Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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ff N ig 'ji KX,,,. e ,, X f . af L., I 'Nix Z!!! -. f Qxgvwqrmkw ' UH wb! ---. .. - .. - .... .. .. 1. s 'KE G, A 3 The village of Fulton throbbed with an air of an- ticipation on the morning of July 4, 1853. Its 1,200 in- habitants knew that the day marked not only the anniver- sary of the founding of the nation but significant begin- nings for their community. Ela orate ceremonies had' been planned to lay the cor- nerstone for a new P educational institution which the Fultonians were proud to have in their midst. Long before dawn had broken the eastern horizon the inces- sant discharge of guns proclaimed the approaching Jubilee. l-lostesses with overnight guests arose early to see to the needs of family and visitors before the ' festivities began, while wagons from the surroun- ding countryside crowded the narrow dirt streets of the little town disgorging passengers eager for a long day of activities. On the warm bright July morning in question the in- habitants of Fulton and their visitors quickly gravitated toward the court house square. The local paper reported that every, shaded place and every building in the vicinity was densely crowded as an estimated 3,000 persons waited eagerly for the day's activities to begin.

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Fulton College had been founded in 1851 by local Presbyterians under the leadership of the Rev. William W. Robertson. This day they were seeing the realization of their hopes as the Presbyterian Synod of Missouri had decided to adopt the college as its official college, thereby giving it official sanction and support. That day the college was renamed Westminster. It oc- cupied a hillside campus overlooking Stinson Creek at the west edge of town. Classes had been held in a two-storied frame dwelling on the site, but this was considered temporary. The college planned a new building commen- surate with its change in status, and the laying of that cornerstone furnished another reason for today's celebration. The Rev. Nathan L. Rice, pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, who would later serve as West- minster's third president, delivered the main college address on Three Great Interests of Man, Christianity, Education and Liberty. ---.-Ti.. ,-. E, I n I z , I, i 1: I