Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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mf L. A 132271 , .Z .,e, aaaa f i ey, ff lv. A. , ,,,, .M ....,, .,, . ,. W, , ,,,,,,.,,::f11f ,,,' ., , . ,.., 'fe 'WM stock ticker, maker of three fortunes, philosopher, teacher, and preacher of wide recognition. After eight years of service he resigned his position at Westminster to accept the presidency of the University of Missouri. Dr. Laws was succeeded in 1868 by Dr. Nathan L. Rice, the famous logician whose argument in his great debate with Alexander Campbell won so keen a thinker as Henry Clay to Calvinism. Dr. Rice served the college as presi- dent and professor of theology for six years. When Professor M. M. Fisher resigned from the faculty in 1870 to accept a position at the Univer- sity of Missouri, he wrote: It gives me special pain to leave Dr. Rice, whom I' love as a father, and whose great soul and unmurmuring devotion to duty, under all circumstances, have kindled in my heart a veneration for him never felt for any other man. A few of the other great names associated with Westminster are: Pro- fessor C. C. Hersman, D.D., LL.D., a graduate of the college, and its dis- tinguished president and professor of Latin and Greek from 1877 to 1887, who is now enjoying a vigorous old age as Professor Emeritus at the Union Theological Seminary of Richmond, Va., William H. Marquess, D.D., LL.D., of New York City, one of the great preachers of the Presbyterian Church and Dean of the White Bible School of New York at the time of his death, John Jay Rice, M.A., LL.D., who ably served Westminster as a professor for almost fifty-two years and whose signal abilities and deep sympathies became an enduring inspiration to all those who are so happy as to have been in his class room, John Harvey Scott, Ph.D., LL.D., a graduate of Westminster, still vigorous in this his fifty-ninth year as Professor of Mathematics at Westminster, ai man. who has transformed his wonderful abilities into blessed usefulness with great distinction. AFTER THE FIRE 1909 8612671 f 2 ,,,, C ,C s ssss r me ..,,,,,,. , is C... . ,,,... . r. ..... .... M ........ . ......... . ., , .... M. .. . V 1' . A he Q. ,..... A WW W W . HVVV 1 fff M- 1-ff' 'ff' V my ff Z, W2 f , fr? 4 V., . V ,1 ,gn W 'ww 4 , I, I, 1. my -A 'val 0'

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S My -- N-:J-:wma z 'L '-M '- ' '- A : A -::Wj,N,'jj,VV W' W' A W W, ..... ' ,,,,,i ff ,, V rg V ,f, M ' Z 9 A as f f , ,, at .,f ,,.. , ' -an W ff--'- ' f ' Q Aw Wa 1 , ,,,,,, f fl 1 W 2 , W, Zi., wi , ,- ...., W- ..,. .,.::::'::l,: ...,, ..,, .,JWW:. .,,,.. , M2 4 ff WZZE? 2 ..,.. , ,, Wggfgggag ,,,,,,,,,, 'aa MZ the legal profession, 11 per cent into the medical profession and 16 per cent into business. No less than 35 colleges and universities have been headed by Westminster graduates. One of these, Dr. J. C. Jones, was until recently president of the University of Missouri. The college stands today on the threshold of a new era-an era in which her increased assets will widely extend her sphere of influence. All of the buildings now standing are comparatively new, the fire of 1909 having taken the old Westminster Hall. The crest of the campus hill supports Reunion Hall, a dormitory with rooms for about sixty students, Washing- ton West Mansion, the president's homeg the new Westminster Hall, Wil- liam Chrisman Swope Memorial Chapel, and Science Hall, the oldest of the group, built in 1901. A central heating plant was put in in 1921, tunnels now c o n - necting it with e v e r y building on th e campus. The William Chrisman Swope Chapel and the James Chrisman organ were the gifts of Mrs. Mar- garet C. Swope in memory of her son and her brother re- spectively, both of whom were West- minster men. DAVID R. KERR, Ph.D.. D.D., LL.D. Tenth President A twenty-acre athletic field, the gift of Judge Henry S. Priest, '72, of St. Louis, stands back of the college cam- pus. During the past year this field has been remade and improved at a cost of twice its purchase price. It now contains two gridirons, three dia- monds and a twen- ty-five-foot track, four laps to the mile, with one straightaway for a 220- yard dash. A second straightaway will be developed later. The two ten- nis courts on Priest Field have been put in better condition than ever, which with the two on the campus proper give ample accommodations for this line of sports for the present. About a quarter to a third of Priest Field still remains for future development. A new field house erected last summer is much more commodious and better equipped than the old one ever was. The bleachers furnish seating for about 2,000 and it is planned to erect additional ones to accommodate in all 5,000 people. Though all of its opportunities are not yet met, the college stands on a firm financial basis with a sound fiscal policy. Credit for the recent addi- tions to its endowment should go to President E. E. Reed, D.D., LL.D., who found the college with a net productive endowment of S176,000 and build- ing and grounds valued at S204,000, when he accepted the presidency in 1915. The college now has a productive endowment of S625,000 with 'nine