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,...
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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...
“Churchill’s Vision and America’s Future”–Vice President George H. W. Bush’s Green Lecture March 5, 1986
Mr. President, distinguished faculty, students, ladies and gentlemen. It is an honor to come here today to deliver this, the lecture that marks the 40th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” address here...
Emily Lucitt: Westminster’s First New ROTC Scholarship Recipient
Emily Lucitt, ΚΑΘ, of Waynesville, MO, is the first ROTC scholarship recipient at Westminster College since the school revamped its U.S. Army ROTC program in 2017. The junior, who completed Cadet Summer Training in July at...
Westeryears: The Scandal That Led To Swope Chapel
Swope Chapel is a cherished source of past memories for Westminster College. Margaret “Maggie” Christman Swope had been convinced by Rev. John J. Rice, Jr. ’06, the grandson of Nathan L. Rice, first president of Westminster who...
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...
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