Piano Lesson Card
Collection: Max Moxley Photographs
Title
Piano Lesson Card
Subject
Cooper Memorial College
Sterling College
History--Sterling, Kansas
Description
This piano card entitled Lillie Green to nine piano lessons for fifty cents a lesson from the musical director of Cooper Memorial College (today Sterling College).
In 1886, the Sterling Land and Investment Company was organized, and platted the "College Addition" to Sterling. Ten acres of land was donated by an early settler named Pliny F. Axtell, and the first building was erected in October, 1886. The site was then offered to the United Presbyterian Church Council of Kansas, with the condition that they endow, operate and maintain the school. The offer was accepted and a charter was prepared in the name "Cooper Memorial," in honor of Reverend Joseph Cooper, a revered former leader of the Presbyterian denomination which founded the College. The original curriculum offered four majors, and a preparatory department offering high school courses for those students unable to attend such institutions in their home communities. The majors included: a “Classical Course”, a general liberal arts emphasis, a “Normal Course” for prospective teachers, an “English Course” for future school administrators, and a business course.
Cooper Memorial College was opened on November 1, 1887. Over the next few years, additional buildings were built and departments added. By the early 1900's the school had an enrollment of about 180 students.
Source
Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas
Publisher
Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas
Date
December 12, 1899
Contributor
Max Moxley
Rights
Reproduced with permission from the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Photographs
Identifier
MM_College456.jpg
MM_College456b.Jpg
Citation
“Piano Lesson Card,” Sterling Digital Collections, accessed May 5, 2024, https://sterling.digitalsckls.info/item/61.
Title
Piano Lesson Card
Subject
Cooper Memorial College
Sterling College
History--Sterling, Kansas
Description
This piano card entitled Lillie Green to nine piano lessons for fifty cents a lesson from the musical director of Cooper Memorial College (today Sterling College).
In 1886, the Sterling Land and Investment Company was organized, and platted the "College Addition" to Sterling. Ten acres of land was donated by an early settler named Pliny F. Axtell, and the first building was erected in October, 1886. The site was then offered to the United Presbyterian Church Council of Kansas, with the condition that they endow, operate and maintain the school. The offer was accepted and a charter was prepared in the name "Cooper Memorial," in honor of Reverend Joseph Cooper, a revered former leader of the Presbyterian denomination which founded the College. The original curriculum offered four majors, and a preparatory department offering high school courses for those students unable to attend such institutions in their home communities. The majors included: a “Classical Course”, a general liberal arts emphasis, a “Normal Course” for prospective teachers, an “English Course” for future school administrators, and a business course.
Cooper Memorial College was opened on November 1, 1887. Over the next few years, additional buildings were built and departments added. By the early 1900's the school had an enrollment of about 180 students.
Source
Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas
Publisher
Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas
Date
December 12, 1899
Contributor
Max Moxley
Rights
Reproduced with permission from the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Photographs
Identifier
MM_College456.jpg
MM_College456b.Jpg