A look back at Westminster of yesteryear.
Thomas Tuttle, MD, Class of 1889, suddenly made headlines last spring when Forbes magazine and other national news outlets compared Tuttle’s health mandates during the Spanish flu to those of Anthony Fauci, MD. Above,...
Westminster has given countless honorary doctoral degrees over the years, but it might surprise you to know that for one brief period in the College’s illustrious history, students could actually earn a doctorate behind...
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...
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...
Visitors of the magnificently restored Christopher Wren church on Westminster’s campus, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, are greeted at the back of the sanctuary by a huge bust of the Stratford-on-Avon...
by Thomas Dunlap ’71 In 1946, Westminster President Franc L. McCluer penned a letter to Winston Churchill inviting him to deliver a lecture at the College. Before the letter reached Churchill, President Harry Truman...
By Thomas Dunlap ’71 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (SAE) at Westminster College and the Winston Churchill Memorial share a significant anniversary in 2019. SAE established its Missouri Gamma Chapter in 1949. Thus, 2019 is...
“I saw them all burn, and it is a sensation I will never forget—hearing the bells fall down the tower, hearing the organs burn, because the hot air blowing through the organ pipes almost...
BY NANCY CARVER, CHURCHILL FELLOW AND ST. LOUIS AUTHOR Today, we hear much about supposed Russian interference in our elections and government, but who would suppose that the government of the Soviet Union was once interested in Fulton,...
The beautiful Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury stands on the campus of Westminster College as a magnificent survivor of the ravages of time and disastrous events. In fact, as a result of...
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