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Cardinal Is Her Color: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Achievement at William Jewell College copyright 1999 by William Jewell College Publications All rights reserved. Printed in the U nited States of America. N o part of this book may be used or reproduced in any m anner w ithout written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. For inform ation, write William Jewell College Publications, 500 College Hill, Liberty, M issouri 64068. www.jewell.edu Library of Congress C ard Catalog N um ber 98-75075 Book cover and interior design by T im Lynch Book publishing services by BookWorks Publishing, M arketing, Consulting T he William Jewell College Sesquicentennial Publications and Historical Research Com m ittee would like to acknowledge with gratitude the able assistance of Pola Firestone of BookWorks in Overland Park, Kansas. T he success of this publishing project owes m uch to her expertise, patience, persistence, and professionalism.
DEDICATION Frank Hester, 1944-1996 Every great institution owes a m easure o f its
house, dressed in island garb, and
greatness to those who have come before. At
successfully squired every willing
William Jewell College such nam es are legion.
woman on cam pus into a week
T heir deeds and their spirits have left an indelible
end frenzy o f stylized revelry—or
mark on the cam pus and on the world. T h at bibli
so we thought. Our envy was
cal “ great cloud o f witnesses” blesses indeed the
palpable. T h e Fijis o f the 1960s
Hill and their lives and accom plishm ents continue
reached a zenith. They were what Frank Hester
to inspire to present greatness. While dedicating
m ade them—sophisticated, enigmatic, charm ing,
this book to one individual, Frank Hester, the aim is
cultured, and m arvelous fun!
to honor all those who have come before and helped make William Jewell the great school it is today. Following a long family tradition, Frank H ester
After leaving William Jewell, Frank and I got on parallel tracks—living in Liberty and teaching in the Liberty school system. H e was
came to William Jewell in 1966 and graduated in
probably one o f the m ost respected educators I
1969. T hroughout the years he remained a loyal
have ever known. Everyone learned in Frank’s
and active alum. Before his untimely death in
social studies classes.
A ugust 1996, he was serving as co-chair o f the
H is students built things, discovered knowl
sesquicentennial steering committee along with his
edge, learned respect and cultivated im agina
wife, Juarenne.
tions. Frank H ester gave his life to working with
To really know Frank H ester one m ust know som ething about the Phi G am m a D elta fraternity
children. T here is no higher calling. Only his legendary devotion to and direction
at William Jewell in the 1960s. I was a Sigm a N u.
o f Liberty’s Clayview Country Club shadowed
Like m ost o f my G reek brothers (with our no-non
his reputation as a teacher. Single-handedly
sense, Cheese W hiz-and-Ritz cracker midwest sensi
Frank forced the axis o f Liberty’s social universe
bilities) I tried to dism iss Frank and the “ F ijis” with
straight through the Clayview swimming pool.
their convertibles, sleek wardrobes, insufferable wit
N ow a whole city becam e his fraternity.
and posh pretenses. If that was not enough, each
Whatever Frank touched he m ade fun. Entire
spring they built a log wall around their fraternity
generations o f families will tell you that their V
days at Frank’s pool were the best they have ever
first with him. Frank H ester m ade the people and,
known.
in turn, the institutions he touched becom e special.
Yet another great love o f Frank’s life was his
William Jewell College, Liberty Public Schools,
city. As a city councilm an, Frank defined the
Clayview Country C lub, Liberty, M o.—all felt
notion that Liberty could maintain its identity and
F rank’s lasting mark. M ost people are lucky to
heritage despite the suburban sprawl that often
leave one legacy. Frank left four.
turns hometowns into shapeless bedroom housing divisions. Frank dem anded high-quality development, fas
So many nam es and their accom plishm ents whisper on this hilltop cam pus. As the night breeze hangs on the great colum ns o f Jewell Hall and the
tidious custom er service, and a sense o f community
moonlight rests easily on the J Bench and G ano
spirit from the city council. H is vision earned him
steps, another brother joins the march.
a cherished legacy—“ City Father.” T hough he loved his college, his fraternity and his city mightily, it was always people who came
James W. “Jim” Dunn ’71, Liberty, Mo., 1998
FO R E W O R D As William Jewell College commemorates its sesquicentennial, it is an especially appropriate time to reflect on the tremendous impact this college has had on our region. When I think ofWilliam Jewell, I think of the thousands of
been instrumental in charting a better future for the city and the region. Apart from the contributions of local alumni, the col lege plays a role in the lives of thousands of area residents
young minds that have been molded there. I think of the
and helps mold the cultural fabric of the region through its
hundreds of faculty members, administrators and trustees
incomparable Fine Arts series. Each spring and fall, the
who have shown such admirable dedication to die college’s
college presents outstanding performances, ranging from
mission and purposes. I think of the many residents of the
such notables as Luciano Pavarotti and Itzhak Perlman to
greater Kansas City area who have been enriched by the
the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Russian
vitality of its external programs.
National Ballet.
Throughout its history William Jewell College has
In the following chapters of Cardinal Is Her Color,
been an innovator in American education. The college
you will relive the triumphs and challenges of William
and its leadership have always worked diligently to build
Jewell history, with particular emphasis on the post-World
its reputation as one of the best undergraduate liberal arts
War II years. The chapters do not flow chronologically;
institutions in the midwest. Admirably, to complement its
rather, they are organized according to subject matter.
strong liberal arts foundation, William Jewell aims to instill
Each segment is composed in a unique style, featuring a
in each student a sense of leadership, citizenship, ethics
very personal voice by individuals who hold Jewell close to
and spiritual values.
their hearts. You will see important bits and pieces of Jewell
As a businessman and life-long resident of Kansas City, I find that my most indelible impression ofWilliam Jewell College is the interdependent relationship I observe
history through the eyes of those who have been there. As you might expect, the final chapter encourages all college friends and constituents to confront the future and
between college and community. Established a year before
the dawning of a new millennium. Most of us would agree
the incorporation of Kansas City, the college is often
that there is no greater challenge than preparing future gen
referred to by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce as
erations to assume their roles in society. I believe William
the oldest “business” in continuous operation in the
Jewell College has the vision and the will, the people and
region. Moreover, it was for many years the only college
the programs, to succeed in this all-important endeavor.
available to educate the citizens of this metropolitan area. Through the years, William Jewell alumni in the Kansas City area (now numbering over 6,000) have
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CONTENTS Dedication...................................................................................................................v Foreword.....................................................................................................................vii
A lm a M
ater
Chapter 1 - History of William Jewell..................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 - Christian Heritage..................................................................................17 Chapter 3 - Campus Buildings................................................................................. 28
Cardinal is her color, Jewell is her name, high upon a hill she stands
Chapter 4 - Faculty and Administration..................................................................47
And we will fight to keep her fame.
Chapter 5 - Student Life............................................................................................55
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma M ater true,
Chapter 6 - Academic L ife ......................................*.................................................66
We will love thee, serve thee forever
Chapter 7 - Cardinal Athletics.................................................................................. 87
William Jewell.
Chapter 8 - Fine Arts Program............................................................................. ...101
William Jewell College,
Chapter 9 - Women at William Jewell....................................................................... 109
Far her fam e is known.
Chapter 10 - Greek life .............................................................................................125
D eep within our hearts she dwells
Chapter 11 - Jewell and Community.......................................................................150
And there our love for her has grown. Cardinal team s are warriors,
Chapter 12 - Jewell 2000...........................................................................................163
Bold and brave and true.
About the Authors..................................................................................................... 167
We will love thee, praise thee forever William Jewell. Christian faith and vision By her founders m ade T he cause o f her existence And the bounty for which they prayed. Working, trusting, onward, G od will bless our school. We will love thee, praise thee forever William Jewell.
The Alma Mater T he tune and first stanza o f the Alma Mater beloved by generations o f Jewell students was com
When a marching band was instituted at Jewell by Professor E d Lakin in the 1950s, a m ulti-part
posed by John (Jack) Wilkes ’42. Wilkes penned the
instrumental arrangem ent was needed. Professor
melody and lyrics while traveling to Syracuse, New
Lakin, a respected m usic faculty m em ber from
York, for the Christm as holiday break in D ecem ber
1950 to 1977, did a full orchestration and four-part
o f 1938. D avid G rosch, professor o f m usic from
arrangem ent o f the Alma Mater. T h at arrangem ent
1928 to 1955, was enthusiastic about the work
has been featured at countless William Jewell events
Wilkes had created, but believed the song was too
over the past five decades. A coda to the Alma
short to properly sing Jewell’s praises. H e convinced
Mater story was added in the 1980s, when Bush
Wilkes to augm ent the original material, which he
attended an alumni function at which the song was
did with the assistance o f Biron Bush ’40. They
played and realized there was no mention o f the
wrote the son g’s second stanza just before it was
C ollege’s Christian heritage in the lyrics. H e added
presented in chapel in the fall o f 1939. Following
a third stanza which speaks o f the founders’
that well-received perform ance, the Alma Mater was
“ Christian faith and vision.”
adopted by the Student Council as the official song o f W illiam Jewell College.
C H A P T E R
HISTORY Jewell
Is
of
Her
WILLIAM
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JEWELL
Name
by D avid O. M oore
j/\/flliam Jewell College resulted from the vision
1847, renewed effort was expended. By 1848,
o f Baptists who lived along the M issouri River, a
S I 6,000 had been raised with great hopes for more.
watery highway across the state. In the late 1830s,
Hence, the General Association (forerunner o f the
four persons set their m inds to
M issouri Baptist Convention)
developing an education institu
approved a proposal to ask the
tion for the training o f young m in
state legislature for a charter, and
isters and laymen. They were
a unique one was granted and
T h om as Fristow, Ebinezer Rogers,
signed by the governor on
Fielding Wilhoit, and a young
February 27, 1849. With this, a
physician, late o f Little Bonne
college was born. William Jewell College is the
Fem m e church, nam ed William Jewell. T hese four, like the Four
lengthened shadow o f six persons:
H orsem en o f the Apocalypse,
Dr. William Jewell, its founder;
swept am ong the churches o f the
Alexander D oniphan, its philan
M issouri River valley encouraging
thropist; T h om as R am baut, its aca
and proposing “ a college among us.”
dem ician; John Priest Greene, its
T his achievement was slow
father confessor; John Herget, its
and arduous. A decision to estab lish a college and accept Dr.
Dr. William Jewell
Jewell’s handsom e grant o f 3,951 acres o f river
solidifier; and Walter Pope Binns, its prophet o f the post-war years. H .I. H ester, the legendary professor o f religion,
bottom land, worth more than S I 0,000, cam e to
has adequately told the early history in two books.
naught for failure to secure other monies. But in
His Jewell Is Her Name covers definitively the first
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100 years, and a small m onograph brings the story
lady ever presided at “ the president’s m ansion.”
to 1979. T his present account, therefore, accedes
She spoke gently in her Southern accent while
to these records and emphasizes the last fifty years,
grace, mingled with charm , flowed from her. She
1949-1999.
was chosen “ M other o f M issouri” in 1959. President Binns assum ed his role at a propitious
ENTERING THE POST-WAR YEARS
time. H e, with the trustees, m ust see the college through the closing war years, m ust prepare for
T h e person who ushered the college into the W illia m College
Jewell Seal
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of
post-war years, who gave it the base for its m odern
lay plans also for the second century o f the college’s
achievement as a school o f “ considerable respect
existence. G oals growing out o f plans for the cen
am ong small institutions o f higher learning,” was
tennial celebration included strengthening the liberal
Walter Pope Binns. He becam e president July 1,
arts program o f the college, stabilizing enrollment
1943, and served the second longest tenure o f any
at 500 students, and raising funds o f $3,870,750
president, nineteen years.
for endowment purposes. A curricular program
Binns was a G eorgian by birth but a Virginian
organized around twelve departm ents was envi
by dem eanor and style. A tall, stately m an, he had
sioned, each o f which was to be endowed with
eyes which m easured a person keenly, if they saw
$250,000.
the person at all. Buried in reflective thought, he
With the influx o f students from 1946-1949,
might pass a friend on the sidewalk with no m em o
led mainly by G Is, the enrollment m ushroom ed to
ry o f ever seeing that friend. It soon becam e com
700, not the limited 500 set earlier. M aking room
m onplace to say, “ William Jewell is a college o f car
for students who desired adm ission to the school
dinals and has a pope for a president.” A genteel
always overshadowed enrollment restrictions. By
m an, mild o f m anner until ruffled, Binns cast an
the 1980s, enrollment would rest beyond 1,450
image o f aristocratic aloofness. T his was not so,
full-time day-school students with som e 200-250
however. H e was no aristocrat, but was a Southern
additional evening students. Students were rev
gentleman, soul and body. H is was a tender heart
enue, and qualified applicants were seldom placed
and he always said it troubled him deeply to have
on waiting lists even when living quarters were full.
to dism iss som e student for disciplinary reasons. “ I have children, too, you know,” he would say. Binns was m arried to Blanche R oberta M allary o f M acon, G a. N o more gracious hostess and first
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the return o f war veterans and other students and
T h e goal o f twelve endowed departm ents was B in ns’ hope. It was not reached; but six were fund ed as planned. G reat success was achieved in pro viding buildings to accom m odate the burgeoning
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student body. Jewell’s present cam pus largely took
M inetry Jones, college business m anager, had previ
shape in these years. Old Ely was dem olished to
ously worked these am ounts out. A teacher would
open the quad aesthetically. T he following new
arrive at the office, be seated and watch Dr. Binns
buildings were constructed: Greene H all, for
scan the listing. Looking up through his pinched-
adm inistration; Jones Hall, a w om en’s residency;
nose spectacles, Dr. Binns would begin.
Luther G reene stadium ; Eaton H all, a m en’s resi
with us. I hope you have enjoyed it. We appreciate
present library building were set in motion as well.
our fine teachers and because o f your efforts, I’m
adm inistrator, quick o f mind and quick o f decision. H e might step across the hall for a short chat with Dr. H ester but when he returned he often knew his deci sion. A spring ritual for all fac ulty was the granting o f contracts for the following year. There was no tenure. However, on occa sion, when a young prospective teacher raised the issue, Dr. Binns informed him, “ Yes, we have tenure. You all have tenure. If your work is satisfactory, you can rem ain as long as you desire. O f course, unsatisfactory work will always bring term ination.” But Binns was an honorable and just man. H e used a yellow, legal-sized “ lawyer’s p ad ” to list the teachers and the salary offer he proposed for each. H e and
Her
Name
“ Well, M r. R ose, you’ve had a good year here
dency; and Yates College Union. Plans for the Dr. Binns was a forthright
Is
Old Ely
going to pay you $300 more next year. T h at will
you the figure for the professor right under yours.
make you $5,700, paid over ten m onths.” H e would
Please give me back your contract and we’ll correct
pause, pick up the contract and hand it over. Then
it. Your raise is $400.” D ejected, the professor
he would close with, “ What do you think o f that?
handed it over. Crestfallen, and a little bit sore,
T h a t’s good, isn’t it?”
he m ade his way back to his office. Slowly, he
U sually, m atters ended there and the professor
dialed his home and said, “ Honey, I hope you
would take the contracts, sign one for Binns and
haven’t bought that new dress yet. We didn’t get
one for the dean and keep one for himself. T h e
that big raise.”
experience was daunting. An occasion the writer
T hen he just sat in his chair-no rocking, no
rem em bers clearly. H e entered the office, and after
hum m ing, no saying life is fair. T he telephone
the usual banter, President Binns scanned his pad,
rang. “ Binns here,” from the voice on the other
raised his eyes, and began. “ Well, sir, you’ve had
end. “ Bring your contract and please com e back to
an exceptional year-no problem s. (A m ost unusual
my office. I need to see you.” Click! T h e professor
achievement for that professor!) I want to show that
looked down at the sheet o f typed paper. I ’ll be
we appreciate your work and I ’m going to give you
dad-blam ed if I take another whack off my salary,”
a $2,500 raise for next year.”
he exploded. “ T his is too m uch.”
T h e writer caught his breath. Two thousand
Back in B in ns’ office a gracious, alm ost repen
five hundred dollars, a 33 percent increase in
tant fellow greeted the teacher. “ Sit down, sir, I
salary. H ad the millennium arrived? T h e contracts
owe you an apology. I should not have done to you
were handed over and signed on the spot. Ecstasy
what I did. It was my mistake and I’m just going
reigned on the walk back to Jewell Hall. Having
to stick by my original statement. H ere’s the origi
called his wife with the news, the professor rocked
nal contract, $2,500 intact. Give me the one you
back and forth in his chair. Life was just, after all.
are holding and I ’ll tear it up. I ’m sorry for what
T hen the phone rang. “ Binns here,” the voice
has happened.” T he professor left the office smiling
said. “ Please com e back to my office and bring
and resolute. H e had m et a good m an, not too
your contract with you.” Click! T h e professor
proud to confess a mistake and set it right.
froze. “ Bring the contract,” he had said. In the president’s office, Binns seem ed quietly
President Binns felt that he, acting by and through trustee authority, led the college. H e pro
perturbed. H e was uncertain how to proceed. “ I’m
tected, defended, advanced and honored his school.
em barrassed,” he said. “ I m ade a mistake on your
Although professors som etim es felt that Binns was
contract. When I looked down at the pad, I quoted
aloof from them, he always protected them from
Jewell
outside criticism or unjust attack. But he expected
Association o f Southern Baptist Colleges and
dedicated achievement from each. H e was unswerv
Schools in 1948. T hey traveled together to national
ing in his expectation that faculty and staff should
m eetings, played R ook together (Binns always
act according to the stated Christian ideals o f the
choosing H ester for partner), m ade visits o f condo
college. T h ese included a clear realization by all
lences to student families in times o f crisis, and
that Jewell was a Baptist institution, although not a
thought through college problem s together until
narrow, sectarian one.
June 30,1961. H ester then left the college to
Dr. Binns introduced a sum m er study program
Theological Seminary, where M illard Berquest, one
three or more years. H e was the authorizer and
o f H ester’s form er students, was president.
decision-m aker o f these grants. After a religion
On February 28,1962, President Binns
professor had been approved for one o f these
announced his im pending retirement. N ow sixty-
grants, he was in the president’s office shortly
five years old, he judged it time to move on. The
before departure for U nion Theological Sem inary
Kansas City Star said editorially, “ Today, William
in New York City. There the president, with not a
Jewell is one o f the excellent sm aller colleges o f the
hint o f a smile, addressed him. “ I’m glad you’re
M iddle West. U nder the direction o f Dr. Binns its
going to U nion for study. A professor needs to
educational services have been strengthened. It has
keep fresh in his teaching. But listen to me now.
continued its devotion to Christian philosophy. T h e
D o n ’t you go up there to that N orthern school and
growing college at Liberty will always owe him a
get any new ideas. We like you here just the way
special debt o f gratitude.” were bright indeed. Enrollm ent stood at 1,012, a
It m ust not, however, be seen to m ean he was a
peak. N ew buildings surrounded the quad. K ansas
present-day fundam entalist. H e respected others’
City public relations were at an all-time high. A
theological views and granted their right to inde
grant from the Ford Foundation o f S I 83,500 had
pendent interpretation.
been received, income from which was to be used
eighteen years his vice president, Dr. H. I. H ester, writes o f Binns, “ H is administration was one o f the
Name
William College
Jewell Seal
of
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At this point in the life o f the school, things
Binns eschewed any taint o f theological liberalism.
H is friend, form er student colleague, and for
Her
becom e vice president o f M idwestern Baptist
for professors after they had been at the school for
you are.” One has to interpret this to m ean that
Is
for improvement o f faculty salaries. But om inous clouds hung across the horizon. Student unrest, national and local, was develop
m ost fruitful o f any in the long history o f the col
ing. T h e divisive spirit o f Vietnam affected every
lege.” T hese two had led in the form ation o f the
one. There was little participation by students or
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n er iv a m e
faculty in policy-making procedures on cam pus. A
in consideration, and who had been pastor at
national trend toward granting faculty tenure as a
Wornall R oad. Browning was a supporter o f
guarantor o f academ ic freedom had not yet reached
M oore, his form er pastor, and in the end M oore
Jewell. Further, faculty had becom e restive about
was chosen. H e was pastor o f Broadway Baptist
denom inational relations with M issouri Baptists,
Church, Ft. Worth, Texas, and had no prior experi
and a pro-Baptist versus non-denom inational
ence in educational administration. H e assum ed his
schism developed. Against this backdrop, the
role in June, 1962, and served until August 31,1968.
search for a new president was on.
Dr. M oore was a m an with a pastor’s heart who found no zest in day-to-day decisions that required
FACING A C H AN G E D S OCI AL CULTURE
dism issals or rem onstrances with staff. H e longed for positions and decisions to be worked out in
A trustee nom inating com m ittee was appointed by its president, Charles F. Curry, who was to serve
to that o f Binns. From the beginning, however, the
efforts, two K an sas City
new president was liked by the faculty, which set
churches cam e to the fore.
about strengthening its role in administrative matters
Curry and several strong
that related to academ ic affairs. A restless student
board m em bers were in
body also sought, and secured, more input in college
Calvary Baptist Church,
administration. Progress was m ade on a tenured
while M r. Will Browning
faculty program , and both students and faculty
and an active contingent
becam e more involved with college governance. President M oore put into motion approval for
Church. T he first choice
faculty to elect and develop an effective faculty
for president was the
steering committee (later called Faculty Council).
Reverend Conrad Willard,
T he first m em bers o f this com m ittee were D avid O.
im m ediate past pastor o f
M oore, Wes Forbis, D ouglas H arris, G eorgia
Calvary Baptist. Following an interview with the
Bowm an, and M arvin D ixon. Its role and work for
full faculty at the college, however, Willard withdrew
the college was steadily refined and developed until
his name.
it had a meaningful place in academ ic budget
T his opened the way for the selection o f the Reverend H. G uy M oore, who had previously been
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T his style o f decision-making was a marked contrast
as its chairm an. In their
were atW ornall Road
President H. Guy Moore
community fashion where consensus was achieved.
preparation and allocation, selection o f new faculty, evaluation o f faculty for merit pay raises, and con-
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sideration for tenure, when this was finally
trustee com m ittee that E. Lee M cL ean had been
Colleges and Secondary Schools, an accrediting
selected to serve as a consultant on establishing a
agency, supported this move.
development program for the college. M cL ean and Olson was elected as executive vice president
the library building was finished in the sum m er o f
and director o f development in O ctober o f 1967. Over time, O lson’s em erging powers overshad
the Yates College U nion nearly doubled in size.
owed those o f the president, a fact which a N orth
Browning H all, a new residence facility for men,
Central accrediting team pointed out in a site visit
was constructed on a site just west o f Eaton Hall.
in the spring o f 1968. For this and other reasons
In the m idst o f these things, key staff decisions
the college was placed on a three-year private
had to be m ade. T he academ ic dean, G arland
probation, with another review slated at the end
Taylor, left for a similar position at M ercer
o f that period.
University in G eorgia. Dr. Bruce T h om son was
President M oore ultimately left the college at
chosen as replacement. T he esteem ed physical
the end o f A ugust in 1968. H e returned to his first
education departm ent director and head football
love, a pastorate o f the New Plymouth Baptist
coach, Dr. N orris Patterson, took a position at
Church in Alexandria, Va. Olson was nam ed acting
United States International University in San
president, but his administrative style did not prove
D iego, Calif. At one point, student involvement
to be a good fit for William Jewell. By Septem ber
rose to fever pitch when two faculty m em bers were
1969, Olson had sought employment at a school
disciplined for im proper classroom dem eanor. T he
near Chicago and was gone from the cam pus.
trustees subsequently placed them on terminal
Name
later recom m ended B .G . Olson for this position,
building projects were completed. Construction o f 1965. A new wing was added to Sem ple H all, and
Her
On February 20, 1967, it was reported to a
approved. T he N orth Central Association o f
D uring the M oore administration four m ajor
Is
T rustees were busy during 1969 searching out
leave, with pay for one year. M ass student protest,
their next president while Dr. E.W. H olzapfel was
covered by K an sas City television, served to height
acting president. M r. Will Yates, patriarch o f
en concerns about presidential leadership. When
trustees, used his considerable clout insisting that
student enrollment and institutional fund raising
the president be a respected M issouri Baptist p as
did not m easure up to trustee expectations, further
tor. In the search, attention turned to Dr. T h om as
dissatisfaction surfaced. As a partial corrective, a
W. Field, past president o f the M issouri Convention
trustee decision to establish a position o f director o f
o f Baptists and pastor o f First Baptist Church in
development was m ade.
Springfield.
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recom m ended by their pastor. T h ese grants carried full tuition remission. Thirty-seven were accepted the first fall, 1970. Dr. Field then instituted his
At a board m eeting in K an sas City, M ay 2,
“ Church and C am pus Award” for qualified stu
1970, Dr. Field was unanim ously chosen. He
dents, each carrying a $1,000 grant toward tuition.
immediately accepted. B ut it was no “ cake walk”
In 1970, 906 students were enrolled, and in 1972
to which he had been called. Fewer than 850 stu
enrollment had grown to 1,199. By 1972, the col
dents were expected that fall. A deficit in the oper
lege was able to close its fiscal year with a surplus
ating budget o f $295,000-^350,000 was projected.
o f $25,000, due primarily to Field’s aggressive action.
Full accreditation had still not been received and
T h e second m ajor issue was accreditation.
faculty morale was low, with som e openly express
Faculty and students joined in this effort. T he
ing resistance to another “ Baptist preacher-type”
accrediting agency examination would be in the
for president. But Field loved the challenge.
spring o f 1971. Therefore, revision o f curriculum ,
H e cam e with enthusiasm , a salesm an’s person
strengthening o f organizational structure, with a
ality, the ability to analyze difficult problem s, and a
faculty statem ent o f purpose, all had to be
willingness to delegate responsibility. H e was no
addressed. From these efforts cam e a new curricu
academ ician and lacked experience working directly
lum, nam ed “ Achievement ’70s: Education for
with faculty. T his he delegated to his academ ic
Individual Achievement.” It featured a new school
dean. When a problem arose with business m anage
calendar, called a 4-1-4 plan. T h ese were the prod
ment, he m ade changes that brought “ his team ”
ucts o f Dr. Kingsley’s prolific and creative mind but
together. Dr. Bruce T hom son, who had been aca
were carried through by earnest faculty.
dem ic dean, was moved to business affairs and the
Because o f the unified effort o f many, the
associate dean, G ordon Kingsley, becam e full dean.
trustee report in May, 1971, docum ented a m ost
Both moves proved strokes o f keen insight.
encouraging team visit by the N orth Central
Prim ary problem s were twofold: to build the
Association. Dr. Bohm , o f that team , com m ended
student enrollment and to regain full accreditation.
“ the instructional organization o f the curriculum ,
President Field attacked the first o f these at the
the unusually high caliber o f teaching techniques”
point o f his greatest strength, his popularity and
and stated that the four science departm ents were
recognition am ong Baptist pastors. H e offered as
“ o f uniquely high caliber and markedly superior to
many as one hundred “ Presidential G ran ts” to
m ost private liberal arts colleges.” President Field
students who could qualify for adm ission and were
was optimistic. H e felt the reaction o f the review
Jewell
team was positive and in the college’s favor. At
birthday, faculty and others began raising the
officially: T he college had regained a full ten-year
question o f his possible retirement. They were
accreditation. T he sanction o f a form er time had
concerned since the Field tenure had been very
been lifted and one o f F ield ’s best achievements
successful and since securing a new adm inistrator
President Field had m anaged to secure the
always carried a degree o f uncertainty. At this to M ercer University in M acon, G a., where he
som e o f the “ factionalism ” which had existed in
would also serve as dean. Faculty becam e greatly
prior years. Repeatedly, they com m ended their
concerned as to how events might unfold.
president and his staff for growth plus the spirit
President Field had elevated Kingsley to the
o f aggressive change toward better academ ics at
academ ic deanship, had worked cooperatively with
William Jewell. They were pleased with the general
him in developing innovative program s, and was
tranquility that existed. As a result o f this,
genuinely proud o f his accom plishm ents. Faculty
improvement o f physical properties could be
also had very high regard for Kingsley and did not
accom plished. Renovation o f older buildings, the
wish to lose his constructive leadership. In the
erection o f new ones, and the attractive beautifica
spring o f 1978, when the Kingsley departure was
tion o f the entire cam pus ensued.
imminent, the faculty council met cautiously. They
a close. T he college had m ade provision for study, by selected students and faculty, at H arlaxton
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time, D ean Kingsley had accepted an offer to go
enthusiastic support o f the trustees and neutralize
By 1980, the “ D ecade o f Achievement” drew to
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In the year preceding Dr. F ield ’s sixty-fifth
the Septem ber meeting o f the trustees, he reported
was secured.
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asked whether Kingsley might be a good choice as president ofW illiam Jewell. One m em ber was selected to approach Kingsley
College in G rantham , England. Its Fine Arts Series
first and secured K ingsley’s affirmation that he was
had acquired national recognition. Growth o f the
interested in staying at Jewell. T he next move was
student body was constant and planned. Faculty
to approach the president, who, on being invited,
was steadily engaged in review, development, and
was pleased to have a steak luncheon with the
possible change o f its instructional processes. A
council in the U nion building. H e was told, with
fully integrated program o f sabbatical leaves was in
utter sincerity, o f faculty appreciation for his leader
force. Students were represented on all im portant
ship at Jewell and o f their deep feeling concerning
administrative and faculty committees. T he first
rum ors that he soon might retire. T h e council
half o f Charles D ickens’ fam ous statem ent applied:
rem inded the president o f how they respected
“ It was the best o f times.”
Kingsley and regretted his plan to move to another
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school. Since Field had encouraged, somewhat
duties. Dr. Kingsley was the first president since
groom ed, and always supported Kingsley, they
the 1800s to rise from the ranks o f the teaching
asked if he would consider suggesting to the board
profession. H e had participated in or planned all
that Kingsley be chosen as president-elect, to take
o f the academ ic changes for the last ten years. T he
office when Field had com pleted his tenure. To do
college he inherited was poised for a surge o f new
this would seem to be one
development and he used all o f his imaginative
way o f ensuring continua
skills, his rem arkable ability as a public speaker,
tion o f the plans, hopes,
and his m astery with words for the advancem ent
and achievements for the
o f the college.
school President Field had com e to love and for which
Britain had com e to Clay County. After a while a
he had done so much.
red double-decker bus cam e to cam pus. T h e presi
President Field was
Two friends who, as presidents, moved the college forward dramatically: Dr.J. Gordon Kmgsley & Dr. Thomas S. Field
Everywhere on cam pus it becam e evident that
dent was seen in a black London taxi shipped in
gracious and open to the
from the Isles. A red telephone kiosk appeared at
proposal. H e considered
the front o f Brown Hall. British decorative flags
the im plications and report
hung from special m asts and “ British speak” was
ed soon to the council his
the norm . One o f the new president’s masterful serm ons was built around his spiritual epiphany
decision to approach the trustees suggesting that ^ mutually work on the proposal. T his they did J J y y _ and on M ay 1, 1978, the trustees m ade Kingsley
while viewing the massive and moving interior o f
president-elect. H e continued to serve as academ ic
loved it. G reater K an sas City was im pressed. It
dean until President F ield ’s retirement, which
was still “ the best o f times.”
occurred June 30, 1979. A gala retirement affair was planned and exe
D urham cathedral in N orth England. T he college
Kingsley inherited a student body o f 1,450 and a faculty o f eighty-three. A second ten-year
cuted for the Fields, who were celebrated for their
extension o f full accreditation by N orth Central
significant achievements at William Jewell. July 1
had just been received. It gave glowing praise for
m arked the beginning o f the Kingsley era.
faculty, saluted the spirit o f the student body, and spoke highly o f both staff and the board o f trustees.
TIME FOR VISION AND DREAMS
There was a slight caution that “ much work rem ained for the board in the area o f develop
T he new president moved easily into his official
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m ent.” Arises that ‘cursed sprite,’ the financial
Jewell
development aspect again. It would not go away. T he new president pressed ahead, through his taught, interdisciplinary program o f general educa
White Science Center now stands
tion called “ Foundations for the Fu tu re” cam e off
east o f M arston connected to it
the drawing board. What was called an Oxbridge
by walkway and elevator. T he old
Tutorial Program , nam ed for both Oxford and
M arston Hall was reconfigured
Cam bridge universities in Britain, was proposed,
for classroom s and offices for fac
m odified, and finally instituted in 1983. Efforts
ulty and staff. In this rem arkable decade,
by the Hall Fam ily Foundations dedicated to sup
1980-1990, Luciano Pavarotti
porting this highly individualized program o f study,
received an honorary degree from
a year o f which was to be spent in Britain.
Jewell and sang a brilliant gala benefit concert at the M usic Hall,
G ym nasium was completely rebuilt on the inside
K an sas City. Other notables followed in the Fine
with a challenge grant from the M abee Foundation
Arts Series. U.S. News & World Report gave William
o f $450,000. It becam e a com bination office and
Jewell positive rankings in its editions o f “ A m erica’s
teaching com plex for art and psychology plus a
Best Colleges.”
small theater for fine arts. A Center for Baptist
Athens on the M issouri, a H arvard o f the midwest,
special collections section o f the library. Kingsley,
an Oxford in the New World. H e closed a report to
him self a Ph.D. in religious history, pushed for this
the trustees once by saying this may be the “ year o f
program , which received financial aid from the
transition from being a good college to becom ing a
M issouri Baptists and a sizable bequest from
great one.” Indeed, he pushed relentlessly toward
William Partee o f H annibal, M o.
that goal. Six task forces, com prised o f K an sas City area com m unity leaders, faculty, staff and students,
for building a new science com plex as well as
had been at work on a C om m ission On the Future,
rebuilding the interior o f M arston Hall was planned
which was ultimately to recom m end an “ Agenda
and executed. T his project was aided by a hand
for Excellence, 2000.”
som e gift given by M r. and M rs. John White o f M assachusetts. Both were form er students at
President Kingsley, center, joined by A dele and Don Hall, good friends of William Jewell.
Kingsley may have dream ed o f his college as an
Historical Studies was created and housed in the
A cam paign for enlarging the endowment and
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o f the trustees. T h e cam paign was a m agnificent success. M ore than $27 million was raised.
There was activity on all sides. Brown
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William Jewell and John White later becam e chair
faculty dean, with his academ ic dreams. A team-
were rewarded. A grant o f $ 1,050,000 was given
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Always the faculty’s friend, Kingsley worked constantly for increased com pensation, while he
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dem anded steady development o f teaching skills.
alumni affairs. By 1988, a com plete reorganization
A study o f salary structures conducted by independ
o f staff positions occurred, fueled by concern about
ent researchers Dr. T hom as Em m et and Dr. John
fund raising.
M inter gave praise to William Jewell for progress in this area. T h e president envisioned a Hall o f Fam e
tions, alumni and adm issions supervisor; Suzanne
for faculty, which came to pass, and was added, in
Patterson assum ed the development position; E d
portraiture, to the Yates College Union.
Leonard, alumni affairs; E d N orris, adm issions; and
Student enrollment
team , but other opportunities beckoned. By 1995,
throughout the years 1987
all o f these adm inistrators had left the college.
to 1994, reaching 1,477 in
President Binns, in another time, began
1991. Kingsley praised the
Achievement Day in K ansas City by asking the
adm ission staff for its
question: “ What is a college?” H is reply to his own
achievements. Everywhere
question was unduly simplistic, but the question
on cam pus, students were
was o f utm ost im portance. As the Kingsley era at
directly involved in m atters
Jewell approached its end, som e o f the answer to
o f college life, serving on
B in ns’ question was being offered.
istrative and staff study seminar in English Literature.
Charlotte L egg, public relations. They were a good
remained relatively steady
faculty com m ittees, adm in President Kingsley teaches a
Larry Stone becam e development, public rela
Colleges thrive, grow, and survive on zeal-stir ring tradition and alumni loyalty. T h e Jewell kind o f school depended also on its denom inational com
reviews, and in their own student senate efforts. T h e president wrote, in a
mitment. To be a Baptist college was desirable.
trustee report, “ It is my 20th year o f service with
Colleges also succeed on account o f the fertile
William Jewell College in som e capacity and it is a
m inds o f faculty, their teaching skill and, in this
fine little school I have com e to love very m uch.”
case, their enthusiasm for com bining Christian
But the director o f development position was
ideals and liberal arts. Dr. Earl M cG rath, consult
vacant again. It had been a continuing problem
ant to the college in the early Kingsley period,
ever since the Olson fiasco. In 1986, Dr. Richard
m ade clear that small colleges rem ain good, or
B. Lancaster, lately o f Sim pson, Beloit and Earlham
becom e excellent, through clear perceptions and
Colleges, resigned his responsibility in this area o f
statem ents o f their mission. They had to rigorously
development after slightly more than one year.
hold to these.
T here was constant shuffling o f the director o f
T h e legacy o f the Kingsley administration was a
Jewell
strong one. T he endowment had been significantly
served on the faculty, as acting presi
enhanced as a result o f the successful $27 million
dent, dean, and librarian, at South
Leadership 2000 cam paign. T he physical plant was
G eorgia College, in addition to service
renewed with construction o f the new $7.5 million
at Florida State University and the
White Science Center and a completely refurbished
University o f N orth Carolina. Earned
M arston Hall. Programmatically, Kingsley’s inspired
degrees o f P h.D ., B .D ., M .L .S ., and
vision o f com bining the British tutorial system with
B.A. each prepared him for the task at
the Am erican approach to higher education may be
hand. H is administrative skills were
his m ost enduring legacy. T he Oxbridge H onors
honed during additional study at the
Program which he conceived continues to attract
Institute for Educational M anagem ent
som e o f the country’s best and brightest college
o f H arvard University.
students to W illiam Jewell. As Dr. Ann M arie Shannon, the first senior is the person who im agined Oxbridge into being.
students and faculty access to the vast
It’s an example o f what I think o f as his creative
resources o f the information superhigh
imagination. William Jewell is a different, stronger,
way. In his inaugural address, Sizemore
better college because o f him.”
noted: “ William Jewell acknowledges that technology is increasingly im portant
ences with the president over leadership and
to our present and our future. Institutions o f
administrative philosophy, Dr. Kingsley retired
quality cannot ignore and m ust incorporate the
from the college in O ctober 1993. Following the
tools o f technology and com m unications in order
interim presidency o f D ean Jim E. Tanner during
to m eet the challenges o f our rapidly changing
the 1993-94 academ ic year, Dr. W. Christian
global com m unity.”
president. “ C h ris” Sizem ore was well prepared for his
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Sizem ore’s presidency was the installa tion o f a com puter network to allow
Sizem ore was nam ed the institution’s thirteenth
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A m ong the first priorities o f
tutor o f the Oxbridge program , put it: “ Dr. Kingsley
After the board o f trustees began to have differ
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When Sizem ore took office in the fall o f 1994, com puter use on the Jewell cam pus was spotty at best, with only about 10 percent o f the college
Jewell presidential role. H e had spent eleven years
community receiving institutional support for access
as president o f A lderson-Broaddus College in West
to the burgeoning field o f information technology.
Virginia, in addition to a stint as a teaching faculty
Within a year, the college was fully networked,
m em ber at Southeastern Baptist Seminary. H e had
linked by m ore than 1,600 com puter access points.
William Jewell has achieved much broader recognition and visibility during the tenure of Chris and Anne Sizemore. Both are heavily involved in civic and charitable activities in Liberty and Kansas City. Also, both are well respected for their service to church and educational associations at the state and national level.
Internet access brought with it the ability to
com m ittee, which included trustees, faculty,
connect with national and international databases,
adm in istrators, staff, studen ts, alum ni, and com
transforming the way students and faculty approached
munity m em bers.
research and learning. With the introduction o f
Dr. Ann M arie Shannon was recruited to guide
e-mail addresses, faculty and staff could com m uni
the strategic planning process internally. T h e steer
cate m ore effectively on cam pus as well. T he col
ing com m ittee engaged in an extensive data-gather-
lege’s web site went on-line in January o f 1996,
ing process drawing from both internal and exter
providing alumni, friends, and prospective students
nal sources to learn how Jewell was perceived by
with worldwide access to current information.
various groups. Based on those findings, the com
With the successful networking project behind him, Sizem ore moved to other initiatives. T h e board o f trustees was strengthened and diversified with
mittee identified an institutional core o f values and then assessed “ opportunities” and “ threats.” M arket research revealed that the community
the addition o f K ansas City civic leaders and alumni,
perceived W illiam Jewell to be an institution posi
as well as business and professional leaders from
tioned to prepare leaders who are able to work in
outside the B aptist denom ination. T he board wel
team s; who are self-directed and adaptable to
com ed its first African-Am erican m em ber, and
change; and who possess skills sharpened in an
faculty and student representatives were added
environment that purposefully connects the liberal
to various trustee committees.
arts with professional capabilities. T h e data-gather-
In the arena o f strategic planning, Sizem ore initiated the m ost extensive self-study in the history
ing process allowed the com m ittee to reaffirm the three basic tenets ofW illiam Jewell’s mission:
o f the college and began charting a course that would take W illiam Jewell into the next millennium. Strategic planning becam e the m ajor college initia
To provide students a liberal arts education of superior quality;
tive o f both the 1995-96 and 1996-97 academ ic years. Sizem ore’s charge was to connect the strengths o f the past with the possibilities o f the future, always adapting to the changing circum stances o f a technology-driven society. “ We m ust have a thoughtful plan in order to succeed, even to survive as a quality institution,” Sizem ore told the strategic planning steering
To serve communities beyond the campus educationally, culturally, and socially; To be an institution loyal to the ideals of Christ, demonstrating a Christian philosophy for the whole of life, and expressing the Missouri Baptist heritage ■which is the foundation of the college.
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Additional outgrowths o f the strategic planning
dem ic chairs were added-tw o in biology and one
process included the initiation o f an integrated
each in m athem atics, religion and physics-at $ 1
marketing and com m unications program . A new,
million each. T h e Service Learning Program insti
cabinet-level position was created at the college to
tutionalized Jewell’s long-standing service ethic,
oversee new initiatives in this area. Efforts to sharp
thanks to the generosity o f an anonymous donor
en Jewell’s institutional identity were enhanced by
who provided a $1.5 million gift. Also, an estate
m eans o f a redesigned logo and a comprehensive
bequest from alumni Van and Vernalee Pearson
graphic standards program that enabled all college
provided more than $2 million for academ ic schol
com m unications to speak with a clear and consis
arships and support o f tennis. Jewell’s overall athletic
tent voice. Public relations and marketing efforts
program received a m ajor infusion o f support to
were directed to a m uch broader audience. T he
allow expanded opportunities for female student-
planning and budgeting process was revised and
athletes, and a completely restructured general
strengthened, with spending decisions tied to prior
education program brought an interdisciplinary
ities established through broad consensus.
approach to the liberal arts curriculum.
Other highlights o f the Sizemore adm inistration included the following: • T h e development office was stabilized and
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In term s o f bricks and m ortar, the Sizemore
years were active as well. A new entrance provided
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a more welcoming gateway to the cam pus. A multi
energized under the guidance o f vice president for
million dollar Greek residential com plex offered
institutional advancem ent T h ad Henry. Henry
an innovative partnership between the college
brought in a staff with strong professional creden
and its Greek-letter organizations. A new, Olympic-
tials and restructured the office to give greater
caliber track was constructed around Patterson
focus to annual giving, planned giving, corporate-
Field, bearing the name o f principal donor G arnett
foundation support, and m ajor gifts. U nder his
Peters III. T he President’s H om e underwent a
leadership the “ N ew Century” cam paign was initi
m ajor renovation that allows the residence to
ated, representing the m ost am bitious capital fund-
serve more effectively as the “ front door” o f the
raising effort in college history.
cam pus in entertaining alumni and guests.
• Large endowment gifts supported continued
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Preliminary plans were com pleted for renovation
excellence in academ ics. T h e Pryor Leadership
o f Jewell H all, G ano Chapel, and Yates College
Studies Program received start-up funding and
U nion as part o f the aforementioned N ew Century
then a generous $1.2 million endowment from
cam paign, whose kickoff coincided with the sesqui-
alumni Fred and Shirley Pryor. Five endowed aca
centennial celebration.
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“ Our research results are clear,” Sizem ore told
With a renewed com m itm ent to the college’s
the cam pus community following the 1997 report
m ission, the William Jewell community stands ready
o f the strategic planning committee. “ William
to build on the strengths o f the past and move
Jewell is currently known regionally as an outstand
forcefully into the twenty-first century. To para
ing liberal arts college. Building on that reputation
phrase the words o f historian L .M . D aw son writing
and the resources at hand, I believe that the college
about Jewell for the M issouri Baptist Historical
is positioned to move into the national arena o f
Society: “ With such powerful advocates, with so
liberal arts colleges. It is toward this end that our
grand a cause, and with so receptive a community,
resources m ust be directed.”
failure hardly seem s possible.”
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C H R I S T I A N
HERITAGE
Christian
and Vision
Fa i t h
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7 h e heritage o f an institution gives it soul.
T hese divisions rem ained long after the war’s end
T he Christian heritage o f William Jewell College
in 1865, especially am ong Baptists who maintained
is a great part o f her distinguished history and a
ties to both the N orthern and Southern Baptist
vibrant part o f her continuing mission.
Conventions. As a result, M issouri Baptist church
William Jewell’s history is deeply rooted in the
es adopted the “ M issouri Plan” which divided
Baptist tradition. An understanding o f how this
church offerings between the m ission organizations
relationship first began, and then developed
o f the two national conventions. T his plan originat
through the years, is vital to understanding the
ed in the T hird Baptist Church o f St. L ouis during
Jewell story.
the 1880s under the leadership o f their pastor, John
Soon after the form ation o f a statewide Baptist organization in 1834, a handful o f laymen began to
Priest Greene. In 1919, the state convention considered and
see the need for a Baptist college to provide a high
approved single alignment status with the Southern
er level o f training for church ministers and lay
Baptist Convention. Individual churches were
leaders. Their prim ary concern was to ensure the
allowed to maintain a dual alignment with both
progress o f the new state organization. It took
conventions and several chose to do so. T h e presi
som e time, but as more and more Baptists around
dent ofW illiam Jewell encouraged a policy o f dual
the state stepped forward to pledge support for a
alignment for the college. T h at president was John
new college, Jewell’s form al and lasting affiliation
Priest Greene.
with M issouri Baptists began. Through the years, this affiliation has becom e
College seal in stained glass at Gano Chapel
Today, the college retains its formal denom ina tional affiliations with Am erican Baptist Churches,
ever more sharply defined. As citizens o f a Civil
U S A (formerly the N orthern Baptist Convention),
War border state, M issourians were divided in their
and the M issouri Baptist Convention. It is the only
sympathies between the N orth and the South.
Baptist college in the country to be so aligned. T he
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college works very
Louis, M o; John F. H erget from Ninth Street
hard to maintain and
Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; Walter Pope
strengthen its historic
Binns from First Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va; H.
ties to both organiza
G uy M oore from Broadway Baptist Church, Ft.
tions. T h e college
Worth, Texas; and T h om as S. Field from First
receives m odest but
Baptist Church, Springfield, M o.
growing financial sup
Dr. John Priest Greene in his college office about 1899. He served as president of William Jewell for thirty years.
T he presidents have also brought impressive
port from individual
leadership credentials from prior denom inational
A B C churches, and
work within state and national Baptist circles and
substantial financial
other Protestant organizations. Between 1890 and
support (approximately SI million annually) from
1908, John Priest Greene had received honorary
the M issouri Baptist Convention.
degrees for church leadership from William Jewell
Throughout history, Jew ell’s expression o f
College, Colgate University, Wake Forest College
church heritage has been m olded and strengthened
and Washington University. Walter Pope Binns was
by a succession o f presidents, faculty, trustees,
a prom inent m em ber and leader o f national
alumni, and students.
Protestant organizations including Am ericans U nited, which addressed church-state issues.
PRESIDENTS
Before becom ing president o f William Jewell, T h om as Field had been president o f the board o f
William Jewell College has indeed m ade the presidency o f the college a prim ary symbol o f
University). H e also served two years as president
Christian heritage. While lay leaders could be as
o f the M issouri Baptist Convention.
com m itted and as effective in maintaining this her
G ordon Kingsley provided service to the
itage, the board o f trustees has consistently elected
M issouri Baptist Convention by writing its sesqui-
ordained ministers as presidents.
centennial history in 1984, Frontiers: The Story of
Fortunately, these ministers have contributed
Missouri Baptists. W. Christian Sizem ore cam e to
much more than “ sym bolism ” to the college’s
William Jewell from the presidency o f Alderson-
Christian development. Several brought to the
Broaddus College in Phillipi, W.Va., where he pro
office o f president a record o f distinguished leader
vided leadership to num erous projects and causes
ship as pastors o f highly regarded churches-John
associated with the American Baptist Churches, U SA .
Priest Greene from T hird Baptist Church, St.
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trustees o f Southwest Baptist College (now
All William Jewell presidents have dem onstrated
Christian
a high regard for Christian education. T h is has
acquaintances in area churches. U pon
resulted in a strong em phasis on academ ic quality,
his death in 1983, he was eulogized by
while rem aining, in the words o f the college m ission
J. G ordon Kingsley with these words,
statem ent, “ loyal to the ideals o f Christ and dem on
“ H ubert Inm an H ester was a sage, a
strating a Christian philosophy for the whole o f life.”
statesm an, a saint. H e was an eagle in
Faith
and Vision
dove’s clothing, a giant who masqueraded
FACULTY
as a leprechaun, a great man who eschewed the trappings o f greatness. He was ‘D oc,’
Alumni can attest to the spiritual enrichment provided by college instructors. Study o f the Bible
the one, the only, the original, himself.” Another example o f a devoted
and religion courses have always been a required
Christian teacher is D avid O. M oore.
part o f the curriculum.
H e cam e to the college in 1956 as pro
H ubert Inm an H ester is a superb exam ple o f
fessor o f Bible and retired as chairm an
Christian com m itm ent in the faculty ranks. D uring
o f the religion departm ent in 1986. A
his fifty-seven-year association with the college, he
significant controversy surrounded Dr.
served as professor o f Bible, head o f the Bible
M oore in the late 1970s, involving his
departm ent, financial aid officer, vice president and
efforts to maintain academ ic freedom in the presen
interim president. H e wrote twenty-three books.
tation o f various theological interpretations.
The Heart of the Hebrew History and The Heart of the
Baptists from around the state and the adm inistra
New Testament sold millions o f copies and were used
tion o f the college supported him in this matter.
as college textbooks throughout the U nited States
Dr. M oore is fondly remembered by former students
and around the world. H ester was revered by
as a teacher who challenged students to think and
students and faculty alike, who regularly filled his
develop their own personal theological views.
classroom to overflowing for an annual lecture on the crucifixion and the resurrection. H is com m itm ent to the college and its students
Hubert Inman Hester is remembered for his unusually long tenure at William Jewell and his accomplishments as a teacher, administrator, author, and counselor.
Tom Bray ’49 came to the college in 1957 as the first full-time director o f religious activities. T his was a relatively new venture on college cam
was evidenced during the D epression and war years
puses around the nation. T he program was initiated
by large num bers o f students who often found
to provide career information and opportunities for
themselves in financial difficulty. Dr. H ester would
students preparing for the ministry. T he initial
somehow find extra money for their tuition-often
focus o f the program was to send students to lead
through the quiet contributions o f his friends and
church revivals. Jewell continues to send both indi-
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Ministry students gather in the library for their annual picture.
Each o f these individual faculty m em bers, along with others who have served as religion professors, deans o f the chapel and cam pus m inisters, has pro m oted one o f Jewell’s m ost important early purposes: vidual students and stu Ministry students Jason Moore and Matt Jackson lead a weekend project in a local church.
dent team s to provide
career preparation for ministry and service. T he Christian heritage o f the college is in no
service to churches as a form o f career preparation.
way limited to faculty and staff m em bers responsi
Jerry Cain cam e to William Jewell in 1978 as
ble for religious study and program m ing. Alumni
director o f student ministries. H e directed student
o f all generations can point to the high percentage
program m ing and coordinated weekly chapel.
o f faculty who have provided strong exam ples o f
C ain ’s positions were elevated during his tenure,
Christian service, both on the cam pus and in the
first to college chaplain and later to collegiate vice
community. Since the founding o f the college, stu
president. In 1992 the college awarded him a doc
dents have worshipped in Liberty churches along
tor o f sacred theology degree (honoris causa). Cain
side faculty, and been inspired by the faculty model
had a trem endous im pact upon students in spiritual
o f spiritual commitment.
matters., particularly those involving ministerial career decisions and preparation. H e becam e the
TRUSTEES
college’s de facto am bassador-of-good-w ill to churches throughout the region. H e has spoken in nearly every Baptist church in M issouri, led youth
heritage through individual service to the college,
retreats and youth cam ps. H e was instrumental in
their churches and in religious affairs. John B.
the form ation ofW illiam Jewell’s Service Learning
Wornall was an active m em ber o f the Westport
Program , placing students in hands-on service and
Baptist Church (now First Calvary) in K an sas City.
mission experiences.
H e served two years as m oderator o f the M issouri
U pon his resignation in 1998 to becom e presi
Students paint a water tank black to help warm the water during a service project in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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M any trustees have contributed to Christian
Baptist General Association (now the M issouri
dent o f Judson College in Elgin, 111., the college
Baptist Convention) and eleven years as m oderator
announced its intention to establish the Jerry Cain
o f the Blue River Baptist Association. When he
Endowed Chaplaincy. T his endowment will provide
died in 1892, he had served twenty-five years as the
perpetual support for the work o f the college chap
president o f the Jewell board o f trustees.
lain and for other religious activities.
T he H onorable Charles H ardin, brother-in-law
Christian
o f Dr. William Jewell, served twenty years as a
Baptist Church,
trustee until his death in 1892. H e was a dedicated
Richm ond, M o. Curry
m em ber o f his church and a m oderator o f the
was a distinguished
M issouri Baptist General Association. In 1875,
m em ber o f the board
while a trustee, he was elected governor o f M issouri.
who served for an
Another early trustee o f note was Rev. Xerxes
dent. H e was a trustee
Boonville and later o f the Second Baptist Church
o f Baptist M em orial
in Liberty. In 1867 he was elected to the board as
H ospital and a loyal
its president. T he years following the Civil War
m em ber o f Calvary (now
proved to be a difficult financial period for the col
First Calvary) Baptist
lege. As financial agent, he was effective in the cre
Church, K an sas City, Mo.
financial contributions himself. Lewis Bell Ely was also appointed to the board
and
Vision
extended period as presi
X . Buckner. H e served as pastor in Colum bia and
ation o f endowment funds and m ade significant
Faith
Service learning students assist with Luis Palau Crusade in Kansas City.
A good representation o f current board m em bers have served as an officer o f the state and national Baptist conventions. Currently, eight
in 1867 and served as financial agent from 1877
m em bers o f the Board are church pastors, while
until his election as president o f the board in 1892.
others on the board serve in leadership roles at
For twenty-five years he was Sunday School super
many levels, ranging from the local church to state
intendent o f First Baptist Church, Carrollton, M o.
and national denom inational work.
H is fund-raising efforts resulted in Jewell’s first dor mitory in 1880, which was nam ed in his honor. H e
ALUMNI
was so highly regarded that after his death in 1897 another dorm itory (built in 1911) was nam ed after
T hrough the decades, William Jewell has had an
him. T his one was called “ New Ely” and is the
excellent record o f turning out successful pastors,
current Ely Hall on cam pus.
college and seminary professors, lay church leaders,
There are well-known exam ples o f m odern-day trustees who have been devoted lay leaders in their
m issionaries, chaplains and denom inational leaders. T h e Citation for Achievement provides ample
churches and denomination. T hese include William
evidence o f this success. Citation recipients have
F. Yates ’98 and Charles F. Curry. Yates served on
included: H arold Sanders ’32, form er executive
the board from 1943 until his death in 1979. H e
director o f the Kentucky Baptist Convention; Ruth
was a life-long m em ber and benefactor o f the First
Everley Hayes ’43; form er m issionary to China;
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Vernon Elm ore ’43, form er
’66 in Wyoming. Tom Clifton ’64 serves as presi
pastor o f the First Baptist
dent o f Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Lee
Church, C orpus Christi;
Porter ’53 served for an extended period o f time as
M illard Berquist ’32, for
recording secretary o f the Southern Baptist
mer president of
Convention. Wally Buckner ’75 has served as assis
M idwestern Baptist
tant vice president with the H om e M ission Board
Theological Sem inary;
o f the Southern Baptist Convention, and M artha
Claude Rhea ’50, form er
Barr ’60 has served as the executive director o f
president o f Palm Beach
Am erican Baptist Women.
Atlantic College; Fred Young ’47, retired dean Student Ministries and William Jewell throughout the midwest,
o f Central B aptist Theological Sem inary and renowned D ead Sea Scrolls scholar; H arlan
According to early student records, the college
Spurgeon ’53, executive o f the H om e M ission
was serving ministerial students from its very
Board and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; Paul
beginning. H istorical records indicate that in 1870-
Eppinger ’55, executive director o f the Arizona
71 there were 152 students and forty-six were stu
Ecum enical Council; D avid Keith ’71, professor
dents preparing for ministry. In 1872-73 there
o f m usic at Southwestern Baptist Theological
were 109 students and fifty-four were ministerial.
Sem inary; and Shirley W illiams ’60, director o f
There were 250 students in 1891-92 and ninety-
the collegiate ministries departm ent o f the M issouri
three were in the then-existing school o f theology.
Baptist Convention.
According to the report for 1924, there were 420
M any other alumni have served or are currently serving in administrative or executive denom ina
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STUDENTS
students and sixty were ministerial students. M issouri Baptists established a Board o f
tional positions. Two serve as executive directors
M inisterial Education in 1858 to assist ministerial
o f Baptist state conventions: Dr. D avid T. Bunch
students at William Jewell College and collected
’53 is executive director/treasurer o f the Colorado
money for a num ber o f years to assist them. While
Baptist General Convention and Dr. Jim Earl
the group had in mind the building o f a dorm itory
H arding ’69 serves as executive director o f the
for ministerial students, funds were insufficient for
U tah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention. Two
that venture. However, in 1873 a M inisterial
others serve as state convention directors o f student
Student’s Boarding Club was established, which
ministries: Loy Reed ’70 in Florida, and Ben Early
was instrumental in keeping a large num ber o f
Christian
young prospective ministers in the college. Currently the college provides two types o f m iniste
Fa ith
and
Vision
INFLUENCING STUDENTS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP AND LIFE
rial scholarships each year: scholarships for stu dents pursuing Christian-related vocations and H .I. H ester ministerial scholarships. In 1857, M issouri Baptists agreed to establish a
D r. H .I. H ester once wrote, “ It may be said with complete honesty that at William Jewell it has been the purpose o f the faculty to
school o f theology at William Jewell College and by
m inister to the students.” While
1869 had raised $40,000 as an endowment. A spe
this has been obvious in religion
cial board o f visitors was appointed to give general
classes, professors in other courses
oversight. T he school was nam ed the Jeremiah
have also integrated faith and
Vardeman School ofT h eology (nam ed after the
knowledge. T he faculty, through
first m oderator o f the M issouri Baptist General
their teaching, counsel and rela
A ssociation and a trustee o f the college). President
tionships, have always had a funda
T h om as R am baut served as its first professor with
mental role in ministering to all
three other professors teaching in the school. In
students.
Jewell Is Her Name, H .I. H ester observed that “ the
T he Christian heritage o f the
school o f theology was never intended to take the
college was m anifest early on, and
place o f graduate-level training given to college
is evident in the rules outlined in
graduates in a theological seminary.” However, few
Jewell’s very first catalog (dated
ministerial students at the time had the opportunity
1850-51). Rule num ber 7 reads:
to attend a seminary. T he school also served nonministerial students who wanted to take religion courses. Early on in college history, students form ed a
A 1979 Christian Student Union group heads for Glorieta, New Mexico.
Students are required to attend punctually morning and evening prayers in college, and conduct themselves with decorum; and also to attend public worship, at
Baptist Evangelical Society. Later a M inisterial
some church, every Sabbath, in the forenoon-the church
Association served religious vocational students.
to be selected by themselves-and report on Monday.
Today’s counterpart organization is called Sigm a
And their attendance at any church shall be considered
Epsilon Pi. T here were sixty-two Christian voca
a failure if they enter the church after the services have
tion students in the fall o f 1997.
begun, or leave before they close.
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CENTER OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
1896). In Jewell’s early days, chapel services were held four days a week and attendance was required.
Since 1926, the John G ano M em orial Chapel
D uring the days o f com pulsory chapel, students
has stood as an architectural sym bol o f Christian
were assigned to seats in alphabetical order while
heritage. M inor renovations have taken place in the
faculty m em bers took roll in assigned sections.
chapel in recent years and another renovation will
While many students did not want to attend chapel
be part o f the sesquicentennial capital cam paign.
at the time, and devised creative ways to m iss and
T he addition o f a bell and
still be counted in attendance,
clock tower on the southeast
these alumni now look back
corner o f the building will be
upon chapel as a meaningful
nam ed to honor the service o f
time which fostered com m uni
President Walter Pope Binns.
ty bonding. Chapel services
T he auditorium o f the chapel
are now held one m orning per
will be nam ed the T h om as and
week, with attendance volun
Virginia Field Convocation
tary. Attendance averages
and Worship Center. A n e w
about 300-to-400 weekly, out
pipe organ will be an added
o f a student body o f approxi
feature. A small addition to
mately 1,200. Chapel is in fact
the side o f the chapel will
the m ost highly attended cam
house the W illiam E. Partee
pus event outside football
Center for Baptist Historical
gam es.
Studies and provide “ green
Recently, the G rand River
room ” space for perform ers
Baptist Church, Jam eson, M o.,
and program participants.
disbanded and donated its
Chapel services in G ano have been a vital part
building to William Jewell College. In 1992, the
o f student life ever since the chapel was built.
college moved the building to cam pus as a visible
Faculty, adm inistrators, area clergy, special visitors
rem inder o f the im portant role o f small rural
and students have all taken turns leading these
churches in feeding prospective students to Jewell.
services. Before the building o f G ano, chapel serv
T h e chapel is used for small religious services, as
ices were held in M arston Hall (1915-1926),
well as many weddings. Beautifully restored and
Wornall H all (1896-1913) and Jewell Hall (1850-
handsom ely appointed with period furnishings and
Christian
new stained glass, the chapel is open twenty-four hours a day for student prayer and meditation.
Faith
and Vision
HERITAGE IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
STUDENT PROGRAMMING William Jewell D uring 1946-47 interest developed in the work
has always had a
o f the Baptist Student U nion, sponsored by the
strong influence on
Southern Baptist Convention. As a result, the
Christian activities
college began holding a Religious Focus Week each
in surrounding
year. A special speaker conducted the chapel serv
communities. For
ices and spoke in classes. Special sem inars were
example, during its
held in the evenings. Now, the college sponsors
early days the college m aintained a branch o f the
a similar program , “ Christian Celebration Week.”
Young M en ’s Christian Association.
Christian Student M inistries (C S M ) serves the
T he tradition o f community service continues
students in place o f the Baptist Student Union.
today with “ Serve and Celebrate Day.” Prior to
T h e C S M Servant Council is an umbrella
H om ecom ing, students and faculty do service proj
organization m ade up o f students who help
ects in the community. D uring a recent “ Serve and
coordinate the various student religious program s.
Celebrate Day,” 200 students participated in six
Often students involved in C S M serve as sum m er
teen community projects.
missionaries. T he Shepherd Program meets the spiritual
Executive council of B. S. U. in 1955. From left, seated— Diane Adams, Joy Bergman, Paul Eppinger, Bill Jackson, Betsy Morgan, Lila Wyss. Standing—Mary Ann Nance, Carolyn White, Fred Pryor, Ron Richmond, Lois Jacobson.
Other exam ples o f service include sport cam ps for inner-city youth, sponsored by the Fellowship o f
needs o f students by placing a student as a peer
Christian Athletes, and the active hom ebuilding
“ chaplain” on floors o f residence halls. T hese
ministry o f H abitat for Humanity, one o f the first
students attend a retreat for training in pastoral
college-affiliated chapters in the country.
skills, evangelism and Bible study leadership. Also,
In 1982, the college began a Christm as tradi
student groups such as “ Greek Council for C h rist”
tion in downtown K an sas City. “ T h e City Com e
serve in fraternities and sororities. Alpha Om ega
A gain” takes place at G race and Holy Trinity
is a Christian sorority that provides spiritual disci-
Cathedral. T h e program , offering holiday choral
pling for William Jewell College women. “ Freshm an
and handbell m usic and a homily by the president,
Share G ro u p ” provides nurture and care for fresh
is offered annually as William Jewell’s Christm as
man students.
gift to K an sas City.
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Each year students participate in “ service
G rand River College, Gallatin, M o., were not able
learning.” They take classes and then do an over
to continue operation during the early part o f the
seas m ission trip. Students have been to Haiti,
twentieth century because o f financial difficulties.
the D om inican Republic, M exico, Brazil,
William Jewell operated both o f these institutions
G uatem ala, N icaragua, M ali and Jam aica. Other
for awhile. Southwest Baptist College finally was
service opportunities occur closer to home, with
able to secure adequate finances to resum e inde
students ministering to the needs o f inner city
pendent operation but G rand River College suc
residents in K an sas City.
cum bed. T h e M issouri Baptist H istorical Society began
HERITAGE IN THE BAPTIST COMMUNITY
in 1885 through the efforts o f a William Jewell fac ulty m em ber, Jam es R. Eaton, and others. As the Society collected articles that needed an archive,
Dr. H .I. H ester observed, “ William Jewell has
the William Jewell library provided space. In 1962
always been a denom inational college,” and so the
the M issouri Baptist Convention created an histori
college has always participated in the life o f the
cal com m ission and voted that its archives be per
Baptist community.
manently housed at William Jewell. As caretaker o f
Second Baptist Church o f Liberty has always
the archives, the college entered into an agreement
been a sister institution to William Jewell. Within a
with the M issouri Baptist Convention in 1981 to
year o f founding, Jewell rented the basem ent o f the
create and support a center for Baptist historical
church to conduct classes. In return, the president
studies in the midwest.
and other faculty m em bers provided full-time
T h e center’s first director was Dr. Adrian
preaching at the church, an uncom m on occurrence
Lam kin, who left the college in 1997. In 1985, the
in the mid-nineteenth century. T h e college contin
center was endowed with a m ajor gift from William
ues its relationship with the church as many adm in
E. Partee ’25, an attorney from H annibal, M o.,
istrators, faculty m em bers, students, and trustees
who died in A ugust 1998. Today, Dr. D onald V.
attend services there. Since the founding o f the
W ideman is executive director while Angela Stiffler
college, the church has provided its sanctuary for
‘90 serves as the archivist o f the William E. Partee
the annual spring baccalaureate service.
Center for Baptist Historical Studies.
William Jewell College also extended its hand
William Jewell College purchased the library o f
to sister Baptist institutions in M issouri. Southwest
the fam ed London preacher, Charles H addon
Baptist College (now University), Bolivar, M o., and
Spurgeon, in 1905. It included 6,618 volumes.
Christian
When the college officially opened the Charles F.
Fa ith
and
Vision
SUMMARY
Curry Library in 1965, a special room replicating Spurgeon’s study was created to house his collec
Everyone associated with
tion. It has been the focus o f many researchers o f
William Jewell knows that
Spurgeon and Puritan Christianity.
Christian heritage has been fun
When John Priest Greene was a student in
dam ental to the history and life
Germ any, he began to copy by hand the works o f
o f the institution. Since the
the Anabaptist Balthasar Hubm aier. Unfortunately,
presidency o f John Priest G reene
these notes were lost whenW ornall Hall burned in
the college community has been
1913. However, Dr. Greene was determ ined to
able to point to this heritage
obtain copies o f H ubm aier’s works. Later he was
through the college m otto, Deo
able to get photographic copies o f all o f H ubm aier’s
Fisus Labora —T rust in G od, and
extant works. Dr. G eorge D avidson, a William
Work. T he m otto is displayed in
Jewell professor, translated them. Both the photo
college seals around cam pus, in
graphic copies and the translations are housed in
the stained glass windows o f
the Jewelliana collection o f the college library. T his
G ano Chapel, and now on the William Jewell colle
is one o f A m erica’s finest links with B aptists’
giate license plate in M issouri. It serves as a
Anabaptist heritage.
rem inder o f educational heritage and the collegiate
A more recent role in the life o f the Baptist
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
philosophy that faith and work are vital in life.
community has been established by church-college
G enerations o f alumni can attest that the William
consultants. Dr. Field developed the idea during
Jewell experience provides quality preparation—both
his presidency so that the college could strengthen
spiritually and academ ically—to be contributing
its relationship with M issouri Baptist churches. Dr.
m em bers o f the local and global community.
Loren G oings ’32 was the first person in this posi
Deo Fisus Labora!
tion and continues in this role today. Today, there are many consultants who represent the college at a wide variety o f Baptist-related m eetings, conven tions, retreats and other functions. T he consultants are often retired ministers and lay leaders who have provided distinguished service to the denomination.
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C A M P U S High
Upon
BUILDI NGS
a Hill
She
Stands by Jerry Cain
In
the Septem ber 1996 edition of Atlantic
Jewell College are a holy history o f who we are,
Monthly, Jam es Howard Kunstler m ade the follow
where we cam e from and where we are going.
ing observation:
T h u s, this recitation o f the structures now seen on
“ The buildings our predecessors constructed paid
cam pus will em body more than a listing o f nam es,
homage to history in their
dates, places, square
design, including elegant
footages, and construction
solutions to age old problems
costs. It will be a story o f
posed by the cycles of
the people who studied,
weather and light, and they
taught, led, dream ed, and
paid respect to the future in the sheer expectation that
gave their lives and for
they would endure through
to the Hill.
tunes to those yet com ing
the lifetimes of the people who built them. They there
JEWELL HALL (1852)
fore embodied a sense of chronological connectivity,
As the Parthenon
which lends meaning and
crowns the Acropolis o f
dignity to our little lives. It puts us in touch with the
ancient Athens, Jewell Hall crowns the highest hill
ages and with the eternities, suggesting that we are part
in Clay County as the oldest building and center
of a larger and more significant organism. It even sug
piece facility ofW illiam Jewell College. T his out
gests that the larger organism we are part of cares about
standing example o f classic G reek revival architec
us and puts us in touch with the holy.”
ture was begun in 1850, occupied in 1852, but not
If Kunstler is correct, the buildings at William
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com pleted until 1858. Jewell Hall originally housed
the entire college including offices, classroom s, resi
first college, which they accepted, receiving the
dence hall, library and societies. Twice during the
charter for the college on February 27, 1849.
Civil War it also served as quarters for U nion sol diers in the area. T he building is nam ed for Dr. William Jewell,
On A ugust 21, 1849, representatives o f six com m unities arrived in Boonville to subm it proposals for the location o f the new educational
the nam esake o f the college and one o f the m ost
enterprise. T he bid from Liberty, extended by
influential persons in M issouri life during the first
Col. Alexander D oniphan, was accepted over
thirty years o f statehood. Born on New Year’s Day
proposals from Palmyra, Boonville, and Fulton.
1789 in Virginia, he moved with his family to
To ensure the gift o f Dr. Jewell, who had originally
Kentucky where he studied medicine at Transylvania
supported the Boonville location for the college,
University, which was founded in 1780 by John
D oniphan suggested the school be nam ed William
G ano, the nam esake o f the chapel at William Jewell
Jewell College in honor o f its first benefactor and
College. Jewell eventually cam e to M issouri in
founding philanthropist.
1821, the year o f statehood, and set up a m edical
Jewell literally gave his life superintending the
practice in Colum bia. H e was known as a good
construction o f the building that bears his name.
physician who expected integrity and quality from
H e expected good workmanship from his contrac
his peers and payment from his patients. As a civic
tors and on one occasion required them to tear
leader, Jewell was instrumental in the founding o f
down a 15’ x 6 0 ’ section o f wall because it was not
Colum bia, M o. H e also served in the state legisla
built on a good foundation. On August 6, 1852,
ture where he fought for the abolition o f the whip
Jewell suffered a heat stroke while working on the
ping post and pillory and used his influence to help
building and died a day later. L ast refurbished in
establish Colum bia College, which later becam e the
1949 during the centennial o f William Jewell
University o f M issouri. H e em ancipated som e o f
College, Jewell Hall now serves as a classroom
his slaves in 1836, but did not free all o f them until
facility and houses offices o f the departm ents o f
his death.
language, business, and English.
As a religious leader, Jewell served as a m em ber o f the Little Bonne Fem m e Baptist Church. H e
THE PRESIDENT’S HOME (1905)
was also one o f the founders o f the First Baptist Church o f Colum bia where a Sunday School class
In 1892 Dr. John Priest G reene left his p as
still bears his name. Jewell offered the M issouri
torate at the T hird Baptist Church in St. Louis to
Baptist General Association S I 0,000 to begin their
becom e president ofW illiam Jewell College. When
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Mr. A .D . Brown, owner o f Brown Shoe Com pany
colum ns on the south portico and a porte cochere
in St. Louis, visited his form er pastor in Liberty,
on the east side o f the building. In 1995 the house
he was d istressed to see what he con sidered
underwent massive reconstruction as it was
in ad equ ate h o u sin g for G reen e and his family.
replum bed, reroofed, rewired, repaired, and
Subsequently, Brown donated $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 to the col
repainted. Bathroom s and the kitchen were
lege for the building o f a spacious, beautiful home
updated, the original floors uncovered and refin-
for the president, which would also serve as a gath
ished, and a forced-air heating and air conditioning
ering place and social center for the cam pus. T he
system was installed to replace the hot water heat
trustees pledged an additional $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 to furnish
ing system. President W. Christian Sizem ore and
the home and construction began in 1904.
First Lady Anne Sizem ore serve as gracious hosts
Since it was opened in 1905, eight college presi
to thousands o f students, teachers, alumni, trustees,
dents have lived in this
and visitors who frequent the President’s H om e
home, though they have
annually.
not been the sole occu pants. D uring World War II (1942-44), the house
THE LEGACY OF LEWIS B. ELY (1880, 1911)
was used as a dorm itory
The President's Home, 1905
for women so the Navy
At age thirteen, Lewis B. Ely moved with his
cadets in school on the
family from Frankfort, Ky. (where John G ano is
cam pus could occupy
buried), to M issouri, beginning his long connection
the w om en’s residence
with the First Baptist Church o f Carrollton and
halls. Later, from 1946
eventually with William Jewell College. As m er
to 1948, the house was
chant and businessm an, he began working for
used for classroom s and
C aptain William Hill at H ill’s Landing on the
faculty offices while
M issouri River, purchasing the business in 1862
Jewell Hall was being
when the owner died. Ely served as a trustee o f
renovated for the college’s centennial. In 1949 the
William Jewell College from 1867 until 1897 and
house was reconditioned to becom e again the home
as chairm an o f the board from 1892 until his death
o f the president.
five years later. Form ally retiring from business in
T he President’s H om e is constructed in a m odified G eorgian style o f red brick with white
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1875, Ely dedicated the rest o f his life to William Jewell College as a financial agent.
lands
Ely had a great love for children and considered
as a dorm itory for men and a dining hall for the
his work at William Jewell College only an exten
entire college. It was constructed approximately
sion o f his Sunday School work in Carrollton,
fifty feet north o f Jewell Hall where the present
where he was superintendent for twenty-five years
flagpole stands. In 1910 the original Ely Hall
at First Baptist Church. H e provided leadership in
becam e known as Old Ely because a new $100,000
Christian education societies, served three term s as
building was constructed. T he new fireproof Ely
m oderator o f the M issouri Baptist General
Hall, the first o f its kind in M issouri, was construct
A ssociation (now M issouri Baptist Convention),
ed as additional residential space and occupied by
and was elected vice president o f the Southern
men in the fall o f 1911. Old Ely continued to serve
Baptist Convention.
as a residence hall, dining hall, and college union
In twenty years o f service to the college, Ely
until 1958 when it was torn down and its functions
quadrupled the endowment from $50,000 to over
were assum ed by the new Yates College U nion and
$200,000. H e raised $40,000 to build Wornall Hall
Browning Hall.
(1896) and $11,000 for the first residence hall on
N ew Ely H all, fully air-conditioned and recon
cam pus, the one that would bear his nam e, Ely
ditioned in 1995, now houses first-year and sopho
Hall. Built in 1880, the building was initially used
more women in its top three floors while the base-
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ment serves as the offices
T h e building was nam ed for Dr. Sylvester W.
for facilities m anagem ent,
M arston, a native o f M aine who moved to M issouri
housekeeping, security,
to begin his ministry in 1865. After serving as
and the college infirmary.
president o f the Boonville Institute for three years, M arston spent the next five years in Christian
MISSIONARY MEMORIALIZED IN MARSTON HALL (1914)
education across the state increasing the num ber o f Sunday Schools. In 1873 he became superintendent o f state m issions for M issouri Baptists, leaving that position in 1876 to accept an appointm ent from President U lysses S. G rant to becom e U nited
M arston Hall was built Marston Hall, 1914
States Agent for the civilized tribes o f the Indian
in 1914 as a quick
Territory. H is final ministry role was with the
response to the fire that
Am erican Baptist H om e M ission Society where he
destroyed Wornall H all, the first science building on
served as superintendent o f Freedm en’s M issions.
cam pus, in A ugust o f 1913. All o f the scientific
President John Priest G reene persuaded his friend
equipm ent o f the college, as well as many long
E dgar L . M arston, a prom inent N ew York business
term research projects, were destroyed in the
m an and son o f Sylvester M arston, to provide the
Wornall Hall disaster. T hough M arston Hall was
funds for the building in honor o f his father.
begun promptly, the bankruptcy o f the contractor caused the building effort to cease before the proj
MELROSE HALL (1925)
ect was com pleted. D esperate professors and eager students installed the plum bing and wiring them
T h e headline in the Septem ber 25, 1917,
selves in an attem pt to make the shell usable for
Student announced a new experiment in education
classroom facilities. T he chemistry and physics
at W illiam Jewell College, “ Girls, G irls and G irls.”
departm ents moved into the building before it was
On D ecem ber 9, 1920, the trustees voted to admit
finished. M arston Hall was rem odeled and upgrad
women on the sam e term s as men, thus creating
ed in 1953 and again in 1993 when the sciences
the need for w om en’s housing and M elrose Hall.
moved to the new White Science Center to be
M r. C .M . Treat o f Pasadena, C alif., offered
replaced by the departm ents o f nursing education,
$50,000 to the college for the construction o f
political science, history, the Fine Arts Program ,
M elrose Hall on the condition that a chapel and
and the advancem ent team o f the college.
gym nasium be built also. T h e trustees accepted his
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offer and by January 1, 1925, announced that funds had been secured for all three structures. T he m odern, four-story residence hall
Melrose Hall, 1925
was placed on the northwest corner o f the cam pus, north o f the President’s H om e. N am ed M elrose Hall at the request o f Treat, it was occupied in the fall o f 1926. T he stately residence hall, completely airconditioned and renovated in 1994, serves as home to first-year women at William Jewell College. G en. Jam es Clinton and
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Gen. G eorge Washington. At the war’s end,
John G ano, a descendent o f French H uguenots
Washington asked G ano to
tracing a lineage back through Etienne G ayneau,
lead the troops in prayer
was born in New Jersey in 1727. T hough his
during the cessation of
father, Daniel G ano, was a Presbyterian, he gave his
hostilities. There is also
son perm ission to join the Baptist Church in
questionable, though sig
Hopewell, N .J., the church o f his mother. G ano
nificant evidence that
was an early m issionary in the South, where he
G ano im m ersed
m ade evangelistic tours to Virginia and the
W ashington for an adult baptism during the war.
Carolinas on behalf o f the Philadelphia Association.
At the conclusion o f the war, G ano moved to
He was ordained in M ay o f 1754 and becam e p as
Frankfort, Ky., where he was elected chaplain o f
tor for the Baptist Church in M orristown, N .J., and
the Kentucky Senate and was ultimately buried
later for the Baptist Church in Yadkin, N .C . In 1762
with his wife, Sarah. Always an advocate o f educa
he becam e pastor o f the First Baptist Church o f
tion, G ano was one o f the founders o f Rhode
New York where he ministered for twenty-six years.
Island College (now Brown University) and served
D uring the war for independence, he joined the Continental Army and served as a chaplain for
as a trustee o f Colum bia University in New York. While in Frankfort, he helped to establish
John Gano Memorial Chapel, 1926
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Transylvania University in Lexington (in 1780), the
the last seventy-five years, the building has housed
college from which a young m edical student nam ed
the William Jewell Press, the m usic departm ent, the
William Jewell would graduate in 1820.
cam pus snack bar, dram a departm ent, electrical
In 1924 W illiam Jewell College President H arry
shop, student ministries, the New H orizons lounge
Wayman announced the imminent construction o f
and religion departm ent offices. T h e balcony
a new chapel where Wornall Hall had previously
offices were renovated in 1986 through a gift from
stood. In the fall o f 1925, excavation began for the
the Allen J. N eth family to hold offices for the reli
new building which would serve as the school’s
gion departm ent, cam pus ministries, and chaplain.
central assem bly hall. U pon com pletion on
Six years later, the front o f the stage was rebuilt and new seating was placed in the auditorium sec
N ovem ber 22, 1925, the 112’
tion, reducing the capacity o f the John G ano
x 6 7 ’ building had a seating
M em orial Chapel to just over 800.
capacity o f 1,100 and housed
sass
administrative offices such as the college president, dean, registrar, cashier, and secre tary on the balcony level.
New Brown Gymnasium, 1929
THE BROWN GYMNASIUMS AND BROWN HALL (1893, 1929) Though he served as a trustee only from 1909
There was also room for two
until his death in 1913, M r. Alanson D. Brown
assem bly room s for literary
played a significant role in the development o f
societies and a basem ent
William Jewell College. H e was the power behind
that would serve num erous
the President’s H om e and the first gym nasium at
purposes over the next
the college. In the 1870s Brown becam e founding
seventy years. In connection
partner and president o f H am ilton-Brown Shoe
with the laying o f the cornerstone, it was announced
Company. H e started the firm without any outside
that Elizabeth Price Johnson o f K an sas City had
capital and helped it grow to be one o f the largest
given a significant donation to the chapel in honor
shoe com panies in the world. Brown was a m em
o f her great grandfather, Rev. John G ano. T h u s, on
ber o f the T hird Baptist Church in St. Louis, where
Septem ber 26, 1926, John G ano M em orial Chapel
he was befriended by longtime pastor John Priest
was dedicated. T h e chapel was the founding venue
Greene. Brown and Greene toured Europe together
o f the W illiam Jewell College Fine Arts Program
in the sum m er o f 1912, one year before Brown died
and rem ains the worship center o f the cam pus. In
o f leukemia in San Antonio, Texas.
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T he first Brown G ym nasium , 4 0 ’ x 100’, was
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courts, classroom space, and a faculty locker room
main floor, and gallery level. L ocated at the site o f
and gym. Thursday, January 2, 1930, with the form al address
M ississippi.” Brown G ym nasium was the first
delivered by Lt. Gov. Edw ard J. Winter. After addi
building at the college to be used solely as a gym
tional preliminary remarks, the first basketball
nasium and was lighted by electricity and ventilated
gam e in the new building was played between the
by 240 windows. T he original running gallery
William Jewell Cardinals and the University o f
around the inside o f the facility had to be removed
M issouri T igers, the Cardinals losing 22-38. With the construction o f the M abee Center for
sport, and by 1925 the basketball crowds had out
Physical Education in 1980, Brown G ym nasium
grown Brown G ym nasium so that gam es were
underwent a renovation in 1983 and was renam ed
being played at Liberty High School. Brown
Brown Hall. D r. Harvey T h om as, trustee, was
G ym nasium mysteriously burned to the ground on
director o f the Brown renovation cam paign, which
January 30, 1928, with sparks from the fire threat
helped raise the $3,500,000 necessary to accom
ening venerable Jewell Hall.
plish the task. Part o f the new renovation included
With the com bination o f approximately
Stands
T h e new Brown G ym nasium was dedicated on
the “ best, m ost com plete facility west o f the
about 1900 when basketball becam e a popular
She
Brown Gym . T h e third floor served as handball
constructed in 1896 for S I 2,300 with a basem ent, the present faculty parking lot, it was deem ed as
a Hill
Peters T heater, nam ed for alum and insurance
S I 0,000 the students had raised and $26,000 from
agent G arnett M . Peters whose monetary gift m ade
the insurance company, there was enough capital to
the theater possible. Its opening perform ance in
begin the construction o f the New Brown
O ctober o f 1983 was a special recognition o f
G ym nasium in April o f 1928. J.P. Reynolds, presi
Virginia D. Rice, longtime professor o f com m unica
dent o f K an sas City Life Insurance Com pany, and
tion and dram a at the college. T h e Brown Hall
W.D. Johnson, vice president o f Fidelity T rust
renovation was com pleted in the early spring o f
Com pany, subscribed $20,000 to rebuild the struc
1984 and now houses the radio station (K W JC ),
ture. Finished in D ecem ber o f 1928, the new
student newspaper (.Hilltop Monitor), com m unica
building was a three-story structure, 101’ x 155’,
tion departm ent, art departm ent, psychology
including three basketball courts and a balcony
departm ent as well as the adm ission offices. T h e
with total seating o f 1,300. A swimming pool-
third floor o f the building which formerly had
which had been excluded from the first gymnasi-
handball courts and classroom s, now contains the
um-was included in the basem ent level o f the new
Ruth E. Stocksdale Gallery o f Art. A conference
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room nam ed for the M exican War hero, Liberty
W.D. Johnson, also honored in Greene Hall,
resident, and co-founder o f William Jewell College,
had moved to K an sas City from Texas near the turn
Alexander D oniphan, occupies the southwest cor
o f the century. H e served as a trustee from 1909
ner o f the third floor. T his building also includes
until 1949 and was elected chairm an each year
the Evening D ivision office complex. To the south
from 1925 until 1949. Johnson was a m em ber o f
o f the entrance is a courtyard dedicated to the
the (First) Calvary Baptist Church in K an sas City
m em ory o f Bruce T hom son, formerly a professor
and spent his life as a farm er, merchant, banker,
o f sociology, dean, and executive vice president of
insurance executive, rancher, and cattleman.
the college.
D uring his tenure on the board, he worked with five college presidents. Because he was a man o f
JOHN PRIEST GREENE MEMORIAL HALL (1949)
quiet conviction and deep devotion, his gifts came to the college without public acclaim. D uring the G reat D epression, Johnson would check with
Com pleted in the centennial year o f the college, 1949, the adm inistration building honors the lead
make a gift large enough to pay whatever bills
ership o f John Priest Greene, president o f the col
could not be paid through the regular income o f
lege from 1892 to 1920 and from 1921 to 1923.
the school. It is conservatively estim ated that his
G reene was a native
total gifts am ounted to at least $1.5 million before
M issourian, born in 1849
his death on April 13, 1951.
and educated at M em phis
John Priest Greene Memorial Hall, 1949
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President H erget at the end o f each month and
U nder the leadership o f President Walter Pope
Academy, LaG range
Binns, Johnson pledged a gift o f $200,000 to build
College, Southern Baptist
an administration building in honor o f his friend,
Seminary, and the
John Priest Greene. T h e advent o f World War II
University o f Leipzig. He
prevented the construction and, thus, the building
pastored in Louisville,
was not begun until after the war was over.
Ky., before com ing to
Johnson pledged the gift at Com m encem ent in
pastor the T hird Baptist
1942, the sam e year that he gave $250,000 to the
Church o f St. Louis,
college for the endowment o f the departm ent o f
which experienced phe
religion and philosophy. Com pleted in 1949, the
nomenal growth under his leadership from 1882
centennial o f the college and the anniversary o f Dr.
until he becam e president o f the college in 1892.
G reene’s birth, Greene Hall was dedicated on
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when he was appoint
Achievement D ay activities under Dr. B in ns’ lead
ed assistant to the
ership. Included on the program were Elizabeth
president and later
Ann Johnson and N ancy Jane G reen, both grand
administrative vice
children o f Johnson and President Greene. (By a
president. In July o f
strange coincidence, M rs. G reene, the widow o f Dr.
1962 he served as
Greene, passed away at their home in California the
interim president
very hour the building was dedicated.)
between the adm inis
T h e three stories o f the facility are designed in colonial fashion and house the administrative
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Pope Binns and H. G uy M oore.
offices o f the president, provost and academ ic vice president, marketing and com m unications, overseas studies, registrar, student financial planning, busi
GREENE STADIUM AND PATTERSON FIELD (1955, 1992)
ness office and mail room. When football started at William Jewell College
JONES HALL (1954)
in 1888, there were only eleven players. One o f those few was Luther D. Greene o f Richm ond,
After World War II, the w om en’s enrollment at
M o., who served not only as halfback but also as
William Jewell College increased as rapidly as the
m anager o f the team with responsibility for raising
m en’s enrollment. M elrose Hall had served as the
funds and running the team. H e was present when
only residence hall for women since 1926, though
G reene Stadium was dedicated on Septem ber 17,
three off-cam pus houses had been purchased to
1955, in his honor as William Jewell defeated
handle the residential needs o f women during the
Ottawa, 28-13. T h e ceremonies o f the day included
war when the dorm itories were occupied by the
the living captains o f all the Cardinal team s since
Navy School. A second w om en’s residence hall,
1888. Greene brought honor to W illiam Jewell
costing $ 121,000, was built to accom m odate fifty-
College through a career as a physician and state
four women to meet the additional dem ands o f
legislator from his hometown.
increased enrollment. O ccupied in 1954, the new
Com pleted in 1955 at a cost o f $95,200,
residence hall was nam ed for M inetry Jones, Jr., a
Greene Stadium boasts a concession stand, ticket
1914 graduate o f William Jewell College. Jones
windows, restroom s, press room s, storage, and
served as trustee o f the college from 1932 to 1938
thirty-two rows o f seats that can hold up to 5,000
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football fans. In 1992 the football field inside
SEMPLE HALL (1957)
Greene Stadium was nam ed for legendary coach N orris Patterson. A native o f O dessa, M o.,
D edicated at H om ecom ing on N ovem ber 9,
Patterson studied at M issouri Valley College before
1957, along with Yates College U nion, Sem ple Hall
joining the coaching staff o f William Jewell in 1950.
becam e the third wom en’s residence. Located
In his eighteen years at Jewell the Cardinals had an
behind M elrose Hall (1926) and Jones Hall (1954),
overall record o f 134-33-9, including thirteen
the building was nam ed for Dr. R obert Baylor
cham pionships and five second-place finishes.
Sem ple who taught at the college for forty years,
P atterson’s honors also include being elected to the
1868-1908. Sem ple was born in Virginia in 1842
N A IA Football Hall o f Fam e, N A C D A Athletic
and converted under the ministry o f Rev. John A.
D irectors Hall o f Fam e, M issouri Valley College
Broadus in 1859. T he Rev. Dr. William F.
Hall o f Fam e, and in 1989 the William Jewell Hall
B roaddus, an uncle by whom the orphaned Sem ple
o f D istinguished Teachers.
was reared, directed his early education. After graduating from the University ofV irginia and serving in the Confederate Army, Sem ple came to W illiam Jewell College in 1868. As head o f the departm ent o f ancient languages, he had profes sional duties which included teaching Latin, G erm an, G reek and R om an history. Students fondly rem em bered Sem ple’s heroes as Socrates, the apostle Paul and Stonewall Jackson and thus nicknamed him “ Old Soc.”
H e served twice as
president o f the American Association o f University Professors. After he died in 1909, Sem ple was buried in Fairview Cem etery in Liberty. R .B. Sem ple’s son, Dr. William T. Sem ple ’00, was a distinguished businessm an in Cincinnati who
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Semple Hall, 1957
served as trustee at the college from 1937 until his death in 1962. From 1943 to 1949, he was a m em ber o f the Centennial C am paign Com m ittee and endowed the departm ents o f Latin and G reek with
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a gift o f $250,000.
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Begun in 1956, Sem ple Hall was finished a year later, at a cost o f $436,000, and occupied by 121 women. A wing was added in 1966 to house an additional seventy women. T h e build ing currently houses the four sororities o f the college as well as non-Greek students.
YATES COLLEGE UNION (1958) Yates College U nion, the first structure built on cam pus to specifically accom m odate student activities, was dedicated on H om ecom ing Day on N ovem ber 9, 1957, along with Sem ple Hall. T h e first section ofYates College U nion was fin ished in 1958 at a cost o f $500,000. T h e origi nal structure included 25,000 square feet and pro
school in Ray County, Will Yates arrived in Liberty
vided space for the dining needs o f 500 resident
in the fall o f 1893 at age sixteen to begin his rela
students and the extracurricular activities o f an
tionship with William Jewell College. U pon gradu
enrollment o f 1,000. Previously, som e extracurric
ation he had hoped to spend his career teaching but
ular activities were located in the basem ent o f G ano
could only find a job in a bank. In 1901 he was
Chapel. T h e new air-conditioned structure encom
hired by the Exchange Bank o f Richm ond where he
passed a cafeteria, the bookstore, and conference
worked for seventy-one years and becam e chairm an
room s, offices for students and staff, and lockers
o f the board o f directors. O f the four banks in
and storage areas.
Richm ond during the D epression, his Exchange
T h e building was nam ed in honor o f M r. Will
Bank was the only one to survive. H e was proud o f
F. Yates, class o f 1898, and prominent businessm an
not having to foreclose on Ray County and area
and trustee o f the college. Yates had given
farm ers. In 1942 Yates joined the board o f trustees
$250,000 to endow the departm ent o f chemistry in
at William Jewell College where he served until his
m em ory o f his son, Jam es Andrew Yates, who had
death at age 101 in February o f 1979.
graduated in 1927 with a chemistry m ajor but died soon after graduation. Educated in a country
Yates College Union, 1958
In 1966 a new three-level wing o f 21,285 square feet was adjoined to the existing building at
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(now Colgate) University in Ham ilton, N.Y., from which he was awarded bachelor’s, m aster’s, and doctoral degrees. H e was a m em ber o f Phi Beta K app a Society and a fellow o f the Am erican Association for the Advancem ent o f Science. His classroom m otto was, “ What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.” Eaton was one o f the first in Am erica to combine the study o f theology and sci ence. A story in an 1881 edition o f the Student Eaton Hall, 1958
a cost o f $900,000. T he enlarged structure was to
says, “ H e is in full sympathy with the progress o f
facilitate the activities o f 1,500 students with a food
science but does not place it above the Bible,
service capacity o f 1,200. T he new addition also
believing, as he does, that true science and religion
featured a second cafeteria, lounge, snack bar, and
are in perfect accord with one another.” In an
m eeting room s. T he U nion was expanded in antic
attem pt to regain his failing health, Eaton
ipation o f two m ajor residence halls, Eaton and
em barked on a tour o f the M editerranean only to
Browning, to be built in the future.
die in Cairo, Egypt, in M arch o f 1897, where he was buried.
EATON HALL (1958)
H is son, H ubert Eaton, served faithfully on the board o f trustees from 1938 until 1958. T he
As Yates College U nion neared com pletion and
founder o f Forest Lawn M ortuary and G ardens in
Old Ely Hall continued to deteriorate, the trustees
G lendale, C alif., H ubert Eaton served on search
authorized a plan for a new cam pus residence hall
com m ittees for two presidents and helped fund the
in response to the ever-changing needs o f the col
Balthasar H ubm aier Collection in Curry Library.
lege and the continued growth o f the student popu
H e gave more than $200,000 to the college.
lation. T h u s, in the fall o f 1958, 124 men moved into the newly com pleted and fully air-conditioned $461,000 Eaton H all, the second cam pus facility to
MARGUERITE APARTMENTS AT RE G E N T S QU AD R A NG L E (1962)
be nam ed for a professor. Jam es R. Eaton taught natural science at the
In the 1950s, Ray Johnson, ’ 13, was concerned
college from 1869 until 1896. H e was the second
that the m arried students at William Jewell College,
son o f G eorge W. Eaton, president o f M adison
unlike their single peers, were left to fend for them-
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tion were kept in several locations in Jewell Hall.
Until the post-war years, this was not a m ajor prob
T he library staff varied throughout those years as
lem as small houses or basem ent apartm ents could
did the rules outlining the use o f m aterials in the
be rented in Liberty for reasonable rates. However,
library. In 1906 the purchase o f the private library
the num ber o f m arried students grew significantly
o f L o n d o n ’s Puritan preacher, Charles H addon
in the 1950s creating a housing shortage for this
Spurgeon, necessitated the construction o f the first
segm ent o f the student body.
library building at William Jewell College.
T h us, construction began in 1961 on the north
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Carnegie Library, 1908
A gift o f $30,000 from Andrew Carnegie was
side o f the cam pus facing D oniphan Street o f three
secured toward the construction o f the $61,000
buildings with twelve apartm ents each. T he two-
facility, which was finished in 1908. N am ed for
story brick buildings were nam ed in honor o f
Carnegie, the library contained over 17,000 vol-
Johnson’s wife, M arguerite. One o f the buildings was specifically reserved for the use o f m arried ministerial students. On Sunday afternoon, O ctober 21, 1962, the apartm ents were dedicated with the final cost tallied at $48,471. All o f the apartm ents have two bedroom s with bathroom , kitchen and living room. Besides providing housing for married couples, som e units are used by visiting scholars, the m issionary in residence or even single students. In 1987 the parking areas around the M arguerite Apartm ents as well as the playground and other facilities were named Regent’s Quadrangle in appreciation o f Jewell’s overseas ties with Regent’s Park, the Baptist college o f Oxford University.
Charles F. Curry Library, 1965
um es, which were moved by students from Jewell
LIBRARIES AT WILLIAM jEWELL COLLEGE (1908, 1965)
Hall to the new facility in less than half a day, that day being declared a holiday by the college adm in istration. T he movement to the new building was so
From the founding o f the college in 1849 until 1908, the necessary books for a liberal arts educa
carefully planned that not one o f the volumes was lost and only a small num ber o f books were out o f
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In 1970 the trustees voted unanim ously to name the building for Charles F. Curry, who served on the board o f trustees from 1948 until 1968 and was chairm an from 1954 to 1968. A m em ber of (First) Calvary Baptist Church, Curry was a wellknown real estate developer in K an sas City, con tributing not only to William Jewell College but also to Baptist M em orial H ospital and M idwestern Seminary. When presenting him with a Distinguished Citizen Award in 1961, fellow
Browning Hall, 1967
place once the transfer was com pleted. In addition to the C .H . Spurgeon collection, the new Carnegie Library contained the M ertins’ collection o f auto
D em ocrat H arry T rum an said, “ Charlie Curry is a great citizen o f our community, who has helped many, including the one you’re looking at.”
graphs and holographs; the only com plete collec tion o f the writings o f Anabaptist martyr Balthasar H ubm aier; the Ted M alone collection o f poem s used in his radio program “ Between the B ooken ds;” and the federal government publica tions deposited with the library. T h at building also proved inadequate and a new library facility was constructed in 1964 on the site o f the original Carnegie Library. History repeated itself when more than 450 William Jewell students were provided a steak dinner to move the 87,000 volumes into the new four-story library with over 58,000 feet o f floor space. New collections added to the facility included the M issouri Baptist H istorical Collection, which details the history o f M issouri Baptists, and the Jewell Heritage Collection, which chronicles the history ofW illiam Jewell College. T he facility, costing $ 1,250,000, was opened in August o f 1965.
THE LEGACY OF WILLIAM P. BROWNING (1967) T he son o f a M issouri cattleman, William P. Browning was born in 1885 on a farm near M exico, M o., where he lived until age thirteen when his family moved to K an sas City. H e gradu ated from Central High School where he studied Latin and G reek before com ing to William Jewell College to m ajor in m odern languages. H e was a m em ber o f the Sigm a N u fraternity and one o f the founders o f Aeons, a senior honorary for men. Browning was an avid tennis player, football fan, worked on the first Tatler yearbook, and occasionally subm itted articles and artwork for the Student. In 1929 he joined William Jewell’s board o f trustees, serving as president from 1950-54 and vice presi-
Hi gh
dent from 1962-66 before retiring from the board
structure o f G eorgian style,
in 1977. In 1947, during the Centennial C am paign
originally opened on
o f the college, Browning gave the college 341 acres
H om ecom ing Day, O ctober 27,
to the north side o f the cam pus in m em ory o f his
1974, though not formally
parents. T he contribution is still called “ the
nam ed until N ovem ber 15,
Browning C am pus,” and was noted in 1964 when
1980, in honor o f the Pillsbury
the theater on the ground floor o f the Curry
Foundation and the prominent
Library was nam ed in his honor. T his quiet and
St. Louis family which has
efficient m an, a charter m em ber o f the Wornall
given generously to the college.
Road Baptist Church in K ansas City, gave addition
Three generations o f the
al acreage to the college upon his death in 1977.
Pillsbury family have served on
In 1967 a new four-level m en’s residence hall
Upon
a Hi ll
She
Stands
the board o f trustees at William
was constructed and nam ed for Browning. T his
Jewell College, including E .S .
building o f 28,620 square feet was to house 180
Pillsbury, Fred Pillsbury, and
men and was com pleted at a cost o f $800,000.
Linda Pillsbury R oos. T he
With renovations in 1994, Browning Hall becam e
building, constructed at a cost
the first residence hall to have single room s
o f $1.4 million, includes a
reserved for upper-class students and the first resi
choral suite with a capacity o f
dence hall to house both fem ales and m ales, with
120 and a recital hall that seats
men on the first three levels and women on the
125. T h e recital hall is nam ed for Wes Forbis, for
fourth floor.
mer chairm an o f the departm ent and national edi
Pillsbury Music Center, 1974
tor o f the 1991 Baptist Hymnal.
PILLSBURY MUSIC CENTER (1974) T he m usic building had been a priority for the
MABEE CENTER FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION (1980)
trustees and adm inistration since 1961. In the fall o f 1971 procedures were set in motion to construct
On D ecem ber 11, 1980, the aging Brown
the new building, but the official ground breaking
G ym nasium was officially replaced by the M abee
was not until Founder’s D ay on M arch 6, 1973,
Center for Physical Education with the dedicatory
also the 125th anniversary o f the college.
address presented by veteran sports broadcaster
T he Pillsbury M usic Center is a four-level
C u rt Gowdy. It was deem ed “ one o f the finest ath-
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letic facilities to
rounded by a six-lane running track. An indoor
be found in the
Olympic-size swimming pool graces the south end
U nited States.”
o f the building. H andball courts, lockers, showers,
T h e project, which
training room s, fitness room s, and weight room s
had been launched in
accentuate the flexibility o f the building, which can
April o f 1979, includ
seat up to 1,600 spectators for a sporting event.
ed not only the con
T he facility also is the site o f college com m ence
struction o f the
ment ceremonies.
M abee Center but also the development Grand River Chapel, 1918,1991
o f the Elliot C . Spratt outdoor sports com plex on the Browning cam pus. Because the center was constructed on the form er
A project o f the Alumni C om m ission for
site o f the college baseball diam ond, it was neces
Religious Life 1988-1992, the G rand River Chapel
sary to relocate the diam ond to the north cam pus.
stands as a m onum ent to the roots ofW illiam
Softball and soccer fields were added as well as a
Jewell College. It began with the founding o f the
road through the cam pus nam ed for patriarchal
G rand River Baptist Church in D ecem ber, 1833, in
coach R .E . “ D a d ” Bowles. T h e total cost o f the
the northern section o f what was then called Ray
M abee Center and the outdoor sports com plex
County and now is incorporated into southern
reached $4,500,000.
D aviess County. Their third building, constructed
T h e M abee Center bears the name o f John and Lottie M abee, whose T ulsa-based foundation m ade the project a reality. T heir lead gift o f $750,000
in 1918, stands on the cam pus ofW illiam Jewell College as the G rand River Chapel. T h e G rand River Baptist Church had estab
prom pted other gifts, including one from the
lished several churches and associations, and pro
K an sas City Chiefs professional football team
vided regular gifts to the M inisterial Education
which held their sum m er training cam p at William
fund at William Jewell College during its 158-year
Jewell College from 1963 to 1990.
history. When their building was given to the col
T he facility was built to further heighten the
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FROM WHENCE WE CAME: G R A ND RIVER CHAPEL (1918, 1991)
lege, the project was accepted by the Alumni
college’s tradition o f athletic excellence. Encompassing
C om m ission to move the well-constructed 4 5 ’ x 4 5 ’
over 90,000 square feet, the gym has a clear-span
building to the cam pus as a rem inder that the col
arena that includes three basketball courts sur
lege was founded and supported by small rural
High
Upon
Baptist congregations throughout its history. T he
ous fund-raising program in the history ofW illiam
structure was dism antled piece by piece and board
Jewell College. T h e center, costing $7,500,000,
by board, moved to the cam pus by the Billings
was the m ajor capital project in a cam paign that
Construction Com pany and rebuilt under their
netted over $27 million toward capital and endow
leadership.
ment functions o f the college. T h e building
To finance the project, the Alumni C om m ission
a Hill
She
Stands
replaced historic M arston H all, built in 1914 as the
for Religious Life dedicated parts o f the building to
science center o f the cam pus, and provided neces
friends o f families and alumni who wanted to pur
sary resources for the rem odeling o f M arston Hall.
chase a m emorial for their family m em bers. Over
T h e new 66,000-square-foot science center is a
seventy people are honored in the pews, windows,
state-of-the-art facility planned by faculty m em bers
and accoutrem ents o f the G rand River Chapel.
involved in teaching the sciences. Its brick con-
O utstanding features o f the building include the William Jewell stained glass window created by alum s Charlie ’56 and Adelle ’57 New lon depicting logos and m ottoes o f the college throughout its history. T h is 16’ x 9 ’ stained glass edifice serves as a backdrop for weddings, graduations and other rites o f passage at the college. T he G rand River G ardens that surround the building, a gift o f M r. and M rs. Jim Ferrell, feature a fountain and flag stone patio. T hree historical m arkers on the grounds note Civil War activities in Liberty and on the Hill. T h e building is used by num erous cam pus groups, including Sigm a Epsilon Pi, a cam pus organization for m inistry students, and for com m unity weddings. White Science Center, 1992
WHITE SCIENCE CENTER (1992)
struction is com patible with the rem ainder o f the cam pus, including historic Jewell H all, its neighbor.
On O ctober 11, 1992, the White Science Center was formally dedicated, capping off the m ost vigor
Features o f the building include twenty-three sepa rate dedicated laboratories, a sem inar conference
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room on the third floor, a two-tiered lecture hall,
M urray H unt, professor o f philosophy, 1953-66;
and an observatory at the highest point in Clay
Dr. Elm an Morrow, professor o f m athem atics and
County and one o f the highest points in M issouri.
physics, 1947-68; and Dr. K erm it Watkins, professor
T h e departm ents o f physics, chemistry, biology,
o f econom ics, 1956-78. A plaque o f dedication is
com puter studies, and m athem atics use the facility.
located near the quad entrance o f the new building.
T he center was nam ed for John and Penny
John F. White was born on April 4, 1944, and
White, alumni o f the college, whose generous gift
reared in the M aryland Baptist Children’s H om e in
enabled the construction o f the building. They
Bethesda. H e attended William Jewell College at
reluctantly allowed their nam es to grace the struc
the suggestion o f a Jewell graduate who directed
ture if it would honor outstanding professors
the H om e and took a special interest in young
encountered during their studies at
Joh n ’s education. At William Jewell, White served
William Jewell College: Dr.
as a student assistant in the math departm ent and an officer in Phi G am m a Delta. D uring his years at the college, he met Independence native Penny K ern, the Tatler Revue Queen, who becam e his wife and the mother o f their five children. Their son, Jason, graduated from William Jewell in 1996. White was president o f Haem onetics Corporation in Braintree, M ass. from 1983-1998. H e joined the board o f trustees in 1989 and assum ed the chairm anship in 1993.
Jewell Hall, 1852
CHAP T E R
FACULTY
and
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
We W i l l
Thee,
Serve
Love
Thee
4
Forever
by M yra U nger
Jna speech to Williams College alumni on
lege curricula; taught classes in
D ecem ber 28, 1871, Jam es Garfield, then leader o f
which he encouraged students to
the Republican Party in C ongress and later presi
think independently; and spon
dent o f the U nited States, m ade this m uch-quoted
sored teacher and administrative
statem ent about Am erican higher education:
training workshops. G arfield
“I am not willing that this discussion should close without mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me
cared about good teaching and knew it when he saw it.
a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on
By the time o f W illiams’
one end and I on the other, and you may have all the
speech William Jewell’s faculty,
buildings, apparatus and libraries without him ”
adm inistration, trustees, and stu
When G arfield said this, M ark H opkins had
dents had been struggling to
been president o f Williams College and professor o f
shape the college for over twenty years. Lack o f
philosophy for thirty-five years. Jam es G arfield was
money and the Civil War had kept the college
one o f his form er students.
closed for nine o f those years. We can only imagine
One o f the nineteenth century’s greatest ora
the energy (not to mention the odor) when stu
tors, G arfield had graduated from W illiams College
dents and faculty together shoveled out Jewell H all,
with honors. One year after his graduation, at the
a hospital for federal troops as well as quarters for
age o f twenty-six, G arfield was elected president o f
soldiers and horses during the war, so that classes
Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now H iram
could resum e on Septem ber 29, 1868.
College), having com peted with one o f his own for mer teachers for the post.
Eager to improve the
Professor Thurston F. lsley, Dr. Frank G. Edson, Miss Virginia D. Rice, and Dr. U. R. Pugh celebrating a total of 142 years of teaching at William Jewell, 1965
Since then the heart o f William Jewell College, as that o f any other college that m atters, has been
quality o f teaching in Am erican colleges, Garfield
its faculty, aided by the administration and staff
lectured on Am erican history, a new subject to col
who support and com plem ent classroom teaching.
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Phil Posey conducts the orchestra, 1974
Changes in teaching techniques, philosophies,
ofW estern Europe and Japan. Faculties have
styles, and technologies may not be readily appar
worked together in interdisciplinary program s,
ent to first-year students. They tend to think o f a
including the relatively new general education core
faculty m em ber as open
curriculum . Faculty and adm inistration m em bers
ing a hinged student
grow and evolve just as students do.
head and putting in an ice-cream scoop o f math
“ There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into
or French, then moving
the same state or principle in which you are; a transfu
on to the next student to
sion takes place; he is you and you are he; then is a teaching, and by no unfriendly chance or bad company
repeat the operation. In the prize-winning docum entary, Why Man
can he ever quite lose the benefit ” -R alp h Waldo Em erson
Creates, a hand opens such a head and yells into its em ptiness, “ Hello
reunion or alumni function, and am ong the old
down there.” T he greet
tales o f m arbles rolling down the aisle in G ano
ing echoes, but there is no response. O pening a head and opening a mind
Georgia B. Bowman, communication, 1974
Listen to the conversation at any college class
Chapel or midnight rendez-vous in the cemetery will be talk o f faculty m em bers who m ade a differ
have little in com m on, though. Opening a
ence in the way students learned and looked at
m ind requires constant intellectual growth
their world after graduation. Ruth E dw ards’ and
and adaptation from a faculty member. T he
Jeanne John son’s advising; Katherine and Antonio
art o f teaching has changed dramatically
Vera’s teaching o f Spanish via the lively D anforth
over the last fifty years, the period this dis
M ethod; N ano N o re’s teaching o f painting or
cussion focuses on. Fem ales are no longer
D avid John son’s dem onstrations o f calligraphy;
a tiny minority but a dynamic presence in
Sally Powers’ patience in teaching learning skills;
the faculty and administration. T he cam pus
Phil Posey’s encouraging students to participate in
abounds with workshops, m eetings, and
com m unity m usic; Sandra E m ig’s dozens o f m usic
sem inars designed to enhance teaching skills as
departm ent-related projects; G ordon Kingsley’s
increasing em phasis is placed on assessm ent and
teaching o f Irish poetry and dram a; Lois Anne and
outcom e. G lobal teaching and learning are a reali
K im H arris’ labors in journalism and dram a: these
ty due to the ease o f travel and the relative security
are a few out o f many possible examples.
We W i l l L o v e
Listen to the conversations o f faculty m em bers
Thee,
castoffs—som e physics principle. H e alm ost
when the mind o f teacher and student met and
danced around the equipm ent as he dem onstrat
connected in what Dr. Ann M arie Shannon calls
ed principles o f gravity, inertia, or torque. H is
the “ intimacy o f shared experience—the opportunity
delight was com pounded
to open up a world and begin to inhabit it together.”
when his students’ hands went
Forever
up for further information.
inhabit their worlds, such as Dr. Shannon’s world
A m ong those hands were
o f K in g Lear and John D on ne’s sonnets. In her
those o f his successor-to-be,
Survey o f British Literature classes Dr. Shannon
Dr. D on Geilker, whose own
used to give “ forced decision” quizzes. H er class
delight in “ shared experi
writings were returned with com m ents m eant to
ences” brings community
evoke dialogue and, often, office conferences. Her
m em bers, as well as students,
philosophy was as follows: “ Inhabiting” a work o f
to the Pillsbury Observatory
literature requires careful reading skills. T he class
atop the White Science Center
discussion grows directly out o f this focused think
to view com ets, eclipses, or
ing the students had done on paper. Every aspect
Satu rn ’s rings.
o f class is part o f a carefully structured whole, every
Lifelong joy o f learning is
part reinforcing every other part so that class m em
the result o f the “ intimacy o f
bers find themselves inside the text. They grow
shared experiences” fostered
confident in their own skills.
by great teachers. T he oppor
Professor Charles Newlon, “ Charlie” to the
tunity for students and faculty
cam pus, taught the skills necessary to “ inhabit” the
to spend intense, focused time
natural environment. M any graduates fondly recall
together on an ongoing basis is virtually unique to
crawling around m uddy creek bottom s with
the college world, and a benefit not sufficiently
Professor New lon looking for frogs. “ H is enthusi
stressed in college catalogs.
asm for the natural world was so infectious,” a for
Thee
on equipm ent he had m ade from donated
and you will som etim es hear about those m om ents
G reat teachers work hard at helping students
Serve
Reynolds, history, ng in 1988
If teacher and student have shared experiences,
mer student said, “ I felt touched with wonder, and
they are both learners, one from the other. T he
I’ve never gotten over it.”
teacher learns from the taught.
Mark Walters, Professor of the Year, 1994
Students in Dr. Wallace H ilton’s physics courses also felt wonder as Dr. Hilton dem onstrated—often
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H.I. Hester off to golf, 1948
Dr. Frank E dson, longtime chair o f the chem
the essence o f critical thinking. H er insistence on
istry departm ent, was once chagrined when the
practicing those skills until they were perfected pro
two highest grades on an organic chemistry exam
duced scores o f formidable public speakers and
were 52 and 60 (out o f 100). “ I ’ll give you two
clear thinkers.
weeks to review these chapters and prepare for
Com m itted to clear thinking and writing, Dr.
another test on the sam e m aterial,” he told the
H erm an P. W ilson taught students to explicate
class. Know ing D r. E d so n ’s rigor, the students
M ilton’s Paradise Lost and Jam es’ The Ambassadors.
reviewed and quaked fearfully for two weeks. On
H e wanted students to read the words as they were
the day o f the make-up exam Dr. E dson walked
written in context, and not to begin interpreting
into the room just as the bell rang, placed two
until they understood perfectly what was literally
ream s o f paper on the front desk, and said, “ Tell
happening on that page. “ What do the words on
me everything you know about these chapters.”
the page say?” he would ask, more than once, if
Twenty-five years later one o f those students said, “ I ’ve always wondered: What was Dr. Edson really thinking? Was he cackling under neath his breath? Once I got over my
necessary—and wait patiently for the response. T he habit o f close reading thus learned carried over into the study o f other subjects as well. A graduate sum s up the education that sur
shock (for a m om ent I forgot everything I
vives: “ I never felt that I was totally isolated in my
knew), I began pulling material together in
discipline. M y teachers were always interested in
ways I never had before. T he tests came
holistic problem solving. It has served me well
back with com m ents from Dr. E dson writ
throughout life.”
ten all over them, as if he had taken our tries at synthesis very seriously. T he expe rience m ade me think differently about the Bruce Thompson at work, 1966
way pieces o f knowledge go together to
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence ends ” -H en ry Brooks A dam s
form a whole after that.” L on g before there was m uch talk o f “ critical
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Dr. H .I. H ester was a little m an with a huge
thinking” on cam pus, Dr. G eorgia Bessie Bowm an
soul and spirit, prodigious energy, a ready wit and
was teaching her debate squads and com m unica
only m inor vices, a friend o f half the people in
tion classes to distinguish the clear from the gar
Liberty, and the writer o f m ore than twenty books
bled and to analyze and synthesize efficiently. She
(am ong them two William Jewell histories on which
taught a whole collection o f skills now considered
the writers o f the present book have relied heavily).
We W i l l
He was a seminary trustee, a co-founder (with Dr. Walter Pope Binns) o f the A ssociation o f Southern
Love
Thee,
professor o f religion, as well as college vice presi
or Professor Terri Teal direct the Fine Arts
dent and interim president.
Chorale o f K an sas City; • in the rich nationwide influence on college
adm inistrator, Dr. H ester considered him self mere
science teaching o f Project K aleidoscope, in
ly a steward on earth o f the prodigious gifts G od
which Dr. Judy Dilts has long been involved; • in the audiences for the books and
Lectureships, the H .I. H ester Alumni H ouse, and
articles o f faculty m em bers across the
num erous scholarships and other bequests continue
disciplines from history and religion,
the legacy o f one often described by those who
English and communication, psychology
knew him as “ a Christian gentlem an,” a m an o f
and m athem atics, to biology, physics,
towering character whose mere presence in a room
languages, and m usic;
raised the level o f both integrity and laughter.
Forever
• in the K an sas City com m unity’s hearing Dr. Arnold Epley direct the K .C . Sym phony Chorus
had given him. H e believed in quiet charity.
Thee
Busters or Earl W haley’s tours and ethnic m eals;
Baptist Colleges and Universities, and a longtime
Like M ark Hopkins, both faculty m em ber and
Serve
• in those encouraged by the Pryor Leadership Studies Program , directed
The past, the present, and the future overlap in a college:
by Dr. Sylvia N adler, to develop com munity problem -solving techniques; in com m unity m em bers who, attend
• in generations o f school children taught by teachers
ing a William Jewell College sporting
taught at William Jewell College by M iss Lutie
event, catch som ething o f the spirit o f
Chiles and M iss Ella D avidson and successive
the place from coaches and encourage
m em bers o f the education departm ent; • in Liberty residents watching Dr. BurtWagenknecht bicycling to collect cans on Saturday m orning,
Wallace Hilton, physics, 1973
earning money to be turned into cash for a biology departm ent project; • in eager audiences o f children as Dr. M arvin D ixon gave his many perform ances or taught Saturday m orning classes to fourth graders; • in the wider community o f Dr. Ed Chasteen’s Hate
The biology department— (from left) Nelson Scottgale, Judy Dilts, Gwen Scottgale, Burt Wagenknecht, Charles Nezvlon, 1991
we
WI LL
u v a i n e a , o a r -v e ± n e v i - u r e v c r
their children to “ check out” the college when it is time to apply for college adm ission; • in those who, hearing a presentation at a confer
• in churches near and far to whom Jerry Cain and religion and m usic faculty have ministered; • in faculty m em bers and adm inistrators whose col
ence on m edical ethics by Dr. Keith D avid,
lective stewardship o f time, talent, and resources
decide to sign organ donor cards;
provides an inspiring legacy.
• in voters in surrounding com m unities to which Dr. Will A d am s’ Institute for Social Research reached out in assessing voting trends;
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other”
• in K an sas City, where Dr. Cecelia R obinson’s let
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy
ter-writing projects, uniting inner-city children with those in the su burbs, build bridges o f friendship;
“In the space age the most important space is between the ears ”
• in clinics and assessm ents run by m em bers o f the Lydia Lovan at the organ, 1963
-A nne Arm strong
N ursing D epartm ent for the long-term health benefits o f the community; • in England, Europe, Japan and other locations
Like all viable organism s, a college and its fac ulty and administration evolve if they are to survive.
where the overseas study program s (and
T hey grow to meet the challenges. When Jam es
Oxbridge) extend the connections with different
G arfield said, “ Give me a log hut, with only a
m odes o f learning and new aspects o f culture;
sim ple bench, M ark H opkins on one end and I on
• in generations o f students, com m unity m em bers,
the other,” G arfield was not suggesting that a col
and school groups who caught the contagion o f
lege can do without “ buildings, apparatus, and
good dram a from Professor Virginia D. Rice and
libraries” (or stadium s, all-purpose tracks, snack
kept this exuberance throughout life;
bars, art galleries, and heating plants, as well as all
• in people from “ all over” who cam e to know the
o f the folks who make these work). M ark Hopkins,
college because ofW illiam Jewell C ollege’s count
in his dual role, was teaching students, while helping
less m usic contests and m usical productions;
administer the “ buildings, apparatus, and libraries.” Garfield was simply rem inding colleges to look to the essential: the M ark H o p k in s’ in dialogue with stud en ts. T h e results o f such d ialogue are a co llege’s legacy.
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The Twentieth-Century Academician, Dr. Kingsley, 1980-1993
THE “ACADEMI CI ANS ” Two o f the presidents who have served the college in the past 150 years have been notably im portant in articulating Jewell’s liberal arts identity. One is Dr. T h om as R am baut, who came to Jewell when it reopened after the Civil War. H e gave the “ C ourse o f Study” a form al struc ture which shaped academ ics for nearly a century. T h e first chapter o f this sesquicentennial history aptly nam es him William Jewell’s
The Nineteenth-Century Academician, Dr. Rambaut, 1867-1873
“ A cadem ician.” A hundred years later, one o f his successors, Dr. J. G ordon Kingsley, initiated a revital ization o f Dr. R am baut’s structure
academ ic life com prised the study o f hum anities, social sci
which could earn him the designation as Jewell’s “ Twentieth-Century Academ ician.”
ence, science and m athem at ics, and religion. T h u s, the first
THE RAMBAUT LEGACY
Catalogue established a pattern o f study that has persisted throughout every period o f the college’s
Dr. H .I. H ester’s history, Jewell Is Her Name,
life and is reaffirm ed by the current Catalog. T his
admirably traces Dr. R am baut’s achievement.
inclusive pattern o f study identified William Jewell
Identifying a wide range o f subjects to be studied
as what today is called a “ liberal arts college” and
and organizing them into groups, he produced a
defined its place on the academ ic landscape. Sm all
coherent, if overly am bitious, curriculum m odeled
colleges like Jewell represent A m erica’s unique con
after that o f the University o f Virginia. H e pro
tribution to higher education.
posed eight “ schools” : Latin, Greek, m athem atics, m odern languages, English literature and history,
Cadets march to class
natural sciences, moral philosophy, and theology. Each school was to be independent o f the others. G raduation was to depend on exam inations, not any given period o f study. T he strength shown in Dr. R am baut’s academ ic plan was not educational im agination or originality. Aircraft engines class for naval cadets
It was, rather, recognition and vigorous adaptation o f the best educational practice o f the time. A ppropriating it for William Jewell, he gave the college a framework around which it could build
framework, new subjects appeared
its academ ic progress. T h at framework supported
steadily in the Catalogs which fol
Jewell’s expanded and enriched academ ic life from
lowed Dr. R am baut’s retirement in
the Civil War until World War II dramatically
1873. They provided specialization
changed Am erican life, including higher education.
and elaboration within the broad
Over the years these original courses were
fields o f knowledge his plan identi
regrouped and the graduation requirements m odi
fied. Further expansion brought
fied. Progressive regrouping through the decades
lively activities such as debate, dra
ultimately produced the now fam iliar twentieth-
m atics, and m usical perform ance
century categories.
into the form al curriculum.
Even these progressive changes, however, were m odifications o f D r. R am baut’s original m odel. Jewell, in com m on with m ost other Am erican insti
WAR YEARS: WORLD WAR II AND THE VETERANS ’ INVASION
tutions, later rejected the exam ination-based system for earning degrees and abandoned R am baut’s pro
T h e im pact o f another conflict ended the long
vision for the m aster’s degree. However, the subdi
period o f grow th which D r. R am b au t initiated in
vision o f courses o f study, the grouping o f subjects,
the years follow ing the Civil War. A fter the
and the requirement for study o f a range o f subjects
U n ited States entered World War II in D ecem ber,
from different groups established the liberal arts
1941, and m en o f traditional college age went into
framework. T h e organization o f groups into inde
m ilitary service, the college continued to offer its
pendent “ schools” paved the way for academ ic
regular academ ic program to a student body
departm ents as we know them today.
m ade up increasingly o f young wom en. In add i
Within this firmly established departm ental
tion, however, cadets from two naval aviation pro-
Physical training for naval cadets
gram s brought a military presence to the cam pus.
Dr. Frank Edson (right), chair, department of chemistry
From 1942 to 1945, 2,980 men o f the Naval
“ William Jewell College and Veterans,” reporting
Flight Preparatory School marched in form ation to
that at the beginning o f the period veterans m ade
classes preparing them for flight training. Jewell
up approximately half o f the student body. Their
faculty m em bers were am ong
enrollment in significant proportions continued
their civilian instructors. In
through the ’50s, when G I benefits were extended
1944, Jewell becam e one o f eight
to veterans o f the K orean conflict.
sites for a N aval Academ ic
T h ese Catalogs also detail the generous efforts
Refresher U nit (V 5). Seven
o f the college to help veterans make the transition
hundred men preparing to be
to academ ic life, including a Veterans Advisory
pilots reported to M arston Hall
Com m ittee and the offer o f “ reasonable” credit
for courses in m athem atics,
for experiences in the service. In other words, they
physics, English, and history
testify to William Jewell’s energetic participation in
taught by a special faculty
an im portant enlargem ent o f higher education.
employed by the college. When the war ended and the thousands o f military veterans
Physics, 1972
1945-46 through the 1950s included sections on
T he vets’ invasion lent a concretely hum an dim ension to the powerful movements which renewed Am erican college life in the time of
returned to civilian life, the U .S. C ongress
rebuilding after World War II. T he influential 1945
expressed national gratitude for their service by
report o f the H arvard Com m ittee, General
enacting the legislation popularly nam ed the “ G I
Education in a Free Society, signaled these changes
Bill” to provide benefits to men and women honor
as it gave a specific name to “ graduation require
ably discharged from the arm ed forces. Im portant
m ents” and coherently defined their purpose. “ T he
educational benefits provided not only for job train
H arvard R eport” inaugurated a period o f increasing
ing but also for college study. Tuition grants, which
em phasis on general education, especially interdis
were substantial for their time, and m odest monthly
ciplinary learning and core curricula. T h e idea that
living allowances m ade higher education or
education was a weapon in the C old War encour
advanced professional study available to people
aged experimental projects. T he turmoil o f the
who before the war could never have dream ed of
1960s provoked debate about the proper role o f
“ going to college.”
students in determining their educational experi
Enrollm ents soared in schools across America as the returning vets invaded. Jewell Catalogs from
ences. But before and through those years o f unrest, innovation in both curriculum and instruc tional m ethods characterized Am erican colleges.
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THE ACADEMI C CRISIS T hough William Jewell shared the veterans’ return, it was largely unaffected by the movements o f curricular and instructional change. Alum ni o f the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s rem em ber with gratitude the vital learning they experienced with individual teachers in particular courses. However, there was little attention to the curriculum as a whole. By the end o f the 1960s, the result was an academ ic crisis clearly outlined in the reports o f the accrediting organization, the N orth Central Association o f Colleges and Secondary Schools. William Jewell was first accredited by N orth Central in 1915, shortly after that body was estab lished. T he college is justifiably proud o f having m aintained its accreditation consistently since, with the only qualification being a three-year period o f private probation from 1968-1971. After institu tion o f the current system o f self-study followed by formal review, Jewell went through the process in 1959, 1968, 1971, 1981, and 1991. T h e next review is scheduled for 2001. T he 1959 reviewers found Jewell a “ good col lege” and continued accreditation for the m axim um period. They expressed som e academ ic concerns, however, especially that the “ academ ic side o f life at William Jewell appears to be controlled largely if not entirely by the various departm ents without much coordinating effort or action.” They were
especially troubled by the effect on general education. N orth Central intensified these concerns, with others, in the 1968 review, which resulted in private probation—that is, probation without public announcem ent by the association. As explained in the first chapter o f this history, the reviewers’ heavi est indictment fell on the college’s administrative structure, but they also detailed serious academ ic weaknesses. T hese included a low percentage o f faculty doctorates, a small instructional budget, heavy teaching and advisory loads, and low faculty salaries. Reviewers quoted student complaints about lecture as the prim ary instructional method and absence o f “ meaningful discussion, even in the smaller classes.” T heir criticism o f the general curriculum was especially severe. They em phasized that “ there are not college-wide curricular studies underway and no long-range studies have been projected.”
Pryor Leadership Fellows: Outward Bound trip—high ropes course, 1995
1 h, e L/ a u s e o j
u u r n x i s tenet Natural history II field trip
T he president o f Jewell’s
esting educational paradox” : spokesm en for the
board o f trustees left a candid
college “ proffer great interest in ‘making certain the
m em orandum o f his meeting
college is preparing citizens for today’s world’-an d
with N orth Central officials in
sim ultaneously they try to accom plish this task
hopes “ o f getting som e less
within the patterns o f a disappearing educational
devastating word or w ords”
structure.”
than “ probation” for “ our
T h e report thus pointed toward the end o f the
time o f testing.” H e reported
long period when Dr. R am baut’s structure would
that the officials were “ hos
be adequate for William Jewell’s educational needs.
pitable and cordial” but unre
In addition, however, it pointed toward a new
lenting in the opinion that the
model for the future. In concluding that “ William
review had been “ charitable.”
Jewell is basically a good college” with a focus
H e concluded ruefully that it was “ nothing
“ which augurs well for its future,” the reviewers
new” for accreditors “ to see trustees writhe
based strong hopes on the newly appointed
in discom fort.”
“ Achievement ’7 0 s” committee m ade up o f ten fac
Even today, it is difficult not to writhe
ulty m em bers, three students, and three adm inistra
at the forthright language used in the
tors, and chaired by “ a very able and energetic
meeting to describe “ academ ic deficiencies
young professor o f English.”
at W illiam Jewell.” According to the m em o, the officials noted that the “ cur Dr. Wallace A. Hilton, physics
THE KINGSLEY INITIATIVES
riculum appears to be too fragm ented and static-it m ust be dynamic and under constant
T h is committee o f som e o f the strongest m em
scrutiny.” They concluded: “ Looks like . . . a good
bers o f the cam pus community set to work on a
sales program but we fear . . . not a very good
task that was nothing less than examining the whole
product to sell.”
educational program o f the college. T he young
At the end o f the three-year probationary peri
English professor who chaired them was Dr. J.
od, a rigorous 1971 review restored Jewell to nor
G ordon Kingsley, shortly to becom e associate dean,
mal accreditation. However, the reviewers pointed
then later dean o f the college and eventually presi
out that because their report recorded results o f a
dent. Bringing to the project a powerfully creative
special review, “ it necessarily focused on negative
educational imagination, he led in designing the
aspects.” Their sternest words defined “ An inter
program known as “ Achievement ’70s: Education
The
Cause
for Individual Achievement.” After thorough
them access to the Centre for M edieval and
debate, the faculty approved the program as a
Renaissance Studies affiliated with K eble College.
whole in 1972.
An exchange program with Seinan Gakuin
According to the self-study report prepared
University in Japan began in
before the next N orth Central review, “ Achievement
1975. By the end o f the 1970s,
’7 0 s” “ had a large symbolic im pact on cam pus,
overseas opportunities also
bringing with it a spirit o f renewal and a sense o f
included Jewell’s own sum m er
academ ic purpose somewhat larger than the actual
program in Spain, cooperative
changes effected in daily operations.” T h ose
arrangem ents in Europe, and
changes were notable, however, many o f them
agreem ents with colleges o f
assim ilating innovations which had renewed post
C am bridge University, first
war Am erican education. Changes included a
Wolfson and then H om erton.
revised academ ic calendar with a short “ W interim”
Jewell students have opportuni
encouragem ent o f independent study, honors proj
ty to study in som e two dozen
ects, and self-designed m ajors; overseas study; and
overseas program s in England,
a revitalized advisory process stressing the individual
France, Germany, Austria, Italy,
educational goals o f the student and making advis
Spain, India, Israel, Australia,
ing a formal obligation in each faculty contract.
Southeast Asia, Japan, the
the extension o f Jewell’s hilltop into a world cam pus. As a result, the first Jewell students went in
Our
Exisle nce
World, Campus: Harlaxton
Nearly thirty years later,
term in January for creative experimental courses;
Dr. Kingsley personally traveled abroad to lead
of
C aribbean, and Central and South America. One unique relative o f this
1973 to Harlaxton, the British cam pus o f the
rich international enterprise is the Oxbridge
University o f Evansville, to be succeeded every year
H onors Program o f Tutorial M ajors, begun in 1984
since by Jewell students and faculty who have lived,
after four years o f discussion and planning.
studied, and taught in the ornate m anor house.
O xbridge, which gets its name from the colloquial
Also in 1973, the first students went to R egent’s
British fusion o f Oxford and C am bridge, em bodies
Park, the Baptist College o f Oxford University.
Dr. Kingsley’s long-dream ed-of design o f British-
T he next years extended opportunities in Oxford
style tutorial instruction on an Am erican cam pus.
through a private program , the Oxford Overseas
Endowed by a grant o f $ 1,050,000 from the Hall
Study C ourse, and the m ost recent addition allows
Family Foundations, Oxbridge allows a few carefully
World Campus: Paris
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selected students to pursue specially
1993 in conjunction with the Pryor Foundation,
designed tutorial m ajors while doing
headed by alumni Fred and Shirley Pryor.
the rest o f their work in traditional Am erican classes. They spend the junior
program was the m ost controversial and difficult
year in one o f Jewell’s programs in Oxford
to accom plish-the move toward a contem porary
or Cam bridge, returning to cam pus for
interdisciplinary core for general education. The
senior comprehensive examinations.
“ Achievement ’7 0 s” committee wearily reported in
Ju st as Dr. R am baut’s structural
tion program ” than on any other matter, but could
developm ents, so “ Achievement ’7 0 s”
reach no agreement. They recom m ended further
created a curricular environment open
“ experim entation and d eliberation ” to develop
to new, often untraditional program s.
an interdisciplinary pilot by fall 1972 “ or as
Recent products o f this environment
soon thereafter as po ssib le.” T h o u gh the faculty
have emphasized leadership and humani
approved the proposal, no specific program gained
tarian service and, like Oxbridge, have
approval.
For example, the Service Learning
In 1978, Dr. Kingsley, then dean, appointed a new faculty general education committee. After
Program allows a student to earn a cer
nineteen months o f intense work, in constant con
tificate by combining theoretical courses
sultation with the faculty, it designed the “ Foundations
with service projects and internships in
for the F uture” core for introduction into the cur
community organizations. A recent gift
riculum in 1981. A consultant/reviewer from the
o f $ 1 ,5 00,000 from an anonym ous donor will sup
N ational Endow m ent for the Hum anities observed,
port the program and make possible establishm ent
“ I know o f no com parable effort accom plished so
o f a Service Learning Center especially concerned
methodically, so thoroughly, or so well.”
with issues im portant to women. T h e Pryor Leadership Studies Program also
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1972 that they “ labored more on the general educa
plan served as a framework for further
attracted outside funding.
William Jewell students try their hand at crew in Oxford, England.
T h e m ost encom passing “ Achievement ’7 0 s”
In catalog language, Foundations provided “ an integrated value-based study o f public and private
combines theory with practical experience to develop
decision making, relating Christian heritage and
“ personal, vocational and civic leadership.” The
cultural past to contem porary problem s,” including
Certificate program for Pryor Leadership
social and scientific issues. T he rigorous core o f six
Fellows-which includes classes, internships, and a
team -taught courses was offered to approximately
rigorous Outward Bound trip-w as established in
sixty new students each year as a voluntary alterna-
The
Cause
tive to the traditional distribution system o f depart
preparation for careers. Jewell has had to battle an
mental courses. With developments and changes,
ethic that rejects learning for its own sake, and for
this “ two-track” system has been durable to the
personal development, as an im practical luxury.
present. It will be phased out by the turn o f the
the founders who published Jewell’s first “ Course
curriculum for all students.
o f Study.” They would not have used the term
students began taking first-year courses in written and oral com m unication, m athematical model
also benefiting the practical intelligence needed to
building, foreign language or an equivalent, and
cope with frontier life. However, as twentieth-cen
physical education. Their com m on interdiscipli
tury Catalogs began to publish statem ents articulat
nary course is “ T h e Responsible Self,” a hum anities
ing the college’s “ aim s,” they contrasted
course in which they wrestle with questions o f
liberal education as personal development
responsibility from different cultural and ideological
with practical application in professional
perspectives. At level two, they choose from a vari
study. T he contrast was between “ making
ety o f interdisciplinary courses in “ Culture and
a living” and “ m aking a life.” They typi
Traditions” (hum anities), “ Power and Justice in
cally m ade a connection, however, by
Society” (social sciences), “ Science, Technology
describing the liberal arts as good prepa
and the H um an Experience” (science, including
ration for postgraduate professional work. T he contrast was also evident in the
As juniors or seniors they bring their general edu
curriculum . Catalogs from the 1930s
cation experience together in a capstone course.
onward outline ways courses could best
They will thus extend the influence o f “ Achievement
be selected to provide good preparation
’7 0 s” into a new century.
for m edical or law school. Cooperative
“ Achievement ’7 0 s” affirmed the com m itm ent
Existence
“ liberal arts,” o f course, but they assum ed that classical learning brought personal fulfillment while
lab), and “ Sacred and Secular” (religious studies).
Our
T h e dichotomy would have seem ed strange to
century, however, to be supplanted by a new core Beginning with the entering class o f 1996,
of
“ three-two” program s were established
o f the college’s m ission statem ent to “ provide
to allow students to com bine three years
sound liberal arts education.” However, in the
o f study at Jewell with two years o f engi
understanding o f “ liberal arts,” an ambiguity
neering or forestry at schools such as
remained which increasingly required clarification.
Washington University or Duke. Early
T his was the tendency o f more and more
Catalogs included journalism courses or listed
Am ericans to regard higher education primarily as
K an sas City-Western D ental College as an exten-
Art, 1994
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sion departm ent. Teacher education courses
strong professional program s. A faculty “ straw
appeared in the World War I era and a “ com posite”
poll” favored the form er, but the issue continued to
econom ics-business m ajor was announced for
be debated after President Kingsley appointed a
1946-47. N ursing was added in 1970 and computer
new planning committee to prepare the college for
studies in the 1980s. Deliberately focused profes
the next millennium. T h at committee proposed
sional education, however, was m ost strongly facili
“ som e bold initiatives” in the report which it issued
tated by the first offering o f the Bachelor o f Science
in A ugust o f 1993, Leadership 2000: Choices. T he
degree in 1968.
report expressed strong com m itm ent to the liberal After the 1981 review, the N orth
Central report succinctly sum m arized
the liberal arts in career developm ent,” primarily as
the cum ulating effect o f these develop
preparation for postgraduate study. Actions pro
ments on Jewell’s academ ic life. T he
posed included elimination o f the Bachelor of
report noted “ a significant drop” in
Science degree; encouragem ent o f all students
liberal arts m ajors and corresponding
m ajoring in professional areas to obtain second
increase in B .S . professional areas.
m ajors in traditional liberal arts subjects; and
“ While these facts indicate that the
limitation o f the m axim um num ber o f hours in
college is meeting the career needs of
any m ajor, which would in practice curtail or even
its students,” it concluded, “ the situa
eliminate som e professional program s.
tion should be re-assessed as the insti Nursing, 1976
arts, “ with a practical understanding o f the role o f
Following Dr. Kingsley’s retirement in the
tution plans for the future” and “ an
fall o f 1993, the trustees did not take action on
im portant element o f future long range
Leadership 2000. T he questions it had raised
planning should be concern for the liberal arts
about professional studies in a liberal arts college
com ponent.”
rem ained unanswered.
Reflecting on the relation o f professional studies to the liberal arts did becom e a focus o f the next
THE SESQUICENTENNIAL AND BEYOND
planning activity. In 1989, Dr. Kingsley appointed an “ Achievement ’9 0 s” com m ittee to survey the
Answering those questions-along with others
whole educational effort o f the college. It articulat
about the relation o f liberal arts, religious faith,
ed the significant academ ic decision facing the col
and Baptist heritage-was an essential task o f the
lege as a choice between being a liberal arts college
strategic planning steering com m ittee appointed by
or a “ com prehensive” institution “ starring” a few
President W. Christian Sizem ore in 1995, at the
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Existence
Dr. David O. Moore, religion
close o f his first year in office. D iscussions with many constituencies within the college community, the m ost thorough market research ever undertaken by the college, and careful analysis o f both experi ence and philosophy by a subcom m ittee o f the planning group produced the conclusions offered in
The Strategic Plan: 1997. T his plan was endorsed by the trustees at their 1997 June meeting. T his im portant docum ent clarifies Jewell’s posi tion as a liberal arts college which can incorporate professional studies because it connects them to liberal arts program s and “ connects liberal learning
T his strategy returns
with preparation for work.” It goes further to state
William Jewell’s academ
Jewell’s willingness “ to undertake study o f the pos
ic life to the spirit o f the
sibility o f offering . . . a few m aster’s program s in
first Catalogue. T he
professional areas which can be closely connected
vision statem ent o f the
to the liberal arts.” T h e plan makes clear, however,
1997 plan describes
that such program s will never be instituted if they
Jewell as “ the college
com prom ise the college’s essential com m itm ent to
founded one hundred
undergraduate liberal arts education.
and fifty years ago on the
T his liberal arts identity issue settled in The
m id-continent’s western
Strategic Plan is articulated in the competitive
frontier . . . a . . . liberal arts college . . . com m itted
strategy developed through the planning process
to connecting education which enhances a person ’s
and approved by the board o f trustees in February,
intellectual and spiritual life with practical applica
1997: “ William Jewell will seek a preeminent posi
tion in work and service.” T h e academ ic life o f the
tion in the M idwest for academ ic program s, curric
hilltop cam pus thus rem ains located on the intellec
ula, and learning opportunities distinguished by the
tual landscape o f its origins.
Dr. Robert Trotter, philosophy
connections they make, particularly between liberal learning and professional com petence, for students’ holistic developm ent.”
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Aeons Select Outstanding Senior Men
T h is self-perpetuating organization for senior men uses G PA and cam pus service as selection criteria. M em bers are tapped at the end o f their junior year. T he honor is a silent one, with activities known only to mem bers. Their existence was announced in 1905-06 in the first Tatler: Aeons
Senior Society; Founded in the class of 1906. Purpose: Best interest of William Jewell. Top Women Named by Panaegis
Founded in 1928, the m em bers have dedicated themselves to serve in the best interest ofW illiam 1969 Who’s Who. Seated: Carol Calvin, Buck Robinson, Lyndia Massey. Standing: Catherine Winfrey, Larry Ward, Gregg Hagg, Phyllis Newman, Scott Armstrong, Stan Hixson, Chris Herring, Annette McGinnis, Larry Stone, Bob York, Paula Wallace, Richard Reiff.
Jewell. Seven junior women were selected each year on the basis o f outstanding leadership, personality, w om en’s honorary later affiliated with Alpha
scholarship, and character and were expected to
L am bd a D elta. In the 1980s, along with the nation
exemplify the highest qualities o f wom anhood
al organization, it opened its ranks to men, thus
throughout life.
also supplanting N u Zeta Sigm a freshman honorary for men. Its purpose is to encourage superior scholastic
Panaegis Affiliates with Mortarboard
In 1978, the Panaegis chapter o f M ortarboard
achievement during the freshman year, to prom ote
was instituted at William Jewell, thus making it
intelligent living and a high standard o f learning,
coeducational. Criteria for M ortarboard include
and to assist young men and women in recognizing
leadership, scholarship, service, and a G PA o f at
and developing meaningful goals for their roles in
least 3.2.
society. To be eligible, students m ust carry twelve or m ore hours and earn a 3.5 average by the end of
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Many Selected for Who's Who
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges
their first sem ester or maintain that cumulative
and Universities selects thirty to forty students
average. Typically, 10 to fifteen percent o f the fresh
annually from am ong the top twenty-five percent in
man class (thirty to sixty students) are invited to join.
term s o f academ ic and extracurricular activities.
De e p Wi t h i n
Our H e a r t s
For many years, P. Caspar Harvey tracked
seven finalists and selects those who dem onstrate
graduates recognized in Who's Who in America
the highest ideals o f a liberal arts education: aca
and concluded that, on a percentage basis, William
dem ic achievement, service, leadership, and
Jewell fared better than any of the Ivy League schools.
Christian com m itm ent. Recipients receive a m odest
She
Dwel l s
cash gift, their name on a plaque, and D iscip lin e -R e late d H o n o ra rie s A ctive Eleven national honor societies on cam pus are
rousing recognition during the H onors Convocation. Prior to 1980,
F a c u lty A w a rd W in n ers
associated with a m ajor or discipline: Alpha Psi
academ ic recognition was based on
O m ega, dram atics; Beta Beta Beta, biology; D elta
GPA, often with more than one senior
1980-81
Andrew L. Pratt
M u D elta, business administration; K ap p a M u
achieving an overall 4.0.
1981-82
Jeannie Hirsch Steve Sites
Epsilon, m athem atics; Lam bd a N u Sigm a, law; Phi Alpha T heta, history; Phi Sigm a Tau, philosophy; Pi
C o lo n e l/G en eral A le x an d e r
1982-83
Christine Palacas
K app a D elta, forensics; Psi Chi, psychology; Sigm a
D o n ip h an an d F ir st L a d y N a m e d
1983-84
Daniel H. Jones
1984-85
Andrea S. Eddy
ed its own version o f “ m ost likely to
1985-86
succeed.” T h e military title harks back
Tim Thompson Paul F. Paulter Jr.
to Alexander D oniphan, a war hero
1986-87 1987-88
James E. Wooldridge
Derwacter, Phi Epsilon has becom e William Jewell’s
and legislator and clearly the m ost
1988-89
Deborah Ward
academ ic achievement award for seniors. Each year,
celebrated and best-known name
1989-90
M ary McCormick
the top 10 percent o f graduating seniors are
associated with William Jewell. While
Mark Hoffman
tapped, based on their overall GPA.
D oniphan was elected a colonel in the
1990-91 1991-92
U .S. Army by his regiment, he earned
1992-93
Daniel Pearson
the rank o f brigadier general in the
1993-94
Allison McLaren
M issouri State M ilitia. Consequently,
1994-95
Kristin (Casey) Smith
standing student to receive the Faculty Award, the
som e years saw the recipients desig
1995-96
Holly Flora
highest non-degree award given to an undergradu
nated as colonel and other years,
1996-97
Agata Bednarz
ate. To be eligible, a student m ust have com pleted
general. Both D oniphan and First
1997-98
Paul Cernin
all undergraduate work at William Jewell and have a
Lady o f the C am pus titles designate
G PA o f at least 3.75.
qualities o f outstanding leadership
Pi Sigm a, physics; Sigm a T heta Tau, nursing. S e n io rs E le c te d to P h i E p silo n Begun in the 1930s by Dr. and M rs. F.M .
F a cu lty C o n fe rs C o v ete d A w ard Since 1980, the faculty has selected an out
Evaluating applications and personal essays, a faculty committee narrows the field to three to
Since 1940, the cam pus has select
Philip Pietroburgo
and a potential to excel. In 1996, recognition for the First Lady was
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changed to the Leona K resse Award in honor o f the
Y ear C ol./G en. A lex an d er D o n ip h an
first woman graduate ofW illiam Jewell. Heather Wiley was the first to receive the new title.
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Gene Hollman Dick Quick Jack Wilkes Bob Shornick Jim Stem Kermit Whiteaker Bill Nelson John Truex Charles Woodford Rixey Dick Bowles Don Ellenberger A. C. McKinney Bill Burkhardt John Gordon Barth Bert Adams William V Miller Richard Byrne Earle Dale Jack Armstrong Jerry Curnutt George Arthur Carder David D. Burhans Arthur Cunningham Denny Lambert John Clizbe Tom Trotter Michael Scroggin Lawrence Russell Holley II James Lyle Martin John Davis
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Tom Dunn Ja y Maddox Carl Fuller Charles Lederer Don Frey Ollie Malone Larry Dickerson Greg Leibold Charles Rainbolt Jerald L. Hill Bob Kirkland Mark Blaylock Brian Richards James Bailey Mark Mundell Brad Banning Vernon Howard Mark Bross Greg Duncan Craig Zahnd David Carder Alan Kuykendall John David Roberts Shane Davolt Chad Jolly Harry Cook Ryan O ’Hara Rick Hankins Dan Kellermeyer
Over the years, four couples who later m arried have been selected jointly for this honor. Additionally, three couples received the awards in sequential years: M adeline Parrott and D ick Quick; John Barth and Joan Pryor; M ark Blaylock and Jeannie Hirsch. T h e one father-son pair to be nam ed as Alexander D oniphan was the late Art Carder and D avid Carder. Additionally, one brother-sister pair, D ick and Polly Quick, and one sister-sister pair, M adeline and Ella M ae Parrott, received recognition.
STUDENT AC TI VI T IE S/C O LLE G E UNION THRIVE AT jEWELL O ld E ly W as the H ub In early years, the Student Activities Com m ittee assum ed a variety o f responsibilities, including overseeing student resources in the C o-op and later the Hub. T h e Co-op, begun in 1917 and initially housed in the basem ent o f G ano Chapel, sold books as well as candy and pop. It also served as the student gathering place and provided employment for a very professional student staff. In the late ’40s, the C o-op was moved to the H ub on the first floor o f Old Ely, located in the center o f the Q uad. T he H ub offered students a snack bar, m odest recre-
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1979-80 CUA Committee Members: Front row: Lori Burnham, Don Glidewell, Colleen Winquist, Cathy Johnson, Gretchen Metz, Robin Hollrah, Pam Meyer, Karen Allen, Mary Jo Becvar. Second row: Mark Manglese, Mike Wilcox, Mike Parrot, Alecia Craft, Mailyn Summers, Joni Crabill, Jane Ann Goodson, Lisa Adkins, Pam Kleikamp, Lionnel Fleming, Laurie Brown, Ann Deerson.
Student Senate Leads Campus
CUA members Amy Brown and Kathy Sheppard with President Jimmy Carter, 1986.
Student Senate is the governing organization o f the student body. Before 1931, senators elected their own officers. Today, the student body, follow ing vigorous cam paigning, elects the student body president and vice president. Student Senate com prises class officers, repre sentatives o f recognized student organizations and, since 1980, four senators, one elected from each class. Currently, it addresses a broad array o f stu dent concerns from philosophy to politics to stu dent grievances. 1992-93: Christmas memories include the Hanging of the Green and the Lighting of the Quad.
Since the early 1950s, an annual encam pm ent has provided opportunity for creative planning and relationship building which, in addition to the Senate, has included many m em bers o f the adm in istration as well as faculty leaders. For many years, bright red vests, donned on m eeting day, provided visibility for the senators and thus easier access by their constituents. An early ’50s dream o f the Senate was a student
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1989-90 Student Senate officers at Governor John Ashcroft's desk during the Governor’s Leadership Forum: President Kelly Skaggs (seated); (standing from left) Secretary Joy McClellan; Brian Etting; Governor Ashcroft; Kevin Tanner; and Vice President Jon Booze.
handbook, now an essential resource for the entire cam pus. In recent years, the Senate has taken the lead in making the U nion and other cam pus build ings smoke-free and in initiating a successful recy cling program . T h e Senate president now attends the board o f trustee meetings.
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Herbert Zach T. L. Noel George Gates Joe Lyon Howard Smith Beverly Carmichael Douglas Rae Scott Conway Lowell Ditzen Bruce Summers Melvin Thompson Burnett Magruder Joe Amery Walter Sharp Jim Scott Merritt Wiley Thorne Dick Quick Carl Kenagy Bob Shornick Clayborn Landers Kermit Whiteaker Bill Nelson John Truex Bill Overton Tom Bray Bob Shumaker Bill Bowman Bill Burkhardt Ted Harris Bill Miller Bill Jackson Sam Wallace Jack Armstrong Jerry Curnutt Don Herrick David Burhans John Brunner Denny Lambert
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Bob Moore Jim Rodewald Mike Scrogin Jim Simmons Jim Phillips Mark Stuart Tom Dunn George Flanagan Richard Miller Paul Duncan Hazel Oblesby Don Frey John Shank Larry Dickerson Steve Krause Chuck Rainbolt Jerry Hill Jeff Nodell Robba Addison Brad Gans Rob Nigh Mike Smith Mike Smith Karen Edison Doug Brasel David Porter Guy Boyer Craig Zahnd Kelly Skaggs Eric Zahnd Jon Booze Jenny Buffa Ryan O ’Hara Rick Hankins Rick Hankins Ernesto Herrera-Brito Quintin Conway
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C a rd in e lle s an d C a m p u s H o sts S e rv e C a m p u s In 1968, a small group o f women were selected to serve as cam pus hosts. T his program was strongly em braced and shaped by First Lady Virginia Field. In the early years, Cardinelles were trained at the TWA academy for flight attendants in Overland Park. Since the early 1980s, men have joined their ranks as C am pus H osts, and now fourteen to twenty 1931 senior class president Everett Webdell supervises appropriate buttoning procedure.
students are selected each year on the basis o f social adeptness, good character, responsiveness, Senate Unbuttons Beanies
For over a century, freshmen survived a fall
and knowledge o f the cam pus. They serve as guides and information sources
sem ester rite o f passage known as “ buttoning.”
at m ajo r college functions includin g O pening
T h e Seventeen Rules created by the senior class o f
C on v ocatio n , H o m eco m in g, P arents D ay,
1942, and announced through a form al proclam a
Achievement Day, and G raduation. They frequently
tion, advised that “ Each m em ber o f this flotsam
assist current First Lady Anne Sizem ore with the
and jetsam o f hum an degradation shall have pro
many events at the President’s Hom e.
cured from the Alumni Office ... a protective head covering in the colors o f William Jewell which shall proclaim his or her allegiance to said institution.”
A visit to the N ew H orizons Lo u n ge in the
Freshm en were to wear this beanie at all times on
basem ent o f G an o C hapel reveals the face o f the
cam pus until Jewell won its first gam e, until
future in higher education: a dram atic increase in
H om ecom ing, or until Thanksgiving. (In obeisance
re-entry students—those twenty-five and older.
to a senior’s com m and they were “ to button” —to
F oun d ed in 1983 by dean o f students Johnnie
position the thumb on the button and bend the
H u m an as a recruitm ent tool, support group, and,
knees.)
through its lounge, as a sanctuary, N ew H orizons
In 1946, with a large veteran presence on cam pus, the seniors wisely decided not to invoke but
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R e-e n try S tu d e n ts E m b r a c e N ew H o rizo n s
has grown significantly over the years. M em bership is open to full-time day students.
toning. And in 1969, the Senate ended this
T h ou gh many more re-entry students attend classes
dem eaning activity. (But at least we knew who the
at Jewell, particularly in the Evening D ivision, typi
other freshmen were.)
cally around sixty students m eet these criteria.
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T h e New H orizons Lounge is well equipped with a kitchen, com puter room , study area, and locker facilities.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND RADI O STATION SPREAD NEWS Early Student Is a Jewell
An early student newspaper, the Jewell, began publication in the 1870s. T h e Student, which first appeared in 1875, was published by the Excelsior and Philomathic societies. In 1880, it becam e a monthly paper focusing on literature, science, morals, and general college news. A subscription
Central Inter-Scholastic Press Association for all
cost 50 cents per year.
class B colleges (300 to 700 enrollment).
M any will rem em ber the annual April Fools
Members of the 1959-60 journalism class publish weekly Student.
From the 1927 Tatler. “ T he Tatler is the annual
issue o f the Yellow Student begun in the 1930s.
publication o f the students o f W JC and its purpose
In 1960, under editor Charles D urbin and
is to chronicle the many events o f the school year in
advisor G eorgia Bowm an, the Student becam e a
order that they may endure on the pages o f this
weekly publication focusing primarily on cam pus
book and in the m em ory o f the sons and daughters
news. In 1986, the name was changed to the Hilltop
o f the Old H ill”
Monitor and the publication increasingly em braced off-cam pus issues
Tatler Revue Draws Crowds
Tatler Yearbook Published
book during the D epression, 1932 yearbook editor
To help finance publication o f the Tatler year T he annual Tatler yearbook was first published
W. Edw ard Sharp and business m anager Lowell
in 1905 under the leadership o f M anley O. H udson,
Ditzen, encouraged by Ray Barr, introduced the
editor and founder, who later becam e a teacher,
cam pus to Tatler Revue. C om prising queen and skit
lawyer, and renowned authority on international law.
com petitions along with a variety o f other enter
In 1925 and 1926, the Tatler won national recognition with the highest award from the
tainment, the Tatler Revue was a rousing success. D uring its zenith, it drew a full house for three
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In 1927, Virginia D. Rice won a coveted queen designation.
Candidates for 1970 Tatler Revue Queen: Front row—Daphne Koga, Sandy Payne, Patty Fisher, Pam White, Patty Manzco, Susan Parkmen. Back row— Queen Glenda Knutter, Diane Wilson, Linda Pace, Kay Poppenhagen.
evenings, in good part because of the originality, talent, and pushing-the-envelope style o f the skits. Originally, each G reek organization com
selected the top five queen candidates for 1932. By the 1970s, competition had evolved to include personality, charm , beauty, poise, talent, and appropriateness o f dress. Queen candidates
peted independently in the Tatler Revue skits.
nom inated by a sorority, the Non-Affiliated Student
By the 1960s, sorority-fraternity team s vied for
Association, the Association o f Independent
honors along with Non-Affiliated Student
Students, or the Black Student A ssociation m od
Association, Association o f Independent Students,
eled both street and formal wear.
and Black Student Association. Criteria were
By the 1980s, the com petition included both a
extensive and awards were granted over the
talent segm ent and a dem onstration o f social skills.
years for original m usic and lyrics, staging,
In the 1990s, a changing perspective on the
choreography, and staying within the time lim
appropriateness o f college women com peting in a
its, plus the Ray Barr award for best actor and
beauty contest drew the curtain on a long history o f
the Virginia D. Rice award for best actress.
Tatler Revue queens. And now, Tatler Revue has run its course: 1995
In 1929, Helen Early was selected for one of five queen honors.
Famous Judges Select Tatler Revue Queens
was its final year.
In 1925, thirty candidates, selected through a student election based on beauty and popularity, competed for five queen designations. From photos of the five, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. provided a final ranking. G ary C ooper, Frederic M arch, and Clive Brook
KWJC Enlarges Campus Reach
In 1974, William Jewell began broadcasting on F M 91.9 with a ten-watt transmitter. Because the call letters K W JC were in use, the station selected
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Penny Kern Susan Correll Lana Jo Farmer Lynda Owen Glenda Knutter Kay Poppenhagen Charlene Shepard Lynn Lifritz Liz Ginn Dee Ann Henry Janet M aag Lisa Guerrant Tylie Turner Carolyn Crews JoNel Dayen Joey Staton Emily Geilker Diana Nash Lori Greenfield Beth Dreyer Lori Andersen Tammy Mann Luanna Webb Amy Adams Roxanne Grant Elizabeth Bowers Jenny Lynn Wall Jennifer Opincarne Hilary Harrington Cynthia Shows
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Year T atler R e vu e Q ueen K W PB (for Walter Pope Binns, form er president). In 1981, the power increased to 240 watts. Program m ing included a mix o f adult contem po rary m usic with contem porary Christian m usic, news, sports, and a community calendar. In 1985, the call letters K W JC becam e available and at the sam e time the station switched from m ono to stereo. As an affiliate o f M orningstar, pro gram s are now broadcast twenty-four hours a day. T h e station looks forward to becom ing a digital m ultim edia telecom m unication service. In addition to announcing, students enjoy a variety o f positions including program m ing, m usic, sports, development, production, prom otion, and public affairs. Key faculty m em bers guiding the development o f the station have been Dr. G eorgia Bow m an and Dr. Philip T hom psen. Alum nus volunteer Everett T ruex announces many program s. Instructor Kelly M arsh brought new energy and expanded program ming to K W JC in 1997.
HOMECOMI NG ENLIVENS HILL In many ways, H om ecom ing is an alumni event-class reunions, an alumni bash sponsored by
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Virginia D. Rice, one of 5 queens Helen Early, one of 5 queens Virginia Hessel Margaret Ruth Lynn Virginia McNabb Madeline Parrott Audrey Adams Lucy Lee Truesdell Ruth Sword Shirley Vardeman Marilyn Ashley Eunice Todd Jean Beagle Alice Ann Gallagher Judith Borchers Beverly McCormick Gwen Moncrief Jam ie Dillmon Donna Radke Jean Winkler Dorothy Alice Luebeck Francine Coffey Pat Cadwallader Cara Rodenbach Linda Long Donna Holmes Claire Taylor Diane Isley Linda Hanks Judy Hall Esther Thornton
the board o f governors, tailgate parties before the gam e, and, increasingly, reunions for affinity groups
for students. Begun during post-D epression years,
including golfers, lawyers, nurses, athletes, m usi
H om ecom ing slowly built to all that it encom passes
cians, and Greeks.
today. In 1933, a parade with floats along with ban
But H om ecom ing has also been a special time
ners and Greek house decorations appeared. By
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Year H om eco m ing Q ueen Today, H om ecom ing is a busy time on the Hill:
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M ary Lynn Pinkerton Margaret Broaddus Dorothy Lowry Beverly Amery Jeanette Ormsby Helen Prince Betty Welker Penny Paynter Sally Miller Clara Jones Laura Tapp Polly Quick Jane Bainbridge & Shirley Landers Billie Page Jody Allen Judith Borchers Joan Sherrill Judith Taylor Sally Sue Boucher Joyce Allmon Francine Coffey Cynthia Hirni Sally Lackey Kaye Cokely Claire Taylor Judy Miller Linda Hanks Sue James Sue Ellen Williams Marcia Love Susie Williams
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M ary Fife Sally Adkisson Roberta Keen Linda Pace Beth Dunlop Jorine Butterfield Kathi Schirner Jenna Foster Dawn Webb Linda Rozenbaugh Dee Ann Henry Robba Addison Kathy Cummings Karen Isaac Dee Dee Jensen Jenny Maynard Sibby Bruere Jodi Jensen Lori Andersen Valerie Donnelly Stacy Hobelman Lori Orr Colleen Courtney Julie Engelhart M ary Frazier Nikki LaBeth Diane Zuo Lisa Pettijohn Heather Wiley Shauna Coffee Jill McCrea
the Stocksdale Com petition Q uad G am es, C am pus Sing, floats and banner contests, H om ecom ing con cert sponsored by the m usic departm ent, a grand parade through town, an open house at the President’s H om e, crowning o f the H om ecom ing queen, student open houses for alumni, and, o f course, the big gam e with exciting half-time enter tainment.
PERFORMING ARTS FLOURISH “Jewell Debaters Win H onors” T h e above debate headline from the 1960 Tatler reflects the outstanding quality o f forensics and debate over the years. T h e D ebating Society was established in 1851. M eetings were held in the college classroom o f the original Second Baptist Church o f Liberty and every m em ber was required to furnish a candle. In 1881, the Excelsior Society debated the question, “ Which exerts the greater influence on the happi ness o f mankind, the male or fem ale m ind?” In the 1890s, Jewell and Park College set up a debate program traveling between colleges on the train. In 1922, Pi K ap p a D elta, the national hon orary forensics fraternity, was established, and debate coach P. C aspar Harvey led team s to out
1934, there were pep speeches and the first victory over Baker in years. T h e first H om ecom ing queen
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was crowned in 1936.
standing national success. T h e 1930s saw William Jewell’s first direct con tact with Oxford University: a tight debate with
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After a successful debate trip to California, the 1941 debate team enjoyed the hospitality of film star Eddie Cantor, (from left) Audrey Adams, Madeline Parrott, P. Caspar Harvey, Cantor, and Harry Grassick.
Oxford enjoying a narrow win. From 1928 through 1930, Jewell pro duced three consecutive national winners in Pi K app a D elta com petitions: Alden Russell, national extem poraneous title; L ex K ing Souter, national oratorical title; and Charles
Students Embrace
Hackler, national extem poraneous title.
Theater
In 1947, G eorgia Bowm an becam e coach to
From m odest efforts by
students from many disciplines who em braced the
the literary societies during
opportunity to debate under her direction. By
the late 1800s and early 1900s, theater becam e
1949, Jewell had won her seventh national first in
firmly established at William Jewell in 1924 with
ten tournam ents and covered many miles in a gray
the advent o f the J.P. Fruit D ram atics C lub, under
Buick to achieve it.
the sponsorship o f John Phelps (D addy) Fruit.
Jewell debaters have rem ained faithful to this
G uided by Virginia D. Rice, whose forty-four-year
legacy o f success. On any given weekend, a van o f
tenure began in 1930, the William Jewell Players
Jewell students travels to intercollegiate debate
were born.
tournam ents where they com pete against an array
In 1932, the Beta Pi chapter o f Alpha Psi
o f colleges and universities. T he squad regularly fin
Om ega N ational H onorary D ram atic Fraternity
ishes in the Top 100 Sweepstakes ranking o f the
was established on cam pus with G eorgia Bowman
C ross Exam ination D ebate Association (the nation
as the first president.
al organization for collegiate debate) and has
1949 debate team, from left: A. C. MacKinney, Teri Voisey, Norma Ruth Rosendale, Suzie Clark, Joe Taylor, Kenneth Taylor, Wylla Ruth Decker, Judith Borchers, Ella Massey, Georgia Bowman, Dean Lewis, Mary Helen Kennedy, Henry McCanna.
Star perform ers in cam pus productions whose
received awards at ten o f the last fifteen national
interest in the arts has continued to im pact audi
tournam ents.
ences include the late M arlin (Jim) D avis o f
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“ D allas” fame,
which they play a m ajor role. For many senior
Richard
shows, the audition is open to all students.
H arrim an as Polonius in
Leads in the 1955 production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, directed by Virginia D. Rice, include Bill Jackson, Karyl Unruh, Dick Willoughby, Shirlee Wille, and Stewart Carson.
Music Program Holds High Note
M usic has enriched the Jewell cam pus from its
Hamlet, and D ick Brown as Creon
founding. Today, nearly 40 percent o f the student
in Antigone.
body participates in som e form o f m usical class,
Howard Jones,
ensem ble, or private instruction.
a technical set
O pportunities for instrumental ensembles
designer for cam pus productions, continues as a
include the Sym phonic Band, the Cham ber
highly acclaim ed creative scene designer.
Orchestra, the Flute Choir, the Jazz Band, the
In 1983, after decades o f perform ing in G ano
Percussion Ensem ble, the Cardinal B rass, and three
Chapel, students reveled in the facilities o f the new
Handbell Choirs. Vocal m usic opportunities include
G arnett M . Peters Theater.
the Cham ber Singers, Chapel Choir, Concert
Today, student theater perform ances include an all-cam pus fall and spring production as well as a senior show that they design and direct, and in
Choir, and the opera workshop. A W illiam Jewell orchestra was form ed in 1903; the William Jewell Band was perform ing by 1908, and the Glee Club by 1912. U nder the direc tion o f David G rosch, students in the late 1940s and early 1950s produced an elegantly staged series o f operas including Carmen,
Mignon, and Cavalier Rusticana. In 1952, the com bined m en’s and w om en’s glee clubs enjoyed their greatest year highlighted with a cast o f over one hun dred in a repeat perform ance o f the oratorio,
Elijah , first perform ed in the ’30s. E d L akin’s revival o f the M arching Band in the 1950s and early ’60s ensured enthusi astic band music at each home football game 1975 Concert Choir in performance under the leadership of Wes Forbis.
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as well as during the H om ecom ing parade.
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im portant, if uneven, role on cam pus. At times
departm ent provided the opportunity for greater
virtually inactive, the organization has periodically
student participation in the expanding choral activi
enjoyed resurgence as students have sought to par
ties. Since the m id-1960s, D on Brown has contin
ticipate in H om ecom ing and Tatler Revue.
with Chapel Choir and handbells. In 1971, the Liberty Symphony began under
Society enjoyed a m em bership o f 200 students. T h e year 1952 saw the society claim many hon
cians, including virtually all the string section o f
ors: First Lady, H om ecom ing
this outstanding group, are William Jewell students,
queen, second place in the
faculty, or alumni.
H om ecom ing float, and third in the Tatler Revue skit.
the C oncert Choir began an every-three-years tour
In 1970, the Independent
o f Scotland and England, where the choir has per
Society took first place with their
form ed in a variety o f venues, including many o f
Tatler Revue skit for the first
the great cathedrals, an expansion o f the overseas
time in twenty-two years. And in
tours introduced by Wes Forbis.
1978, A IS joined with B S A to
In 1997, the Cham ber Orchestra, under the
take first place in skit com petition as well as
direction o f Penny K ruse, was selected by a blind
Q ueen, Tyler Turner; First Princess and Best Talent,
audition tape as the first small college orchestra
Jane M cC rary; and Second Princess, Gwen
invited to perform before 3,000 M issouri M usic
D eLoach.
E ducators at their annual meeting.
From 1985 through 1989, A IS won first place in five consecutive Tatler Revue skit com petitions,
SPECIAL-PURPOSE GROUPS SERVE STUD ENTS’ NEEDS
black lights, and synthesizers.
AIS/NASA Connect Students
BSA Serves Special Roles
With over half o f the student body non-affiliat-
Dwells
In 1948-49, the Independent
director Phil Posey. Eighty percent o f the m usi
In 1985, under the direction o f Arnold Epley,
She
Affiliated Student Association) has played an
1960s and ’70s, dram atic growth in the m usic
ued increasing m usic perform ance opportunities
Hearts
in part for being the first to use rented backdrops,
Begun in 1970-71, the Black Student
ed, the Association o f Independent Students (also
Association is open to all students on cam pus. It
organized as the Independent Society and the N on-
encourages W illiam Jewell students to work toward
BSA members Shanice Watson, Fola Akande, and Dr. Cecilia Robinson use Black History Week 1993 to celebrate their heritage.
harmony in a world o f difference. In the early ’70s, H arum ba H ouse, the gather ing place, was opened in the lower level ofYates
sponsoring the Cutie Pan/Ugly M an (later, Studly M an) competition at H om ecom ing. M arvin Dixon has served as sponsor o f the group since 1966.
College Union. In 1996-97, the Center for Educational Diversity was established in the form er Oxford H ouse on E ast K an sas where it has becom e
Students Benefit from Mentoring
Begun in 1985 by Judy Rychlewski, director o f
a m eeting center for B S A as well as for other diver
career services, and alumni M ark Bredem eier,
sity events. A highlight o f B S A history was the 1978
Barney W illiams, and Sue Heath, the M entoring
sponsorship o f Ralph Abernathy on cam pus for
program team s students one-on-one with a profes
Black H istory Week.
sional in their chosen field. C om prising primarily alumni, but including
Big Sister Council Smoothed Entry
other local professionals, m entors typically meet
From the 1950s through the m id-’90s, each
with their students several times a year, often at the
entering freshm an woman was assigned a Big Sister
m entor’s place o f business. T his networking oppor
who introduced her to cam pus, participated in social
tunity has involved twenty to thirty students per
events with her, and kept in touch during the year.
sem ester with a total o f 365 mentees and 303 m en
M any strong ties remain from those relationships.
tors benefiting from the program .
APO Members Serve Campus
ADDITI ONAL FEATURES ENLIVEN CAMPUS LIFE
T h e Alpha M u chapter o f Alpha Phi Om ega (APO) began as a national honorary fraternity o f form er Boy Scouts com m itted to serving cam pus and community. T he Alpha M u chapter was
Sons of Rest
One early organization, Ye Sons o f Rest, has
installed in 1934 by H . Roe Bartle, national APO
continued to re-emerge over the years. Begun in the
president, Boy Scout executive, form er mayor o f
1890s by Dr. John Phelps (D addy) Fruit, beloved
K an sas City, and strong supporter ofW illiam
professor o f English and philosophy, a small group
Jewell. Activities have included serving as flag and
o f senior men claimed a day in the spring to loll on
banner bearers at all formal convocations, sponsor
cam pus and thus formalize their need to slack off.
ing a donkey basketball gam e to help raise money
R esting was strictly required in their fam ous yawn:
for the new m usic building, and through the 1980s,
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Raw-buck, Saw Buck Malum labor est. Live ever. Work never. Sons of Rest. Ah-h-h-men. One Tatler issue enjoyed identifying these cam pus leaders as Not honorary, but ornery. R A s an d R D s A ssist in D o r m s Before the 1970s, housem others and houseparents provided a sense o f in loco parentis to dorm life,
Try to avoid sitting at tables with jocks . ..Although
soothing hurts and offering advice. D uring that era,
the cooks intend that each person enjoy an adequate
women students had strict curfews and were
meal, receiving the community meat platter after
required to sign in and out.
hungry athletes serve themselves may turn you into an unwilling vegetarian ... Remember to dress up for
Changes have included the employment o f resi dent directors and the use o f trained resident assis
Wednesday night and Sunday noon meals—not only is it
tants prepared to deal with day-to-day student
required, it also offers an interesting opportunity to see
problem s. M em orable R D s have included Dr. and
and be seen in your best outfit... Stay on the good side
M rs. H .I. H ester, Steve Hemphill, G ary Phelps,
of the waiter assigned to your table—waiters have power
Jerry Hill, and D avid Fulk.
and have devised creative ways to reward or punish you
T h e 1970s and 1980s saw increasing use o f offcam pus honors houses along with flexibility in per
... Mind your manners; others are noting your sense of
mitting upper-class students to live off-cam pus.
etiquette. So, when someone requests the salt, pass the pepper also.
D in in g in N ew E ly an A d ven tu re
J-B e n c h Is E n d ow ed S e a t
Learning the appropriate way to survive the family-style m eals at tables o f eight in the New Ely D ining Hall m eant listening to the sage advice o f upper-class students:
1910 Sons of Rest contemplate life.
A gift o f President Herget in 1929 to honor his graduating class o f 1895, the J-Bench was located east o f G ano Chapel to provide easy access to cus tom ers o f the Co-op, then located in the basem ent o f Gano.
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Recollections o f such m ischief are often reported to the Alumni Office and often rem em bered with more detail than is merited.
The 1920s: Having honored the five-minute wait for a late professor, the G erm an students began to file out only to discover the professor leaning against the door visiting with a colleague. N o problem . T h e men quietly exited via a first-floor classroom window, gallantly assisting the lone female. 1923: An excited freshman with a new crystal set was testing his antenna, which dangled outside Since 1929, the J-Bench has been a Students find it a pleasant place to study or popular gathering spot on the . . . , * „ visit. Alum ni rem em ber earlier days when only Jewell campus.
another dorm room. T h ose occupants attached their antenna to his, hooked up a m icrophone, and
athletes wearing letter jackets were perm itted to sit
im pressed him with his range by providing a
there. Later, freshmen wearing their required bean
G erm an broadcast.
ies were denied access. Over the years, the J-Bench has also served as a rom antic m eeting place. Now it is fronted by the marble sculpture creat
T his ruse was so successful they followed it with an S O S call from the Cunard ship, Aquitania, complete with breaking waves sloshed in a bucket.
ed by Stanley Boxer, a 1978-79 gift from the stu
However, when the student breathlessly announced
dents ofW illiam Jewell through the College Union
that he was calling his father, a Cunard agent, to
Activities Board with assistance from G reg Wirt,
advise him o f the im pending tragedy, the wind went
project chairm an, and the M issouri Arts Council.
out o f their sails and they were forced to fess up.
Spencer C ourt, given by Helen Foresm an Spencer in 1981, shelters both the bench and the sculpture.
1930: Because guards were posted on Halloween to prevent such pranks, it was a day or two later that D addy Fruit arrived in his third-floor
Pranks Enliven Campus
In his 1993 Achievement D ay address, alumnus H elm ar N ielsen recom m ended em bracing a sense o f “ decent m ischief” as one o f the value-added lib erating arts one gains at a liberal arts institution.
classroom in Jewell Hall to find that a cow had somehow been assisted up the steps and awaited his lecture. 1946: President H arry S. T rum an was the com m encem ent speaker. U pon his arrival, a large con-
Deep Wi t hi n
Our
tingent o f students greeted him. To President
from the dining hall for late-night snacks, the m an
B in ns’ chagrin, many o f the men were strikingly
agem ent cut back on the num ber o f cartons sup
decked out with a cane and bow tie. In his address,
plied for meals. In protest, students borrowed a
T rum an graciously observed that with an equiva
horse boarded at the President’s H om e and led it
lent level o f determ ination and effort directed to
into the dining hall where it spent the night quar
the country’s problem s, they would largely disap
tered securely in a corner. Why a horse? “ Neither it
pear. H e returned in 1964 to a more refined wel
nor the dining hall gave milk.”
come.
E arly 1950s: Faculty convening their monthly confronted by the powerful odor o f steam ing lim-
proffered by m em bers o f his dorm by sledding
burger cheese. Anticipating their hasty departure
down the front hill on a cafeteria tray minus the
into the cold, dining hall waiters had turned o ff the
protective aid o f any clothing.
Late 1970s: In anticipation o f Old South week,
turned the radiators back on in the m idst o f the
the K ap p a Alpha fraternity m ounted an equestrian
meeting. U ndaunted, the faculty opened windows
parade with pride-of-the-South riders delivering
and continued their meeting.
invitations to the w om en’s dorm s. Uninvited play ers in the dram a, m em bers o f Lam bd a Chi Alpha
securely to his bed, gently lowered out the window,
fraternity dressed as U nion soldiers and, led by
and left to dangle between the second and third
Abraham Lincoln, met the Southerners in front o f
floors until he awakened the next m orning to the
Sem ple Hall and dem anded their surrender. Who
singing o f birds and the twittering o f am azed
won? It all depends on whom you ask.
passers-by. 1954: When the invited speaker failed to appear
1980s: For many years, the front hill o f the cam pus has been identified by The Kansas City Star
for the required chapel service, President Binns
as one o f the five best sledding spots in the city.
chose to read poetry, including his favorite The Bells
When D ean Nay, director o f the cafeteria for many
by E dgar Allen Poe. D uring his reading, a series o f
years, discovered that cafeteria trays were disap
hidden alarm clocks began to ring in remarkable
pearing rapidly on snowy days, he quietly m ade
synchrony with the repeated refrain “ Bells, bells,
the old and near-to-being-discarded trays very
bells, bells, bells, bells, and bells.”
visible, thus him self contributing to a spirit o f
1957: To diminish the quantities o f milk carried
Dwells
1960s: O f course, there were som e panty raids, student in the 1960s em braced a financial challenge
1953: A heavy sleeper in New Ely was tied
She
som e streaking, and an occasional mooning. One
luncheon m eeting in the New Ely dining hall were
radiators, sm eared the cheese over them, and then
Hearts
decent mischief.
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Deep
Within
U u r ti e a r t s o n e
u w e 11 s
E arly 1990s: One m orning the faculty received
dem ise o f Old Ely provided an open quad, gradua
a missive from Panaegis containing am azing gram
tion was celebrated out o f doors except for those
matical m isconstructions and great leaps o f ques
bad or uncertain days that resulted in a last-minute
tionable logic. Panaegis m embers were quick to send
move to G ano and later to the M abee Center.
out a disclaimer. T he perpetrators remain at large.
D uring the 1970s, to accom m odate family and friends, both baccalaureate and graduation were
Graduation: Finale and Reunion
M ay graduation launches seniors into the world
celebrated on Sunday. And in the early 1980s, the M abee Center was firmly established as the venue
and also offers a time for alumni to return, espe
for graduation with a processional contributing dig
cially those celebrating significant reunion years.
nity and dram a to the event. Today, the Caledonian
For many years, baccalaureate was held on
Bagpipe Band and APO flag bearers escort students
Sunday at Second Baptist Church while graduation
and faculty in a grand procession around the quad
occurred in G ano Chapel on M onday. When the
and down the hill to graduation. T his is also the day for the pinning ceremony for graduates o f the nursing department. T he graduating class, num bering in recent years at around 325, typically contains twenty-five to thirty Evening Division students. T h e all-time high for graduation occurred in 1989 when 356 students were graduated. As o f graduation 1997 slightly over 14,200 students have received a diplom a from William Jewell. Whatever the ceremony, the m essage is the sam e: William Jewell has educated', trained, and guided
you for four years. You have worked, struggled, and grown. You are prepared. Now go forth and make us proud. Deo Fisus Labora. ________________________________________________
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CHAP T E R
C A R D I N A L Cardinal
ATH LE TIC S
Te ams A r e
Warriors
by N orris Patterson
l/y illiam Jewell was founded in 1849 as a liberal arts college for men only. In 1917 the first women students were adm itted, and in 1921 the college
the construction o f a new gym nasium , and the encouragem ent o f team contests. Organized athletics were not a part o f college
officially becam e coeducational. D uring the first
life until after the Civil War, when there was a
fifty years, the enrollment did not exceed 200, and
national explosion o f interest in the various sports
athletics was a voluntary activity—indeed som ewhat
that until then had been conducted as “ town team ”
disorganized until the arrival o f President John
sports. In a general atm osphere o f rowdiness, gam-
Priest G reene in 1892. With the appointm ent o f Dr. Greene, William Jewell entered into an era o f curricular change and significant growth in facilities and resources. O f particular interest was the inclusion in 1894 o f two years o f physical education as a requirement for graduation. In the following year, William Jewell built the first separate building for physical educa tion west o f the M ississippi River. Dr. Greene, with a strong belief in the classical concept o f “ a strong mind in a strong body,” advo cated physical fitness as a fundam ental part o f a lib eral arts education. H e encouraged sports and gam es for his all-m en’s college. It was, perhaps, his earlier study at G erm an universities that influenced the inclusion o f physical education in the curriculum,
William Jewell’s first baseball team, 1883.
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The baseball team of 1899
bling, and excessive drinking, the contests often
fitness and athletic competition on the cam pus. He
ended in brawls. T h e post-Civil War college stu
was also the motivating force in building the first
dents were interested in athletic competition
gymnasium. A man o f vision, Professor Rothwell
between colleges, but m ost college
had studied in the G erm an University o f Strasburg
adm inistrators at that time were
and was a pioneer in making physical education an
adam antly opposed to athletic
im portant part o f the liberal arts curriculum at
activities on their cam puses; in fact,
Jewell. Rothwell becam e such a strong force in the
many colleges had rules forbidding
state o f M issouri that he was hired away from
such “ unintellectual” pursuits.
Jewell to be the director o f physical education for
One man,Y.P. Rothwell, the first
the newly developing program at the University o f
director o f physical education at
M issouri in Colum bia. In later years the gymnasium
William Jewell, was probably the
at the University was nam ed in his honor.
greatest single force in prom oting
T h e following pages give a chronological listing o f som e o f the im portant events in the 150 years o f athletics at William Jewell College. 1849-1883—There was no organized program o f athletics or physical education at the college. 1883—T he first organized athletic team appeared on cam pus in the form o f a baseball team arranged entirely by the players themselves. Several gam es were played against “ town team s” or high school teams. After one year, the team was discontinued. 1883-1888—There are no records o f any organ ized athletics on the cam pus during these five years. 1888—Jewell’s first football team was organized by students, led by M .D . Eubank, who was the cap tain and coach. Very little protective equipm ent existed, and the students furnished their own uni forms. T he first team included thirteen players; the m anager o f the team was Luther Greene for whom
Woman’s basketball team, 1920
Jewell’s football stadium , built in 1955, was nam ed.
Cardinal
Dr. Greene becam e a prom inent doctor in
was forced to cancel the season
Richm ond, M o., and M .D . Eubank went on to be a
after two gam es; basketball con
m edical m issionary to China.
tinued as the popular sport and
1888-1894—T here are no records o f organized athletics during this period.
highlighted the season with a win over the University o f K an sas,
1 8 9 4 -U nder the leadership o f the newly
whose team was coached by Dr.
appointed director o f physical culture, Younger P.
Jam es N aism ith, inventor o f the
Rothwell, athletics becam e a college-sponsored
gam e o f basketball.
activity, and physical education becam e a require ment for graduation as an im portant part o f the liberal arts curriculum. 1895-1896—Old Brown gym nasium was built at a cost o f $12,300. T his was the first separate gym
1903-1904—Financial prob lems were solved when the stu dents charged an activity fee for athletics which began clamoring for full-time coaches. 1904-1905—T h e first track team was organized
1896-1898—T he college fielded its first college-
and three tennis courts were built. Track and ten
sponsored football and baseball team s. T here was
nis team s were dem anding full recognition and
opposition by the faculty to such “ ungentlem anly”
financing as varsity sports supported from student
sports. However, with the support o f Y.R Rothwell
activity funds. 1905-1910—W.O. H am ilton was hired as the
by the adm inistration with the stipulation that they
first full-time basketball coach. Ham ilton later
be financed entirely by the students.
becam e athletic director at the University of
1898-1899—Jewell fielded teams in football,
K ansas. Following H am ilton, Alpha Brum m age
baseball, and, for the first time, basketball. Player
becam e head coach o f all athletics. U nder Coach
and Coach E .E . Kirkland led the basketball team.
Brum m age, Jewell becam e an athletic power as
Professor Rothwell left Jewell that year to becom e
football went 7-2 and basketball 10-3. L ed by Roy
the director o f physical education at the University
M artin, the football, basketball, and track team s
o f M issouri. A noteworthy achievement that year
excelled. U pon graduation, Roy played football
was a football victory over the University o f Kansas.
with the “ Canton B u lldogs” -the country’s first pro
1899-1903—T he popularity o f football, baseball, and basketball increased each year until financial problem s beset the program s. T he football team
William Jewell football team, 1899
provided funds for better equipm ent. T he students
nasium building in any college west o f the Mississippi.
and President Greene, both sports were approved
T e a m s A r e Wa r r i o r s
team , which becam e fam ous with the signing o f Jim T horpe. 1911-1912-Football was again attacked by the
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faculty as an “ ungentlemanly sport that should be abolished.” T he move to abolish football was led by Professor Charles D urden, a native o f Birm ingham , England, who sought to substitute soc!|,
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cer for football. T h e effort
cam pus to the football stadium and athletic fields is nam ed for “ D ad .” 1913-1914—T his was another banner year for Jewell athletics in the new athletic conference as the Cardinals won state cham pionships in football, baseball, and track and finished second in basketball.
failed and soccer was aban
1914-1918—T he next four years were am ong
doned after only one year.
the best in Jewell’s history. T he 1915 baseball team
1912—T his was a banner year in athletics as Jewell joined the M issouri Intercollegiate Athletic A ssociation (M IAA) com posed o f the follow ing colleges: Central College, D rury
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was undefeated; the track team began a string o f six consecutive cham pionships (C aptain “ Irish” Farrar set a state record in the 880 at 2.06); tennis team s won state cham pionships four consecutive years; baseball won state cham pionships four con secutive years (A .C . “ M ac” M cKinney set a nation al record by striking out twenty-five o f twenty-seven batters in a gam e against Tarkio. Later “ M ac”
College, Kirksville
struck out twenty-three batters in a no-hit game
N orm al, M issouri
against M aryville); and football was either first or
Valley, Springfield N orm al, Tarkio, Westminster, and William Jewell. With the form ation o f a conference, sports interest reached an all-time high.
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“ D a d ” Bowles. T he road that runs through the
second each year. 1917-1918—After the Cardinals won the football cham pionships in the fall, the rest o f the sports were canceled as many athletes joined the military in World War I. 1918-1919—With the war’s end and the service men home, “ D a d ” Bow les’ forces quickly returned
1912-1913—R .E . “ D a d ” Bowles becam e Jewell’s
to power as they won state cham pionships in bas
first full-time athletic director. D uring a career that
ketball, baseball, track, and tennis, and second in
lasted until 1947, “ D a d ” coached football, basket
football. M yers M ayberry becam e one o f only two
ball, baseball, track, and tennis. M uch o f Jewell’s
five-sport letter winners in Jewell’s history, earning
long athletic tradition was started and fostered by
letters in football, basketball, baseball, track, and
Cardinal
T e a m s A r e Wa r r i o r s
tennis. In addition, he was chosen all-state in football, basketball, and baseball. Probably the m ost exciting event in 1919 was the arrival o f women as full-time students. Shortly thereafter, a wom en’s basketball team was organized that lasted for two years. 1919-1920—State cham pionships were won in baseball and tennis. O .K . “ D im p ” Evans becam e the second athlete to earn five letters in one year. Coincidentally, both M yers M ayberry and “ D im p ” Evans were from Farm ington, Mo. 1920-1921—As the state colleges (Kirksville, Springfield, W arrensburg, and M aryville) grew to becom e m uch larger, the church-related colleges (William Jewell, M issouri Valley, Drury, Tarlcio, Westminster, and Central) form ed a new confer ence, the M issouri College Athletic Union (M C A U ). 1921-1924—Football and tennis team s were
and track coach. “ D a d ” Bowles continued with basketball and tennis. Old Brown G ym was
conference cham pions in 1921. Baseball was
destroyed by fire on January 30, 1928. C onstruc
dropped from the program . In 1924, as a result o f
tion started on new Brown G ym nasium in April.
student pressure, baseball was returned on a limited
T he students collected S I 0,000 toward the cost o f
budget, but after two years it was dropped again
the new gym.
until 1952. 1924-1925—In the first year in the M C A U , the
1928-1929—M arlin D avis, all-conference player and captain o f the football team , left school for a
Cardinals were conference cham pions in basketball
movie career under the nam e Jim D avis, later high
and tennis.
lighted by his role as “Jock ” Ewing in the T V pro
1926-1927—Coach Bill Collins, form er Liberty High School coach and M issouri Wesleyan coach,
gram “ D allas.” 1929-1930—New Brown G ym was dedicated in
joined the staff to assist “ D a d ” Bowles, who had
a gam e against the University o f M issouri; the
coached all sports since 1913.
University o f M issouri won 38-22. G o lf was added
1927-1928—Bill Collins becam e head football
Brown Gym
to the sports program for the first time.
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coach at M issouri Valley, becam e head football coach at Jewell. In his first three years at Jewell, he defeated M issouri Valley 7-6, 7-6, and 6-0. 1941-1945—World War II caused sharp curtail ment o f Jewell athletics. N avy pre-flight school took over the cam pus and the athletic program . 1946-1948—T h e end o f World War II brought a great influx o f veterans and a return to a full sports program . “ D ick” H arp, form er University o f
New Brown Gym
1930-1934—T he tennis cham pi
K an sas star, becam e head basketball coach, and
onship in 1933 was the only cham pi
J.E . “ Pat” Bradshaw becam e head football coach
onship during this four-year period.
and athletic director. “ D a d ” Bowles and Coach
Bill Collins resigned as head football coach and “ D a d ” Bowles resum ed his old position. 1934-1936—It was a sad year as H erm an “ Polly” G rant died in a swimming accident trying to save a friend from drowning. “ Polly” was one o f Jewell’s greatest all-time athletes. He
G odfriaux retired from coaching. 1948-1949—After two successful years, Coach D ick H arp left to becom e an assistant to “ Phog” Allen at the University o f K ansas. H arp was replaced by D on Farris, a star football and basket ball player o f the late ’30s. 1950-1951—Rookie coaches N orris Patterson
was all-conference for four years in football and
and Jim N elson cam e from Danville High School
lettered four years in track.
(111.) to assum e the football and basketball reins.
1935-1937—T he tennis team won the M C A U cham pionship for the sixth consec utive year in 1937; the 1936 football team won a conference co-cham pionship. In 1937, Jewell fielded one o f its greatest track team s as Frank Crane and Coulter Cunningham scored 24 points between them to win the conference meet. 1937-1940—Coach Henri G odfriaux, brother-in-law o f “ D a d ” Bowles and longtime
In winning the first football cham pionship in ten years, Jewell broke M issouri Valley’s fifty-five gam e conference winning streak with a 7-6 victory in a gam e played in the old K ansas City Blues Stadium . W restling was added to the Jewell sports program . 1951-1952—After thirty years, baseball was added to the sports program . T h e football team played in the Corn Bowl in Bloom ington, 111., where they lost to Lewis College 21-12. 1952-1953—Fred M errell set a N A IA record
Cardinal
(which still stands) with a 55-yard drop kick against
M ineral Water Bowl by a score o f
Ouichita College. A1 Conway was selected as
33-14. An interesting sidelight: T he
“ Little All-American,” the leading scorer am ong all
captain and quarterback o f the
colleges. H e gained 1,325 yards in 130 attem pts
H astings team was Tom O sborne,
and was the num ber one choice o f the Philadelphia
who becam e the long-time head
Eagles in the N F L draft.
coach o f the N ebraska Cornhuskers.
1953-1954—Jewell won conference cham pi
T he basketball team again won the
onships in football, baseball, and tennis, as baseball
cham pionship but lost to D rury in
becam e a conference sport. Cross-country was
district play.
added to the sports program for the first time. 1954-1955—T his was a banner year as the ketball, baseball, and track.
College o f Em poria. Darrel
1955-1956—A new concrete football stadium
Gourley, a successful coach from
was dedicated and nam ed for Dr. Luther Greene, a
Chillicothe High School, replaced
m ajor contributor and a m em ber o f Jewell’s first
Coach Short.
football team o f 1888. N orm an Short, a star ath
1959-1960—T h is was another winning year as
lete o f the 1940s, was nam ed head baseball coach.
the C ards were conference cham pions in football,
H is team won the M C A U cham pionship in his first
baseball, tennis, and cross-country. T he basketball
year at its helm.
team , after finishing second in the conference, won the N A IA national tournam ent. T h is, without a
tournam ent. T his occurred after winning the con
doubt, was the crowning achievement in C oach Jim
ference basketball cham pionship and defeating
N elso n ’s basketball coaching career. 1960-1961—T his period saw cham pionships in
second round. Coach N orm an Sh ort’s baseball
football, basketball, and tennis as well as the dedi
team , after winning the M C A U championship,
cation o f the new on-cam pus baseball field.
baseball tournam ent in Alpine, Texas. 1957-1958—T he Cardinal football team beat H astings C ollege’s undefeated football team in the
Alfred Conway was the leading scorer in the United States zuith 22 touchdowns and 1,325 yards gained rushing and 379 yards passing.
the district play-offs and went to the final four o f
advanced to the N A IA national m en’s basketball
earned an invitation to the first N A IA national
Wa r r i o r s
moved on to becom e head basket ball and baseball coach at the
Rockhurst in the district play-offs. Jewell lost in the
Are
1958-1959—N orm an Short
Cardinals were M C A U cham pions in football, bas
1956-1957—For the first time in history Jewell
Teams
1961-1962—Jewell fielded the m ost successful cross-country team in history, winning the confer ence and district and finishing fifth in the nationals. T he basketball team won the conference and m ade
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its third trip
Between matches on the m en’s team , Carlene also
to the
won the M issouri Valley wom en’s championship.
nationals in
Bill Sum m ers won All-American honors by jum p
an eight-
ing 6 ’9 3/4” to win first in the N A IA national meet.
year period. Baseball,
won in football, basketball, baseball, cross-country,
golf, and
and track. Ray Ritchey, senior kicking specialist,
tennis were
set an N A IA record when he kicked twenty-nine
also M C A U
consecutive extra points. H is four-year record was
The 1968 NAIA national baseball champions celebrate. cham pions. Dr. David M oore, the head o f the reli
forty-nine out o f fifty-one tries. M ike Scroggin set
gion departm ent, coached the first golf cham pi
a college and conference record in the shot put
onship in Jewell’s history.
with a throw o f 51 ’2 ” .
1962-1963—Fred Flook joined the staff as head
1965-1966—T he football team won its fourth
coach o f baseball and wrestling. Cham pionships
consecutive championship. C aptain M ike Scroggin
were won in tennis, track, football, baseball, cross
received the national scholar athlete award from the
country, and wrestling. Clem Buschm ann, junior
N ational Football Hall o f Fam e Foundation. Jack
halfback, set an N A IA record as he carried the ball
Patterson was the first Jewell baseball player selected
1,303 yards for an average o f ten yards per try. In
for the N A IA All-American first team. In addition,
addition, Buschm ann set new conference track
he was an all-conference football player and ranked
records: 9.7 the in 100-yard dash, 21.3 in 220,
second in the nation with a 48-yard punting average.
and 23.3 in the 220-yard hurdles. Bill “ PeeWee”
1966-1967—Soccer was added to the varsity
Sum m ers set a new high jum p record o f 6 ’9 1/2” .
sports program . Cham pionships included football,
Sw im m ing becam e a varsity sport coached by M ary
basketball, baseball, indoor track, and golf. T he
K inm an.
baseball team won the district and advanced to the
1963-1964—T h is was another exceptional year as Jewell won cham pionships in football, basketball,
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1964-1965—Conference cham pionships were
second round o f the national meet. 1967-1968—T his was also an outstanding year
baseball, track, golf, and cross-country. Dave
as the baseball team won the national cham pi
M oore’s golf team had its greatest year, winning
onship, the only national team cham pionship in
conference and district meets and qualifying for the
Jewell’s 150-year history. Furtherm ore, the football
national meet. Jewell m ade national history when
team was the first undefeated team in Jewell’s history,
female Carlene Basore joined the m en’s tennis team.
finishing with a 10-0-1 record, including a tie o f
Cardinal
T e a m s A r e Wa r r i o r s
The 1971 swim team placed eighteenth in the Nationals.
14-14 with D oane College in the M ineral Bowl. T h at sam e year saw the end o f the coaching career o f N orris Patterson. In eighteen years, football team s coached by Patterson and N elson am assed a record o f 131-34-8, including nine cham pionships, three co-cham pionships, and six second-place fin ishes. Jim N elson took over as head football coach and John H ickm an, form er Jewell star and AllAm erican, becam e head basketball coach. 1968-1969—N ew head football coach Jim N elson led the Cardinals to their seventh consecu tive football championship. T he baseball team won
where Roger G ench was nam ed All-
the M C A U cham pionship for the fifth time in six
Am erican by virtue o f a fifth-place finish.
years. They won the district but lost to St. C loud, M inn., in the area play-offs. 1969-1970—T h e 1969 football team enjoyed
1971-1972—After forty-five years the old M C A U conference gave way to a new league—the H eart o f Am erica Athletic
another outstanding year with a 9-1 record, the
Conference (H A A C )—com posed at the
eighth consecutive M C A U cham pionship, and
time o f William Jewell, M issouri Valley,
selection to the Am os Alonzo Stagg Bowl gam e in
Central M ethodist, Tarkio, G raceland,
Ohio, where the Cardinals lost a close gam e to the
Baker, Ottawa, and College o f Emporia.
Ohio cham pion, W ittenberg University. T h e base
For the second consecutive year,
ball team won its seventh cham pionship in eight
Jewell failed to win a conference
years plus the district and area cham pionships to
championship. However, the swim
advance again to the national tournam ent where
team enjoyed a 10-3 record.
they lost in the second round. 1970-1971—For the first time in fifteen years,
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1972-1973—T his period sig naled the arrival o f w om en’s sports
Jewell failed to win a conference cham pionship in
with full varsity standing. In the first year o f
any sport. However, swimming (which was not a
w om en’s sports, Jewell fielded team s in volleyball,
conference sport) did enjoy an exceptional year
swimming, basketball, and tennis. There were not
with a 9-2 record. C oach Larry H am ilton’s swim
yet championship competitions for women’s sports in
team entered the national meet in Clarion, Penn.,
the HAAC. T h e m en’s tennis team won the only
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cham pionship in m en’s sports. 1973-1974—T his was an out standing year for the Cardinal men as they won the conference
a full schedule in the newly form ed AIAW state competition. 1976-1977—Coach Darrel G ourley’s team s won
all-sports cham pionship plus the
the cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track
sportsm anship trophy; cham pi
cham pionships. Coach Fred F lo ok ’s baseball team
onships in football and baseball;
won the conference, district, and area tournam ent
second places in basketball, golf,
to advance to the national tournam ent for the sec
and tennis; and third in track.
ond year in a row. T he Jewell women participated
T he football team was 11-1,
in state AIAW competition in volleyball, field hock
including a M ineral Bowl victo
ey, basketball, swimming, and tennis, m aking cred
ry over St. M ary ’s and a loss to
itable showings in all sports.
Northw est Iowa in the N A IA Carlene Basore with men's varsity
qualify for the national meet. T he women enjoyed
1977-1978—Coach G ourley’s track team contin
play-offs. T he w om en’s program
ued to dom inate as they won cham pionships in
added field hockey, coached by
cross-country and indoor and outdoor track. T he
tennis team which elected her captain B arb M acke. Nationally the A ssociation o f
cross-country team went on to finish thirty-fifth in
Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was
the nationals. T he baseball team won the cham pi
organized to govern wom en’s athletics. T he m edia
onship for the seventh consecutive year. T h e m en’s
were still very slow in publicizing w om en’s sports.
basketball team bounced back to tie for the H A A C
1974-1975—T his was a “ Cinderella” year for the
title with G raceland. While the women did not win
m en’s basketball team as they won the H eart o f
championships, their numbers and quality continued
Am erica cham pionship and the district cham pi
to improve. In addition, the H AAC now sponsored
onship to qualify for the N A IA tournam ent where
competition in basketball, volleyball, and tennis.
they lost to N orfolk State in the first round.
1978-1979—Coach Jim N elson retired as head
W omen’s sports continued to prosper with better
football coach and was replaced by Stan M cGarvey.
equipm ent, better coaching, and improved budget.
N elson had coached football, basketball, track, and
1975-1976—T his was another banner year as the
tennis in a twenty-five-year period with great suc
men won five cham pionships out o f seven sports
cess in all sports. T he m en’s track, cross-country,
(basketball, baseball, track, tennis, and cross-coun
and baseball team s were again conference cham pi
try). Coach Fred Flook led the baseball team to a
ons. T h e w om en’s program added softball.
conference, district, and area cham pionship to
W omen’s athletics were making slow-but-sure
Cardinal
progress during the 1970s as the m en’s program
wom en’s program came alive, winning conference
grudgingly began to share money and facilities
cham pionships in volleyball, softball, and tennis
more equitably. While problem s at Jewell were
while the men were cham pions in football, basket
minimal, nationally a struggle was getting underway
ball, and baseball. In addition, the women won
as women sought better opportunities in athletics.
state cham pionships in basketball, tennis, and soft
1979-1980—T hese years saw construction o f
T e a m s A r e Wa r r i o r s
ball. D onna Brock set a four-year basketball scor
new baseball, softball, and soccer fields and the
ing record o f 2,013 points and was selected all-state
near-completion o f the new M abee Center, which
in both basketball and softball. T he football
m ade Jewell athletic facilities second-to-none in the M issouri-K ansas area. Cham pionships were won in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track, and the baseball team earned another trip to the national tournam ent. T he crowning per form ance o f the year was T im Sch m id’s winning first place in the 10,000 m eters at the N A IA national meet in Texas. T h e w om en’s program added track to its list o f varsity sports. Football enjoyed a good year with a 9-1 record and an invitation to the M oila Bowl in St. Joseph, where they lost to M issouri Western. 1980-1981—M en ’s cham pionships were won in football and baseball. T h e football team par ticipated in the N A IA play-offs, defeating Baker
Greene Stadium, built in 1955 and
in the first round and losing to W ilmington College
Cardinals, under first-year coach Vic Wallace, were
o f Ohio in the second round. David Cunningham
11-1 as they defeated Pacific Lutheran in the play
was chosen first team All-American as he rushed
offs before losing to Austin College in the semi-finals.
for a record 1,419 yards. T he w om en’s basketball
1982-1983—For the eighth time in Coach
team coached by Vic Schultz won the state AIAW
Flook’s twenty years as baseball coach, his team
cham pionship and advanced to the regionals in
was in the national tournam ent. Newly appointed
C edar R apids, Iowa.
Coach D arrel G ourley’s team won the m en’s golf
1981-1982—T h is was a notable year as the
named for Luther D. Greene
cham pionship (the first for Jewell in the H A A C ).
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For the second year in a row, the soccer team won the HAAC championship, 1984
Jew ell’s football
ball. Incidentally, the Cardinal baseball team
team reached
defeated both the University o f M issouri and the
its highest
University o f K ansas. T he Jewell women won
achievement as
cham pionships in cross-country, softball, and
they played for
indoor and outdoor track.
the national cham pionship against Linfield College. After
included soccer, basketball (third consecutive year),
defeating Sul-R oss, Texas, and N orthw est Iowa they
and baseball (nineteenth time in twenty years under
lost the final gam e 33-15. Cross-country, coached
Coach Fred Flook). T h e wom en’s basketball team
by Lee M inor, won both m en’s and w om en’s con
won its first cham pionship in the history o f the
ference cham pionships.
H A A C conference.
1983-1984-For the fourth consecutive year, the
1987-1988—After six successful years, H ead
Jewell football team m ade the N A IA play-offs, a
Football Coach Vic Wallace resigned to accept a
feat never before accom plished by an N A IA col
position at St. T h om as in St. Paul, M inn.; he was
lege. They defeated W ilmington College but lost to
replaced by Stan M cGarvey. T he basketball team
Northw est Iowa in the second round. “ Sco o p ”
enjoyed a great year winning the H A A C title and
Gillespie, four-year starter at Jewell, was drafted by
defeating Southwest Baptist, Rockhurst, and D rury
the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played one year.
to advance to the quarterfinals o f the nationals,
T h e men in soccer, cross-country, golf, and track
where they lost to Auburn-M ontgom ery in a very
won cham pionships. T h e women were cham pions
close gam e. Kim Rivers was selected to be a first
in swimming and cross-country.
team All-American, the first in Jewell’s history. T he
1984-1985—Cham pionships in m en’s sports
baseball team s were cham pions for the twentieth
were soccer, basketball, baseball, and indoor track.
time in twenty-one years. T he wom en’s basketball
T he w om en’s track team , led by senior Andrea
team becam e H A A C cham pions and their coach
Eddy, won the conference indoor m eet and was
Jim N elson was elected Coach o f the Year. T he
second in the outdoor meet. Andrea set seven new
wom en’s cross-country team was again H A A C
school records. K ay Kovar set a new record for
champions.
women when she lettered in four sports in the sam e
1988-1989—W omen’s basketball and m en’s golf
year (softball, volleyball, basketball, and track).
were the only conference cham pionships achieved
1985-1986—In m en’s sports, cham pionships
this year. T he year also marked the retirement o f
were won in football, basketball, track, and base
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1986-1987—Cham pionships in m en’s sports
N orris Patterson as departm ent chairman.
Cardinal
1989-1990—T he men were cham pions in cross
Teams
the conference tournam ent and a berth in the
district cham pions in tennis; the women were co
nationals, where they again reached the Final Four,
cham pions in basketball. M artha Jordan qualified
losing to Bethel (Indiana), the eventual champion.
for the nationals in swimming.
There were no conference championships in 1994-95. 1995-1996—For the third time in four years, the
football, basketball, and cross-country. Women were
Cardinal m en’s basketball team advanced to the
cham pions in basketball. T his year saw the intro
Final Four o f the national tournam ent. Coach
duction o f w om en’s soccer coached by Fred Flook.
Larry Holley was nam ed the N A IA Coach o f the
1991-1992—Jewell men won conference cham pi onships in football and basketball while the women
Year and Brook Russell was nam ed N A IA Division II Player o f the Year. R ussell’s honor was greater
won the basketball championship. T h e m en’s foot
than that o f any other athlete in Jewell history.
ball team won the district and qualified for the
Because o f R ussell’s remarkable career, the college
nationals, where they lost in the second round. T he
retired his num ber, an honor never before con
m en’s basketball team went to the quarterfinals in
ferred on a Jewell athlete.
the nationals. 1992-1993—T he m en’s basketball team reached
1996-1997—T he m en’s basketball team won the only cham pionship, which they shared with
the Final Four o f the national tournam ent in Idaho,
Evangel. T he team went on to finish again in the
where Weldon Stubbs was named to the All-American
Final Four o f the national meet. C had Jones was
team. T h e m en’s tennis team , under new coach
selected to the N A IA All-American squad. Sam
Randall M orris, won the district championship. In
Brown resigned as head football coach and was
m en’s track com petition, Brook Russell broke Clem
replaced by Jeff Floyd, ’79 and a star football and
B uschm an n’s long-jump record set in 1963.
track athlete for Jewell. One o f the biggest events
1993-1994—In term s o f win-loss, the 1993-94
o f the decade was the building o f a new state-of-
year was one o f the slim m est in the 100 years o f
the-art running track through the generosity of
Jewell athletics. T h e wom en’s cross-country team
G arnett M . Peters III, a prominent Liberty busi
won the only championship. They won the district
nessm an and longtime supporter o f Jewell athletics.
and finished twenty-fifth in the nationals. Brook
M r. Peters’ gift o f $250,000 plus contributions by
Russell broke Bill Sum m ers’ high-jump record by
a num ber o f form er Jewell athletes m ade this m ag
jum ping 6 ’ 10” .
nificent facility available for present and future
1994-1995—Although the Jewell m en’s basket
Wa r r i o r s
ball team finished second in the H A A C , they won
country, co-cham pions in golf, and conference and
1990-1991—M en ’s cham pionships were won in
Are
Jewell track events.
Brook Russell was named NAIA Division II Player of the Year in 1996.
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1997-1998—T h e m en’s basketball team , under C oach Larry Holley, again won the conference cham pionship and advanced to the national tour nam ent for the sixth time in seven years. In the past eleven years, Holley’s team s have been in the national tournam ent seven times and have advanced to the Final Four, four times in the past six years. As the 1998 academ ic year drew to a close, a m ajor initiative surfaced which prom ises to have a positive im pact on the future o f athlet ics at William Jewell. T h e board o f trustees
1998
SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE
approved a multi-year plan to upgrade coaching, facilities, and team opportunities for w om en’s sports. Additional funding has been proposed for women’s golf, as well as increases in the women’s coaching staff, scholarships, operating budgets, facilities, and support staff. With an ongoing com m itm ent to the development o f true scholar-athletes, the winning tradition at William Jewell will continue well into the next century. ________________________________________________
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CHA P T E R
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P R O G R A M College
Far
recall H erbert’s reply, which
hundreds o f events presented over more than three
was pointed and very m em o
decades o f the William Jewell College Fine Arts
rable. ‘They will,’ he said.
Program . But for the program ’s founder, Dr.
Her
by D. D ean D unham , Jr.
^7~here have been many highlights am ong the
“ I knew he was right. I
Richard H arrim an, one in particular stands out.
agreed to the fee, and the con
“ Luciano Pavarotti’s 1973 recital at William Jewell
tracts were signed. In the inter
was an event that alm ost failed to happen. From
vening year and a half, articles
the beginning the project faced a series o f obstacles.
about the new tenor began to
After I had heard him in an operatic perform ance
appear in m ajor m agazines,
as Rudolfo in L a Boheme, I knew I had to bring
records becam e available, and
him to K an sas City for a recital; but I soon discov
his spectacular singing in The
ered that he had no Am erican m anager, that there
Daughter of the Regiment at the
was no one to contact to try to arrange such a per
M etropolitan Opera attracted
form ance. It took many months o f fruitless inquiry
national attention. When the
before I finally m ade contact in 1971 with H erbert
week o f the recital arrived, I
Breslin, then his public relations representative,
was eager and excited about
later to becom e his manager. Herbert agreed to try
this exceptional event.
to persuade Luciano to prepare a recital program ,
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Luciano Pavarotti
“ T he recital was to be Thursday, February 1,
but then the next obstacle arose: the fee. Herbert
and Luciano was to fly to K an sas City on Tuesday
nam ed a figure for this new, unknown singer that
afternoon. Tuesday m orning I received a call from
was greater than the fees charged by the m ost
H erbert, ‘I d on ’t know if Luciano will be able to
fam ous tenors o f that time. ‘But no one has ever
perform on T hursday,’ he said. ‘H e has a terrible
heard o f Luciano Pavarotti,’ I protested. I still
cold and can’t sing at all now. H e had to cancel the
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Metropolitan last night. He won’t be flying
inflexible insistence on presenting only the best
to K an sas City today.’ ”
have created many other Am erican professional
Pavarotti did arrive on W ednesday and
Midori
did recover by Thursday. T h e story from
violinist M axim Vengerov and vocalists June
there is familiar: H e sang on the G ano
A nderson, Ileana C otrubas, Luciana Serra, Carol
Chapel stage; H e kept a large white hand
Vaness, T h om as Allen, Francisco Araiza, Sergei
kerchief in his left hand throughout the
Leiferkus, and Yevgeny Nesterenko. Cecilia Bartoli
evening, and the William Jewell audience
also counts William Jewell as the program on which
that night saw Luciano Pavarotti’s trade
she gave her professional recital debut here in the
mark symbol in use for the first time.
U nited States.
“ T h e recital was glorious, the audience
T h e story o f the William Jewell College Fine
was ecstatic ... at the time I thought we
Arts Program is the story o f Richard H arrim an’s
had heard his first Am erican recital; it
more than thirty-five years o f contribution to the
w asn’t until later that I learned it was his
arts education o f William Jewell students and to the
first professional recital anywhere,”
arts experience o f generations o f K an sas City audi
H arrim an said. H erbert Breslin was correct; audiences did hear
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recital debuts on the William Jewell program :
ences. It is at heart the story o f his remarkably developed taste and his dedication to excellence. William Jewell students who took classes with
o f him. And it was a proud
him as their classm ate in the early ’50s and who
and significant m om ent for
took classes from him as their English teacher are
Richard H arrim an, the
not astonished by his rem arkable knowledge o f the
man who had the rem ark
theater arts. N o r are his teachers, Virginia D. Rice
ably developed taste and
’28 and G eorgia B. Bowm an ’34. H e was a comic
prescience to persevere in
actor o f disarm ing finesse, an oral interpreter o f
bringing Luciano Pavarotti
expressive range and thoughtful depth, and a
to the William Jewell cam
teacher o f great effectiveness and popularity.
pus. In fact, he brought
Form er students rem em ber his Shakespeare classes
the great tenor to the
with clarity and fondness. They respected his
William Jewell College
authority and understanding o f dram a based on his
Fine Arts series four more
study, his professional education, and his interpre
times. T h at sam e taste and
tive and pedagogical talents. T rips to New York and
William
Jewell
London theaters several times each year put him in
Bloom , Julie H arris, Celeste
the audience for first productions o f the plays of
H olm , Sir M ichael Redgrave,
Eugene O ’Neill, Arthur M iller, Tennessee W illiams,
Jam es Whitmore, and others.
John Osborne, H arold Pinter, Tom Stoppard,
Far
Her
Fame
Is
Know n
Even his high school
Edw ard Albee, and A ugust W ilson, am ong others.
friends would not be aston
Students always knew they were in the presence o f
ished to know the results o f
one who had studied deeply the works by and the
Richard H arrim an’s lifetime
criticism o f Shakespeare, and who had seen all thir
o f experience in the musical
ty-seven o f the B ard ’s plays in professional produc
arts. A group o f his teenage
tion, m ost o f them many times over. He was a wit
classm ates and he m ade it a
ness; he professed the im portance o f the arts.
com m on source o f pleasure
And his knowledge o f plays, dram atic tradi
College
Arthur Miller
to attend presenters’ series in
tions, and the theater has informed the Fine Arts
K an sas City: the Town Hall
Program over its years, even though traveling the
and the Ruth Seufert series. They were
ater com panies are now alm ost a feature o f the
in the audience for many soloists and
past. Richard H arrim an has presented the N ew
groups and for the presentations o f bal
York-based Acting Com pany a dozen or more times
let com panies. H arrim an continued to
since 1975; the Guthrie Theatre five times during
pursue his love o f m usic and dance on
its touring phase; and the Royal Shakespeare
those trips to N ew York, London, and
Com pany, the Young Vic Com pany, and the
the Continent, mixing theater events
N ational Theatre o f G reat Britain many times while
with operas, recitals, concerts, and bal
they toured. William Jewell students saw their first
let perform ances on m ost trips. When
professionally acted Shakespeare, their first Ibsen,
he served in the U .S. Army after gradu
their first G eorge Bernard Shaw, and their first
ating from Jewell, he was
M am et on the series; for K an sas City audiences
stationed in W ashington, D .C ., and
many o f these sam e plays had not been available
m ade weekend trips to N ew York. In
before the Fine Arts Program brought them.
graduate school at Stanford University, he frequent
Theirs was the opportunity to hear Tom Stoppard,
ed arts events in San Francisco and other West
Edw ard Albee, Athol Fugard, Arthur Miller, and
C oast venues. H e started early, taken to events as a
Arthur K opit speak in person about their art. It
child and youth by his parents, and has continued
was also theirs to see perform ances by Claire
on his own throughout his life.
James Galway
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And again, it is an
Jessye Norman
Sir Michael Redgrave
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T h e list o f im portant artists also includes the
experienced and informed
m ezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, who was 23-years-
taste that shapes the high
old and still a “ rising young star” when she was
quality o f the Fine Arts
scheduled for her Am erican recital debut on the
Program ’s history and tra
Jewell series. H er appearance on the program is
dition o f bringing vocal
illustrative o f another feature o f Richard
ists, pianists, violinists,
H arrim an’s leadership. H e was, and rem ains,
and other instrum ental
determ ined that the Fine Arts Program s serve the
ists, cham ber groups, and
educational purposes o f William Jewell students.
world-standard-setting
In fact, not well known to many concertgoers is the
orchestras to Jewell stu
Education Series, which often parallels live per
dents and area audiences.
form ances. T his series brings m aster classes to the
T he list is remarkably
Jewell cam pus. Such opportunities—som etim es six
long, especially when one considers the
or seven in a year—have been exciting and valuable
repeat perform ances o f many artists:
to student perform ers and their teachers; they are
more than four dozen pianists, includ
the envy o f many m usic students throughout the
ing widely recognized nam es such as
m etropolitan area. Because o f his educational com
Jose Iturbi, Em anuel Ax, Philippe
m itment, H arrim an has always been open to sched
Entrem ont, Alicia de Larrocha, R udolf
uling artists just beginning their careers; indeed, his
Serkin, and Andre Watts; more than a
contacts in m usical m anagem ent organizations have
half-dozen cellists, including Yo-Yo M a
known that he wants to present debuts, in the tradi
and M stislav Rostropovich; two-dozen-
tion begun with the Pavarotti recital and continuing
plus violinists, including Yehudi
with that o f Cecilia Bartoli.
M enuhin, M idori, Itzhak Perlman, and
To maintain a high caliber o f program m ing, he
Isaac Stern; a good handful o f great flutists, includ
has had to continually increase his knowledge, just
ing Jam es Galway, Jean-Pierre R am pal, and Paula
as in a scholarly discipline one has to “ keep up.”
Robison; harpists; organists, and guitarists, includ
R eading The New York Times and Opera News
ing N ancy Allen, Virgil Fox, C arlos M ontoya, and
is but a small part o f his dedicated reading. He
Andres Segovia; and the Academ y o f St. M artin-in-
also listens to recordings and, o f course, attends
the-Fields, the Royal Philharmonic, and the
perform ances. H e first noted Bartoli in a
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Grammophone review o f her first com pact disc,
William
Jewell
College
Far
Her
F a m e Is
Known
not then available in the U nited States. Soon after., her m anagem ent sent him a prom otional tape, knowing o f his possible interest in scheduling her. Vengerov
Because o f his discernm ent, H arrim an did sign her and presented her in the 1990-91 program , another coup for W illiam Jewell students and the K ansas City audience. It was just one more instance o f his experience and knowledge in action. T he potential disadvantage o f his consistent achievement is that he will be taken for granted by the audiences who benefit by his leadership.
o f English cathedrals and o f Oxford
However, in a spirit o f service, Richard H arrim an is
colleges and the D avid Parsons D ance
not troubled by that risk. H e lets the program
Com pany know William Jewell, its student
speak for itself.
audiences, and its K an sas City patrons,
Because o f the program ’s virtues, William Jewell College is well known to m usicians across the
subscribers, and participants. T h e college, the program , and Richard
Western world. Leontyne Price loved singing in
H arrim an are also well known by arts
G ano Chapel for its com plim enting acoustics and
business agents, agencies, m anagem ent,
was on the series five times. M arilyn H orne m ade
and prom oters. T he business sense with
the program an im portant part o f nine o f her tours,
which H arrim an began the program was
and she has since included the Jewell series in her
clearly adept and savvy. Always quiet,
sponsorship o f young artists. M artin K atz, one o f
generally reserved, always courteous,
the very few at the top o f the list o f in-dem and col
always well inform ed, he has always been
laborating pianists, knows well Richard H arrim an,
firm in insisting on high quality, the best.
the m usic faculty at Jewell, and som e o f the col
H e negotiated with Sol H urok m anagem ent, with
lege’s students, so often has he been on the pro
Colum bia Artists, with IC M , and with Shaw. He
gram and m ade him self available to give m aster
worked out o f gum ption and self-assurance right
classes. Phillip G lass lectured in Peters T heater on
from the start; for exam ple, to associate with one
cam pus. T he m em bers o f the St. Louis Symphony
agency would have been an easy way to begin a
Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, and his successor fre
series, but it would provide a platform for only that
quently include Jewell in their season. T he choirs
agency’s artists. H e says the tem ptation “ never
Marilyn Horne
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Paul Taylor Dance Co.
occurred to m e.” Instead he chose to select each
H arrim an and D ean D unham elaborated their
artist and each year’s program one by one.
hopes into a proposal to the college administration;
According to H arrim an, “ I know which artists I
President H. G uy M oore caught the spirit o f the
want. I look at available lists. I weigh the offers on
dream and moved to support it.
phone contacts from m anagem ent, with many of which I’ve never done business.” As an English teacher who began the Fine Arts
T h e William Jewell College Fine Arts Program has becom e a K ansas City institution. It is accom panied and supported by a Fine Arts G uild, a
Program out o f educational ideals, he showed
Society o f Patrons, and a Second Generation
extraordinary business capabilities. T h e beginning,
organization. T he business and social leaders o f
appropriately enough, took place in Jewell Hall, in a
K an sas City and its region recognize William Jewell
tiny two-teacher office and during one o f those
m ost o f all through this program ; those leaders
conversations that took the m easure o f the distance
choose to com e to Fine Arts events, then to sup
between perceived reality and arching ideals.
port the program , and then to recognize William
William
Jewell
College
Far
Her
Fame
Is
Known
Kiri Te Kanawa
Jewell’s powerful im pact on the community. It is
And after all, the history o f
not lost on them that Richard H arrim an is a leader
the William Jewell College Fine
with whom they enjoy associating, and many well-
Arts Program , in its more than
connected audience m em bers have becom e person
three decades o f presenting fif
al acquaintances or close friends. Their lives have
teen, eighteen, twenty events each
been directly affected by what he and the William
year, has been the history o f suc
Jewell College Fine Arts Program have brought them.
cessive individual persons having
T he judgm ent with which Richard H arrim an
powerful m om ents—som e o f them
has guided the experiences o f so many, whether
peak lifetime experiences—o f illu
they be initiates or themselves thoroughly seasoned,
mination and even intense joy.
is the expression o f a lifetime o f learning and o f a
They rem em ber specific events
unique persona. It is a powerfully influencing
that m ade a difference in their
sensibility that has m ade and continues to make an
lives. T he Fine Arts Program is
im portant impact.
a m onum ental legacy.
T h ose in the William Jewell community who know Richard as a friend, colleague, teacher, and m entor know him as one who has shaped their William Jewell experience. H e gives much credit to his many staff m em bers, including Charlotte Apple, Janet Hill, Kathy D unn, Anna Roberts Buckner, Carol Croley, and Clark M orris. All acknowledge that they have been strongly affected, shaped, and educated by his leadership. M any students have had striking and significant realizations about the power o f the arts and about the power o f hum an expression. M any have learned profound hum an Itzhak Perlman
meanings. M any have learned about themselves and have been reinforced in following their own
Marcel Marceau
talents and, whether artists themselves or not, have nurtured their own possibilities. Emanuel Ax &Y 0 Y0 Ma
POSTSCRIPT
with him in Jewell Hall, I becam e involved in the project. We both worked hard to get the program
By Richard Harrim an
established, but I believe the greater effort was his. T he docum ent that articulated the vision o f the
Reading D ean D unham ’s chapter about the Fine Arts Program reminds me what a kind person he is. His description o f the program is very generous to
Richard Harriman
program was signed by both o f us, but was com posed by D ean. President M oore’s decision to create the Fine
me, but very m odest about his own contributions.
Arts Program coincided with D ean ’s decision to
The record should show that it was D ean ’s idea to
leave the college temporarily to do further graduate
create such a program at William Jewell College.
work. As a result I was appointed director o f the
Because I shared an English departm ent office
Fine Arts Program , and since then my life has never been the sam e. When D ean returned to the faculty four years later, he becam e my greatest source o f support and inspiration. His usual seat at the Folly T heater is directly behind mine, a pleasant reminder that the co-founder is always behind me, lending his counsel and encourage ment. H e rejoices with me in the program ’s successes and pretends not to notice the failures. I could not ask for a better colleague and friend.
American Ballet Theatre
Bolshoi Ballet
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C HA P T E R
WOMEN Bold
and
AT Brave
WILLIAM and
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JEWELL
True
by G eorgia Bowm an
/ \ lthough the Catalogue statement had been
The trustees of the college
terse and minimal, the announcem ent o f the adm is
have again decided to admit
sion o f women to William Jewell created ebullience
young women to the Collegiate
in the Septem ber, 1917, issue o f the Student. Read
Department without fully com
the 30-point headline:
mitting the institution to coed ucation.
G IR L S ! G IR L S ! G IR L S ! Our T im e H as C om e At L ast and They Are Now A bout the Hill
By the next year they had backed away from the whole idea, deciding to per
Actually, the ten young women who first
mit only those already
enrolled were not really on or o f the Hill yet. They
enrolled to continue, but
were assigned to an off-cam pus classroom known
adm itting no others.
as the Annex, under the chaperonage o f a “ M rs.
T h e Student continued
Swinney.” C lasses were held in that location, but
its enthusiastic support for
the girls o f necessity often climbed the hill for
coeducation; however, it
library and laboratory work and to attend their per
noted that by 1919 the
sonal ethics class taught by the college president,
wom en’s scholastic average
Dr. John Priest Greene.
was 96.07, that o f the men
T h e “ girls” quickly launched into cam pus activ ities—the newspaper staff and a basketball team.
First ten “Jewells” on the Hill
was 85.60. So women stayed, and the college grad ually undertook efforts to provide an official dormi
T h e trustees rem ained ambivalent. T he 1919
tory. M elrose Hall was financed by an anonymous
Catalogue read:
donor and built at a cost o f $75,000.
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15 o l a
ana
n ra ve ana
1 rue No danger of distraction in old Carnegie Library. Girls were segregated on the glass-brick floored balcony.
Lady o f the cam pus was changed to honor the m em ory o f M rs. Kresse. As the years passed, women took places in every area o f cam pus life. Beauty reigned in 1924 when the Tatler Revue showcased not one but five queens. Brains as well as beauty flourished with M ary M argaret Jesse as the first woman editor o f the Student and four other women, including her sister Ruth, on the staff. By 1926, six N one o f the first ten coeds was the first woman to be graduated. T h at distinction went to M rs.
Mrs. Leona Kresse-the first woman to graduate from William Jewell, 1920
Two sororities appeared in the ’20s: Iota P i-
Leona K resse ’20. M rs. K resse had earned credits
1919 (later moving into national Beta Sigm a
at Central M issouri State Teachers College (now
Om icron, which in turn merged in 1964 with Zeta
Central M issouri State University), and with her
T au Alpha) and T N T (1922), which went national
ministerial student husband enrolled with advance
as Alpha D elta Pi in 1949. Alpha G am m a D elta
standing. Keeping house, heading the new C oeds
arrived in 1946, and D elta Zeta in 1961.
Club, playing basketball, studying, and caring for
Soon other wom en’s organizations sprang up:
the couple’s small daughter were new challenges.
Sigm a Rho,YW A, Beta Lam bd a, and Panaegis.
In addition, M rs. K resse was the first woman stu
Sigm a R ho’s first eleven m em bers included young
dent assistant. As a senior she also taught a class in
women who were preparing for church or mission
freshman algebra.
work. T he Young W omen’s Association, a branch o f
H er connection with the college remained
the Southern Baptist Convention’s Young W omen’s
close. After graduation, as a teacher at H ardin High
Association, had the dual purpose o f m ission study
School, she encouraged a prize pupil, Wallace
and social activities. Beta Lam bda, a female biology
Hilton, who becam e nationally known in his work
society, later merged with the larger Beta Beta Beta.
as head o f the William Jewell physics departm ent.
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women were on the debate squad.
Enduring the longest am ong these was
M oreover, in 1933 M rs. K resse brought her daugh
Panaegis. Created in 1928 by Professor P. C aspar
ter, Estelle Anna, to enroll in the college. In the
Harvey, it was for half a century the m ost presti
m id-’90s, the title o f the senior honored as First
gious honor society on cam pus. Lim ited to seven
Bold
senior women, its aim was to elevate the status o f
and
Friday and Saturday evenings
these sam e purposes continue since Panaegis was
7:30-9:50p.m., on the night
received as the Panaegis Chapter o f M ortar Board
before any college holiday, and on
in 1978. Nationw ide, women lost their singularity
completion of their examinations.
in this honor group when government regulations T he G reat D epression curtailed the college in
M elrose Hall o f President
salaries were cut, and student help at 20 cents an
did not mitigate the rigidity of
hour perform ed m ost cam pus services. T hrough
those rules, which were a bone
the diligence o f President John F. Herget, the col
o f fem ale contention for years. From their
lege survived. So did women students, although
first arrival on cam pus, women had been rele
their social life was strictly circum scribed by the
gated for their studies to the glass-tile-floored
regulations o f M elrose Hall. T he printed booklet o f
balcony o f the library, and they learned biology
M elrose regulations in the early ’30s read thus:
in girls-only classes with a woman teacher.
Social functions on Sunday are to be avoided in
Women joined the faculty ranks in the
such a way as to make the day one of quiet dignity and
’20s and ’30s. First was M ary Elm ore, assis
worship. It is expected that all girls attend religious
tant to her professor father, Dr. J.C . Elm ore,
services sometime during the day.
chairm an o f the biology departm ent. N ext
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are
cam e Eleanor Burton, employed to teach
study nights. There will be no dating nor social functions
those segregated w om en’s biology classes.
in Melrose on these nights. During the months of September and October, April
Arriving fresh from a m aster’s degree at the
and May, girls are privileged to walk after dinner, pro
only a full courseload in the English departm ent,
vided they are in Melrose by study hour—7:30 p.m.
but also developed Jewell’s first and ongoing theater
University o f K an sas, Virginia D. Rice assum ed not
Virginia D. Rice developed the theater department. She taught at William Jewell forty-six years, the longest tenure of any faculty member.
program . Perhaps not insignificantly, her first pro
towns or cities for the day or part of the day, or go out
duction was Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, which dealt
for meals, without permission.
with the theme o f w om en’s em ancipation. M iss
provided permission is granted by the supervisor.
Mary Elmore- the first woman faculty member,
Even the residence in H erget’s niece, M argaret L ong,
Girls have the privilege of going home any weekend,
True
1928
many ways. Buildings went unrepaired, faculty
Girls are not permitted to leave town, go to nearby
and
Girls may receive callers on
women and provide service to the college. M uch o f
dictated that M ortar Board m ust adm it men.
Brave
Rice bears the honor o f teaching longevity am ong women faculty m em bers: 46 years. G eorgia
Ill
W illiam Jew ell women who served in W orld W ar I I
M adeline Parrott m ade an 1 1,000-mile trip through thirteen states, achieving distinguished records in both debate and individual events.
Jeanne Anderson, SPAR
Florence Knicke, Army nurse
Elizabeth E. Berge, WAC
M ary E. Kugler, WAVE
Annajane Burkhardt, WAVE
Jan e Quick, WAVE
Professor Harvey often declared that “ Any ‘F irst’ is
Kate Byrd, WAVE
M arie M. Tipton, Army nurse
good publicity.” By the time o f World War II there
Wilellen Capps, WAVE
Ann Tripp, WAC
were few cam pus “ F irsts” to be gained by women
R ada M ae Corrigan, WAVE
Ramona Tripp, WAC
students. In the absence o f men gone to war, how
Lillian M arie Crenshaw, Army nurse
Nellie Turner, WAC
ever, women dom inated alm ost every facet o f cam
Mildred Gash, WAVE
Helen VanDyke, WAC
pus life. In fact, Shirley Conkling and Juanita
M axine Hattaway, WAVE
M artha A. Morgan Walby, WAC
E dm ondson wanted to be ready to fight if neces
Ruth E. Hayes, WAC
M artha Witthaus, WAVE
sary and enrolled in a program to learn to fly spon
M artha Hoover, WAVE
L a Verne York, service not listed
sored by the Civil Aeronautics Association. Others
When he was director o f public relations,
sold war bonds and contributed to the Red Cross. Am ong the women not in direct military but in Because of the turmoil of the times, an accurate record of women who actually went to war is probably incomplete, but this list is compiled from reports in the college Alumni Bulletin.
Bow m an, com m unication, and Olive T h om as, biol
allied services were Eunice Wagner and M ildred
ogy, held forth with 4 0 1/2 and 38 years, respectively.
M ason (later administrative assistant to Senator
D uring the thirties, student publications
Henry Jackson), Red C ross; Dorothy Phillips,
showed an ever-increasing num ber o f women in
recreational director, Army Air Force; M ildred
responsible roles: Tatler editors were Lucille Hall
Stoeltzing, civilian engineering aide in airborne
(Chiles) and N elda G reen; the Student staff list read
radio at Wright Field, D ayton; and Dorothy Woods,
like the m em bership o f the two sororities. D ebate
civilian departm ent head for visual aids at the U .S.
circles were equally invaded. Pi K ap p a D elta, the
Com m and and General Staff College, Leavenworth.
national forensics society, had a m em bership o f six women and nine men. M ary Belle Burch and
and students thinned. However, administrative
G eorgia Bow m an team ed to win a state debate
planning provided som e com pensation for the loss
championship. Both later taught at the college.
o f male students. T he Navy awarded the college a
M ary Belle and team m ate G race Prewitt, under
contract for a Naval Flight Preparatory School.
forensics director P. C aspar Harvey, traveled coast
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As the war widened, the ranks o f male faculty
Contingents o f cadets moved in and out for
to coast on the longest trip ever taken by a wom en’s
three months o f preflight training. T h ese men were
team. A few years later, Audri A dam s and
quartered in M elrose H all, so the girls were moved
Bold
into the nearly empty fraternity houses, and the
a dollar a m onth—every year from the time o f her
rem aining fraternity men were housed in N ew Ely.
first teaching job until shortly before her death.
T he President’s H om e becam e Colonial H ouse;
and
Active as an undergraduate, she earned an M .A.
Arlington H all; and Phi G am m a D elta H ouse,
from the University o f M issouri Colum bia, a Ph.D.
Harm ony Hall. T h e last cadets left in 1945, and
from C olum bia University, and a professional
cam pus life began to return to normal.
D iplom a o f D ean o f Women. As a dean she worked University o f Arkansas, Little Rock. In a busy
at Jewell becam e internationally known in Baptist
schedule she also found time to serve as the first
circles as executive secretary o f the W om en’s
woman president o f the William Jewell Alumni
M issio n ary U n io n o f the So u th ern B a p tist
Association, 1971-1973.
degree o f hum anities by the college. T h e next dean o f women, M iss Catherine
In the post-war years the Student noted variously that Carrie E. Sprague had becom e a doctor in Bingham ton, N.Y.; that Lucy Herget, daughter o f
Bates, faced the perennial complaint about wom en’s
President Herget, was elected to Panaegis and
hours with at least a partial solution. In late 1950
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
the good news was that juniors and seniors would
She later becam e a businesswom an in Cincinnati.
have midnight privileges Friday and Saturday
M ary Louise and Elizabeth Derwacter, daughters
nights, and men would be allowed to visit in the
o f Registrar F.M . Derwacter, left their perm anent
M elrose lounge each evening. (The general reaction
mark on the college as successive editors o f the
was “ Big d eal!-H u h !” )
Tatler. T he 1948-49 centennial edition by Elizabeth
Som e young women are leaders as undergradu
won an All-American rating. Paivi Ahonen came
ates; others becom e leaders as they enter profes
from Finland so fluent in English she was selected
sions. One o f these was Frances Lindsay. Who but
co-editor o f the Student her sophom ore year. She
a m athem atics teacher could budget a $75-a-m onth
returned to Finland, earned an advanced degree,
salary so as to make a monthly contribution to her
and becam e a high school English teacher.
alma mater? When in m id-D epression Dr. Herget
Tr u e
at both the University o f Oklahoma and the
appeared: M iss Alma H unt, who after her years
Convention. In 1958 she was awarded an honorary
and
Dorothy T ruex was never a shy little violet.
Sigm a N u H ouse, Hilltop H ouse; K .A . H ouse,
With peacetim e, a new dean o f women
Brave
A name appearing often in the campus newspaper
wrote a letter to alumni asking them to contribute
was that o f pretty little M yra Lane: Sigm a Tau
one dollar a month, Frances Lindsay responded,
D elta secretary, winner o f poetry awards, president
and had a record o f contributions—much more than
o f Alpha G am m a D elta and Panhellenic, forensics
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Com m ittee and from time to time a teacher in the English departm ent. In yet another field, M ary Jo Sm ith, biology m ajor, debater, and a queen o f the Am erican Royal, found that a doctorate from the University o f Tennessee and co-authorship o f num erous scientific studies have led to a rewarding career in cancer research. T h e law is well represented by Linda French. After a busy four undergraduate years she graduated from law school, served as vice president and general counsel for Payless Cashways, then moved to the First members of Panaegis, 1928
faculty ofW illiam Jewell. As a volunteer for the squad, English assistant, Who’s Who, Panaegis, lead
Red C ross, she is now an honorary life m em ber o f
in the senior play. Arm ed with an M .A . and a
that service organization.
Ph.D ., M yra Lane U nger returned to the college and retired in 1996 after thirty-six years o f teaching in the English departm ent with em phasis on
graduates. From the departm ent o f m usic came
wom en’s studies.
Rosem ary Harrell Jackson. Both actress and vocal
T he name o f a student who works twenty hours
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D epartm ents that emphasize activities and per form ance have produced a series o f outstanding
ist, she sang in the Starlight Theatre chorus in
a week as a telephone operator and more hours as a
K an sas City. T his was a forerunner to a successful
psychology assistant does not appear often in the
professional career including teaching at D rury
social items o f a cam pus paper. So it was with Dr.
College. Another m usic m ajor was Suzanne Wolfe.
N eita Frohm uth. She starred academically, however:
Singing professionally in M ilan, Italy, she m arried
D ean ’s L ist for four years, Phi Epsilon, M .A . from
and chose to continue her career there. Cindy
H arvard, and Ph.D. from the University o f
Shepherd, or with proper dignity, Dr. Cynthia
M issouri, K an sas City. N eita Frohm uth Geilker,
Shepherd, becam e professor o f m usic at Howard
wife o f physics departm ent chairm an Dr. D on
Payne University. N ot to be confused with her is
Geilker, has her own enterprise in business com
Charleen Shepard, who has continued to charm
munication. She has remained closely associated
with her lovely voice as she teaches at Friends
with the college as an officer o f the W oman’s
University.
Both men and women instructors have helped develop the talents o f students in every departm ent. In the m usic departm ent, Dr. Pauline Riddle has been a role m odel for more than twenty-five years. As director o f keyboard studies, she wrote four fulllength organ study books as well as a series for the keyboard magazine o f the Southern Baptist Convention. She has been vice president o f the Educational Division o f the Southern Baptist M usic Conference and dean o f the K an sas City chapter o f the Am erica G uild o f Organists. Starting as a m odest effort in 1970, the nursing departm ent has grown from ten students and two instructors to a departm ent that in the m id-’90s
Helen Kennedy, and Linda Ehrsam and from
had graduated 584 (nineteen men) state-qualified
debate team s like Rose Ellen Clark and Wylla Ruth
nurses. U nder the leadership o f Dr. Jeanne
D ecker; Joyce Parr and M ary Jo Sm ith; Anita
Johnson, twenty-four years on the staff, the fully
M cPike and N orm a Ruth R osendale; Aloah Burke
accredited departm ent has a remarkably high per
and Ann Faubion; G eorgia Pearson and Cindy
centage-90 to 100 percent-of success in student
Hoover; and Linda Hopkins and Stephanie Teeter.
certification by the state nursing board. T h is fact,
As Title IX took effect, more opportunities for
along with dem anding instruction by such teachers
women opened in athletics. Leading the way was
as Dr. Ruth Edw ards, has m ade William Jewell
Carlene Basore, first woman m em ber o f the J Club.
nurses popular with area hospitals. A long list o f
A state high school tennis cham pion, she was the
significant honors marks Dr. Edw ards as an out
M issouri Valley Collegiate champion. H er playing
standing educator.
in the N A IA m en’s divisions brought male protests,
Women are often charged with talking too
Llttle Women D,ama
but she played and won nevertheless, and m ade the
much. T h e departm ent o f com m unication has pro
D ean ’s List all four years, besides. Another star, a
duced women speakers who are logical, organized,
swimmer, soon arrived. Christie Freem an won
and professionally com petent. Trophies in both
awards in France, England, and Australia, and the
wom en’s and open competition have com e to ora
w om en’s water ski slalom in France. Well into the
tors and debaters like Ruth Ellen Halter, M ary
‘90s another woman m ade the J C lub, D onna
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Brock. She won awards in swimming, but her
W illiam Jew ell women who served as foreign and home m issionaries
greater interest was in basketball, where she was a team mainstay for her entire college career.
Doris Jean Gibson Bellington
Miriam Lou Misner
Lisa Bohannon
Shirley Ann Nowlin Peach
Mildred Ruth Sleekier Brown
Barbara Dee Warren Peterson
scores o f women m issionaries, m inisters, and
M ary Ruth Carney
Wanda Lyvonne Ponder
church-related workers. Ordained ministers include
Bonnie Troop Costa
Amy Jo Perdew Purl
Connie Andress Stinson, Patricia Stuart Jacobs,
Ona Belle Cox Beverly June Stephens Curp Heather Duncan
M ary Jones Quick
M arty M atthews Barr, Jo Ellen Witt; Dr. Judith
From the departm ent o f religion have come
Patricia Reed
C raig (one o f three women bishops o f the U nited
Nona Tremain Renfrow
M ethodist Church) Ruth Ann Stark Sm ith and
Elma Elam
Marcia Lynne Jones Richardson
Betty June W inston Smith (Christian Church), and
Marie Sadler Eudaly
Dorris Ann Fuson Robinson
Betty Stone, (Congregational Church).
Doris Hauk Fowler
Wanda Mae Beckham Schweer
Marjorie Royston Fuller
Darlyne Horner Sears
administrative dem ands to publish or perish,
Janet Harvey Graves
June Tinsley Seat
women faculty m em bers have achieved significance
Shirley Kay Butler Hamer
Jessie Settle
in their fields at local and national levels.
Eunice Listrom Harvey
Helen Mitchell Sherer
Ruth Everley Hayes
Linda Susan Shrimpton Springate
ment, received three college honors in a single year:
Alice June Leavitt Hurst
Shea Strassberger
Advisor o f the Year, the Faculty Developm ent
Barbara Ramona Smith Hurst
Leona Marie Walker Troop
Award, and the Carl F. Willard Distinguished
Elizabeth Ruth Qualls Justl
Diana Sue Wolfe Wade
Teaching Award. T hese were but the culmination
Katya Karathanas
Thelma Edna Williams
o f a long list o f grants, honors, and accom plish
M arian Louise Kammler Leftwich
Glenda Ruth Burk Wolfe
ments in previous years. D uring two sabbaticals
Vickie Tapp Malott
Sheryl Woods
her specialized studies centered on neurobiology
Helen Iola McClellan Manoogian
Charlotte Worley
and m olecular biology. At the college she has com
Em ployed to teach, and unencum bered by
Dr. Judith D ilts, chair o f the biology depart
puterized the biology departm ent and developed a program o f undergraduate research. With National Science Foundation grants and the N orthland Excellence in Teaching Award, she has still found time to look out into her community. She instigated and organized the popular Liberty Recycling Program.
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Bold
T hree H um anities Council grants, three faculty
and
home was Lutie Chiles. T he
Bureau, eight cam pus literary program s featuring
Jackson County native taught
African-American writers, youth leadership work
first in rural schools, then in the
shop on “ Preparing to L ead in a M ulti-Cultural
K an sas City area. With an M .A .
World” -these are but a few o f the activities o f Dr.
from Colum bia University and
Cecelia Robinson, English professor. She also has
further training at Northwestern
developed a m ajor project, the Pens Across the
University, she becam e director
M etroplex Pen Pal program . T his activity, with
o f elementary education at
A T & T corporate support, links urban and subur
William Jewell. She originated Elem entary
ban elementary students across econom ic, geo
Education Day, which annually brought up to 400
graphical, and racial ethnic lines in a letter
elementary teachers to the cam pus for conferences
exchange. M ore than 10,000 children have partici
and lectures. After retirement, she m ade two trips
pated. T h e end o f the year get-together unites as
to A m m an, Jordan, as a lay volunteer m issionary
many as 3,000 o f them in a day o f fun and celebra
teacher. For years she m anaged both the children’s
M any Jewell alum nae have traveled far from easily have m ade their mark in New York or
done a good part o f the work.”
T he nightingale voice o f Helen Early could have
Irene L a Frenz stayed on home ground, too. Irene From an, a 1924 graduate, was prom inent on the cam pus when young women were few.
led her to a professional singing career. Instead, she
M arrying Vern L a Frenz, college m athem atics pro
opted to remain in Liberty as a businessw om an. As
fessor, she too taught m athem atics, at Liberty High
an undergraduate she belonged to every vocal
School. H er husband said, “ She sent me good stu
group on cam pus. Thereafter she shared her talents
dents.” She was also a strong contributor to the
freely, and was a m em ber o f the Second Baptist
activities o f her church and college organizations.
Church choir for seventy-three years; other church
Helen Early receiving her Citation for Achievement
and adult libraries o f the Second Baptist Church. so long I can’t rem em ber, but Irene L a Frenz has
to speak, and should be classed as “ H om e Stars.”
True
Asked how many years, she m odestly replied, “ Oh,
Liberty in their professions. But som e who might California have stayed “ right here in River City,” so
and
Also reaching out from
papers, scholar lecturer for the Am erican Speakers’
tion on the William Jewell cam pus.
Brave
Lutie Chiles ’ leadership in the elementary education department brought national recognition to William Jewell.
Christine Griffey Pugh stayed at home, m arry
work, officership in the D aughters o f the Am erican
ing history professor U .R. Pugh. H er twenty-four
Revolution, and m em bership on the Alumni Board
years at Liberty High School were not limited to
o f G overnors are am ong her activities.
teaching English. H er form er students know she
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was one o f the best. H er good friends call her
Soroptim ist International o f Liberty, an elder o f
“ M rs. President,” the professional office holder.
the Presbyterian Church, William Jewell’s M rs.
She has been president o f the Fortnightly Study
Alum na, and an Achievement D ay honoree.
C lub, Am erican Association o f University Women,
Vivian Green O ’Dell, like Lucile Davis, followed
Baptist Women and W omen’s M issionary U nion in
the business route. The Liberty Shopper News, under
Liberty, D elta K ap p a G am m a, and the K an sas City
her m anagem ent, began as a small free-distribution
Browning Society. Work on several state boards has
publication and grew to becom e a m ajor newspaper
not kept her from serving on the Liberty cemetery
in Liberty. Her civic involvement includes service to
and library boards and on college alumni committees.
the Liberty Cham ber o f Com m erce, as a leader in
Lucile Hall Davis em erged as a prominent
helping establish a Liberty sister-city link with
Liberty businessw om an when few women were
Diekirch, Luxem bourg, as the Soroptimist Club
found at m anagerial levels. She owned the Lucile
president, and as a sponsor o f a new Northland
Davis Shop, an exclusive store for w om en’s wear.
Soroptimist Club. Immediately upon retirement she
Active in civic affairs, she worked on city boards
enlisted in the Peace Corps for a two-year stint teach
and com m issions, was a six-term director o f the
ing small business management in Lesotho, Africa.
Liberty Cham ber o f Com m erce, president o f
Although not a native o f Liberty, Juarenne M oore H ester has stayed here and m ade notable contributions to the community. After busy under graduate years, this 1956 graduate earned a gradu ate degree from the University o f M issouri at K an sas City and taught in both the public schools and at William Jewell. Now retired, she has been general chair o f the Sesquicentennial Committee. Previously she has served as president o f the Liberty H ospital Board, as a m em ber o f the Liberty City Council, o f the A ssistance League, P.E.O., D aughters o f the Am erican Revolution, and William Jewell Alumni Association. Perhaps her m ost challenging and successful activity came as
Women's basketball team, 1919
chair o f a bond and levy cam paign for Liberty public schools.
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Bold
and
Brave
and
True
Becky Speaker D em psey m ust have felt quite at home when she entered William Jewell, whose alumni involved her aunt and both o f her parents. Becky’s triple fields o f activity involved extensive church work, service to the college, and dram a. A talented character actress, she is a cast m em ber and officer o f the Liberty Com m unity Theatre. Who would think o f an art teacher concerning
Anita Gorman
herself with the entire athletic program o f a college? T h at is N ancy Chrism an Jones, a latecom er am ong women “ firsts.” As a m em ber o f the alumni board o f governors, she chaired or co-chaired its athletic commission for six years. This group has rejuvenated alumni interest in the athletic program and devel oped an alumni athlete “ parenting” program . N ancy Jones has contributed hundreds o f hours on college phone-athons and in locating lost alumni through com puter search. T he spring o f 1977 saw the election o f Anita M cPike G orm an as the second woman president o f the alumni association. L ess than twenty years later, she was selected as a m em ber o f the board o f trustees. In those intervening years this K an sas City N orthland citizen has led million-dollar cam paigns for civic and m ajor service projects. One o f her m ost challenging tasks was, as chair o f the K an sas City parks and recreation board, leading the successful cam paign for a $50 million upgrade o f the K an sas City Zoo. She has been called the “ fountain lady,” because o f her prom otion o f fountains in the K an sas City area. One particular
Audri Adams and Madeline Parrott travel 11,000 miles on a debate trip and are interviewed on NBC.
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Citations for Achievem ent Ms. Ruth Weyand
Miss Helen Cairnes Early
Mrs. M ary Lou Manring Chapman
Dr. Georgia Bowman
Mrs. Dorothy Ray White
Mrs. Jacqueline Williamson Hollis
Dr. M ary Elmore Sauer
Mrs. Rosemary Harrell Jackson
Dr. Judith Craig
Dr. Dorothy A. Truex
Miss Virginia Dougherty
Mrs. Aloah Burke Kincaid
Mrs. M ary Margaret Jessee Mayfield
Mrs. Ruth Jessee Strange
Dr. Carol Rowland Hogue
Mrs. Virginia Stuart Ditzen
Miss Alice Ann Biggerstaff
Mrs. Marilyn Chandler Barth
Mrs. Ora Gaunce Thornberry
Dr. Carol Ann Reece
Mrs. Clara Jones Lowry
Mrs. Lucille Hall Chiles
Dr. Joyce Parr Schaie
Mrs. Linda J. French
Mrs. Verlia Short Russell
Mrs. Francine Coffey Morin
Dr. Linda Ehrsam Voigts
Mrs. Eleanor Burton Harding
Dr. M ary Jo Smith Evans
Miss Joyce E. Shriver
Mrs. Margaret Davidson Lee
Mrs. Esther Tateishi Sato
Mrs. Marie Duff Stewart
Dr. Carrie Sprague
Mrs. Zena Payne Page
Mrs. Nancy Warren Fuchs
Miss Everley Hayes
Mrs. Dorcas Hauk Fowler
Mrs. Patsy Ruth Beltzer
Mrs. Cyrena Morris Tucker
Dr. Charlotte Potter Darnell
Mrs. Deborah DeLong
Mrs. Elva Allen Stokes
Mrs. Anita McPike Gorman
Miss Wanda L. Ponder
Mrs. Lucile Hall Davis
Mrs. Augusta E. Hayes Mrs. Irene Simon Thomas
Dr. Constance Burkhardt Nelson
Dr. Gladys Ward Ritchie
Mrs. Diane Betts Adams
Mrs. Mildred Halferty Bland
Dr. Lois Schille Eikleberry
Ms. Shirley Williams
Mrs. Ramona Tripp Livingston
Miss Lutie Chiles, special citation
Mrs. Karen McGuigan
Dr. Rita Dossey Ryan
Mrs. Jeannie Freeman Maddox
Ms. Dorothy Sword
Dr. Edna M ae Mitchell Steiner
fountain area has been nam ed Anita G orm an Park
be m entioned here. T h e list o f those who have offi
in her honor. She has served as com m issioner o f
cially received Citations for Achievement represent
the M issouri D epartm ent o f Conservation and as a
the wealth o f talent and accom plishm ents o f
board m em ber o f the Salvation Army. H er awards
William Jewell women.
and citations num ber more than a dozen.
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Other outstanding women by the dozen could
M any influences bear on young people as they emerge to adulthood-som e are individuals, som e
Bold
and
are groups. Often students never realize what
H er assistant, M rs. Pat Dillon, rem ains after thirty-
forces have had a part in shaping their thinking or
nine years as o f 1998, a wealth o f knowledge and
providing unseen support or stabilizing their envi
helpfulness to students in the registrar’s office.
ronment.
quented by students, but when one appears, the
m ean much to the sm ooth functioning o f college
greeter was for many years M rs. Joan Lawrence.
life. M iss Opal Carlin, librarian for thirty-five years,
For thirty-three years the
dream ed o f a new facility. She saw the demolition
myriad details o f the busi
o f old Carnegie Library and planned the transfer,
ness o f four college presi
by 450 students, o f 90,000 volumes from the old to
dents have passed through
the new building. With the opening o f Curry
her flexible hands—E.W.
Library, w om en’s library segregation was gone for
H olzapfel, T h om as S.
ever, but M iss Carlin did not live to know that. She
Field, J. G ordon Kingsley,
died before the 1965 dedication.
andW. Christian Sizemore.
“ C am pus h ostess” describes M rs. G ladys
Equally efficient in arrang
D avidson. For ten years she and husband Ralph
ing administrative affairs is
were houseparents at the m en’s dormitory. After
M rs. N ancy Sherrick.
Mr. D avidson’s death, “ Davey” becam e house
Acting as a bulwark for
mother successively for Arlington H all, T N T , and
twenty-six years against
Beta Sigm a Omicron. When all the sororities moved
students dem anding to see
into Sem ple H all, she was appointed hostess at
the academ ic dean at once
Yates College U nion, and a gracious one she was as
is M rs. Ardi Sharp. M rs.
she completed thirty-seven years of college affiliation.
Ruth Turnage in the student affairs and adm issions
voice o f M rs. M abel Lozier, helpful switchboard operator for seventeen years, plus another nine as
and
True
T he college president’s office is not often fre
Aside from actual instructors, staff m em bers
M em orable to many students was the cheerful
Brave
offices has helped guide several generations o f stu
Joan Lawrence, Jewell’s “Ambassador” to the President’s office, with Dr. Sizemore, 1997
dents into the college. For years, housem others were the ones who
efficient mail clerk. And there was M rs. D eola
sent coeds back to their room s for boots and coats
Gairrett, registrar for thirty-two years. In the early
in bad weather, who frowned and chided at
days o f somewhat cum bersom e com puter service
unseemly noises, and who gave out dem erits for
she once noted that she could issue grade reports
rule infractions. M any have come and gone. Four
by hand faster than the early com puter could do it.
particularly popular housem others retired the sam e
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year, 1953. T hey were M rs.
Alma H unt, Dr. Catherine Bates, M rs. Dorothy
A.G . Byrns, M rs. Frank
Patterson, and M iss Johnnie H um an. T hen, no
Fristoe, M rs. G race Stanley,
more. Women deans gave way to on overall dean o f
and M iss M ary Mitchell.
students.
Carolyne G eer Hester,
Carolyne Geer Hester
along with husband Dr. H .I.
much thought to who keeps the cam pus running.
Hester, chairm an o f the reli
Many women are behind the scenes, largely unknown
gion departm ent, presided over
personally to the men and coeds whose dorm s and
M elrose Hall as houseparents.
classroom s they clean, and whose m eals they serve,
From M rs. H ester, a girl
and who plant the flowers that brighten the campus.
learned to be a lady. N o girl
W ithout the housekeepers, food service staff, and
dared to use loud or boisterous
grou n dsk eepers, the college just w ould not work.
language or run through a cor
Ex-officio friends behind the scenes include
ridor. N o girl might appear in
Betty Shouse ’48, who found her career in the
the dining room in robe or
K an sas City Public Library. M ore im portant to
bedroom slippers or hair
William Jewell have been her many financial contri
curlers. One cam e to meals
butions, always geared to student improvement.
properly dressed. At each long
Involved in the life o f the college for many o f
table, covered with a white cloth, girls took turns as
her more than ninety-nine years was M rs. Florence
hostesses, passing the bowls o f food prepared by
Bowles. O f Belgian descent, she becam e the
mistress-of-the-kitchen, M rs. Elsie Keller—“ M a.”
charm ing bride o f young football coach R .E.
Lights out at midnight (controlled from a central
Bowles. Active in church work and Faculty Wives,
switch). And woe unto the girl whose bed was
she reared five children. All are William Jewell
unm ade or whose “ secret” coal oil lamp was not
graduates, as are two daughters-in-law and two
hidden in a closet on M onday m orning room
grandsons. Im pacting strongly on students has
inspection.
been her son, Dr. Richard P. Bowles, for many
G one long before the nineties were such rules, and so, too, were motherly housem others, replaced
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While they are in school, students may not give
years the college physician and a m em ber o f the board o f trustees.
by young resident directors. However, deans o f
N o prizes were awarded to her when in 1963
women abided for many years. T h e list includes
M rs. J.L . Downing was the oldest person ever to
M iss Ruth Lindsey, M iss Ruth M cD aniel, M iss
earn a degree at the college. T h is she accom plished
Bold
after a career as a m issionary in Brazil. Three women who never attended William
and
Kim zey D avis (C olorado W omen’s College), wife o f
adequate library, laboratory, and dorm itory facili
physics Professor John D avis, was sponsor o f T N T
ties. Two items were lacking—a dean o f women and
sorority, and continued after its affiliation with
a full athletic program for women. T h ese deficien
Alpha D elta Pi. When she died in 1967 she left a
cies were rem edied with the appointm ent o f M iss
son, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a grandson and
Ruth Lindsey as dean o f women in 1936, and
his wife, and two granddaughters as Jewell alums.
employment o f M iss Lois Wisler in 1941 as the full time director o f girls’ physical education. As individuals can have large influence on peo
M rs. M iriam Derwacter (Vassar). Dr. Derwacter
ple and events, so can individuals when they are
taught G reek and was the college registrar. T he
allied in groups.
couple had as one o f their projects the sponsorship
At the time o f World War I, faculty wives found
o f Phi Epsilon, the local equivalent o f Phi Beta
a place for themselves in the Faculty Wives Club
K appa. M rs. Derwacter also sponsored Sigm a Rho.
under the leadership o f the college president’s wife,
With the haunting m usic o f her parents’ native
M rs. John Priest Greene. Ultimately, the group
Russia in her soul, Victoria Unruh Harvey (Fort
evolved into the W omen’s Auxiliary, which included
Hays State College) was a poet whose words sang.
both faculty wives and women faculty mem bers.
N o t at all overpowered by the strong personality o f
Women o f the secretarial staff organized
her husband, P. C aspar Harvey, English professor,
C O R E -C o llege Office Related Em ployees (as one
forensics coach, alumni secretary, and public rela
m em ber laughingly explained, “ We didn’t want the
tions director, she had a career in writing all her
word ‘w om an’ in the title because som e day the
own. It was as the faithful sponsor o f Iota Pi, then
adm inistration might hire a male postal clerk or
Beta Sigm a Om icron, then Zeta Tau Alpha, that she
som ething.” ). T his ongoing group holds monthly
left her lasting im pression on the many young stu
luncheon meetings and workshops and has pu b
dents who loved her. In addition, the Harvey home
lished and marketed two cookbooks.
was for years the regular meeting place o f Sigm a Tau D elta literary society. T hese three women, along with other college and university graduates in Liberty, carried on a
True
lege by the Am erican Association o f University Women. M ost qualifications had been met, such as
ties, especially the M others’ and Alumnae Clubs, was
and
persistent effort to obtain accreditation for the col
Jewell also had a profound influence. M rs. Sylvia
Working closely with M rs. Davis on T N T activi
Brave
One day in 1965 several women were enjoying coffee at the home o f M rs. Polly Quick Bowles. “ We ought to have som e kind o f a women gradu ates organization on the Hill,” som eone remarked.
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T h at was the beginning o f the W oman’s
N o t a faculty mem ber, not an advisor, not a
Com m ittee, form ed to provide service, enhance
group m em ber, and never a student, one other
cam pus appearance, and foster interest in the col
woman deserves final mention. H er last name all
lege. First president was M rs. Polly Bowles (always
but forgotten, she was always known as “ Aunt
a leader, she was First Lady o f the cam pus her sen
Kitty.” She presided over Vardeman D ining Hall in
ior year). Other founding m em bers were Louella
the 1890s. At the door she rang the bell for meals
Reppert, M arilyn Halferty, Dixie Pollard, Irene
and chided those who cam e late. She brandished
T h om as, Elise Cooper, N orm a Ruth Guilfoil,
her rolling pin at the boys who teased her, ruled
Carole Johnson, M ary L o u Chapm an, and Gertrude
over the young men who cut 300 slices o f her
Bell. M ajor projects have included annual w om en’s
bread for every meal, and bossed the “ preacher
scholarships and gifts o f cultural and artistic acqui
boys” who waited tables. Sm all, wiry, and energetic,
sitions. M em bership includes alum nae, m others o f
queen o f her kitchen, Aunt Kitty was William
students, and women friends o f the college.
Jewell’s “ First Lady.”
CHA P T E R
GREEK Loyalty,
10
LIFE Allegiance,
Alma
Mater
True 1978 homecoming float
by John T ruex and K it T ruex M air
yVjTemories o f alm ost 128 years (1871-1999) o f
Christmas caroling ... writing a
life as a G reek at William Jewell conjure up many
Tatler Revue sk it... practice for
nostalgic m om ents o f various activities in which
Tatler Revue ... winning Tatler
sororities and fraternities engage during the year.
Revue ( or not) ... Tatler Revue
Such a listing is form idable by any standard and
Queens ... Pan-Hellenic ... Inter
would include (but is not limited to):
fraternity Council... Greek Sing
...summer rush parties ... preschool return to cam
Competition ... Quad Games I & I I ... CUA Activities Fair ...
pus and preparation for rush week ... house and meet
date dashes ... snowball fights ...
ing room spruce-up ... rush week parties and presenta tion ... “hot boxes ” with rushees ... legacies ... bids for
picnic dinners ... conviviums ... White Rose Form al...
new pledges ... silent period ... Pledge Day ... Greek ral
week ... Killarney B a ll... Cow Chip Bingo ... Ronald
lies on the square ... formal pledging ... pledge duties ...
McDonald ... Special Olympics ... Hay daze ... Black
pledge parties for the actives ... “Hell Week ” (no longer
Diamond B a ll... Tahiti Sweetie ... Gay Nineties Party
in vogue) ... initiation to active status ... solemn rituals
... Battle of the Bands ... intramural football... softball
... intramural athletics ... Homecoming floats and house
... basketball... graduation activities ... tearful good
decorations ... open houses and chili suppers ... informal
byes ... alumni dinners ... class reunions ... at five-ten-
Founder’s Day ... Fiji Weekend ... Old South ... Crown
dances at the house ... pinnings and serenades ... study
twenty-five-fifty years-even sixty and seventy years-
sessions ... Chapter GPA ... Pledge Fathers ... Big
when sorority sisters and fraternity brothers return and
Sisters ... Little Sisters ... Fall formals ... bridge games
... remember when!!
... chess games ... Hearts ... phone-a-thon competition ... car washes ... picnics ... trick or treating ... charita ble projects at Thanksgiving and Christmas ...
1977 Homecoming Queen, Dee Ann Henry
And this listing—as incomplete as you alone will recall—includes no time set aside for classes, library,
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chapel, eating, sleeping, dating, studying, or any o f the other necessities o f life at William Jewell! But these activities help bind together a
With the m eager resources o f both students and facilities one can be assured that this society was an extracurricular activity. It was spawned by natural competitiveness for both excellence and freedom
group o f individuals into a strong force o f good
from classroom discipline, organized by students
for each other and for themselves. T he friendships
but carefully guided and supported by the faculty.
m ade last a lifetime as letters, phone calls, and get-
In reasonably short order, a com peting group,
togethers forge an even tighter bond o f fraternal
the “ Excelsiors,” was form ed in 1857—no doubt by
love with each contact. And now the emergence o f
a num ber o f dissident students who were not invit
the Internet and e-mail opens up an even greater
ed to becom e Philomathians. Both o f these groups
opportunity to stay in touch over the years.
had mottoes, colors, flowers and mascots. Naturally, com petition becam e keen between the two groups—
FRATERNITIES
both for m em bers and in the fields o f oratory, debate, readings and music. In essence, they were
T h e earliest Am erican society bearing a G reek letter nam e was Phi Beta K ap p a, founded in D ecem ber 1776 at the College o f W illiam and
literary societies that helped improve the speaking and presentation skills o f many students and aided a great num ber o f ministerial students in the art
Mary. T h is had been preceded by a society o f
o f pulpiteering. Each group had a meeting room,
somewhat uncertain nature called T he Flat H at,
ornately furnished, on the third floor o f Jewell Hall
which saw birth in 1750. While that first fraternity
and convened on Friday evenings with reasonable
(BK) had all the characteristics o f a present-day
em phasis on social functions so that female com
chapter, it becam e, in about 1820, a school honor
panions might be invited.
society—focusing on scholarship. C om m on interests and secret societies have prevailed throughout history, and so it was not unusual that the men o f W illiam Jewell would organize groups for both scholarly and social purposes. T h e earliest group on the Hill was a literary
T hese two organizations generated the basic thrust o f school spirit along with the obvious benefits o f public speaking. Both o f these groups rem ained active until the early 1920s but gradually dw indled in m em bers and influence as other cam pus groups becam e formalized. Som e o f these other organizations included D er D eutsche K lub,
society called the “ Philom athians” founded in
J C lub, Buttinskies, K een Spitters, Quo Vadis,
1853, four years after classes were first begun.
Square and C om pass, state and city clubs and, o f
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
course, the senior elite Sons o f Rest. At William Jewell College the fraternity system
fraternities, when properly organized and conducted. They were determ ined to becom e a chapter o f
was brought to the cam pus from the University
som e college fraternity and bring into practical
o f M issouri about 1871. One o f the six charter
operation “ the ideals which they had conceived.”
m em bers was J.C . Arm strong ’74, who later
T h u s on January 20, 1887, a charter was granted
becam e college librarian and was known as “ Ole
by K ap p a Alpha Order to Alpha D elta chapter.
Pussyfoot” (probably because he enforced the
While som e accounts indicate that “ the Phi G am s
separate study areas for men from women). Zeta
entertained the K A s at a banquet which was
Phi was a secret society o f an exclusive nature, with
returned in kind,” other accounts suggest that
each m em ber given a name o f a great man o f the
“ T he Fijis instantly accused the initiative o f this
past, (e.g., “ Francis Bacon,” “ Carlyle,” “ M irabeau,”
chapter ... and rivalry between the two orders
“ D israeli,” “ Bunyan,” etc.). Since this was the only
becam e intense. For a girl to date a m em ber o f
organization o f this type on cam pus, the chapter
K ap p a Alpha m eant that her name was immediately
grew and em braced generally the best students.
taken from the Fiji invitation list.” N ow there were
M eanwhile, the founder o f Zeta Phi, Professor
two national fraternities on the Hill. T h e third national fraternity, Sigm a N u , had its
o f expanding his fraternity but he soon becam e
origin from a local club known as the PheYodhs,
more interested in getting his two chapters o f Zeta
Hebrew letters for “ F J,” which form ed the initial
Phi to be taken in as chapters o f a national, Phi
letters o f the fraternity motto. T he PheYodhs existed
G am m a D elta. T his occurred on April 24, 1886.
for a year, 1892-93, and then form ed a resolve to
T he national office perm itted the Jewell Chapter
affiliate with Sigm a N u , which had three chapters
to becom e Zeta Phi o f Phi G am m a D elta, thus
in M issouri—at the University o f M issouri, M issouri
becom ing the first fraternity o f note to emerge at
Valley College, and Central College (currently
William Jewell.
Central M ethodist College). So in a private dining
A bout this time there was a “ loose” organiza
room o f the historic C oates H ouse in K an sas City
tion o f non-fraternity men known as the “ Invincible
on January 6, 1894, Beta X i chapter o f Sigm a N u
Twenty-Three,” whose avowed purpose was antago
was chartered at William Jewell College.
nistic to the existence o f G reek letter fraternities in
True
tem, cam e to the conclusion that there was good in
probably began with the Zeta Phi fraternity, which
Oren Root o f the University o f M issouri, thought
Mater
In 1897 a fourth fraternity was established on
the college (i.e. Phi G am m a D elta). N ine o f these
the Hill, that o f K appa Sigm a, Alpha Omega chapter.
men, after closer study o f the college fraternity sys
T h is was the first chapter to be established in
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Phi Gamma Delta Chapter house, 1948-
M issouri. K app a Sigm a left the cam pus during the
o f ministerial students in the student body. In the
G reat D epression in 1936 and has not been rechar
fall o f 1915, the m ajor portion o f the inhabitants
tered. Nonetheless, we include their forty-year his
on New Ely (Third Floor West found themselves
tory because o f the num ber o f
bound by a community o f interests. M oved by no
men who becam e affiliated and
loftier purpose than a feeling o f fellowship and fra-
their im portance in the early
ternalism, the nine men founded a secret society
years o f this century.
“ Zeta C h i” and for two years existed sub rosa. They
Four national fraternities
held regular meetings, pledged and initiated men
rem ained for eighteen years,
and, for all intents and purposes, were a fraternity,
all during the presidency o f
housed on Third West, decorated in blue and
beloved President John Priest
white. By 1917, they had grown to a mem bership
Greene. Jewell was still an all
o f thirty-one, had developed a constitution and
men’s school with a large number
complete ritual and em blem s, and on Friday, April 13, 1917, they petitioned the faculty to be recog nized as a social fraternity. T his request was granted a week later and the official stam p o f approval by the college acknowledged the fifth fraternity—albeit a “ local” organization. T his situation—five fraterni ties—rem ained until 1936 when K app a Sigm a lost its charter. T hen in 1942, after several possible affiliations with national fraternities had been pursued, Zeta C h i’s gained acceptance by Lam bda Chi Alpha. Interestingly, Zeta Chi came into exis tence while the country was engaged in World War I (1917) and L am bda Chi Alpha during World War II (1942). One might have thought this a m ost unlikely occurrence since many o f the men were going into military service. And so this brief synoptic history outlines the
Fiji brothers on bid day, 1997
beginnings o f fraternities at William Jewell College. Since then these five fine organizations have collec-
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Loyalty3 Allegiance,
tively initiated more than 6,075 men who have an
mystery to its doings ... no one ever got into the
added connection to their loyalty to William Jewell
secret order who did not have a high standard
C ollege—a special bond o f brotherhood that has
morally and also a good scholastic record ... no one
grown stronger over the years.
seem ed to know who, when, or where they met,
Alma
Mater
True
what they did or were trying to do.” Perusal o f the Phi Gam m a Delta
Phi G am m a D elta was founded in April, 1848,
William Jewell Student from 1881 to 1887 shows only minimal reference to any activities o f Zeta Phi,
at Jefferson College in C anonsburg, Pa. T he badge,
although this publication was primarily literary in
known as the founder’s badge, is lozenge shaped,
content.
black with a white star above the G reek letters Phi G am m a D elta. T h e color is royal purple; the flower is the purple clematis. T he pledge pin is a white
Phi Gam m a Delta- Zeta Phi Chapter
In the m id-1880s both the University o f
five-pointed star. T he flag is rectangular in shape
M issouri and William Jewell Chapters o f Zeta Phi
with a white star in the upper right-hand corner
were considering petitioning larger national frater
o f the royal purple background which displays the
nities. T he University o f M issouri (Alpha) chapter
fraternity’s Greek letters. International headquarters
joined Beta T heta Pi and Sigm a joined Phi G am m a
are in Lexington, Ky.
Delta. Both asked to use the name o f Zeta Phi as the chapter designation. Both requests were approved,
Zeta Phi
thus perpetuating the old pioneer fraternity.
As stated earlier in the Prologue, the Zeta Phi
T he Phi G am m a D elta charter at William Jewell
fraternity was the first social fraternity established
was granted on April 24, 1886, followed by a formal
at William Jewell College. T his (Sigm a Chapter)
installation on M ay 29 in Excelsior Hall. There
was a branch o f the mother chapter at the University
were fifteen charter m em bers o f this, the fifty-fourth
o f M issouri and was chartered in N ovem ber, 1871,
chapter o f Phi G am m a Delta.
with six charter members. T he chapter was installed
T h e first meeting hall rented downtown burned
at the Arthur H ouse Hotel on the southeast corner
about a month later. Other locations were rented
o f the “ square” —considered at that time to be the
on the square and in town for the next few years
finest hotel west o f the M ississippi. Accounts o f the
until the first home owned by the chapter was pur
meetings o f Zeta Phi include: “ Our meetings were
chased in 1913, located at 203 E ast M ississippi
held in such vacant room s as we could find, and
Street. T h at house served the fraternity well except
usually in darkness ... it was surrounded with a
for two brief periods, one o f renovation in 1934-35
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following the great Liberty fire o f A ugust 10, 1934,
ated with the Tatler Revue, which was founded by
and the other following the use by Jewell women
Lowell Ditzen ’33. For nearly forty years o f skits at
during World War II. In 1948 the form er K appa
Tatler Revue the Fijis used a dance line o f brothers
Sigm a residence on South Leonard Street was
a la “ the Rockettes” and in so doing received more
acquired. It housed the fraternity while plans were
than their share o f top awards at Tatler Revue prim a
com pleted for a move to the new fraternity com plex
rily under the alumni supervision o f Ray Barr ’33.
on cam pus.
“ Fiji Week” evolved from the older initiation “ Hell Week” with its hazing and pranks. T his week now becam e a focus on the history o f the fraternity and chapter and the responsibilities o f an active member. Special em phasis was placed on local social projects to help the disadvantaged. Since Phi G am m a D elta was the first fraternity on the Hill, the early days saw an extra num ber o f achievements in various areas o f the m en’s college. At one time the president (Herget), English professor (Fruit), and the venerated librarian (Armstrong) were all Phi G am s. D epartm ents have been endowed and nam ed in honor o f Dr. Fruit, Dr. Sem ple, and Francis Antoine ’ 17. Chairs have been endowed by A. M ajor Hull ’38 and in honor o f Wallace A. Hilton ’33. Am ong the several alumni advisors to Zeta
Fiji “Rockettes,” 1973
Over the years the Phi G am s have established num erous traditions. One o f the earliest was the
Withers ’27, Frank H ester ’67, M ike Fligg ’61, and
“June Banquet, a gala social occasion which meant
Jim Berry ’57. A complete history o f the chapter
fifty cents and a buggy for two or a carriage for
was written in 1936 and updated in 1961 by Dr.
four.” T his gave way to a ’Possum Supper, which
Wallace A. Hilton ’33, honored professor o f physics.
was replaced with the N orris Pig Dinner, an evening
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Phi Chapter have been John E. Davis ’07, Conn
T h e White Science Center as referenced in
o f fun, fellowship, and reunioning by alumni that
Chapter 3 was nam ed in honor o f John F. White
continues to this day. Another tradition was associ
’67, a chairm an o f the college board o f trustees.
L o y a l t y , All egiance, Alma
As o f February 1998 1,556 men have been
C ollege’s form er historical
legion o f men who have served their college and
m useum once boasted as an
fraternity well.
exhibit a hand-written letter from General Lee to the
K app a Alpha Order was founded in D ecem ber
True
Convivium. William Jewell
initiated into Zeta Phi at William Jewell, a proud
Kappa Alpha Order
Mater
Robert E. Lee, spiritual founder of the Order
college’s “ Excelsior Society.” Lee wrote the note in 1868
1865 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington,
accepting a proferred m em
Va. T he current badge consists o f one gold shield
bership in that society.
superim posed on another with a G reek cross o f gold within the circle with the gold letters K A above on a black field. T he colors are crim son and
Alpha Delta Chapter
As indicated earlier,
old gold; the flowers are the m agnolia blossom and
Alpha D elta o f K app a
the red rose. T he flag consists o f three bars o f
Alpha was chartered at
equal width in crim son, white and old gold with a
Jewell on January 20,
crimson G reek cross on the middle white bar.
1887, to nine men for
International headquarters are in Lexington, Va.
merly o f the anti-Greek
T h e four founders o f K app a Alpha were great
“ invincible twenty-
adm irers o f the university president, General
three.” Charter was
R obert E. Lee. They, along with Brother Sam uel
accepted at the Arthur
Zenas Am m en, conceived a ritualistic foundation
H ouse, similar to the
and pattern o f tradition em bodied by General Lee,
Phi G am chartering.
who was then accepted as the “ spiritual founder” o f
Subsequently the chap
the order. B aird’s M anual states, “ with A m m ens’
ter began m eeting in the
complete revision o f the ritual, K app a Alpha Order
office o f D r. W illiam H. Buckley, a dentist who
was given an identity which set it apart from any
re-entered college and becam e a charter m em ber
other collegiate organization at that time and which
o f Alpha D elta.
still sets it apart.” L e e ’s image as a “ Southern gentlem an” has
Kappa Alpha Chapter house, 1929-
After several years o f meeting in the dental office and rented halls, the chapter rented in 1896
been an enduring symbol to K app a Alphas, who
“ Hawthorne Institute,” at the northwest corner o f
traditionally observe his birthday on January 19 at
Water and M cC arty Streets, which “ pioneered the
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Jewell chapter house activity am ong
“ Knights o f the Order Ball.” Nonetheless, tradi
the fraternities at William Jewell.”
tional songs about m agnolias, Southern sweet
Over the next twenty years K A s lived
hearts, and “ D ixie” continue to be vocalized from
in seven different rented houses. In
17 South Jewell to this time.
1916, they becam e the owners o f property at 715 M iller, where they
Chiles ’07 when he was elected Knight Com m ander
rem ained until 1921 at which time
of the entire K ap p a Alpha Order and served from
the South Jewell property was pur
1917-1925. H e later served in World War II as a
chased.
lawyer at the N urem berg trials in Germany. Other
T he house at 19 South Jewell
Knight Commander Henry C. Chiles, 07
K A s who have served as advisors or m ajor benefac
burned from an overheated furnace
tors include Glen Alspaugh ’35, Clyde Williams
in the spring o f 1929. Out o f the
’38, Arthur R eppert ’38, Bob Kirkland ’38, Fred
ruins rose the first fraternity house to
Benson ’53, and in recent years Eric Lon g ’90,
be constructed at Jewell, admirably designed for fraternity usage and architecturally Symb0jic Qf Southern chivalry. T his house has served for the last seventy years as the setting for
Chad Wright ’94, and Bob Steinkam p ’67. Active at the national order level have been Vance Ecton Rule ’49, Bob Steinkam p ’67, and Bill Dreyer ’60. A chair in the departm ent o f m usic was
dances, teas, conviviums and other social occasions
endowed by R obert H. M cK ee ’52 and in the
but mainly as a fraternity residence for chapter
departm ent o f econom ics and business adm inistra
m em bers. Originally built to house twenty-six
tion, by Dr. John W. Boatwright ’27. For many
men, the third floor was added to accom m odate a
years Jewell’s athletic director R .E . “ D a d ” Bowles,
total o f thirty-six in 1949.
father o f four K A s, used his shotgun to announce
A m ajor social event over many years was the “ Old South B all” in which m em bers obtained Confederate uniform s, horses, and buggies and
new pledges. To this day, many K A s have the car tridge o f their pledgeship. As o f February, 1998, 1,559 men have been
escorted their appropriately dressed Southern
initiated into the Alpha D elta Chapter o f K app a
Belles up the front walk for an evening o f dancing.
Alpha at W illiam Jewell, all proud knights o f
On m ost o f these occasions a large Confederate flag
Southern chivalry who have loyally served their
was constructed across the entire front porch o f the
order and their alma mater.
house to add to the atmosphere. T h e Old South Ball has been significantly altered and is now the
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A special honor was accorded to Henry C.
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
Mater
True
Sigma Nu brothers display portrait of Terry Straeter
S ig m a N u Sigm a N u was founded on January 1, 1869, at the Virginia M ilitary Institute in Lexington, Va.,
Sigma Nu Chapter house, 1904-1968
which is now the home o f its international head quarters. Organization proceeded from V M I’s Legion o f H onor dedicated to the eradication o f hazing and other immature practices. H onor has
form ed a local society known as the PheYodhs,
been the cardinal principle over the years, along
Hebrew letters for “ F J,” which form ed the initial
with truth and love. T h e badge is a five-armed
letters o f the grou p’s motto (Friends o f Jewell,
cross resem bling the French m edal, the legion
maybe?). After a year as a local club, Joseph E.
d ’honour, the serpent, crossed swords, and gold
Culver led a resolve to have the group affiliate with
letters display the governing code. T he colors are
Sigm a N u , which then had nearby chapters at the
black, white, and gold and the flower is the white
University o f M issouri, M issouri Valley College,
rose. T he flag consists o f three horizontal bars o f
and Central M ethodist College. T h u s on January
black, white, and gold with a coiled golden serpent
6, 1894, the Beta X i chapter, the forty-third in
in the center.
Sigm a N u , received its charter in installation cere monies at the historic Coates H ouse in K ansas
B e ta X i C h a p te r With two national fraternities at the college in 1892 (Phi G am s and K A ), a group o f Jewell men
City. Beta X i’s first m eetings, like those o f the other fraternities, were held in rented quarters downtown on the square, in a hall over a store on
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E ast K ansas Street. After five years, the chapter moved to the M ajor Alvan Lightburne house on N orth Water Street,
and K ap p a Sigm a send to the stranded brethren o f Beta X i. Greatly was this food appreciated. In dem onstration a banquet did the brothers o f Beta
a G eorgian ante-bellum residence reputed at one
X i give to the three fraternities when quarantine
time to be the oldest fraternity house west o f the
was lifted, and forth from this mellowness and
M ississippi. Legend over the years also had sug
friendliness emerged the Pan-Hellenic C ouncil”
gested a tunnel from the sub-basem ent o f the
(later changed to the Inter-fraternity Council which
house to the M issouri River, which was part o f
exists to the present time).
the slave “ underground railroad” operating dur
In 1969 the form er N orton-Craw ford house on
ing the Civil War period. Older m em bers indi
M oss Avenue on the west side o f Liberty, near the
cate this part o f the house was also used for part
site o f the Old Liberty Ladies College, was pur
o f the initiation ceremonies. For more than fifty
chased by the Sigm a N us. T his large home served
years, this home served the fraternity in the vari
as the chapter house until 1996 when it was deemed
ous functions o f the chapter until it finally
necessary to move to other quarters. It had become
becam e unsafe for student housing. A m ajor contribution to the overall fraternity picture at William Jewell came
evident by 1989 that a move would soon be neces sary and efforts began under the leadership o f Terry Straeter ’64 to purchase an alternate site
as a result o f a sm allpox epidem ic that
close to the college. T h e result o f his efforts and
broke out in 1900. One o f the Sigm a
beneficence led to the decision to build a fraternity
N u brothers was stricken and the
com plex for all fraternities on land owned by the
health authorities o f Liberty sought to
college. Because the Sigm a N us had begun their
place a quarantine on the house. T he
plans early on, the Beta X i Chapter H ouse was
1931 Tatler states: “ A few hours later the
constructed in 1997 and occupied in January 1998.
entire chapter had been installed several miles
It is a magnificent edifice, located north o f the
from town in a tent. In a tent the chapter lived
college on property given to W illiam Jewell by
for several weeks, at first waiting for others to
Will P. Browning ’06, a Sigm a N u and a long-time
be stricken, finally relaxing from the tension to
trustee and m ajor benefactor o f the college. His
enjoy the freedom from classwork pro
name is honored on Browning Hall and Browning
vided by this change o f habitat. Foods
T heater, and the part o f the cam pus donated by
o f many kinds, perhaps even fine drink,
him includes the baseball field, the soccer field,
did K app a Alpha, Phi G am m a D elta,
and golf course.
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
Mater
True
A high point for Beta X i cam e in 1936 and 1937 when in consecutive years it received the G allagher C up for achieving the highest schol arship o f all Sigm a N u Chapters. T his was fol lowed in 1939 by the selection o f M aurice Winger and John Breckenridge as the two U nited States intercollegiate debaters to debate in England at Oxford and Cam bridge. T his was the crowning forensics achievement o f P. C aspar Harvey ’ 10, venerable English profes sor, debate coach, and public relations director who was a long-time Sigm a N u advocate and who was later m ade an honorary initiate. Another trustee and benefactor was H ubert
toward the left and enclosing a m onogram o f the G reek letters AXA. T h e center o f the crescent bears the G reek letters A ll in gold on black enamel. T he
Eaton ’02, who founded Forest Lawn Cem etery in
colors are purple, green, and gold. T he flower is
L o s Angeles. Eaton Hall is nam ed for his father
the white rose. T he flag consists o f a purple ground
who was a professor at William Jewell College for
displaying, between three five-pointed stars in
nearly thirty years.
chevron, a cross bearing a shield and the Greek
Loyal alumni advisors over the years have
Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter house, 1958-1996
letters AXA behind which is a waxing crescent moon.
included Frank Ham ilton 1898, Sam Church ’26, Frank M illen ’33, and in recent years, Larry K anning ’66. From its founding in 1894 to February 1998,
Zeta Chi
T h e original Zeta Chi, the forerunner local fraternity to L am bd a Chi Alpha, is strictly William
1,210 men have been initiated into Beta X i Chapter.
Jewell in nature. In the fall o f 1915 nine men
They are a loyal and honorable group o f alumni o f
housed on T hird Floor West o f New Ely Hall
the fraternity and the college.
founded a secret society which existed sub rosa as a “ C lu b ” for nearly two years. Zeta Chi held regular
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lam bd a Chi Alpha was founded at Boston University on N ovem ber 2, 1909. T h e badge o f the fraternity is a pearl-set crescent with horns turned
m eetings, pledged men, initiated them in their blue and white colors, and imitated the four national fraternities then on cam pus o f this all-men’s college. On Friday April 13, 1917, the Club petitioned
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the faculty for perm ission to exist openly as a fra
with William Jewell’s Citation for Achievement.
ternity on the Hill. T his was granted on April 20, even in the m idst o f World War I and the loss o f many men to the military services. At the beginning o f that school year, the chapter
Lambda Chi Alpha (Epsilon Nu Chapter)
In the fall o f 1941, after a thorough investiga tion o f other options, the m em bers o f Zeta Chi
moved for three years to a rented home which had
petitioned the G rand High Zeta o f L am b d a Chi
previously been rented by the K A s and K ap p a Sigs.
Alpha for m em bership, which was consum m ated
T he chapter then moved to 225 N orth Lightburne
in impressive ceremonies on M ay 22-23, 1942.
Street, a property which the chapter purchased and
Som e eighty-five undergrads and alumni were
rem ained in for the duration o f Zeta Chi.
initiated, one o f the largest charter groups o f
From the outset, this group o f men were recog nized for their scholarship even though they partici
L am bd a Chi Alpha. D ue to World War II, the next four years were
pated in a full social program . T he chapter regularly
bleak in many respects; at one point there were
led all other fraternities in grades and in the num ber
only three active m em bers. T h e Navy cam e to the
o f student assistants. An early m em ber, O .K .
cam pus and took over the dorm itories, forcing the
“ D im p ” Evans ’20 was the first athlete in William
women to move into other fraternity houses, and
Jewell’s history to receive letters in five m ajor sports.
the Zeta Chi house becam e “ hom e” for the rem ain
Later, his widow endowed a chair in the education
ing K A s and Fijis. Finally, the limitations o f
departm ent.
rationing and other wartime restrictions greatly
D uring the twenty-five years o f its existence as a “ local” fraternity, Zeta Chi initiated about 300 men
ham pered the norm al social activities. After the war, good times returned and m em
who were loyal to the ideals o f both the fraternity
bership increased to the extent that new dining
and William Jewell. One o f the key alumni was
and sleeping facilities were added. Nonetheless, a
Kyle Bales ’ 18, who was the first pledge o f Zeta
bigger house was needed, and in 1958 the chapter
Chi and later becam e alumni secretary and directed
moved to a house at 449 E ast K an sas, closer to the
the nationalization o f Zeta Chi into L am bd a Chi
cam pus. T his house, even though cram ped at the
Alpha. Another prom inent alum nus was G arnett
time (as were all others), served the chapter well
M . Peters II ’29, who donated the Peters Theater
until a fire in 1996 destroyed it. Following the fire,
in Brown Hall. John and William Linville, two Zeta
the fraternity m ade plans to construct a new house
Chi alumni noted for their scholarship and excel
at the fraternity com plex on college ground north
lent careers in science, were the only twins honored
west o f the baseball field.
Loyalty,
C am pus and alumni honors have been num er
against the wicked governor
scholarship, an obvious legacy from Zeta Chi. At
o f the city. On D ecem ber
one point in the late ’60s, Epsilon N u had captured
10, 1869, three men at the
the inter-fraternity scholarship cup for eighteen out
University ofV irginia who
o f twenty-one years. Between 1977 and 1986, the
had studied at Bologna estab
chapter achieved four G rand High Alpha awards,
lished K app a Sigm a in the
the highest honor in L am bd a Chi Alpha. Being eli
U nited States with a strong
gible for the award only once every three years, the
tradition o f Jeffersonian
chapter is one o f the few L am bd a Chi chapters to
democracy.
M entioned earlier in Zeta Chi was the influence Chi Alpha. One o f the prominent alumni is Dr.
ters KX the general surface
Richard H arrim an ’53, an English professor and
being convex in form. On the
co-founder o f the W illiam Jewell Fine A rtsProgram .
crescent, a skull and bones
H e has served as alumni advisor for over thirty
are above the star, crossed
years and was recognized by the International
swords are on one side, and
Fraternity in 1984 with its highest service award,
crossed keys are on the other
the Order o f M erit.
side. T he pledge button is a triangle bearing the
form er Zeta Chi m em bers. T he chapter has a
True
surm ounted by a five-point star within which are the let
initiated into Epsilon N u , which includes som e
Mater
T h e badge is a crescent
o f Kyle B ales who led the chapter into L am b d a
As o f February 1998, 1,071 men have been
Alma
in A.D. 1400 for protection
ous over the years with prim ary recognition o f
win the award four consecutive times.
Allegiance,
caduceus surm ounted by a circle with the letters KX enclosed.
Marlin (Jim) Davis ’29, Kappa Sig, “Jock ” Ewing of the “Dallas ” TV series in the 1970s and ’80s. He is arguably Jewell’s most recognized alumnus.
T he colors are scarlet, white, and green. T he
proud heritage o f brotherhood that has flourished
flower is the lily o f the valley. T he coat o f arm s
into a strong and distinguished group ofW illiam
includes a shield with a five-starred bend sinister
Jewell alumni.
and a crescent m oon, a circle-surmounted caduceus over the shield and the letters AEKAB on a ribbon
Kappa Sigma
K app a Sigm a was established as an extension of, and was nam ed for, a secret organization at the
under the shield. T he flag consists o f three equal width vertical bars o f scarlet, white, and green with the coat o f arm s on the middle bar.
University o f Bologna in Italy, which was organized
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Alpha Omega Chapter T h e fourth national fraternity estab lished on Jewell’s cam pus was the Alpha O m ega chapter o f K ap p a Sigm a in 1897, the sixty-first chapter o f
Hall. T he vine has graced that wall for as long as any readers o f this chapter can remember. T he department o f chemistry was named in honor o f another K appa Sig, Jam es Andrew Yates ’27. Another m em ber o f the K ap p a Sigs was M arlin
the fraternity. T here were seven charter m em bers.
(Jim) D avis ’29 an outstanding athlete at Jewell
Like the other fraternities before them, the
who went on to a career in Hollywood and then
K ap p a S igs’ first home was on the courthouse
becam e “Jock ” Ewing o f the “ D allas” T V series in
square, as were their next two. Between 1897 and
the 1970s and ’80s. H e is arguably Jewell’s m ost
1931, Alpha Om ega moved ten times, a William
recognized alumnus.
Jewell record. T he final move was to 155 South
Though this chapter ceased operations in 1936,
Leonard Street, later to becom e “ hom e” to the
the 379 men who had worn the badge were proud
Phi G am s.
patriots o f their country, college, and fraternity.
As indicated earlier, this account is more abbreviated than the others, because the chapter
Several m em bers are still living who rem ember their fraternity days at William Jewell with great pride.
ceased operations in 1936. However, up to that time 379 men had been initiated into Alpha
SORORITIES
O m ega including many young men o f prom i nent Liberty families. Outstanding alumni were Clarence Cannon ’04, later a U .S. C ongressm an and
When one considers that William Jewell was a “ men only” cam pus for the first seventy years o f its 150-year existence, it is refreshing to see how much
confidant o f President Trum an. M anley O.
“ added value” women brought to the cam pus and
H udson ’06, who edited the first Tatler in
how sororities have enhanced the overall quality of
1905, went on to becom e dean o f the
life on the Hill in the last eighty years. One can
H arvard Law School, legal secretary o f the
only feel sympathetic for those fellows who con
League o f N ations, and the only Am erican
stantly yearned (and prayed) for the college to
judge on the World C ourt at Geneva.
becom e coeducational, although there were many
M r. H udson also left a legacy to William
men, both students and alumni, who opposed
Jewell that remains legendary to this day. In 1906,
coeducation. In fact, essays in the Student as early
as class president, he planted at C lass Day
as 1880 were openly advocating the advantages o f
Exercises an ivy vine on the north side o f Jewell
a coeducational existence, and the Tatler o f 1909
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
includes pictures o f two sororities, Beta Sigm a
its beginnings in junior colleges, even som e high
Omicron and Eta Epsilon G am m a, without any
schools, with prim ary em phasis on “ the genteel
notation or explanation. (They were from the
arts o f being a lady: m usic, painting, elocution,
Liberty Ladies College.)
dress-m aking, rather than academ ic subjects.” T he
It is not surprising that once the college opened
the national D epression o f the ’20s and ’30s, World
o f World War I) those who enrolled felt a need to
War II, and active competition from other larger
organize a group dedicated to com m on goals and
groups, found Beta Sigm a Omicron in 1963 with
ideals and, perhaps, begin to “ change som e o f the
only twelve active chapters.
So it was that Iota Pi was form ed in 1919 when
In order to preserve the existence o f the sorority, Beta Sigm a Omicron decided that the best course
there were fewer than fifty coeds on the Hill. Even
o f action would be to merge with sisters o f Zeta
so, it took until 1920 for the group to receive faculty
Tau Alpha, an organization founded in 1898 at
approval, and for two years it was the only sorority
Longw ood College in Virginia. T h at m erger was
on the cam pus. Iota Pi rem ained a local until
completed in August, 1964, and Zeta Tau Alpha has
Septem ber 1931, when it becam e affiliated with
been on the W illiam Jewell cam pus since that time.
Beta Sigm a Om icron, a national sorority that had
With the entrance o f women into Jewell, enroll
its origin in the state o f M issouri in 1888. In fact,
ment increased from that source as well as from the
a chapter o f Beta Sigm a Omicron was active for six
return o f soldiers from World War I. T he “ roaring
years at Liberty Ladies College, a w om en’s college
’2 0 s” brought change to the cam pus: a new presi
that existed on the hill at the then west edge o f
dent, new buildings, and a new sorority.
Liberty. T h at building burned in 1913 and, despite
T N T was organized as a club in 1922 by seven
several unsuccessful attem pts to reopen and
Jewell women who were also residents o f Liberty.
rebuild, the college ceased to operate. N o doubt
T his local influence persisted strongly throughout
this was a prime im petus for the official adm ission
the early decade o f T N T in which two-thirds o f the
o f women to W illiam Jewell, since the majority o f
m em bers were graduates o f Liberty High School.
students at Liberty Ladies College were residents o f
Tr u e
evolution from junior colleges to senior colleges,
its doors to adm it women (in 1917, during the peak
old traditions o f the college.”
Mater
T he “ club T N T ” existed for three years before
Liberty or nearby towns. In any event, num erous
it was officially acknowledged as a sorority; thus, in
Beta Sig alumni in town were helpful in the transition
the 1920s there were two local sororities on campus.
of Iota Pi into Beta Sigma Omicron, Alpha Psi Chapter.
T N T thrived, along with the Iota Pi/Beta Sigs, but
Beta Sigm a Om icron, a national sorority, had
decided that it would be better to be affiliated with
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KflY CAPTURES
a perceived need for another sorority on cam pus. D elta Zeta came to cam pus in 1961 and was the final sorority to be established at William Jewell. T his brought the num ber o f sororities to four, m atching the num ber o f active fraternities. T his equation facilitated cam pus social activities such as H om ecom ing, C am pus Sing, Tatler Revue skits, and other events. M eeting rooms for sororities have been provided by the college since the late 1920s when M elrose dorm itory was com pleted and all women from out o f town were required to live in the dorm.
The AD Pis ’ and Phi Gams ’ skit—sporting a huge newspaper with moveable headlines—captured Tatler Revue’s second place trophy in 1964.
a national sorority. T he chapter had been “ courted”
An early exception was the “ quasi-house” o f
by several organizations over the years and finally
th e T N T s in 1929. T hen from 1948 to 1957 with
agreed in 1949 to becom e G am m a N u chapter of
the large increase in students, and a lack o f
Alpha D elta Pi.
wom en’s dorm itory space, the college acquired
T h e close o f World War II, the activation o f the
three houses adjacent to the cam pus, which were
G .I. Bill, and the general acceptance o f college
designated as sorority houses for the A D Pis, Beta
education as a standard saw m ost institutions o f
Sigs, and Alpha G am s.
learning increase dramatically in the late 1940s.
Following com pletion o f Sem ple Hall in 1957,
With the enrollment o f male veterans in unprece
each sorority was provided a wing and a meeting
dented num bers, it was only natural that more
room for which furnishings are provided by each
women would com e to college. T his was also true
sorority.
at Jewell. It was also the right time for sororities
Since 1919, the num ber o f women initiated into
to expand as nationals sought new cam puses to
sororities totals approximately 4,779. T h e com m on
expand their chapters.
bonds o f sisterhood serve to enhance their loyalty
T h u s, in 1946 Alpha G am m a D elta was
and allegiance to their alma mater.
established with ten charter m em bers, the first totally new G reek organization in thirty years. As enrollment at William Jewell steadily increased and the ratio o f women to men also grew, there was
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ZetaTau Alpha Zeta Tau Alpha (Fraternity) was founded on O ctober 15, 1898, at Longw ood College, Farm ville,
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
Va., and chartered by the Virginia Legislature on
five pearls. T he flower was the red rose and the
M arch 5, 1902.
colors, red and white. T he sponsor was M rs. P.
T he badge is a shield with a sm aller black shield raised upon it. In the center is a five-pointed
C aspar Harvey, in whose home m ost o f the meetings were held.
crown, flanked by the initials ZTA. T h e colors are turquoise blue and steel gray. T he flower is the white violet. T h e “ open” motto is “ Seek the noblest.” Z etaT au Alpha at William Jewell is descended from two previous organizations.
B e ta S ig m a O m ic ro n (1931-1964) In 1931 the Beta Sigm a Omicron chapter president was M iss G eorgia Bessie Bowm an, who was instrumental in leading Iota Pi into becom ing a m em ber o f a national organiza tion. As m entioned earlier, Beta Sigm a
Io ta P i (1919-1931) Iota Pi was form ed in 1919 at a time when
Omicron had been founded at the University o f M issouri in 1888 and had established the Omicron
there were less than fifty coeds on the Hill. While
Chapter at Liberty Ladies College in 1908. Its
the m aintenance o f a high standard o f scholarship
Liberty existence on an active basis ended when the
was primary, the second ideal was to provide social
Ladies College burned in 1913, but there were
and cam pus activities for its m em bers, which it did
many alum nae in Liberty and nearby surround
in singular fashion. T he initial crest o f Iota Pi
ings who were both interested in and able to
form ed a shield divided into four sections. In one
help take Iota Pi into Beta Sigm a Omicron, the
section was a heart, in another a rose; a third con
twenty-third chapter active at that time.
tained an open vessel in which burned a flame,
Installation took place in a two-day ceremony
while the fourth contained a ship’s anchor.
including a gala dinner at the Party Place. M iss
By 1927, the crest had been revised to a trian
Bowm an becam e the Beta S igs’ first president o f
gle on which was displayed a set o f balan ced
the Alpha Psi Chapter and has rem ained as a loyal
scales under which was a closed lam p with flam e;
advisor and counselor for alm ost seventy
the open rose sym bol was above the triangle with
years. T h e G eorgia B. Bowm an chair in
a scrolled Iota Pi at the bottom . By that time
com m unication was established in 1993 in
there were twenty-three m em bers and pledges
honor o f her distinguished teaching career at
and eighteen alum nae in the city o f Liberty.
the college.
T he pin was the letter II in gold over which the
As the only national sorority on cam pus
I in black enamel was superim posed and beset with
until 1949, when th e T N T s becam e A D Pis,
Mater
True
the Beta Sigs captured their share o f pledges, cam pus honors, queens, and other recognition for
Zeta Tau Alpha - Delta Chi Chapter T he toll o f the G reat D epression and World War
the next thirty-three years. Besides M iss Bowman
II, plus the active competition o f sororities with
’34, Anita G orm an ’53 and N orm a Guilfoil ’52
more chapters, found Beta Sigm a Omicron in 1963
were especially active in advising and counseling
with only twelve active chapters. After difficult and
the chapter. M iss Bow m an was active at the
emotional review o f their situation, the G rand
national level, serving as editor o f the Urn from
Council recommended a merger with Zeta Tau Alpha.
1936 to 1942 and as national president from 1942
Dr. Bowman was chair o f the special committee.
to 1946. N orm a Guilfoil was first vice president of
So D elta Chi becam e the 119th chapter o f Zeta
the Grand Council in 1963-64 when the Beta Sigma
Tau Alpha and has continued during the last thirty-
Omicron sorority united with Zeta Tau Alpha frater
five years to be a cam pus leader in the many activi
nity on August 6, 1964. From 1931 until then, the
ties o f G reek women on the cam pus.
Alpha Psi Chapter had initiated 688 women into
Since 1964, 859 women have been initiated into D elta Chi Chapter o f Zeta Tau Alpha, includ
its membership.
ing women from Beta Sigm a Om icron and Iota Pi.
Alpha Delta Pi T he first secret sisterhood for college women was Alpha D elta Pi, founded in 1851 at Wesleyan Fem ale College in M acon, G a., the oldest wom en’s college in the world. Originally chartered as the Adelphean Society, the name was changed to Alpha D elta Phi O m ega in 1905 in the Superior C ourt of G eorgia, Bibb County. T his presented a problem for several years because a m en’s fraternity had the sam e nam e. T h e women again petitioned the court. On April 11, 1914, the sorority becam e Alpha D elta Pi. T he Adelphean founders chose as their open motto, “ We live for each other,” and their avowed Alpha Delta Pi house
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purpose was that o f bettering themselves “ morally,
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
Mater
True
mentally and socially.” M any o f the traditions and much o f the ritual o f Alpha D elta Pi are the sam e today as in 1851. Alpha D elta Pi encourages serv ice projects on both levels, collegiate and alumnae. For many years the sorority heavily supported the N ational Crippled Children’s Association. D uring the past eighteen years Alpha D elta Pi has aided and supported the Ronald M cD onald H ouses as its national philanthropy and service project. T h e badge is a diam ond o f black enamel over gold displaying at the top portion clasped hands. At the east-west points is a star and beneath are the letters A A II.T h e pledge pin is gold bearing the G reek letters BYA , surm ounted by a demi-lion,
“ club” before it was officially recognized as a soror-
that is, the head and shoulder portion o f the lion
ity by adm inistration officials. T h e Taller o f 1931
with the front paws raised. T he colors are azure
carries the following historical com m ent: “ There
blue and white, and the flower is the single purple
is, quite likely no more than a vague psychological
woodland violet. Perm anent headquarters for
relation between the m eaning o f T N T ’s nam e, and
Alpha D elta Pi are in Atlanta, G a., but from 1948
the m eaning, com position, and functions o f trini
to 1954 the offices were in K an sas City, M o. M rs.
trotoluene, but it is also conceivable that without
Joy Scarborough Crouch o f Liberty, M o., served as
the widespread use o f trinitrotoluene during the
Omicron Province President from 1963-1971.
World War I, the sorority o f T N T would not now
ADPi Homecoming, 1964
be so designated. Traditionally guarding the secret T N T (1922-1949) T he forerunner o f Alpha D elta Pi at Jewell was a local sorority organized in 1922 by seven women
o f its nam e, there was a time when speculation as to its m eaning was w idespread.” T h e sorority (club) designated the violet as her
who were also residents o f Liberty. T N T possessed
flower (psychic perhaps since that is also the flower
an early tradition that was much a part o f Liberty
o f Alpha D elta Pi) and her colors were lavender
High School, from which it drew a majority o f its
and purple. T h e first sign o f a pin or crest
earliest mem bers.
appeared in the 1924 Tatler as a shield upheld by
For the first three years, T N T existed as a
olive branches topped by the head o f an arm ored
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knight. T his was
war bond sales, and participated fully in parades
changed in 1926-27 to
andT atler Revue. Traditionally, th e T N T s rode on
a beveled triangle o f
the Liberty fire truck in the H om ecom ing parade.
black enamel with one letter inscribed in each
during Rush Week and with the traditional
angle and the G reek
M other’s D ay Teas and other special occasions.
word A ’per N in the
Sponsors o f T N T included M rs. Sylvia D avis, M rs.
middle. T h e crest
M iriam Derwacter, M rs. Myrl Rem ley as well as
includes four stars, a
loyal, local alumnae Lucille D avis and Helen Early.
scroll topped by a
Alpha Gamma Delta house
An active alumnae chapter assisted the women
With m ost men in military service during World
crown and upheld by
War II the social life o f the cam pus was heavily
the R om an num erals
dependent on sorority activities. Following the war,
° f thfi founding From the initial seven m em bers, T N T steadily
as the veterans returned, more women students cam e to the college and national sororities began to
grew in num ber and activities as well as com peti
expand to other cam puses. T N T had been courted
tively as a local sorority on the Hill. Teas, break
by several national sororities and in 1949 becam e
fasts, receptions, parties, and dances becam e routine
affiliated with Alpha D elta Pi.
despite the D epression years and the varying chal lenges o f World War II.
U p to that time T N T had initiated 414 m em bers into the William Jewell Chapter.
T h e T N T s possessed a “ quasi-chapter house” on M iller Street in 1929-30. Chapter meetings and
A lp h a D e lta P i - G a m m a N u C h a p te r
a few social events were held there. But in the fall
(1949-p resen t)
o f 1930, the college required that all non-Liberty coeds reside in M elrose Hall and chapter room s
T N T becam e the seventy-fourth chapter o f Alpha
were provided for the sororities. T hese room s were
D elta Pi in installation ceremonies on April 23,
furnished at the sororities’ expense, as they are today.
1949, shortly before the centennial o f William
T N T women were active in all aspects o f stu
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In its twenty-sixth year on the Jewell cam pus,
Jewell and only two years prior to the centennial o f
dent life, serving as officers o f clubs and honor
Alpha D elta Pi. G am m a N u has had the distinction
groups as well as editors and business m anagers o f
o f seeing one initiate serve as G rand President of
student publications. Naturally, they had their
Alpha D elta Pi. She is M argaret M acD onald
share ofT atler, H om ecom ing, Carnival queens and
Bundy, who graduated from William Jewell in 1964.
Loyalty, Allegiance3 Alma
Mater
True
Since 1949, 1,037 women have been initiated into G am m a N u Chapter at William Jewell.
Alpha G am m a Delta Alpha G am m a D elta was founded as a sorority on M ay 30, 1904, at Syracuse University by eleven young women who had the vision to see the need for an organization that could make a difference. T he badge is a m onogram design o f the three G reek letters, AFA, with the delta plain, the gam m a engraved, and the alpha superim posed upon the two and set with pearls or diam onds or unjeweled. T he pledge pin is on a shield, parti per pale or and vert per fess executed in red, buff, and green enamel. T h e colors are red, buff, and green; the flowers, red and buff roses. International headquarters are in Indianapolis, Ind.
Alpha Gamma Delta sisters
C ontact with Alpha G am m a D elta was soon established and the chapter at the University o f
Epsilon Epsilon Chapter T h e third sorority to be chartered at William
M issouri was visited by Pat and several others who had becom e interested. T h e national requirement
Jewell was Alpha G am m a D elta on O ctober 26,
that there be ten m em bers was quickly satisfied and
1946, the fifty-third chapter o f the sorority. T his
approval was granted by both the national sorority
occurred following World War II as both male veterans
and the college. O f the ten charter m em bers o f
and females entered colleges in record num bers.
1946, eight were alive and well in early 1998.
There were obvious limitations as to the practical
Recognition o f the first addition to the Greeks
size o f the two existing sororities and so the oppor
in alm ost twenty-five years was celebrated by a
tunity existed for another organization.
dance at the Sigm a N u house given by the
M iss Pat D avis, one o f the outstanding debaters
Panhellenic and Inter-fraternity Councils. T he first
o f that time, began investigating other sororities
installation o f new pledges was held in January,
that might be interested in com ing to the Jewell
1947, at a Feast o f Roses banquet. Six new initiates
cam pus.
and two honorary m em bers were initiated and the
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Delta Zeta D elta Zeta was founded at M iam i University, Oxford, Oh., on O ctober 24, 1902. T he badge is a R om an lamp resting upon an Ionic colum n, hang ing upon each side are three wings o f Mercury. T h e official jeweling is a diam ond in the flam e, with four pearls at the base o f the lamp. T he lamp bears the sorority’s G reek letters, AZ, in black enamel. T he diam ond-shaped pledge pin o f black enamel bears the Rom an lamp in gold. International headquarters are in C olum bus, Oh. T h e colors o f D elta Zeta are old rose and green; the flower is the Killarney rose. A contem porary m ascot for the sorority is the turtle. October 1946 initiation for sisters of Alpha Gamma Delta
F
Ai v 11 j u Alpha G am s were well underway to becom ing a com plete addition to the history and culture o f William Jewell College. At the national level Alpha G am s have been
D elta Zeta was organized at William Jewell College in 1961 by a local sorority that decided to becom e national. T he sorority, the latest Greek
very active in supporting the E aster Seal Society
organization to come to campus, balanced in number
and the Association for Children with Learning
the national sororities with the four fraternities,
D isabilities, both Am erican and Canadian. T he
which simplified cooperation with counterpart
Founders M em orial Foundation gives scholarship
organizations.
grants at the graduate and undergraduate level. Since 1946, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter has initi
i *s
Zeta Rho Chapter
T he William Jewell chapter is nam ed Zeta Rho. In keeping with the areas o f em phasis em braced by
ated 957 m em bers, all true to the ideals o f Alpha
D elta Zeta nationally, the William Jewell chapter
G am m a D elta and William Jewell College. Epsilon
prom otes several philanthropic events each year.
Epsilon Chapter has continued to be a strong and
T he speech and hearing impaired community is the
active chapter, owing to the hard work and dedica
international philanthropy o f D elta Zeta. Local
tion o f its undergraduate m em bers as well as the
charities are promoted each year through the chapter
active involvement o f its alumnae.
as well as events to support G allaudet University.
Loyalty, Allegiance, Alma
Delta Zetas on bid
T he Zeta Rho w om en’s social activities include the
EPILOGUE
fall Shindig and a spring form al, known as the Killarney Ball. Zeta Rho chapter has been successful in its
From the earliest days o f collegiate organizations, the fraternity system has
province, and has received the Outstanding Chapter
been under attack from various angles—
Award given to the m ost successful chapter in the
students, faculty, adm inistration, com m u
state. In 1996, the chapter received the highest
nities, and even state legislatures.
award given Delta Zeta nationally, the Council Award.
A 1923 publication on “ College
T his award is presented to chapters who repeatedly
Fraternities” includes som e com m ents on
achieve a level o f excellence (both on the state and
the Basics of Past Opposition to Fraternities:
national level) in academic achievement, philan
“ T h e real cause o f opposition to the student
thropic support, standards development, and socially.
secret societies o f this time was the atm os
In recent years, several D elta Zeta women have been selected as K an sas City Chiefs cheerleaders. Since 1961, 731 women have been initiated into the Zeta Rho Chapter o f D elta Zeta.
phere o f distrust and narrow sectarianism in which the faculty m inds had been reared. When they had been students, there had been no such thing as individual liberty or
Mater
Tr u e
others are vigorous in their defense. Generally speaking, however, this has not been a serious issue at William Jewell.” In the W illiam Jewell Bulletin o f O ctober 15, 1929, is found this statement: “ T he chapters o f these fraternities and sororities have m eant much to W illiam Jewell and m ean a great deal at the pres ent time. They are controlled and governed under specific and rigorous faculty regulations, and all the popularly considered excesses o f fraternity and sorority life have been eliminated from our cam pus— William Jewell is proud o f its fraternities and sorori 1987 Pledge Class of Delta Zeta
individual responsibility; and they still believed that
ties, and they in turn are proud o f William Jewell.
the new generation should conform to the restrict
T hese work together to establish an esprit de corps
ed conditions as they themselves had done a gener
which produces great benefits to the entire enroll
ation before.”
ment o f the student body.”
Criticism o f the fraternities (and sororities) was categorized and discussed under these headings:
Dr. H ester continues: “ T he record will show that through the years the men and women belong ing to the G reek letter organizations have given a
Snobbishness, Irreligious, Clannishness,
good account o f themselves. They have dem onstrat
College politics, Extravagance,
ed a loyalty to the College while students and many
Preference to athletes, Indolence, Immorality,
o f them have shown continued interest in the college
Scholarship, D iscipline
after graduation. In this num ber are many men and women who have attained prominence and
Organizations at Jewell have not been immune to criticism, as would be particularly natural for a school allied with Baptists. In his book, Jewell Is
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who give time, thought, and financial support to their alm a mater.” “ Fast forward” to 1980 in a report to the college
Her Name , published in 1969, H .I. H ester writes:
board o f trustees prepared by the student affairs
“ T he question o f fraternities and sororities in college
staff. T h is docum ent lists nine educational values
life has always been one on which there are differ
and needs o f students met by the fraternities and
ences o f opinion. Som e are opposed to these;
sixteen specific services to the college and com m u-
nity. Excerpts from this report include the follow
Returning to the affirming part o f the 1980
ing statem ents: “ T h e fraternity system at William
report: “ T h e greatest service which fraternities
Jewell College offers a viable and absolutely neces
provide is directed to the individual m em ber to
sary option for the student body. It is easy, and in
m ature socially and intellectually. It is here that the
many cases, very im portant to identify with the ide
student learns to assum e responsibilities for his own
alism o f the brotherhood and group acceptance for
actions while showing concern for others. T he rela
the individual. Any college social structure m ust
tionships in a fraternity house enrich this learning
maintain at least the option to allow students to
process far beyond the capacity o f a dorm itory
choose som e type o f group identity. T he fraternity
residence. T he incredible capacity o f fraterni
system as a general rule helps in retaining students.
ties is in the area o f personal development.
T h e system is an organized fashion for students to
M any leaders, once reticent and relatively inac
serve the com m unity and the college.”
tive, arise to plan large events, m anage money,
D espite these many advantages, the report
and deal effectively with peers. N otably less dra
indicated that the fraternities “ create problem s for
m atic, yet possibly m ost im portant, is the fact
the college,” for exam ple, lower housing standards,
that one finds through the fraternity sincerely good
violation o f college policies, and abrasive standards
friends—friendships that may last a lifetime. T he
o f conduct to the community.
sam e man in all probability would be poorer in
However, with the establishm ent o f a fraternity com plex on college property in 1998, and with the
this area without his fraternity.” And these same comments apply equally to
Sigm a N u s occupying the first house, it is believed
the sorority system at William Jewell, save for
that these negatives will be eliminated or mini
the substandard housing, since sorority hous
mized. T he substandard living conditions are being
ing has been provided in college dormitories for
replaced by magnificent $2 million-plus houses,
the past seventy years.
half funded by the college. T his contribution, along
M ay the G reek system continue to positively
with the negotiated leases, indicates a willingness
contribute to students for the next 150 years o f
on the part o f both groups to upgrade the system
William Jewell College.
and enhance the overall image o f the fraternities at William Jewell.
Loyalty, allegiance, alma mater true.
C H A P T E R
11
JEWELL
AND
Wo r k i n g ,
COMMUNITY Trusting,
Onward by D aniel Lam bert
O n the eve o f its sesquicentennial William
college so much enjoyed early on has today given
Jewell stands am ong the finest o f A m erica’s liberal
way to the reality o f its obligation to surrounding
arts colleges. Its program s are highly regarded by
communities. As a result, greater K an sas City now
its peers, and its graduates have im pacted the world
looks to William Jewell to affirm those values that
well beyond what their m odest num bers might sug
are essential to humanity: com passion, dignity,
gest. It is a good college.
justice, and hope. It turns to the college, too, for a
William Jewell has also distinguished itself as a
perspective on its place in history, for its sense o f
contributing m em ber o f the com m unities it serves
beauty and vision and, if cities can be said to have
and as an effective corporate partner in civic and
one, for its very soul.
cultural affairs. T h is critical dim ension o f institu tional life evolved gradually. In its early years,
STEEPLE AND TOWN
mostly set apart from its host community, the college identified alm ost exclusively with its Baptist
evolving community role without reference to its
gown considerations. However, as the college
Baptist ties.
m atured and its people becam e active in the local
A creature o f the church, William Jewell
community, the college em braced this as its m ost
nonetheless was secured for Liberty by forward-
im portant constituency. T h u s, while loyal to its
thinking citizens who were not overly concerned
religious heritage, William Jewell assum ed an
with theological distinctions. T h u s, the college’s
increasingly greater role in community affairs.
location and ultimate success turned at least as
After World War II, the college slowly
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It is hardly possible to recount the college’s
constituency and seem ed driven very little by town-
much on the efforts o f non-Baptist neighbors as it
emerged as an im portant force in the rapidly
did on the support o f the faithful throughout the
expanding m etropolitan area. T h e isolation the
state and, indeed, the nation.
Working, T r us t i n g , Onward
In general, Baptists were late contestants in the
with local white Baptist congregations (o f which
race to plant colleges on A m erica’s expanding fron
the Second Baptist Church o f Liberty has been the
tier. But as their num bers grew and their leaders
m ost significant) established a sectarian perspective
weighed future prospects, Baptists entered the col
with considerable and enduring im pact upon the
lege business in earnest and eventually only the
community. Even today, and not always fairly,
Presbyterians, M ethodists and Catholics would
those who appreciate the college and its religious
establish more institutions o f higher learning than
tradition som etim es believe that influence has not
the Baptists.
always been helpful to the com m unity’s overall
Until the late 1850s many within the denom i nation felt that their college was too close to the
progress. Prudently, those who fram ed the institution’s
rough edges o f nineteenth-century civilization. It
charter m ade no provision for Baptist control. As
was, in fact, a concerted effort by Clay County
Frank E. Atwood o f the M issouri Suprem e Court
locals that resulted in a significant endowment for
observed: “ Whatever may be the reason for this
the college and, not incidentally, the sandbagging
om ission, it is in favor o f intellectual and religious
o f the efforts o f one N oah Flood who was bent on
freedom and is too conspicuous to have been unin
relocating the school to the mid or eastern—and
tentional.” Intentional or not, this principle left
more gentle—part o f the state. So moved was he
adm inistrators and trustees free to seek out a level
by this largesse that the Reverend M r. Flood pro
o f interaction with M issouri Baptists appropriate to
claimed: “ Out o f debt, out o f debt. G od m ust be
the time and, more to the point, to the educational
in it, I surrender, and henceforth I am for William
and intellectual m ission o f the college.
Jewell College at Liberty.” T his was the second instance, and in som e
AT LIBERTY: AT HOME
ways the m ost dram atic, o f the com m unity’s sup port for the school. Perhaps as importantly, it
Today W illiam Jewell College is a part o f a
clearly dem onstrates that particularly in the early
vibrant and diverse m etropolitan com m unity and
years the econom ic benefits o f the town-gown m ar
serves a variety o f worthwhile constituencies. But
riage were not lost on either o f the partners.
its m ost intimate relationship from the beginning
It is likely that Baptist influence in Liberty
has been with that little town that helped bring it
would have been rather substantial even without
about and that often, especially in the early years,
the college. But the presence o f the school with its
did what was necessary to sustain the college and
strong denom inational ties and the natural bonding
ensure its well-being.
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One suspects that as long as William Jewell exists, its graduates will em brace the Liberty o f their own time. Returning to it over the years, they
On the whole, in its infancy William Jewell was not dissim ilar to other colleges founded in the
its progress, but m ost will savor the bittersweet
mid-nineteenth century. Contem porary handbooks
m em ories o f the younger, less com pli
discouraged students from too much time in town
cated time they walked its streets. T he
save for church attendance and, perhaps, other
cam pus and town o f m em ory becom e
necessities. Youthful disregard could at times be
inseparable. Old grads easily forget
consequential as when young M r. Wiley was shot
how creative they were in avoiding the
dead (som e say by Jesse himself) as the Jam es gang
cam pus library. But to many, the old
m ade its getaway from the fam ous Liberty Bank
Plaza Theater, or the bowling alley, or
robbery. And a little later there was the other college
the truck stop, or just an uncontested
in town. D oubtless, Liberty Ladies College, stand
parking spot on the low road are per
ing as it did on the com m anding hill to the west,
fected in time and becom e holy ground.
was a pervasive distraction to the horm onal young
Early on, the presence o f the college
men on the other side o f town. Fortunately, as we
marked Liberty as a frontier town o f
have seen, the town square was mostly off limits to
prom ise. T hough a fledgling village
students from both colleges and it stood im penetra
built in part by the rough river trade,
ble, a preserver o f strong Victorian proprieties. U nquestionably, the well-being o f college and
thought a college an im portant orna
town have been inextricably bound since 1849.
ment for a community on the move.
N onetheless the relationship between the two has
T he new little college was expected
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Liberty, but at a safe distance.
will be moved and at the sam e time be regretful at
Liberty had a grand vision o f itself and
The old Plaza Theater was demolished in 1985 to make way for improvements to the Clay County Justice Center. Generations of William Jewell students mourned its passing.
tion provided an advantageous view o f goings-on in
not always been particularly close and, at times,
to be set apart. T he people who inhab
even strained. One graduate recalls a chapel talk
ited it were different and worried a lot
by President Walter Pope Binns, an im passioned
about the im proper influence sure to be
speech occasioned by a public altercation between
found am ong the local townsfolk. So like many
two fraternities. “ We may becom e a part o f the
colleges o f the time, William Jewell valued isolation
town,” Dr. Binns said. “ We need to get along with
and its founders were happy to find their school a
those people. T he police are old and we should not
home on one o f Clay County’s highest hills. There
tax them with pranks o f college students.” While
they enjoyed an aura o f separation, and the eleva
this grim perspective may have been shaped for
Wo r k i n g , Tr n s t i n g , O nw a r d
effect, it does reflect a certain aloofness in collegetown relations that prevailed well into the 1960s and early ’70s. In any college town community the annual tribal rites o f undergraduates often shape attitudes. Traditional m usic and religious observances on the cam pus typically heightened the neighbors’ enjoy ment o f the holiday season. Unfortunately, this good will could be offset for neighbors whose Scottish pines m ade excellent Christm as trees for fraternity house celebrations. And few flower gardens were safe in the late spring as the various G reek houses improved themselves for spring formals. T hese excesses eased as cam pus organiza tions began taking their formal events to local hotels; there was a marked improvement in com munity relations as a consequence. It is unlikely, though, that the cam pus and city hall could ever fully agree on matters o f decorum . Typically, undergraduates are privileged and intelligent people whose m istakes are those o f judgm ent, not intellect. Since it is good judgm ent that m akes good neigh bors, students occasionally cross over the line. T he influx o f veterans following World War II forced dram atic change on college and university cam puses across the country. They simply never were the sam e. Traditional prohibitions against drinking, dancing, and ribald behavior in general were largely ignored by young men (mostly, though som e women) who, having confronted far greater tem ptation, thought themselves well beyond such
restraints. William Jewell had an early taste o f this revolution as it hosted the Flight and V-5 naval program s through m ost o f the war. T h e students in these program s reflected the maturity and seriousness o f purpose that their post-war com rades would bring back to Liberty. C oeds, introduced at William Jewell just after World War I, som etim es were placed in frater nity houses to make room for the Navy men on cam pus. T his brought instant improvement in neighborhood relations, but was a brush with scandal doubtless too close for som e young women o f the time.
Liberty Ladies College
It was also about this time that Liberty began the dram atic transform ation that continues to this day. As a county seat, the town enjoyed a certain prominence that was not diminished by the larger justice center in K an sas City. T hen, as now, a pan theon o f keen business and legal m inds was gath ered around the county courthouse in the Liberty square. T his included William Jewell men like Robert Sevier ’30, Arthur Roy Kincaid ’32, Bill Waters ’37, and Francis Hale. College graduates City Hall, Liberty
T h e social awareness o f students soon began to play a role in community relations. Even into the
Art R eppert ’38 to the north, Conn Withers ’28 to
early 1960s Liberty was sharply segregated. M any
the south and G arnett Peters ’29, a m ajor philan
who cam e to town were shocked to see “ white
thropic force both on the cam pus and around the
only” public facilities and to learn that it was only
square, to the east. It is not surprising, then, that
after World War I that the U nited States flag, a
relationships forged in undergraduate days on the
symbol o f deep division within the post-Civil War
hill often becam e a building block for progress in
community, regained its prom inence on the court
the community.
house square. William Jewell students, like m ost
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were pillars on which the town square rested, with
As the town grew due to the post-war prosperity,
students o f the time, lacked an enlarged social
its public officials were persons o f substance and
conscience. T h at began to change dramatically in
ability. T h e college’s relationship with Liberty offi
1961 when Bill “ Pee-Wee” Sum m ers becam e the
cials, especially with mayors and city adm inistra
first full-time African-Am erican student on the hill.
tors, strengthened substantially in the 1970s and
H is friends becam e aware o f the inaccessibility o f
subsequent decades. Liberty cam e o f age attracting
barbershops and the old Plaza T heater where blacks
a series o f very able mayors and professional
were relegated to the balcony. T he presence o f a
adm inistrators who led the town in times o f exten
popular and engaging African-Am erican for the
sive and rem arkable change. M ayors such as Sam
first time personalized that injustice for many stu
Carter ’82, R uss Weathers, G lcnna T odd, Robert
dents and they, though in small and different ways,
Saunders, Bill Kersten, Steve Hawkins and city
influenced the com m unity and eventually helped
adm inistrators Chuck Anderson, Lloyd Harrell ’66,
force an end to such overtly exclusionary practices.
David Warm, and G ary Jackson had very different
Working,
leadership styles but each was a person o f vision
to involve the college in political initiatives o f any
enlist the community behind som e truly m onum en
sort. B ut that tradition was abandoned, for the
tal tasks. In 1997 yet another Jewell graduate,
m om ent at least, when President J. G ordon
Stephen Arbo ’84, took over as city administrator.
Kingsley testified at a public hearing before the Clay County Com m ission. There he presented
continue to shape Liberty’s development well into
com pelling argum ents for leaving the justice center
the next century.
in downtown Liberty. H is speech m ade a differ
T h e Clay County C ourthouse for years has
ence. Later the presiding county com m issioner
occupied the city square and, both symbolically and
adm itted that Kingsley’s testimony led him to cast
economically, dom inated the lives o f Liberty citi
his deciding vote in favor o f the town square.
zens. M uch o f the business o f the inner city hinged
Things began to happen. First, a new city hall
upon the presence o f this and related facilities as
and m unicipal jail were constructed. T hen, follow
well as the hundreds o f persons who animated them.
ing a series o f difficult but successful bond elec
It was the need to improve these facilities that
tions, the county’s justice center and related facili
precipitated one o f the m ajor crises in Liberty’s his
ties were built or refurbished, giving downtown
tory. There were those across Clay County who felt
Liberty an astonishing rebirth.
that the county as a whole would be better served if
H ad events gone differently, the viability of
the justice center were pulled from the center o f
Liberty would be questionable. Fortunately, the
Liberty and placed on the town’s edge. T h at, they
will o f Liberty citizens and the forcefulness o f their
claimed, would make county services more accessi
leaders kept county justice facilities in place and
ble and provide far greater convenience for those
rejuvenated Liberty—an unusually strong city, one
doing business at the county seat.
whose future appears bright because its core indus
City leaders instantly recognized the potential
Onward
Traditionally, college officials have been hesitant
with political acum en and the essential ability to
A series o f events in the 1970s and the ’80s will
Trusting,
try rem ains in place. T he benefits to the college,
for disintegration should the anchor business leave
which from the very beginning lent unreserved sup
Liberty’s town square. Other cities across the
port to the city and county efforts, are incalculable.
country were at risk as their central core eroded.
T h e college’s direct financial contribution to
M obilizing as never before, and with the single-
Liberty is substantial. With an operating budget o f
m indedness and tenacity seldom seen in com m uni
over $25 million, William Jewell boasts a total eco
ties o f any size, Liberty fought for its very life. T he
nomic im pact o f well over $80 million annually.
college played a critical role in that effort.
Beyond that, the college’s education program s and,
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importantly,
M abce Center for Physical Activity, com pleted in
more than 5,000
1980, gave William Jewell students one o f the finest
graduates reside
facilities o f its kind anywhere. Its swimming pool
in and contribute
and indoor track are popular with all age segments
to the economy
in Liberty, and were especially im portant to the
o f the larger m et
city’s senior citizens prior to the construction o f the
ropolitan area.
new community center. And only five years later,
T he adm inis tration is alert to
development, was built on the northwest corner
opportunities
o f the cam pus. Residents there have full access to
that will enhance
cam pus facilities and program s and are able to
the fiscal health
participate to the extent they wish in virtually every
o f both the col
aspect o f college life. Other program s also serve to
lege and the community. In the early 1960s the
bring town and gown together to share the college’s
D allas Texans moved to K an sas City as the K an sas
resources. Since 1953 the annual Science Night
City Chiefs and for over thirty years the cam pus
has attracted teachers and students from across the
served as the sum m er home o f the N F L franchise.
region. And, more recently, the new E .S . Pillsbury
Routinely, the cam pus provides facilities for a vari
O bservatory has offered a monthly Open H ouse to
ety o f skill cam ps. T hese and other events draw an
provide community access to its 14-inch Celestron
estim ated 140,000 people annually and visitors
telescope.
spend a significant am ount o f money in Liberty and the surrounding area. While data can be used to dem onstrate the
O f special note in community relations is the work o f the college’s Woman’s Committee. Over 200 members including alumnae, faculty, and friends
m agnitude ofW illiam Jewell’s econom ic im pact,
support the college through a variety o f projects, and
they cannot adequately capture the college’s form a
its scholarship program offers three to four scholar
tive role in helping to create within its host com m u
ships each year for deserving female students.
nity a quality o f life that is by any standard rare. It
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College Place West, a twenty-home retirement
Few decisions are m ade on the Hill that do not
is difficult to imagine a Liberty without the cultural
take into account the feelings and needs o f friends
sustenance provided by the Liberty Symphony
and neighbors in Liberty. T he relationship between
Orchestra, the Peters Theater, the Stocksdale Gallery
the town and its college generally has been congenial
and, more recently, the G rand River Chapel. The
and, indisputably, mutually rewarding. T h e Clay
Working,
County Justice Center and Liberty H ospital bring
relatively low profile and the general public’s result
im m easurable benefits to the city and its people.
ing ignorance ofW illiam Jewell’s location and
But it is likely that in generations to come Liberty
exceptional academ ic quality.
will still be best known as the home ofW illiam Jewell College.
And then there was T H E R IV ER . T hroughout the region’s history the M issouri River has been one o f the great divides o f A m erica’s M idwest.
BUILDING A GREAT CITY
Even with improved bridges and roadways, the river rem ained a significant psychological barrier, felt
William Jewell’s connections in Jackson County,
N orthland region. To enhance its
would becom e K an sas City, M o., date to the col
significance throughout the region,
lege’s earliest days when som e o f the area’s leading
William Jewell had to deal head-on
families, bearing such nam es as Wornall, Pugh, and
with this form idable obstacle.
Later other prom inent families replaced them,
Onward
Founded in 1965, the Fine Arts Series gives William Jewell special status in metropolitan Kansas City. Here, director Richard Harriman, is shoivn with donors Beth and Bob Ingram.
keenly by K an sas C ity’s entire
especially those with the younger community that
Reynolds, served as trustees and financial supporters.
Tr u s t i n g ,
T h e college’s move center stage o f m etropolitan life was aided sub
but none has had more im pact than Charles F.
stantially by several forces. T he m ost
Curry. A realtor, developer, and banker, Curry
powerful was, and rem ains, the col
served as a trustee from 1943 to 1968, half that
lege’s superb Fine Arts Program
span as board chair. H is influence was felt long
founded by D rs. Richard H arrim an
afterward through two business associates (and
and D ean D unham in 1965.
Jewell graduates), Carl Willard and G ene M oore, whom Curry brought to the college board. T hese strong ties notwithstanding, until well after World War II the college struggled to define its role in the greater K an sas City community. T his task was m ade more challenging because the col lege’s image in the im m ediate region had been tainted from time to time by media accounts (fair or not) o f internal conflict, sectarian bickering, and perhaps just im prudent m anagem ent o f public rela tions. But more dam aging by far was the college’s
Former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis visits with students at William Jewell in 1993.
Walter Pope Binns with President Lyndon B. Johnson
Thomas Coleman ’65 served Missouri’s 6th District in the U.S. House of Representatives for sixteen years.
Its standing am ong cam
T hrough the years Achievement D ay honorees have
pus-based perform ing
done a great deal to define the college in the public
arts program s rarely dis
eye and to raise its profile as a significant com m u
puted, the William Jewell
nity resource.
series brings affordable
It is not surprising that graduates who have
access to the leading
achieved unusual prominence in their fields have
perform ing artists o f the
also shaped the college’s standing. At least three
time. T h e greater K an sas City area has come to
W illiam Jewell alumni served the U nited States
em brace the William Jewell Fine Arts Program and
C ongress during the twentieth century.
Dr. H arrim an as their own. T h e halo effect o f their
Representative Clarence Cannon was by far the
excellence has, perhaps more than any other fac
m ost prom inent, for it was he who eventually
tor, enhanced the prestige and visibility o f the
chaired the powerful H ouse Ways and M eans
entire college.
Com m ittee. Representative Pat Williams ’63 was
Achievement Day, the invention o f Professor
elected to C ongress in 1976 where he served for
P. C asper Harvey, was begun in 1944 as a platform
alm ost twenty years. Also entering C ongress that
for recognizing outstanding William Jewell gradu
year was E. T h om as Colem an, a 1965 graduate
ates. T h e form at calls for an annual speaker o f
who had served in the state legislature and as an
national or international note. T his feature has
assistant attorney general for the state o f M issouri.
expanded the event’s appeal to the general public.
William Jewell graduates in M issouri’s Sixth C ongressional D istrict were proud to have one o f their own sitting in C ongress, and anyone or any
President Chris Sizemore has emphasized the importance of information technology and carried this into the community. Here (left) he appears with other leaders in “Liberty Links ” a cooperative venture between the college and community that capitalizes on emerging technologies.
thing related to William Jewell was always afforded special attention when visiting the congressm an’s Washington office. T h e list o f other public servants related to the college over the p ast h alf century is long and d is tinguished. It includes M issouri Suprem e C o u rt Ju stice A1 R endlen ’41, M isso u ri C o u rt o f A ppeals Ju d g es R obert U lrich ’63 and W illiam E. T urn age ’47, and individuals such as A.J. W ilson ’63, city m anager o f K an sas City, and D ennis
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Wo r k i n g ,
Trusting> Onward
L am b ert ’63, who becam c m inority staff director o f the H ouse Com m ittee on Agriculture. O f special note is the contribution o f Anita M cPike G orm an ’53, who becam e the cham pion of the N orthland area and later a leader throughout K an sas City and the state. A person o f incredible will, she has been a gentle but irresistible force in prom oting interest in K an sas City’s N orthland and always in her alma mater. H er im prim atur m ade it com fortable for others, non-Baptists, non-William Jewell people, to becom e enthusiastic about the college’s prospects and to support its program s.
Anita McPike Gorman
M rs. G orm an now serves on the college’s board
brought an imperial bearing and a powerful pres
o f trustees.
ence-unusual even at a time when those attributes
T hese and so many other William Jewell people
were considered attractive in a college president.
enhanced the college’s reputation through their
Indeed, it is likely that it was his courtly, aloof
own perform ance and m ost could be counted upon
dem eanor that caused the college’s trustees to seek
to assist the college in every appropriate way.
him out; they would, he later observed, overlook his
At one time or another virtually every m em ber
propensity for black cigars and perhaps even appre
o f the college community has the opportunity to
ciate his habit o f wearing white linen suits while
help determine William Jewell’s image. But it is the
bass fishing. N either were they concerned that the
president who bears the prim ary responsibility for
B in ns’ Cadillac seldom acknowledged stop signs in
shaping how its contem porary publics view the
Liberty, and that friends and neighbors were careful
institution.
to give it a wide berth.
Over the last half o f the twentieth century,
Dr. Binns was a profoundly sensitive man who
variously talented men o f integrity have served
always placed first the needs o f the college and the
William Jewell as president. Inevitably, the college’s
community that it served. However, he carried with
relations with the community have tended to reflect
him from Virginia the traditional view that college
the personality and leadership style o f the sitting
and community were best held at arm ’s length from
president.
each other, and he seem ed always suspicious o f the
When he cam e to the office, Walter Pope Binns
big city and the m ischief he knew was possible
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there. As a result, he
quence, his im pact on the college’s position in the
did not consider it
community was minimal. However, students
particularly im portant
viewed him with genuine affection, and especially
to position the college
appreciated M rs. M yron M oore who opened the
more advantageously
President’s H om e to both cam pus and community
in the greater m etro
and m ade it a familiar and yet always special place
politan area; in fact,
for undergraduates to visit.
he saw its relative
1986 Yates Medalists included (from left) Anita B. Gorman, James M. Kemper, Jr., Josph T. McGujf, President J. Gordon Kingsley, Mary Prichard, Frank White, Jr. and John F. Prichard, Jr.
geographical isolation
nation in 1968 were difficult and did very little to
as one ofW illiam
enhance William Jewell’s standing within the com
Jewell’s chief assets.
munity. While the college was without a perm anent
H e him self was well
president, the dissent that was then buffeting all o f
known and highly
A m erica’s higher education institutions reached
regarded by leaders in the city and across the coun
Liberty. But friends in the K an sas City area were
try. As The Kansas City Star opined at his death,
probably more am used than alarm ed when a small
“ H e was always the quiet, considerate southern gen
group o f students, taking up the cause o f a term i
tleman in the best sense o f the term. M any persons
nated professor, predicted the school’s dem ise
in K an sas City which had no connection with either
because beer could not be consum ed in Greene
the college or the Baptist faith will recall Dr. Binns
Stadium and certain four-letter words were prohib
for his fine addresses to civic and religious groups.”
ited in the classroom . Fortunately, Dr. E.W.
And tellingly, the sam e writer continued, “ H is real
Holzapfel, long a mainstay o f the college, emerged
contribution was on the William Jewell cam pus
as acting president and restored a sense o f decorum
where the Binns era left an indelible m ark on one o f
and self-confidence.
the fine small colleges in the M iddle West.” H . G uy M oore cam e to the presidency having
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T he two years subsequent to Dr. M oore’s resig
T his prepared the way for the administration o f T h om as S. Field, who cam e to the college in 1970,
held the pulpit o f the prestigious Wornall R oad
the fourth president for those seniors who would
Baptist Church in K an sas City. There he had estab
graduate in the class o f 1971. A gregarious and
lished good relations with som e o f the city’s m ost
self-confident m an, President Field was an excel
influential people, a few o f whom served the college
lent representative for the college, a good public
as trustees. It was disappointing to many that his
speaker, and always dressed immaculately. N o t a
tenure lasted only a few years and, as a conse
professional educator, he prudently relied heavily
Wo r k i ng ,
upon his staff and deferred to faculty colleagues on
and literature, Kingsley was the first
issues o f educational program m ing. U nder his
William Jewell president in m odern
leadership an initiative called “ Achievement ’7 0 s”
times to come from the professoriate
reshaped the college’s curriculum and extracurricu
and this perspective distinguished
lar program s and laid the groundwork for William
him from his im m ediate predeces
Jewell’s emergence as a regional leader in higher
sors. H e had a m uch broader vision
education.
ofW illiam Jew ell’s educational
Dr. and M rs. Field enhanced the President’s
enhanced role in the affairs o f the
events. As in all things related to the school, the
m etropolitan area. H e was, for the
discerning and cultured taste ofV irginia Field was
quiet little college in Liberty, a revo
ever apparent.
lution in presidential leadership: intellectually astute, open, engaging,
money from time to time. Tom Field was the first
charm ing, playfully irreverent, and
to hire a director o f development and make fund
with a wonderful talent for not taking him self too
raising an integral part o f the college’s adm inistra
seriously.
tion. H e was by nature an effective salesm an and
to new trends and began building strategies to posi
throughout the business and philanthropic com m u
tion the college as K ansas City’s own. H e was aided
nities. Pillsbury M usic Center, M abee Center for
in this effort by the appeal o f the college’s Fine Arts
Physical Activities, and the Binns Lectureship are
Series, especially among financial and cultural leaders
legacies o f the Field administration. But it was the
and through carefully orchestrated appearances that
M abee Center that was “ his” project, one that was
placed him before the K an sas City elite. H e skill
born largely out o f his enthusiasm and his ability to
fully exploited Fine Arts activities, events like “ T he
persuade trustees. T h e center stands even today as
City C om e A gain” Christm as service at G race and
a symbol o f his com m itm ent to the college and its
Holy Trinity Cathedral, and luncheon talks before
larger community.
the leading service groups in the city soon m ade
college’s president in 1979 was a watershed in William Jewell’s long struggle to define itself within the metropolitan area. Trained in both theology
President Gordon Kingsley
Kingsley sensed the possibilities. H e was alert
that skill did much to prom ote William Jewell
T he emergence o f J. G ordon Kingsley as the
Onward
m ission, one that called for a greatly
H om e as a center for both cam pus and community
O f course, every college president has to ask for
Trusting,
him the m ost visible and sought-after college presi dent in the metropolitan area. Kingsley was gifted at constructing pithy, m em orable capsules, repeating them frequently, and
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gearing them to his audiences. Soon people
m ajor priority. Soon after arriving in Liberty he
believed. H e was a critical, indeed the essential,
took a seat on the board o f the Liberty Cham ber o f
element in the college’s emergence in the 1980s as
Com m erce and the Clay County Developm ent
the premier liberal arts school in the K an sas City
Com m ission. While other college officers had previ
region. With his enhanced visibility cam e incre
ously been active in these organizations, Sizemore
mental growth in philanthropic support from the
was the first ofW illiam Jewell’s presidents to serve
leading foundations and individuals o f the region.
these im portant community functions. H is influ
T h e generosity o f the Hall Fam ily Foundations and
ence was also felt in expanding the m em bership o f
M uriel K auffm an ’s endowment for the Fine Arts
the board o f trustees to include non-Baptist alumni
Series are com pelling evidence o f Kingsley’s
and other business and professional leaders, as well
unprecedented access to K an sas City’s civic and
as including faculty and student m em bers on
philanthropic leadership.
trustee committees. His wife, Anne Sizem ore, has
President Kingsley’s untimely resignation in
also helped m old the college’s image under her hus
1993 took a heavy toll on the gains within the com
b an d ’s leadership. T he President’s H om e is again
munity that the college had m ade under his leader
central to undergraduate life and an elegant focal
ship. Even so, the W illiam Jewell story was out and
point for alumni and community interaction.
m ost within the larger community, though lam ent
As the future unfolds into a new millennium,
ing Kingsley’s absence, understood the treasure
William Jewell College has earned an enviable rep
that is the college in Liberty.
utation as a quality institution that has served its
T his insight did much to assist President W.
community well. Such privilege brings with it a
Christian Sizem ore when he assum ed William
sense o f fragility and an awareness that it m ust be
Jewell’s presidency in the sum m er o f 1994.
earned in every generation.
A sserting his own educational perspective, President Sizem ore m ade community relations a
We wish her well, those o f us who owe so much to the little college on the Hill.
C HA P T E R
JEWELL We W i l l
12
2 0 0 0
Love
Thee,
Praise
Thee
Forever
by W. Christian Sizem ore
T h e sesquicentennial ofW illiam Jewell College provides unique opportunity to celebrate and honor the past, experience the present, and anticipate and invest in the future. T his is a time to rem em ber those who have given o f themselves to make William Jewell a quality institution that has focused
“ We may not live in the past, but the past lives in us. We should know our history. The people that despise their past are ignoble and there is no hope for them in the future; and the people that are ignorant of their past will not only make great blunders, but must also lack courage and inspiration in present and future struggles ” -John Priest Greene
on the im portance o f value-centered education. A revealing story is told about John Stewart M ill, the great English philosopher and econom ist o f the nineteenth century. It is said that early one
enjoyed the benefits that accrue to those willing to
m orning, Mill awoke with a strange and over
think in different terms. Because the leadership,
whelming feeling—in his words, a sense that “ the
including the board o f trustees and faculty, has
answer to the question o f the ages” had come to
been willing to think in different term s, William
him som etim e in the m iddle o f the night. But, try
Jewell has successfully met the challenges o f change
as he might, M ill could not rem em ber what the
for a century and a half. With a solid base o f
answer was.
accom plishm ents, the college approaches the twen
So, the following night, he placed a pen and a
ty-first century with unparalleled opportunities as
sheet o f paper on the table next to his bed. A few
one o f the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges that
m ornings later when he awoke with the sam e feel
features both strong academ ics and strong
ing, Mill looked at the paper and found—in his own
Christian identity.
handwriting—the simple phrase, “ Think in different term s.” For 150 years William Jewell College has
As our world approaches the year 2000, there is growing excitement about the idea that we will be experiencing a rare, historical m om ent with the
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conclusion o f a century and the birth
tion, more than any other, provides a student the
o f a new millennium. T his pivotal
background to continue to learn and to assimilate
m om ent coincides with the sesqui-
change.
centennial anniversary ofW illiam Jewell College, thus providing us
tion and com m unication, we are prone to point out
with the perfect opportunity to
how much smaller the world has becom e. Indeed,
reflect on where we have been, on
this has always been a small world, and its future
who we are, and what we hope to
will continue to be shaped by individuals of
becom e.
strength, character, and vision like William Jewell
T he basis o f the core m ission o f
and Alexander Doniphan. Their dedication and
William Jewell College has always
leadersh ip created W illiam Jew ell, aided by
been a broad background in the lib
hundreds o f trustees, faculty, and alumni leaders
eral arts. T h e liberal arts provide the
who have sustained William Jewell College as an
basis for leadership, and leadership is
institution o f quality.
a perform ing art that requires com Dr. W. Christian Sizemore has made academic quality a cornerstone of strategic planning. He is shown here on the quad with Dr. Nina T. Pollard, provost and vise president for academic affairs, who was recruited in 1997 to provide new leadership for Jewell’s many academic initiatives.
With today’s am azing advances in transporta
m unicating clearly, solving problem s,
In the next century William Jewell and its coun terparts will focus intently on the goal o f creating
making rational decisions, living ethically, rendering
and sustaining quality, for it is this characteristic
service, and accom m odating change. T he liberal
more than any other that will enable higher educa
arts will continue to be the best preparation for a
tion to meet the needs o f our society. Creative,
rapidly changing world.
quality education encom passes efforts to help a
Every generation has noted the changes and challenges which it faces, but our generation is con fronted with the m ost radical rate o f change in his tory. In addition, the dawning o f a new millennium symbolizes the dram atic im pact o f technology and globalization on our present and our future. In the m idst o f this change, a strong liberal arts-based education like that provided by William Jewell College is especially im portant. T h is type o f educa
person develop spiritually, socially, morally, and physically, as well as intellectually. Our m ission statem ent calls for William Jewell College to: 1. Provide students a liberal arts education o f superior quality, 2. Serve com m unities beyond the cam pus educationally, culturally, and socially, 3. Be an institution loyal to the ideals o f
We W i l l
Love
Thee, Praise
Christ, dem onstrating a Christian philosophy for
in order to meet the challenges o f our rapidly
the whole o f life, and expressing the M issouri
changing global community.
Baptist heritage which is the foundation o f the College. Elton T rueblood, a m odern prophet who has
T he college’s future will include increasing em phasis on the teaching o f leadership, global citi zenship, ethics, and spiritual values which will aug
often called our generation back to the real values,
ment William Jewell’s already strong liberal arts
reminds us that, “ the only reasonable way to judge
foundation. T h e future also requires a cohesive
a college is not by the size o f its cam pus or by the
education program that involves students actively in
abundance o f its financial resources or by the num
the teaching-learning-serving process. T he leader
ber o f books in its library or even by the publica
ship o f William Jewell will meet the challenge o f
tions o f its professors. T he college is to be judged
providing financial and physical resources adequate
by the quality o f its hum an product. T h e test o f a
to sustain this vital mission.
successful college education is not to be found in
A few years ago a research study predicted that
the am ount o f knowledge which graduates take
early in the new millennium our nation’s colleges
away with them, m ost o f which will be forgotten in
and universities would appear more and more alike,
any case, but rather by the appetite to know, by the
pressed into conformity by declining resources and
determination to continue the educational process,
a headlong rush to be a part o f the herd. T here is
and by the ability to think and act maturely. T he
no question in my mind that William Jewell College
purpose o f a college is the production o f persons
will avoid this destiny. We will continue to fulfill our
who are both more civilized and more civilizing.”
legacy and achieve our true m ission through an
As we prepare for the twenty-first century, there
unasham ed em phasis on values and an unrelenting
is no shortage o f futurists predicting the many
quest for quality. Values and quality, in short, will
changes we may expect to see first. Predicting the
ensure that William Jewell m aintains its integrity
future is a precarious endeavor, and the truth, o f
and its distinction while m eeting the needs o f a
course, is that no one knows. However, we know
global society in a rapidly changing world.
that technology is increasingly im portant to our
T he twenty-first century will be called the “ age
present and our future. William Jewell College and
o f creativity” and the “ age o f im agination” and the
all institutions o f quality m ust incorporate the tools
“ age o f inform ation.” Capitalizing on this new age
o f technology, com m unications, and transportation
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that empowered Jewell and D oniphan to establish a college on the nation’s frontier 150 years ago. In the twenty-first century we will be pushing to new frontiers, reaching across disciplinary boundaries, and reinventing the future. T h e C ollege m otto, “ D eo F isu s L a b o ra ,” is translated “ T ru st in G o d and Work.” Inspired by this m otto, the leadership o f W illiam Jewell College has attained inspiring achievements during its first 150 years. With broad-based support from all o f its current constituents, W illiam Jewell will continue to be a national m odel for educational leadership and service. Deo Fisus Labora.
Dr. W. Christian Sizemore assumed the top leadership role at William Jewell in 1994. His initial priority was formulating a sound strategic plan to guide institutional decision-making and re-positioning Jewell as one of the most competitive liberal arts colleges of its type.
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ABOUT
THE
AUTHORS
Donald J. Hall
David O. Moore
Foreword
Chapter One: History of William Jewell
B.A., Dartmouth College
B.A. Ouachita University; Th.M., Ph.D., Southern Seminary
Donald J. Hall serves as chairman of the board for Hallmark Cards, Inc. the famed greeting card company founded by his father, Joyce C. Hall, 88 years ago. After graduating from Dartmouth College, Hall joined the U.S. Army, serving most of his military career as an officer at a small post in Gifu, Japan. His career at Hallmark has included service as assistant to the president, administrative vice president, president and chief executive officer. He stepped down as CEO in 1986, but still serves as chairman of the company and provides leadership to numerous civic and philanthropic organizations in greater Kansas City. As the scion of a famous family with deep roots in Kansas City, Hall has a unique perspective on William Jewell’s “town and gown” connection. In reflecting on how the history of Jewell and Kansas City have intertwined for 150 years, Hall says he gained “a deep appreciation for Jewell’s tremendous impact on the Kansas City region—both in educating civic and professional leaders and in offering cultural programs to the city at large.” The college, he says, “is one of the assets that makes Kansas City so special.”
Dr. David O. Moore served as professor and chair of the religion department from 1956 to 1986. He remains active in the life of the college by visiting with faculty colleagues and alumni, attending athletic and cultural events, and maintaining trustee friendships. To research his chapter, he spent well over a year surveying past issues of the college newspa per, trustee minutes, and various writings about the college. After completing his research efforts, Moore commented, “One sees in the study of this history the tremendous growth of Jewell in the era of the last half-century. I enjoyed re-living the great number of experiences that have helped Jewell become a better college.” Doran McCarty Chapter Two: Christian Heritage
B.A. William Jewell College; B.D., Ph.D., Southern Seminary Doran McCarty ’52 is president of McCarty Services, a not-for-profit organization that offers training seminars for ministers. He served as a pastor of churches in Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana, and was a faculty member of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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and Golden Gate Theological Seminary. He started the Northeastern Baptist School of Ministry, with a main office in New York City and branch offices in Boston, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh, and was executive director of Seminary Extension out of Nashville, Tenn. Dr. McCarty enjoyed reviewing William Jewell’s religious impact. “The college’s spiritual legacy is providing an atmos phere where individuals can have a moving religious experience and encounter God. William Jewell allows students to maintain their religious interests in a refreshing manner.” Jerry Cain Chapter Three: Campus Buildings
B.S. Eastern New Mexico University; M.A. Baylor University; additional studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, St. Paul School ofTheology, Oxford University Currently president of Judson College in Elgin, 111., Jerry Cain served William Jewell College for 20 years as college chaplain; in 1985 he was named collegiate vice president. A well-known preacher and teacher, Dr. Cain left a legacy of student servants and service learning at William Jewell. In reviewing the history of campus buildings, he learned that “books and bricks serve as lasting legacies to heroes of the past who wanted to provide teaching tools for professors and students of the present generation.”
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Myra Unger
Chapter Four: Faculty and Administration B.A. William Jewell College; M.A. Washington University; Ed.D. University of Kansas Myra Unger ’60, professor of English Emerita at William Jewell, served as a member of the William Jewell faculty from 1961 to 1994. Currently, she is a freelance writer and community volunteer. Three of her sons graduated from William Jewell: Roy Cozad ’76, Scott Cozad ’77, and Kanon Cozad ’92. She and her husband, Brian ’73, have a son, Blair, who is to graduate from high school in 1999. In working on this project, Dr. Unger was reminded of how crucial faculty members are, both to a college’s educational mission and to students’ individual lives. “As Henry Adams said, ‘A teacher affects eternity.’ ”
two years of intensive reflection and goal-setting during the 1996-97 strategic planning process. In addition, she has served William Jewell as a professor of English, associate dean, Oxbridge senior tutor, “Foundations” program coordinator and overseas study coordinator. Currently, she is enjoying retirement. As she prepared to write the chapter on academics, she especially enjoyed “studying old catalogs and reports to trace both continuity and change in the college’s understanding of itself and of what it could offer its students.”
Neita Geilker Chapter Five: Student Life
B.A. William Jewell College; Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ph.D. University of Missouri Kansas City Neita Geilker ’56 is a “grammar guru,” teaching communication skills as a trainer, consultant, and professional speaker with her own company, Geilker and Associates. She was an adjunct instructor in Jewell’s English department for 20 years. She is married to William Jewell physics professor Don Geilker ’55 and is the mother of Jewell graduates Emily ’82 and Eric ’85. Working on this project allowed her to take a stroll down memory lane: “I thoroughly enjoyed contacting a wide array of alumni to gather information about their activities and memories of college days; I also enjoyed the excuse to wander through many old yearbooks, both to reminisce and to encounter amazing insights about college life in other eras.” Ann Marie Shannon Chapter Six: Academics
B.A. Agnes Scott College; A.M. Radcliffe College-Harvard University; Ph.D. Emory University As assistant to the president for planning, Ann Marie Shannon guided the college through
Norris Patterson Chapter Seven: Cardinal Athletics
B.S. Missouri Valley College; M.A. University of Missouri Kansas City; Ed.D. Columbia University Before beginning his legendary run as Jewell’s most suc cessful head football coach with 13 conference championships, Norris Patterson served five years in the U.S. Navy in Europe during World War II and was discharged as Lieutenant Commander in 1946. His long tenure at William Jewell began in 1950 when he was named department chair and head football coach, a post in which he served until 1968. He returned to Jewell to chair the department from 1975 to 1989. Norris Patterson, author of A Century of Cardinal Sports, is considered the reigning authority on William Jewell athletics. He says he enjoyed the opportunity to research Jewell’s post-war athletic history in greater detail. “I enjoyed reviewing this period of history—about 40 of theses years were mine, so it was fun. Seeing the changes over the years amazed me.”
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D. Dean Dunham, Jr.
Georgia Bowman
Chapter Eight: Fine Arts Program
Chapter Nine: Women at William Jewell
B.A. Hastings College; M.A. University of Arkansas Fayetteville; Ph.D. University of Nebraska Lincoln Dr. Dean Dunham, who has taught English at William Jewell for 33 years, co-founded the William Jewell College Fine Arts Program along with fellow English professor Richard Harriman. More than 30 years ago, the duo recognized a need among fine arts patrons in Kansas City for a program to bring acclaimed artists to the city. What began with a couple of events has blossomed into one of the Midwest’s finest series, annually bringing to campus such artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, the American Ballet Theatre, and The King’s Singers. “Richard and I saw the need for our students to gain access to the performing arts. Under Richard’s guiding hand, the program has grown into something beyond our expectations,” he says. “Writing this chapter on the Fine Arts Program gave me occasion to celebrate two things: the college’s opportunity to create an extraordinary educational program, and the success of a valued colleague in making the most of that opportunity.”
B.A. William Jewell College; B.J. School of Journalism, University of Missouri Columbia; M.A., Ph.D. University of Iowa. Dr. Georgia Bowman ’34 edited two quarterly journals and wrote a brief monograph, The Distaff Side, chronicling the history of women at William Jewell. A fixture of the William Jewell faculty for 40 years, she served as director of forensics, supervisor of the Student and the Tatler, manager of the college radio station, and chair of the department of communication. The annual first-year student speech contest is named in her honor. For six years she was a member of the alumni board of governors. Dr. Bowman had but one regret in writing her chapter: not enough space. “My reaction to developing the chapter on women brought both joy and frustration because space limita tions necessitated omitting material on so many women who have contributed so much to the college.”
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John F. Truex and KitTruex Mair Chapter Ten: Greek Life
John F. Truex
B.A. William Jewell College; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Stanford University The Truex connection to William Jewell dates back to 1880 when JohnTruex’s uncle Harvey came to the Hill. In all, 13 members of the Truex family have been William Jewell stu dents. John ’47, who was an active member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, has served the college as a trustee and trustee emeritus as well as president of the national alumni association. He spent 34 years with TWA, eventually as a corporate vice president. For the last 17 years, he has been a consultant for the executive search firm Morton, McCorkle and Associates. For John Truex, the best part of this project proved to be gaining new insights. “This project enhanced my knowledge of the various Greek organizations—their ideals and the significant contributions of each chapter and alumni.” Kit Truex M air
B.A. William Jewell College KitTruex Mair ’77 is the 12th member of the Truex family to attend William Jewell College. During her years at
William Jewell, she was involved with many campus organiza tions, especially the sorority Zeta Tau Alpha. Professionally, she has worked in the fields of education, government and business, including 13 years at Marion Merrell Dow. Currently, she is a business consultant and a distributor for The Peoples Network. “The Truex family is truly an inter-fraternity family, with six different Greek organizations represented through the gen erations,” she says. “Helping to write this chapter with my father was fun and has raised my appreciation and awareness of the role each fraternity and sorority has played in people’s lives.” Daniel Lambert Chapter Eleven: Jewell and Community
B.A. William Jewell College; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia Dr. Lambert ’63 enjoyed a long career with William Jewell College, serving as dean of student affairs, executive assistant to the president, vice president for planning and development, and finally as vice president of the college. Since 1987 he has been president of Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan., along with his wife, Carolyn ’65. He approached this project with both joy and sorrow: “The college whose history this is, very early helped shape my life. The opportunity to tell some of its story has been a rare, if at times melancholy, privilege. Walking through the memories of youth is always a bit sad.” He believes the college’s greatest contri bution to the community is as an intellectual and cultural force.
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W. Christian Sizemore
Juarenne Hester
Chapter Twelve: Jewell 2000
Chair, Sesquicentennial Committee
B.A. University of Richmond; B.D. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S.L.S. University of North Carolina; Ph.D. Florida State University.
B.A. William Jewell College; M.A. University of Missouri-Kansas City
Dr. W. Christian Sizemore assumed the presidency of William Jewell in 1994, after a lengthy career as a college president, chief acadcmic officer, and professor. A native Virginian whose academic specialty is library science, Dr. Sizemore also has a divinity degree and long history of involvement in Baptist leadership and church relations. As a student of William Jewell history, he was “amazed and impressed” at the variety of facts and anec dotes that surfaced during the compilation of this book. Also, he says, “It was an honor for me to articulate a vision for William Jewell’s future. The college’s history and traditions provide a magnificent basis for future success. Nothing but great things lie ahead, and I am excited to be a part of this continuing, distinctive and compelling story.”
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Juarenne Hester ’55 is currently one of Liberty’s most active community volunteers. An English teacher in the Liberty public schools for 34 years, she was a finalist in Missouri’s statewide “teacher of the year” recognition program. Since leaving the classroom, she has been active promoting bond and levy campaigns to benefit the local schools. At William Jewell she has been a part-time instructor, an officer of the alumni board of governors and co-chair of the alumni board’s communications commission. As chair of the Sesquicentennial Committee, a communitywide group comprised of several dozen civic and educational leaders, Mrs. Hester devoted countless hours to ensuring proper recognition for the college’s 150th observance. This book, a key component of that celebration, was made more affordable to alumni and friends due to a generous gift from Juarenne Hester. The book is dedicated to her late husband, Frank Hester. Mrs. Hester took an active interest in updating Jewell’s history because of her profound love for the college. “William Jewell really nourished me as a person, and I want to do my part to ensure a quality educational experience for all who come in future years. I am confident that the next 150 years will be as interesting and inspiring as those chronicled in these pages.”
John Young
Raymond C. Jones
Chair, Sesquicentennial
Editorial Coordinator, Sesquicentennial Publications
Publications and Historical
and Historical Research Committee
Research Committee
B.A. William Jewell College; M.A.L.S. University of Denver; M.P.A. University of Missouri Kansas City. John Young ’64 serves the college as assistant professor and director of Curry Library. He began his career with William Jewell’s library in the summer of 1964, less than a month after graduation. He started at the circulation desk and moved through various staff positions in the former Carnegie Library and then to the new Charles F. Curry Library, assum ing the position of director of the library in March of 1969. He says working on this project made him feel “connect ed” to William Jewell history in a more meaningful way. “Being a part of the process of recording memories, and working closely with the authors, made me feel like I too was becoming a part of that history.”
B.A. Dickinson College; M.S. University of Illinois; Graduate Diploma, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. Raymond C. Jones, executive director of collegc relations at William Jewell, took over as book coordinator when Jerry Cain assumed the presidency of Judson College. Before coming to William Jewell in 1997 he had a lengthy career in the news paper business, and also served as the top public relations official atWinthrop University, Monmouth University and Dickinson College. He enjoyed this project because it provided a “fast learning curve” on the history of his newly adopted college. “I enjoyed working with the authors, and was impressed by both the depth of their knowledge and their extraordinary loyalty to William Jewell.”
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Charles Durbin Editor, Cardinal Is Her Color
B.A. William Jewell College As a student, Charles Durbin ’60 served as editor of the Student, which was later renamed the Hilltop Monitor. During his tenure, the paper changed from a semi-monthly publication to a weekly one. His youngest daughter, Monica Cross, graduated from Jewell in 1990. During the last 38 years, he has been the mortgage vice president and assistant secretary in the investment department at Business Men’s Assurance Company. His hobbies include photography, particularly wedding pictures, and he put that talent to use in the pages of this book. “I anticipated that a project of this nature would be chal lenging yet rewarding, and the high level of cooperation, enthu siasm and responsiveness has proved this true. I must thank my bride of 38 years, Judy, for helping me in the editing, review and opinion process and for offering constant support. “The authors have invested much time and talent in the creation of these pages and they are truly remarkable people. The information herein is revealing of the many facets of life at William Jewell, and the vast number of Jewell connections which have been woven throughout this country and indeed the world in 150 years.”
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