William Jewell College - Tatler Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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ough its campus. n of the to move g. Rep- ume per- building, ise. The n March, nas bound sprawling thing of on spring affords is Ti , I T if r 2 12.3 . f Q gd ilver flag- on. Facing the library is Old Ely Hall, and just up the walk to the north is GANO CHAPEL--known officially as john Gano Memorial Chapel, but known to the stu- dents as simply the Chapel. Here the administrative offices of College officials, the office ofthe president, the treasurer, the registrar, the business manager, and the Dean. In the lobby is a large trophy case, in which are displayed athletic, forensic, and dra- matic trophies won by the College in competition in recent years. The assembly hall Marx Hull Hull Hall ai will, by calling into use the balcony, seat eleven hundred persons, and has a stage which is in constant use. Above the stage are the five words which come to be second nature with the stu- dents-the college motto-Trzm' in Goa! mm' Work-for chapel attendance is required three times a week, and it is impossible to ignore this admonition. In the basement of this building is located the College bookstore, known to the students as the Co-op, where soft-drinks, ice-cream, and candies are sold, as well as college text-books and supplies. just down the hall from the Co-op is the Williarn Jewell Press, where stu- dent help under expert supervision turns out all the College's printing jobs, printing the College catalog, the student newspaper, and the student annual. C North and west from the Chapel building, almost hidden in the summer time by ffl: ,235 Y

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tion and effort of the CARNEGIE LIBRARY, which ever bears witness through its name to the donor who made possible its erection on the William jewell campus. The original library of the College was kept in Jewell Hall until the completion of the repository in December, 1908, when the student body turned out en masse to move some twenty thousand volumes from -Iewell Hall to the new library building. Rep- resentatives of the college were successful in obtaining the seven thousand volume per- sonal library of Charles Spurgeon, eminent Baptist evangelist. Andrew Carnegie gave thirty thousand dollars toward the erection of this building, matching the sum which friends and alumni of the College promised to raise. The subscriptions exceeded the calculated amount by five thousand dollars, and in March, 1907, work was begun on the new building. Current publications as well as bound volumes are available for student use, as are numerous reference volumes. Unforgettable is the red sumac which forms a back-drop for this low, sprawling building of brownish-red brick. The mock orange and spirea make of it a thing of spring beauty, and of winter dignity. The fascination of its concrete steps on spring days is irresistible and appealing, and the complete campus view which it affords is popular as well. Seemingly guarding the entrance to the library rises the silver flag- pole where Hies the Stars and Stripes, ever the symbol of freedom and of union. Facin CHAPEL- dents as si office of th In the lobi matic trop 1- W ff F Will, by ce which is i Abov dents-thi three time of this bu where soh supplies. dent help the Colleg Nort

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pgplars and elms is NEW ELY HALL -Iewells dormitory for men maintained by the College for students. The surrounding grounds are beautifully landscaped and planted with trees and shrubs from the College greenhouse where once again the Housing was und , ' , northern 3 L 1 7 work is done by students under expert superintendance. The faculty dining-room, the student dining hall, and the kitchen occupy the first floor of the building. Accmomo- l l dations are maintained for cttr one hundred men. Ccmplettd in Dectmlser, 1915, New Ely Hall cost an estimated seventy-five thousand dollars. Like other campus buildings of new vintage, New Ely is fireproof and follows the style and type of architecture employed in Jewell Hall and the Library. This modern residence hall replaced the accommodations afforded by Old Ely Hall, when the enroll- ment grew to such proportions that Old Ely was no longer adequate. With the enrollment of men students usually reaching over two hundred, it is impossible to house them all in this dormitory. Austere but not forbidding is this residence hall, which does a great deal to prove that William Jewell has the most beautiful campus in this section. Companion building to New El H ll y a is another brown brick structure, standing at the very under a Omicton- Women' in Melro- at Melton Melrose last sumr building building, Dire grounds from Me the built toward t