Western College - Multifaria Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Alumnae Hall, the second building to be erected on the campus was a gift of alumnae, non-graduates, trustees, and friends. A momentous event in the school's history took place in 1894 when the name was changed from Western Female Seminary to The Western College. In the next year bacca- laureate degrees were given for the first time. Just before the turn of the century, Peabody Hall was no longer large enough to accommodate the student body. Two cottages located across the road from the campus were used for the overflow students. To meet the needs of these students McKee Hall was built and used for the first time in 1904. Sawyer Gymnasium was added to the college in 1913. In 1914, the year the Honor Society was formed, the col- lege received Patterson Place, today the president's home, as a gift. During this period Kumler Chapel was built to lend still more beauty and dignity to the campus. Mary Lyon Hall was added in 1925. Ten years ago the newest of the Western buildings, Presser Hall, was dedicated. So Western College stands today, a vital reality or a cher- ished memory to all those who know her. PEABODY HALL fri.. I! fx 'NW 4 3 W .ffg , J Q 134 N155 Ci M W'

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we -. vga 16.0 NVLJZX 'uw' ' 1 w ,gf ml ati' ibm A530555 Nt? RGZUNG RANGE Western college was dedicated and opened for entrance in the fall of 1855 so that the educational aims of Mt. Holyoke College for Women might be duplicated in the West. Miss Helen Peabody was the first president of the college. With her from Mt. Holyoke, where she had been associated, she brought some members of the senior class. Thus Western had a graduating class at the end of its first year. Western spirit may have been basically the same then as now, but rules certainly were not. In the early years, stu- dents were allowed to have relatives call on them only on Sunday afternoons. Even this lenient regulation was nearly abolished, however, when it was discovered that a Miami University student called to see six different cousins in the same afternoon. Peabody Hall, the only building on the campus at that time, was destroyed by fire twice in its early history. The first fire occurred in January of the year 1860. The aca- demic year was completed, however, in a private home in Oxford. The second Peabody Hall was erected in time for the fall opening in 1861. Ten years later Peabody again burned and was rebuilt by October, 1871 ,by the donations of alumnae, trustees, and friends of the college. THE LODGE

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I! 0,4 117 ,X L,-pf :t i f 34 f it Al l at All 4 L RALPH KIDDOO HICKOK P A.M., B.D., D.D. LL.D., Litt.D. As president and friend of Western College, Dr. Ralph Kiddoo Hickok commands the respect and admiration of all of us. As head of the ad- ministration, Dr. Hickok serves Western with unfailing energy and sincerity. No one of us stands more steadfastly for Western and for all the traditions which have grown up around it in its eighty-five year existence than he. He is constantly aware of the highest aims for which the college is striving. We are proud of the pro- gress we have made under his leadership. THE PRESIDENT