1884-1899 Central Wesleyan College Star Newspaper Lot Warrenton Missouri Antique For Sale

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1884-1899 Central Wesleyan College Star Newspaper Lot Warrenton Missouri Antique:
$95.00

This is a lot of eight antique issues of the Central Wesleyan College Star which was the monthly periodical published by the Central Wesleyan College of Warrenton, Missouri dated between 1884 and 1892.   This magazine had a few changes to title and the lot includes: 

College Courant Vol. 1, No. 5 dated May 1884, 8 pages 

Central Wesleyan College Star, Vol. II, No. 6, dated March 1887, 8 pages plus covers 

The College Star, Vol. VIII, No. 3 dated December 1890, 16 pages (back cover detached but present)  

The College Star, Vol. IX, No. 3 dated December 1891, 16 pages 

The College Star, Vol. IX, No. 5 dated February 1892, 16 pages 

The College Star, Vol. XIII, No. 3 dated January 1896, 16 pages

The College Star, Vol. XVI, No. 6 dated March 1899, 16 pages 

The College Star, Vol. XV, No. 6 dated March 1898, 16 pages 

This college was established in 1864 and operated until 1941.  Some classes were taught in German language and these magazines have mostly English but also some German language articles.  All issues measures about 11.5” x 9” and have moderate wear, some toning from age and a bit of light foxing and/or dust staining in places.  All issues contain some advertising for local businesses that served the college community.    Two issues have back covers detached but present.   Please see the photos and email any questions.  The following is some information on Warrenton’s Central Wesleyan College:

Central Wesleyan College was a private college sponsored by the Methodist Church in Warrenton, Missouri, from 1864 to 1941.[1]

History

Central Wesleyan College as it appeared in 1878.

The college has its roots in the German and English College founded in 1854 in Quincy, Illinois, to train ministers for the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The English portion closed in 1863 as descendants of German immigrants were more numerous and interested in continuing their church traditions.[1]

Church members founded the new school in Warrenton with the stated purposes of providing homes for orphans of the American Civil War and to supply a \"higher educational institute for the youth of the German Church in the West.\"[1] Founders purchased a 932-acre (3.77 km2) campus for the Western Orphan Asylum and Educational Institute. In 1869, the name was changed to Central Wesleyan College and Orphan Asylum.[1] In 1884, the two organizations split: Central Wesleyan College and Central Wesleyan Orphan Home.[1]

In 1909 the German College of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, merged with the college, which was renamed the Central Wesleyan College and German Theological Seminary.[1] In 1912 the college was among the original founders of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association. After public universities took over the Mid-America athletic conference, in 1924 Central was among the founders of the Missouri College Athletic Union.[2]

The records of Ozark Wesleyan College of Carthage, Missouri, were added to the Truman State University Library and Archives in the 1920s.[1]

Junior college

It was reclassified as a junior college in 1930, awarding two-year degrees.

Closing

Faced with financial troubles in the Great Depression, the college closed in 1941. Its grounds were sold in 1946 at sale. In 1947, Truman State University bought its records.[1]

Notable alumni

Herb Hake - cartoonist

Carl Lutz (1895–1975), Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews

John Louis Nuelsen - Methodist Bishop

Leonidas C. Dyer - Congressman

John H. Hellweg - Wisconsin state legislator and businessman

Theodore W. Hukriede - Congressman

Henry F. Niedringhaus - Congressman

William A. Rodenberg - Congressman

Ilien Tang (died 1920), Chinese Terms

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1884-1899 Central Wesleyan College Star Newspaper Lot Warrenton Missouri Antique

$95.00