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....
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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...
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...
Westeryears: Student Conduct in the Early Days of Westminster
When the Westminster Board of Trustees met for their June 1860 meeting, they approved a college catalog that among other...
Westeryears: The Trustee Tragedy
Charless House in St. Louis The untimely end of Joseph Charless, Jr. (1804-1859), a prominent St. Louis financier and banker and one of the founding members of...
Westeryears: The World Classroom of the Blue Blazers Investment Committee
Blue Blazers Investment Committee 2001 As with any great idea, the concept of the Blue Blazers Investment Committee (BBIC) evolved from...
Westeryears: Westminster College’s First President
Finding a first President for Westminster College was no easy task. In fact, for the first few years (1851-1855), the faculty took...
Westeryears: The Lighter Side of Civil War Westminster
Featured is the official flag of the Kingdom of Callaway. In 1961, the 100th anniversary of the Kingdom’s foundation, the...
Westeryears: Linkletter Said the Darnest Things at Westminster
Over 1,000 people gathered in Champ Auditorium on December 5, 1967, to listen to the pioneer of today’s reality television programming, Art Linkletter (1912-2010), lecture on...
Westeryears: Early Spiritual Life at Westminster College
The Young Men’s Christian Association at Westminster 1895 Because Westminster was strongly rooted in the Presbyterian faith at its conception, the founders...
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