Drury University

by William Garvin

Overview

On September 25, 1873, Dr. Nathan Jackson Morrison, the first president of Drury College, stood in the second-story window of an unfinished building and rang a borrowed boardinghouse dinner bell to announce the opening of the school. The six faculty members and thirty-nine students in attendance that day had to share the simple brick structure with carpenters and plasterers, and the isolated campus consisted of a few hardscrabble acres of prairie dotted with hazel brush and hickory saplings. Today, Drury University sits upon a 90-acre campus and has over 2,200 undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students. The school has a vibrant and innovative academic program, a strong tradition in athletics, and over 30,000 living alumni. For 150 years, Drury University has stood as an institution that blends liberal learning and professional studies in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467109673
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/31/2023
Series:	Campus History
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

William Garvin is the director of the F.W. Olin Library at Drury University and has also served as Drury's special collections librarian and university archivist since 1992. Most of the images in this volume are drawn from the university's extensive archival collection.