La Grange College   

GENERAL INFORMATION "from 1922"
Location 

IN the early part of the last century pioneers, attracted by the grandeur of the scenery and fertility of the soil, settled on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi and Wyaconda rivers, where the city of LaGrange is now located. The city has one of the most beautiful and healthful locations in the state. One hundred and forty-seven miles above St. Louis, twenty-eight miles below Keokuk, and ten miles from Quincy, connected with these and other cities by rail and river, it has many of the advantages of a large city and at the same time is free from its temptations and vices. The mineral waters of this city have been analyzed by government chemists, and their medicinal properties found to be excellent.  The superiority of these waters has been thoroughly tested by the many invalids who have found relief by their use.  Large quantities of these waters have been shipped to supply the demands in Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere. With good schools, both public and private, good business facilities, and a cultured society, LaGrange is an admirable location for those seeking comfortable homes and a quiet city.                               

Co-Educational

     A feature which commends this institution to many progressive people is the fact that it is co-educational. Here young men and young women enjoy the same privileges and share the same responsibilities. This is nature's plan. It is advantageous to both sexes.  It results in a more practical and symmetrical development.  The faculty reserve the right to prescribe whatever restrictions are wise and necessary in regulating the association of the young people who attend LaGrange College.

                         Government

     The government of the College is administered by the president and faculty under the authority of the Board of Trustees.  Students are expected and required to observe regular study hours, and to obtain permission before leaving town. The faculty seeks to have personal care and oversight of all pupils. As an important part of college training is to inculcate principles of self-government, a rigid code of laws serves only to defeat such a purpose.  The aim of the faculty is to exercise a parental and moral supervision over the students.  A young man or young woman who has no inclination to do the right and avoid the wrong is not wanted in LaGrange College.

                   Self Help

     Each year a number of students work their way through college, wholly or in part.  To worthy and needy students the administration assigns places on the domestic force.  Profitable employment may also be found in the homes of the citizens of LaGrange.  Write to the President of the College as soon as possible if you wish to avail yourself of the opportunities for self-help.

                      Edgar Lewis Marston Scholarship

     Through the generosity of an Alumnus, Mr. Edgar L. Marston, a scholarship is offered each year to the young man graduating with the highest honors. This scholarship amounts to $240 annually toward expenses in Brown University. , and is known as the Edgar Lewis Marston Scholarship.  Mr. Marston is a member of the Board of Trustees of Brown University.

                      The Main Building

     This is a brick building and offers accommodation for the greater part of the college work. In 1896 the original building was increased by the large and commodious "Cove Addition" made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Redwah Gove, of Quincy, 111., and by gifts from the citizens of LaGrange. The first floor contains the large general library and reading room, the recitation rooms, the physical, biological and chemical laboratories and business office. On the second floor are the Principal's room and English room, the Jullien Avery Herrick Art Hall, the commodious chapel, Conservatory of Music, and rooms for music practice and meeting of literary societies.

                 W. G. Brown Hall, The Women's Dormitory

     It is located on College Hill, southeast of the main building.   It fronts the east, from which side it commands a splendid view of the broad Mississippi, dotted with tree-clad islands.   From north to south a varied vision of river and islands, shore-line and valley, bluffs and hills, unrolls its splendor to the eye, while in the far east may be seen the purple mists over the Illinois hills. The dormitory is a brick structure 76 by 36 feet, with two stories and a basement, and will accommodate thirty girls.  It is furnished with all modern conveniences.  Light and ventilation are carefully provided.  It is heated by steam and lighted by electricity.  In the basement is located the dining hall, kitchen, laundry and trunk room.  On the first floor is an entrance lobby, a reception hall, the matron's room, and seven rooms for students.  On the second floor are several music rooms with sound-proof walls, and eight rooms for students.  On both these floors are located bath rooms and lavatories. A competent and cultured matron is in charge of the dormitory and will exercise careful supervision over all the young ladies entrusted to her charge. She will safeguard their health and morals, and make the social life of the dormitory homelike, wholesome and helpful. The College thus affords to young ladies all the advantages of a first-class Boarding School or Ladies' College.

               The Athletic Field

     The college is fortunate in the possession of a superior athletic field, containing excellent football, baseball and basket ball grounds, tennis courts, etc.

                 Laboratories

     The space devoted to laboratories has been greatly augmented in recent years. There is a physical laboratory and a biological laboratory fitted out with the most modern equipment and appliances.  Extensive additions in the matter of apparatus have also been made.

              Libraries

     The main library occupies a large attractive room on the first floor of the College building.  There is also a carefully selected art library admirably housed in the Jullien Avery Herrick Art Hall.  The college libraries total over five thousand volumes.  A portion of the library fee goes to provide the most prominent magazines and daily and religious papers for the reading room.

                    Literary Societies

     The work of the literary societies has been found to be one of the most interesting and helpful features of the training of LaGrange College.  The societies  furnish the student with social life, with literary instruction and practice, with opportunity for self-expression, with a knowledge of how to conduct meetings, and with training in conducting them.  The work of the literary societies is carefully  supervised.

                   Religious Influences

      It is believed that education should not only include intellectual training, but  should always include, as it's highest aim, the development of Christian character,  and with this end in view LaGrange College was founded and dedicated to Christian  education.  All students are required to attend the daily devotional exercises of  the College, and on Sunday to attend such church as the parents or guardians may  designate.  While avoiding sectarianism, the entire life of the College stands for  positive loyalty to the Christian religion.

                 College Lecture Course

     For a number of years this institution, through the efforts of the faculty and  the friends of the College, has maintained a course of high class lectures and entertainments.  These have been largely attended by the students and the general  public, and are an appreciated factor in the intellectual life of the College and the  city.   The course for  1922-23 will be given under the auspices of the College  Ladies Aid Society, the local organization of the Women's Auxiliary of LaGrange College.

                Athletics

     Recognizing that the body as well as the mind must be trained, the College  seeks to encourage athletic sports among the students.  The New Athletic Field  greatly increases the facilities and broadens the opportunities for physical training  at LaGrange.  There are first-class provisions for base ball, football, and all track  events.  There is ample provision for tennis on the courts on the College Campus.  Besides these things that have been provided, nature has been particularly lavish  to LaGrange.  There are many beautiful walking trips out of LaGrange, and the Wyaconda and Mississippi rivers furnish excellent places for boating and skating under ideal conditions.      No student will be allowed to represent the College in any athletic contest unless he shall carry at least three subjects, making twelve points, and maintain a grade satisfactory to the faculty.

                J.  E.  Nunn Hall,  Dormitory for Men

     The generosity of Dr. J. E. Nunn, of Amarillo, Texas, class of 1871, made possible the purchase of a substantial seventeen-room brick building, which has been converted into an excellent dormitory for young men.  This will provide desirable rooms, with furnace heat, electric lights and bath, for twenty-six young men. The occupants will secure board at the College Dining Hall in the W G. Brown Hall.  This gift was made by the donor in grateful recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation from LaGrange College, with a prayerful desire to be of help to young men seeking an education to prepare themselves for Christian service.   It is a substantial addition to the equipment of the college.

                  Scholarships

     There have been several memorial scholarships recently established.  Their benefits are available for worthy students.

                   Women's Auxiliary of LaGrange College

     One of the largest and most important services performed by LaGrange College has been the education of noble women.  Several years before the University of Missouri admitted women, they were welcomed in LaGrange College on an equal basis with young men.  In turn, women have been sustaining friends of LaGrange College.  They are now organizing for systematic co-operation.  The purpose is to have in every Baptist church a Women's Auxiliary of LaGrange College.   They are raising money and also sending canned fruit and vegetables to the dormitories.

                   Exp enses

     In comparison with the opportunities offered, the expenses at LaGrange College are exceedingly low.  Indeed, upon actual investigation it has been learned that the average student spends much less money here than in the state schools or in the widely advertised cheap schools.

                            Low Total Expenses for College Year

     There are many who prefer to know definitely the total expenses and pay the same directly to the college.  To accommodate such patrons we have established a fixed charge of $296 for the regular school year of nine months for students in the academy and $320 for students in the college.  This covers the following items: Tuition, room rent, board, electric light, heat, use of bath room, all necessary text-books, laboratory fees, incidental fee (for library, athletics, registration, etc.), ticket to the lyceum course and ticket to all athletic games   Note that this includes the regular tuition in the college or academy, but not the cost of instruction in music and other subjects for which there are extra charges.  Those desiring any of these special courses will need to add the charge for the same.  This fixed charge  is due in quarterly payments in advance.   The arrangement and agreement under this plan is for at least one semester and the college assumes the expenses of making provisions accordingly.  But if a student withdraws for necessary causes, settlement is made for the time of actual attendance at the above annual rate plus twenty per cent.