Catalog, 1915-1916 - Hoover Library

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The students are required to attend religious exercises which
are held at the beginning of every school day, and are required
to attend divine service on Sunday morning at some church in
Westminster. The following denominations are represented
in the city: Methodist Protestant, Methodist Episcopal, Protestant
Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Reformed, Lutheran and
German Baptist. The church affiliations of students will be
scrupulously respected, and only those will be required to attend
the Methodist Protestant Church who have no church of
their own in the city.
On Sunday evening services are conducted in Baker Chapel
by the President, which the students are required to attend.
The Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's
Christian Association have each a branch association in
the College and rooms fitted up for religious services. On Sunday
afternoon a voluntary meeting of the two associations is
held, conducted by the Y. M. C. A. The Sunday School beld
on Sunday morning is one of our most important religious
factors. Though attendance is not compulsory, all the students
usually enroll themselves as scholars. The classes are taught
by members of the Faculty, and the lessons used are those of
the International Series.
Literary Societies
The Irving and Webster Literary Societies of young men,
and the Browning and Philomathean Societies of young women
hold regular meetings, and it is the desire of the Faculty that
all the students avail themselves of the advantages of these
valuable and instructive organizations. No fraternities are
permitted in the College.
On Tuesday evening of Commencement Week there is an
oratorical and literary contest between the Irving and the
Webster Societies, and between the Browning and the Philo-