William Jewell College - Tatler Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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The majority of the troops were taken care of in the first building erected on the Hill JEWELL HALL. Built under the personal supervision of Dr. Jew611,,ifS fmmd' ation set on bed rock, the building was first occupied for classroom use in the summer of 1853. Long after the students who climb its stairs today have passed into oblivion, Jewell Hall will continue to preside mljestically over her kingdom, queen of all She SLIIIVCYS. hiisasv ,- M, , W. M ,f -is i . fi, ., 3. H X 'K ' .B , X ix V rss- ,hw iw ,ZX f f-4- 4 5 f i -J' Q Q 14070391 4 W W .. . ' .v-mffM - f eww ' X W I N N 1 NNW- 'X r A ,. .,,, -- Jewell Hall, the one building that students of all years and all generations remem- ber, the link between studentsof the past and students of the future. Here the music department holds forth, here are classrooms of language, literature, and history. On Jewell Halls front steps, Jewell students gather at odd times to talk, to think, to remi- nisce, between classes, at noon, on warm nights, for a pep-rally or just for fun-iris Jewell Hall, where student meets student, student meets teacher, in class and out. Jew- ell Hall, the great leveler and leavener, the first building the freshman learns to remem- ber, the last building an alumni will ever forget. Locked only through the latest hours of the night and on Sundays, Jewell Hall is open to students always, its worn stair- ways bearing evidence immutable that it is a building which has seen hundreds of students come and go. A plaque, its letters sunk in concrete, has been added since the first World War, in tribute to the boys from the Hill who went overseas to make the world safe for de- mocracy, a constant reminder of the supreme sacrifice which they made, which students whO stands, now is which equi while tha the fourt here are includes ment, as college gl quainted Hall that adininistr The spring 0 the Sciei depattrni

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the Hill is including n the Mid- ride to its end of the ing, facing ll. Further Old Ely, epartment, cornered by ench in the S A iX' 9 '-' 50 lam ' A if iiii '.fi A 1 3 l i 2 l Hill, guarding the domain of the Acropolis. These ENTRANCE PILLARS rise as I a key to the entire Hill. Set up long after jewell's most trying years had been success- fully closed, they are no less a part of her interesting history. Once through these portals, the way is steep, the climb is hard, past white stone benches, through an avenue of trees and flowering shrubs, to the top of the Hill, where was marked in 1849, after considerable discussion and debate, the site of William Jewell College, so named by the Baptists of the state because of the deep interest of Dr. William Jewell in the project, and his generosity toward the erection of such an institution. Clouds were destined to cover the sun which had shone so brightly in the year following the setting .i up of the College, and in 1885 the doors closed for two years. But by the spring of i 1857, the College was again looking upward, and thence embarked on one ofthe most successful periods of its entire existence. Not for long, for the first rumblings of se- ng. the twenty- new green- the wooded the two col- gymnasium, fthe college foot of the cession and revolution were heard, and by june, 1861, the entire nation was passion- ately aroused and the Civil War was a reality. Across William jewell's campus was laid a trench, and where sumac now reddens in the early autumn, Union and Confed- erate forces skirmished. Where students sit in varnished chairs, Confederate troops find Confederate cavalry were quartered in the years of that war. Closed during the heat of the war, the college was not reopened until almost four years later, although classes, small though they were, were carried on to a certain extent even during this trying time.

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on the s found- summer rblivion, all she s remem- ie music ary. On to remi- fun-it's rut. Jew- oremem- :est hours Jrn stair- dreds of rld War, e for de- r students who now stand beneath it may have to make in the not so distant future. Jewell Hall stands, monumental to all those who have come within the shadow of its walls. At the southern extremity ofthe Hillstands MARSTON SCIENCE HALL, which now is valued at a quarter of a million dollars. Replacing the original science hall which was destroyed by fire in 1913, Marston Hall is fireproof, and one of the best equipped buildings on the Hill. The chemistry department occupies the first two Hoors, while the physics and mathematics departments have taken over the third Hoot. On the fourth is housed the William Jewell museum, and the classrooms and laboratories here are devoted to the biological sciences. The four million dollar alumni campaign includes plans for the enlargement of the science facilities and the laboratory equip- ment, as well as the plans for the erection of an astronomical observatory. Because college graduation requirements include two years of science, every graduate is ac- quainted with this hne science structure. It was in the roomy lecture room in Marston Hall that Jewell held chapel services before the Hill boasted of a separate chapel and administration building. The iris which border the walks leading to the building make this spot in early spring one of the beauty spots of Liberty, for with the background of trees in full leaf, the Science Hall vies with Jewell Hall for majesty and grandeur. The various science departments maintain extensive reference libraries in the building, through the coopera-