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Annual JauntTo WaiilatpuSet Thursdayvent to b i Fo bers tendrd •are: Wilb 01ivlt; V. EYellfM: i and Op mee1The Whitman monument, erected in 189? to honor the pioneer missionary - doctor Marcus Whitman and his wife, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, is again the objective of I pgij't an annual pilgrimage by freshman de]ec students at Whitman college. They ma;r will visit Waiilatpu. the site of the | rep0with rrship Mem even be emonument, Thursday afternoon.Since 1927 the pilgrimage to Waiilatpu has been a part of the first-week ceremonies for new students. For many years the late Dr.S. B. L. Penrose told the Whitman story of pioneer sacrifice and serv-ive, of the massacre, and of the Reverend Cushing Sells who vowed to build a perpetual memorial to his friend and co-worker Marcus Whitman. In 1859 this memorial. Whitman seminary, was chartered by the territorial legislature and in 1882 it became Whitman college with Alexander J. Anderson as its first president. Dr. Penrose became president in 1894.The Whitman story has been told in succeeding years by the late nnnn Dean W. ft. Davis,_by Allen H. Rey-!Thericaweremitt€at thstateattleMiandchaiidepaMrs.nolds, former president of the board of trustees, by Tom Garth, arche-ologist and curator of the Whitman museum on the mission site, and by Herbert Ringcffer, college trustee.This year, Garth again will give the Whitman story to orient new students in the historical background of their college. ^ Faculty and student automobiles will transport freshmen from Memorial hall on the campus to Waiilatpu.be ir sessii willDeard and : of th Dohr. dentMecease
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Wed, Sep 07, 1949
Page 15
Full Page
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Rogers M.
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