William Jewell College - Tatler Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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Old En The second building. to be erected on William Iewellls campus, Old Ely served faithfull y as a boys' dormitory from 1881 until New Ely was built, capable of housing the entire student body. When the boys moved from Old Ely, she became the forgotten ladyv of the Hill. Many of the rooms were used for storage space, and downstairs the Public Relations Office was located, but her old place of ' importance had been taken from her. She lived almost alone with her memories of the ast ' p until the Naval school came to the Wil- liam Iewell campus in 1 943, when she underwent a rejuvenation process and also became a ushipn with her sister dormitories, occupied by regimented, unif ormed cadets of the Navy V r -5 p ogram. At the present a tailoring establishment and sick bay Sixteen are located on the first floor of Qld Ely and the two upper stories are empty again since the num- b f er 0 cadets has been reduced, but she has proved that her time of usefulness has not passed, that h . s e is capable of serving the school of which she is one of the oldest parts. From the time of her construction in 188 1 until 1890, Old Ely was able to provide lodging for all the students of the college who required it, but in that year three frame cottages were erected to the east of the college to house the overflow of student . I s n 1911 when New Ely was built, Old Ely ceased to serve as a dormit ory and until recently had been neglected. Standing there now, however, across the walk from the library, Old Ely, with her advanced age and honored history arouses the respect and love of all the student bodies, past and present. JM D4 rose camp ditior liam Q men, part i Opene educa first 1 ment for tl home built helpei ditior respo. '52, Y ' -W f Af-fr 'T ,if . if KW 1- l 5 , , 5 T i ,, -,714 ilf 1, ja, i' 3 .. V .l ' X2 iq'

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? f gf, 1' f 1 lrt of fight- thusi- zaring melong l ever built zlowj, stood ith of red in l very e. New E61 Retaining the honored name of Ely from its predecessor, New Ely was built as a boys' dormi- tory in IQII to afford more adequate accommo- dations for the students of William Iewell, who were, at that time, all boys. It was a place to call home during the school year, where the boys spent much of their time, sleeping, eating, studying, and making friends. Rivalry among the residents of the different Hoors, bull sessions,', big parties, loud masculine voices down the halls, were all a part of the year that each boy remembered after- ward with a pang of regret that he was no longer a part of it. In December, I942, however, the occupants of New Ely were asked to leave the dormitory and find rooms in town in order that the Naval cadets might have living quarters. So New Ely became a ship,' and on its decks', uniformed men walked and talked, slept and studied. Changes, neverthe- less, no matter how large, can never quite remove from a building its history, its recollections of by- gone days and so it is with New Ely, especially because her recollections are not all that is left to her, there is the certain knowledge that her boys will return again to pursue their liberal education, that the uniforms will be replaced by individual- istic civilian dress, that longer years of service to Iewell,s sons lie ahead of her than behind. With this assurance, the dormitory accepts the adopted sons of the campus, welcomes them because they remind her of her own, for whose homecoming she is waiting and preparing. 5 NX an 4 11,1-,dj ,pchlfpgf 5071611711017 ff 015 4011111101012 A.. I I --gr--r 'f ...lg- -L -1?-4.5 G -1'-ix Fifteen

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y and the the num- ias proved issed, that which she 1 in 1881 .e lodging :quired it, re erected verllow of Juilt, Old il recently however, Ely, with y arouses vdies, past tjllehfose Hall Despite the brevity of the history behind Mel- rose Hall, one of the newer buildings on the campus, it has been an important factor in the tra- dition of the college. For about seventy years Wil- liam Iewell had been exclusively a school for young men, but as women began to take a more active part in the affairs of the world, more schools were opened to those who wished to continue their education beyond high school. In 1917 girls were first admitted to the halls of study and achieve- ment on the Old Hill and it was soon necessary for them to have a dormitory to serve as their home on the campus. For this purpose Melrose was built with the aid of Mr. C. M. Treat who has helped finance many college buildings on the con- dition that they bear the name Melrose. The response to Pres. I. P. Greene's call for funds to make up the college's share of the expense was immediate and generous and the foundation was laid in I925. Through its rooms and corridors have echoed the laughter and tears of four and a half college generations of co-eds. Poignant memories are stored there of innumerable midnight feasts, sleepless nights cramming for exams, and intense discussions of all the problems and events which make up college life. At this time, however, as Iewell joins with the other institutions of her country to preserve the ideals taught so long on her campus, this hall has been converted into a ship with a crew of Naval cadets in training for the defense of their nation. Melrose Hall, with its graceful beauty, will again be the college home of the girls on the campus after the duty to her country shall no longer demand of Iewell its spacious housing ac- commodations. Q-WZ? L' 5 1 J 1 i J 7 . J 4' v is . . ,. l , ,lik Y 3474 '4 'fffl Seucnzecn