Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Calendar Academic Year 1908-1909 Sep tem hcl' 8---Tuesday. September 7-Saturday. November 10-Tuesday. N ovem ber 26-Thursday. November 19-Friflay. December January 5-Tuesday. January 23-Saturday. Jzmuary 26--Twiesrlay. January '27-Weflnesflay. March 27--Szmturrlzly. Mcrrch 30-Tuesclny. May May May May May May June June June 7- Friday. :ZS-June 2. 28-Friday. 129-Su turd fiy. 30-Sunclaly. 3l-Illomlny. 1--Tuesclay. , 2-Wednesday . .5-Th ursdzi y. 9-YVeclnesduy. FIRST SEMESTER First Semester of eighteen weeks begins. Registration and ex- :nninntirm for zxdlnission. Recitalions begin at 7:45. Close of first term. Iilxmninntions Second term begins at 7:45. 'Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas holidays begin ut 12 ln. 1909 during the week. Christmas vacation ends. Recitations begin at 7:45. First Semester ends. Exzmminations during week. SECOND SEMESTER Second Semester of eighteen weeks begins. Regislr nniination for adniission. Recitzltions begin at 7:45. End of third term. Examinations during week. Fourth term begins at 7:45. Inter-High School truck meet. Final Exzmiinations. Graduating exercises of Business Depzrrlment. Gfudllilllllg exercises of Normal Department. Baccalaureate sermon. Crmluniing exercises of School of Orntory. Grurluuting exercises ol' Academy. Alumni exercises, Commencement Day. ation and ex Nn'1'1c-Tlie lirst Monday of each term is devoted to those students who wish to review in any or ull studies. 5

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Historical PANORAMIC VIEW QWQMQA ITUATED about one and one-half miles northeast of the business center of Winfield is Southwestern College. Through a shady avenue of maple trees, the hall can be seen standing well back from the street. Many trees are Sw scattered over the broad campus, giving it an inviting and picturesque ap- AF' pearance. Just back of the college building rises a large hill, on the western .' V f,ga A s W' 1 . slope of this are many small cedar trees. At the present time, a new college ' hall is being erected on the summit of the hill. Standing at the southwest ' 3 f corner of the campus is the President's home, just back of this is the gym- nasium. The campus itself, comprising about thirty acres, occupies one of the rnost elevated sections of Winfield. The surrounding district is known as College Hill. Here are to be found some of the best residences of the city. Winneld itself, lying in the fertile valley of the Walnut river, is one of the most beautiful cities in Kansas. It has long been known for its tall shade trees and for its excellent chautauqua. Four railroads make it easily accessible from points in Kansas and Oklahoma. It is especially adapted to the needs of the college student, and offers many advantages to those who are seeking higher education. FROM 1885 to 1905 During the third annual session of the Southwest Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church, held at Eldorado, Kansas, March 19-23, 1885, definite plans were considered for the erection of a college within its confines. After much deliberation, during which many sites were considered, the college was finally located at Winfield. The citizens loyally rallied to the support of the new institution. JohnAE. Earp, a former professor of DePauw, was chosen for the work of organization. On September 7, 1886, the college building not yet having been completed, the first session opened at McDougal hall in the city. During the year, an enrollment of 229 was reached. By the opening of the fall session of 1887, the new building was completed. The administration of President Earp was very successful, and soon Southwest Kansas Methodist Episcopal College, as it was then known, began to take its place among the other educational institutions of the State. During the year 1887, a ladies' dormitory, which burned in 1894, was erected south of the present building. After four years of service, President Earp resigned, and Dr. Milton E. Phillips was chosen to take his place. Previous to this time, the College had pros- pered greatlyg in 1893, the enrollment was 613, a number that in the history of the institution has never been exceeded. But during these years, a large debt had been accumulating. Because of the failure of crops and of the general depression over the entire State, President Phillips was unable to 1'aise suflicient money to pay this, and it seemed for a time as if the College must close its doors. The enrollment had decreased until, in 1895, it was only 209. Again the people of XVinfield came to the support of the College. In the spring, Dr. Chester A. Place was elected President. Under l1is administration, the Institution was placed on a much Iirrner financial foundation, but not until 1897 was the debt entirely lifted. Slowly the College began to recover its former prosperity. The patrons of the School continued to give their untiring support, and, by 1905, the College had regained its former standing. PRESIDENT MOSSMAN'S ADMINISTRATION In the spring of 1905, Rev. Frank E. Mossman, former financial agent of Morningside College was chosen President. By his excellent administrative ability, and by his sound financial policy, he soon placed Southwestern on a firmer basis than she had previously enjoyed. The net enroll- ment last year was 505. During the present year, the enrollment at the end of the first semester was 400. In 1906, President Mossman began raising an endowment for the College, this was soon increased to !lli100,000. The large attendance now made it evident to all that a new college hall should be erected. In the spring of 1908, at the time of the Annual Conference, which was held at Winfield, President 7