William Jewell College - Tatler Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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. .,-. Above: Fr. Tim Smith prepares for a tutorial. Right: Concentrating intently, Fr, Linda Penrod plans an essay for the introductory seminar final. 22 X Oxbridge ei Left: So. Kevin Moore, Oxbridge English Language and Literature major, reflects on campus activity. Above: Institutions and policy majors discuss an upcoming tutorial. Right: Oxbridge English majors confer ouer a primary source. kiigigxi. I. .I i 'W-iv .- i -1 .tr A.. .. ,.. A ...........A....f.....a,--.....-ann-f. ' g.., ... . x.-- . , , I E I g Y - ' ' ' ' - - --- 'fl o-np, -

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K Left: Viflm'mus rmwilwrs of ilu' l.umbcln Chi Alpha fraternity p tl ll f 't place float. Below: DZ queen mrwlidote, Jr. Terr B Il l the l lomefominq Parade. lumni Discover Jewell or students who eat, sleep and breathe William Jewell College, Homecoming 1984, Jewell Discovers America, was just one more event that made the first seven weeks of school fun, hec- tic and ultimately memorable. But for those who had already marched across the Quad to receive their diploma, Homecoming truly meant just that - coming home. They remembered what made the Col- lege special for them, from the J- Bench, to their assigned seat in chapel. And it also meant discover- ing what was new about William Jewell, from a theatre within old Brown Gym to all of this Agenda for Excellence, talk they heard from a man, President J. Gordon Kingsley, who was probably an English professor while they at- tended the college. For alumni, the weekend celebrating the college's 135th birthday was packed. From a Liber- ty SymphonyfWJC Alumni concert I on Friday night featuring opera singer and 1956 graduate Rosemary Jackson, 1982 graduate Kevin Hampton on the piano and 1983 graduate Bruce Sorrell conducting, to an alumni Brunch, the Football game and class reunion on Saturday. One important graduate, Leona Kresse, will always remember 1984's Homecoming. Kresse was the first woman to graduate from the college. She acted as the grand marshall of the parade and said she would dream about the experience for weeks. Tired alums gladly returned home on Sunday after recalling just how hectic college life was. They had cheered for a football team coached by Vic Wallace, in- stead of Dad Bowles, and spent a wonderful weekend recalling the special kind of ex- cellence that was life on the hill. ,t.., li q Z1 X

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Ni, 1:3151-. f.- j Oxbrldge participants Row 1: Linda Penrod, Michelle Dillard, Marilyn Carter. Row 2: Jon Hemphill, Kevin Moore, Meredith Moore, John Crane, Tim Smith. Oxbridge Enhances Study William Jewell welcomed its first class of Oxbridge scholars in 1985. Oxbridge -- named from a combina- tion of OXford and CamBRlDGE - is a program of tutorial majors open to freshman and sophomore students. As a part of this program, students have the opportunity to study at Ox- ford or Cambridge for all or part of their junior year. The tutorial approach to learning emphasizes researching independent- ly, solving problem solving, reading, and writing. It is ideal for intellectual- ly self-reliant students who can manage their own learning time, free of daily accountability to their instructors. Oddly enough, these exceptional students were not required to have any specific grade point average or level of test scores to be admitted to the program. Instead, they demonstrated intellectual vitality and evidenced an ability to perserve in this demanding course of study. The few who demonstrated these characteristics were: Kevin Moore, sophomore, Meredith Moore, soph- omore, and Stacey Wilburn, freshman who majored in English language and literatureg Marilyn Carter, sophomore and Lloyd Den- ton, freshman who majored in historyg Michelle Dillard, freshman, Jon Hemphill, freshman, and Lin- da Penrod, freshman who majored in institutions and policy lan inter- disciplinary combination of philosophy, politics, and economicslg Tim Smith, freshman, who majored in religious studies, and John Crane, sophomore who majored in molecular biology. A music major is also offered. The Oxbridge Program, under the direction of Dr. Anne Marie Shannon, is funded by a 331,005,000 grant from the Hallmark Education Foundation of Kansas City. Also in 1985, the campus received the first paper in the Ox- bridge Paper Series. Presented by Meredith Moore, the paper was chosen as the outstanding paper from the introductory seminar.