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Laying Down The Tracks A small Fayette R. Buell, a the Westminster private educational academic facilities liberal arts college. teacher from community. In institution. Dr. on campus. Lewis A private institution Westminster, September 1867, Robert H. Hall of Science will of higher learning. purchased land in the first building Chambers serves as soon undergo a A rural community hopes of building a was constructed and the seventh com pIe t e atmosphere. A small, private Western Maryland president as well as renovation and complex and university. He had College became one the former Dean of Hoover Library will thriving history. All the support of two of the first the College of Arts be greatly of these well-respected coeducational and Sciences and a expanded. In c h ar ac teri sti c s community institutions in the professor of addition, more accurately describe members, United States. American studies. classroom facilities Western Maryland ReverendJ.T. Ward, Currently, The college is in the are planned for the College. and John Smith, the faculty, staff, and middle of a period near future. In the The origins President of the students are still of transformation 1996-1997 year, the of the college can Western Maryland following the and progress. WMC community be traced back to the Railroad. The noteworthy Funds were raised is definitely laying period immediately college was named example of John for the launching of down the tracks for following the Civil for the railroad due Smith and "laying a complex capital a technologically War in the to its significant down the tracks" for campaign to and educationally nineteenth century. economic impact on the future of our improve many advanced future. A familiar site on campu~ is the Western Maryland caboose overlooking SCOIl Bair Stadium. This is a great location to cheer on the Green Terror.