academic procession of delegates, alumni, faculty, trustees, and members of the senior class, formed at Alumni Hall and marched to McCormick Chapel. President Frederick W. Hawley, a potent factor in the realization of Colonel Park ' s dreams, presided at the assembly. Three historical addresses were de- livered: “Dr. John A. McAfee,” by Joseph Ernest McAfee; “Colonel George S. Park,” by George A. Law ' rence; and “Early Days of Park Cob lege, by William H. Penhallegon. These speeches portrayed clearly the successful struggle of the eni ' bryonic school with adverse condi¬ tions. The music for the occasion was furnished by the Park College Glee Club. At noon, former president Lowell M. McAfee presided at a luncheon for delegates, trustees and faculty. Greetings were brought from the Southland by President Edgar Odell Lovett, of Rice Institute; and from the Missouri College Union by President F. A. Thompson of Tarkio College. President Harvey D. Dr. HAWLEY and Dr. McAfee Hoover, of Carthage College, spoke [ 31 :
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