Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
FROM MEXICO, MISSOURI.
A Larned Girl Tells Her Former School
mates Something About the
"Vassar of the West"

"Vassar of the West
From the Larned Kansas Eagle.
HARDIN LADIES' COLLEGE,
MEXICO, Mo-, May 3. !
To ma Ldrned Friends: / can scarce
ly realize that thirty days from to-
night will mark the close of most
pleasant and profitable years school
work, and that in so short time will
once again greet the dear familiar
faces of Larned friends. While look
forward to the close of school with
eager anticipation, yet as the time
draws nearer for the parting with
schoolmates and teachers, the mem
ory of so many pleasant days spent
with them comes to me and a feeling
of sadness creeps into the joy, making
the last remaining days more precious
and the dear friends doubIy dear.
In letter written some months ago
l described in my humble manner a
portion of the work done by the fac
ulty and students of Hardin Conserva-
tory of Music, and have since received
many queries concerning the art and
literary departments of Hardin Col
lege.
The art department is presided over
by Miss Libbie McMaster, a lady of
long experience and rare ability. She
was for four years at the head of the
art department in Alabama College,
and has taught drawing, crayon, oil,
pastel, china and decorative painting
in Hardin College for the past ten
years. Her art rooms are open for
inspection and the students work is
on display at all times, and during
commencement week the annual art
levee is held, in which every piece of
work done by the pupils during the
year is displayed and a handsome gold
medal awarded the owner of the best
piece.
The elocution department is pre-
sided over by Miss Sarah Greenleaf
Frost, graduate of the Boston School
of Expression, and Miss Lura Beard,
from the National School of Oratory,
New York City. The most careful at
tention is paid to the cultivation of the
voice and development of the body
for grace and ease. At short intervals
during the school year private recitals
are held in the music hall and every
student of elocution is required to ap-
pear on the stage before the students
and faculty, thus enabling them to
gain a command over self and ease o1
person unable to be attained other.
wise.
literary departments one of the fines
corps of teachers to be found in any
college or university of the West
. faculty to be proud graduates ant
experienced teachers from the lead
. ing institutions of learning all ovel
, the United States, men and womer
of extraordinary capabilities, who are
, fully equipped to "teach the young
idea how to shoot'' in the latest i'm
} proved manner.
t President A. K. Yancey, graduate
of the University of Virginia, six year
{ president of Alabama Central College
. and ten years president of Hardin
, College, has personal supervision owe
l the classes in moral philosophy, evi
| dences of Christianity and theology
o Prof. John w. Million, vice-presiden
= of the College, is an A. M. gradual
t from the VIM. Jewell College, grad
uate student of JohnsHopkins Univer
n sity, and University of Berlin, Ger
many, and is the second man who ha
a gained the distinction of securing
d III. d. degree from the University
q Chicago. He has charge of the politi
d cal economy and history classes
q Hardin.
n Miss H. R. Hay, the presiding teach
er, is a woman of strong characte
" and capabilities. She was for five yeal
!, lady principal of Churchland Acad
emy, Virginia, and for five years lad
!, principal of Central College, Alabam'
:, and has for ten years held the positio
n of presiding teacher in Hardin Ladie
!, College.
u Prof. Charles W. Downing, A. M
70 graduate from VIM. Jewell Colleg
! Harvard University, four years pre-
+ fessor of languages in Howard Payr
= College, Texas, is professor of Lati
~ Greek, Grecian and Roman literatur
j, Prof. j. B. Tate, graduate of Spalding
~ Business College, five years profess
;, of science in Stephens College, al
W three years professor of science
" VI Hardin College, has charge of the ma
"i ural science and commercial depar
- ments. Miss Ella V. Jones, A. M,
lA a graduate of Southwest Virginia L
, stitute, and of Vassar Colleges
was for seven years teacher in Sout
LII west Virginia Institute and threeyea
lady principal there's teacher
mathematics, higher English and Ii
NJ, erature in Hardin.
Miss Christine Wissner, a gradua
GO of Berlitz School of Languages, Lei
No. zig, Germany has charge of the Fren
and German classes.
'. Not only are the mental faculti
a, carefully developed by thoroughly G
~ perienced instructors, but moral prl
% ciples are assiduously instilled into t