Westeryears: The Town Club
Town Club members:1935 When Westminster entered the 1930s, approximately 55 percent of the student body belonged to a fraternity. While some of the Independents were able to live in the dormitory Reunion Hall, many...
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Westeryears: The Razzberries Went to Extremes to Generate Blue Jay Spirit
The Razzberries in 1932 One of the great tales of Westminster College yore is the origination of a campus group called “The Razzberries.” Flashback with Westeryears to 1921. On one cold, gloomy day, the Westminster...
Westeryears:The Swashbuckling Churchillian
by Nancy Carver, Churchill Fellow and St. Louis author Over the next few months, Westeryears will feature a series of columns about the history and background of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin,...
Westeryears: A Great Guy Delivers the Green Lecture
As the entire nation paused this week to honor the life and legacy of U.S. 41st President George H. W. Bush with fitting and formal memorial services, many in Mid-Missouri reflected back on the President Bush’s two...
Westeryears: The Mustard Seed—”Anything That Isn’t Given Away, They Can Sell.”
The First Mustard Seed Group, from the Blue Jay Yearbook 1921 In the early years of Westminster, campus activities had no person in charge, organized plan, or source of financing. Various students who were interested in...
Westeryears: The Story Behind Latshaw Plaza
People come from all over the world to see the famous “Breakthrough” sculpture, created from eight panels of the original Berlin Wall by Sir Winston Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys and located adjacent to the...
Westeryears: Truman’s Commencement Address
As the 107 graduates gathered on June 8, 1964, for the outdoor commencement exercises—the largest Westminster graduating class in the school’s history at that time—they had no idea that, rather than the customary sage...
Westeryears: Looking for a Lady Part Two
A tiny statue of St. Mary holding baby Jesus lives in an alcove over the door of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. The story of the statue has mostly been a...
Westeryears: Looking for A Lady—Part One
Written by Westeryears Guest Columnist Jenny Grey, Editor of The Fulton Sun, as a two-part article which originally appeared in The Fulton Sun For years, a mysterious statue has resided in a niche at...
Westeryears: The Media Invasion of Westminster
As Churchill Fellows Weekend approaches, Westeryears felt it appropriate to examine one more aspect of Churchill’s historic campus visit to deliver the “Iron Curtain” speech—the media invasion. Once the broadcast rights for nation-wide radio coverage had been secured, Central Broadcasting System...
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