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16 students proudly entered upon their fair possession, and graciously handed down the old building to the little prep brother. Mood Hall, already famous in song and story, not only for its architectural beauty and completeness, but for Short handle and other celebrites, was built in 1908, and was to the Home Comers in 1909 an inspiring indication of the rapid growth of Southwestern in recent years. Thus, in the thirty-eight years that have passed since the pioneer students came into Georgetown by stage-coach, has Southwestern prospered and grown. The old rock fence is gone, and on the bluebonnet fields have grown up the Annex, the Main Building, Mood Hall, and many beautiful homes. There is nothing now in the quiet dignity of the college town to remind the Old Timer of Indians and cowboys except the frequent triumphant yells of rooters down on the ath- letic field. Instead of the chirping of wrens in the quiet class room, the shriek and rumble of one of Georgetown ' s four- teen daily passenger trains now and then breaks in upon the monotony of the hour period. The old historic oak is gone; the fifth and most imposing of the court houses of Williamson County is almost finished. Only the Old Building of hallowed memories, and the still lovely little San Gabriel remain to speak to the Old Timer of the early joys and sorrows, the struggles and achievements of Southwestern and her makers.
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1 5 s i 6 V ' i ,■ ' ■■ j { | | j i p H •% i || II , s|j ■ ' ' ::::::,-■■ the Alethean and Clio Societies, and con- taining essays on such significant themes as Progress of Womanhood, Self-re- liance, and Observations on Hope, Fear, and Disappointment. The JKConthly nicknamed the little paper The Female Clarion or Woman ' s Rights Vindicator. The girls retorted in a manner prophetic of the age of suffragettes. The fact that the new Annex building was nearing completion added piquancy to the repartee, for the girls were already feeling superior, and teasingly interspersed throughout their locals such gibes as O girls, doesn ' t our new Annex present an imposing view from the town! In 1889 the Annex was finished, and for some time its proud occupants looked down upon the young men on the ranches down the hill. As years went by, however, and co-education was gradually introduced, a friendlier feeling grew up, and finally, as if symbolic of the more angelic spirit of the girls, the Annex put out wings. Any history of Southwestern would be incomplete without mention of the Methodist Church at Georgetown, which has always been a large factor in the life of the students. In 1893, to the great satisfaction and and joy of interested friends throughout the state, a beautiful church building took the place of the Old Chapel. A magnificent pipe organ, added in 1908, made it complete. In the 90s the increasing number of students made the need for a laiger build- ing imperative, and in 1894 a campaign for funds was started. Finally, in 1900 the Main Building, so long and long- ingly dreamed of, so fondly set forth for years in wood cuts in all the college publi- cations, became a reality. The college
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