Reminiscences of A Souvenir for the Home Coming Compiled by Lucinda de Leftwich Templin Saint Charles, Missouri May 24-27, 1920 The Founder of Lindenwood College (The crest of the College which is also the official seal, was the personal crest of Mrs. Sibley.) TH Greeting HIS LITTLE BOOKLET goes forth to the Alumnae and former students of the College with the sincere wish that it may serve to renew your interest in Lindenwood. The book is very incomplete and we are asking YOU to assist us in collecting other material so that a later history of the college may be complete in every detail. The pictures of many persons who deserve to be mentioned are left. out. If you have a picture which you think should have been in, will you. send it to us so that we may have a copy made for future use? The College records are very incomplete and anything you may have will be of interest. We are particularly sorry not to have photographs of all the women who did so much for Lindenwood. During one period of the history of the College, the women who were on the Faculty were largely responsible for the continuance of the College. It was their sacrifices which made possible the future development. We are fortunate in having the diary and many personal things which belonged to Major and Mrs. Sibley. The plan is to restore the Sibley Cottage some time soon and make a Memorial house of it. Memorial rooms in Butler Hall will contain the belongings of Colonel and Mrs. Butler. There are so many things needed which will be valuable in the future history of the College and we urge the former students to do what they can to collect them and assist in establishing fitting memorials. Any suggestions which you may be able to make will receive most. careful attention. Please remember that we are sincerely interested in your success and we expect you to demonstrate in your daily lives that the education which you received in Lindenwood, has been worth while. Your success in life will to a certain extent be indicative of the success of the College in the training of young women. Sincere thanks is expressed to all those who so generously have aided in this compilation. Sincerely yours, LUCINDA DE LEFTWICH TEMPLIN. (Dean.) From Historical Articles Written by Jos. H. Alexander for Missouri Farmer in 1847. The following article was written by the late Joseph H. Alexander and appeared in the Missouri Patriot in Volume 1, Number 36, published at St. Charles on January 7, 1847. "It was evening in the spring of 1780. There was a small village settled sixteen years before the time of which we speak, sicuated on one of our western waters and in this village some bold hearts were assembled. A man of small statute, but of robust, healthy look, a face that told plainly the hardships which he had endured, stood beside the others, who, more or less, partook of the same appearance. This man had undergone many hardships, but he was of so enterprising and roving disposition that all the Indians and wild beasts that roamed the unbroken forests west of the Mississippi would not have daunted him and he would have stopped only with the loss of his life. This dauntless man was the founder of one of the largest western cities-a city that is today fast improving that ere long will be ranked among the largest of our widely extended country. |