William Jewell College - Tatler Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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E-I l'-il Fil E-I llil lil UD lil D-i .- Ninety-two years have come and gone, and in those ninety-two years the administrative leadership of the Col- lege has changed hands eleven times. During these years, the College has functioned under the executive order of a president save in three instances. Rev. R. S. Thomas, Rev. William Thompson, Rev. Thomas Rambaut, Dr. john Priest Greene, Dr. David jones Evans, Dr. Harry Wayman, Dr. john F. Herget-Q these names have graced the presidential roster since the founding of the College in 1849. Varied and colorful have been their terms of office, far-reaching and powerful has been their presidential authority and influence, con- fiicts have been few, and harmony has been the unspoken keynote of their years. Fortunate indeed has been the College in the selection of capable and qualified men to fill this high place. Twelve years, President Herget has served his alma mater admirablyg he has been lenient and yet firm, at all times sincere, a president aware of the changes which make changes in policy and administration imperative, a president and a great leader, ever progressive, in step with the times. 18 A DAGE FULL Dr. john Francis Herget, hnown ayfection- ately to the stifdent hody as Prexy, is indeed the epitoine of Williain jewell tradition. A gradnate of the College in 1898, President Herget now holds his doctorate in theology. He seroed as senior chaplain ofthe 37th Division of the A. E. F. during the yfrst World War, coining to the presidency here y9'onz his pastorate at the Ninth Street Baptist Chnrch in Cincin- nati, Ohio. His Christian idealisin has not lached enthnsiasin nor actiong through his ahle and conrageons leaclershio, William jewell has yhrged nnceasingly jhrward. Since 1928, when the trttstees made their selection of the new president yhr the then eighty-year-old instittttion, President Herget has slaoed nntiringly to inahe this college a concrete expression of his Christian ' idealisnz. Belooed hy his students, respected and revered hy all who hnow him, his guiding inflizence is y?lt hy all who coine in contact with the Hill. - Familar to freshmen and upperclassmen alike through his appearences in the daily convocation exercises, many students have become closer acquainted with him by re- quest or by their own accord in his office in the Chapel, where problems are ironed out, where the erring one is brought into line, where the successful one is deservingly congratulated, where discussions are begun and closed with dispatch. Functioning on a larger scale this year than ever be- fore is the National Alumni Association, under the pre- sidency of young Albert L. Reeves, jr., of Kansas City- The alumni sponsored a Home-coming dance in the high. school gymnasium as a climax to the alumni activities on that annual Home-coming Day. Active in the promotion of the Alumni Achievement Day, held on December 6, was President Reeves, who served as president of the College on that occasion, while other campus offices and professorships were filled by returning alumni who had been definitely successful in their chosen fields. P. Caspar Harvey, director of Public Relations here on the campus, is the secretary ofthe Association, and it is largely through his efforts that the four million dollar endowment pro- gram has become areality. i l l L DFI Twenl ordinated t johnson, o as well as 5 of the vice Williain jc Amick, E. Atwood, ji Brown, S. Browning, David, Wa Eaton, Dr Fitch, W. Q Graham, Griffith, XX johnson, Y President, he the cap right, yhr in execntioe h portant pha tion -sta na jr., presidez jewell Alia dent john from the ty downzent ca while W. I Board of T sofne phase Below, Dr. johnson w ineinoirs at prepared es which was on Octoherl dent of th and a :neo tion was al regular chd johnson, a stndent hod f7l'0gl'Jl7Z oy lars hy the congolete co-o zations will the saccess o i