# @williamjewellcollege on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-12-28T19:47:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** William Jewell College (@williamjewellcollege) — https://gondola.cc/williamjewellcollege

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As the #JewellFamily enjoys a well-earned holiday break, we hope your bookshelves are getting some attention. 📚 Here's a century-old window into academic life on The Hill: the books Jewell faculty recommended for an essential library in 1922.

📕 John Priest Greene, president: Webster's Dictionary, Green's "History of the English People," Irving's "Life of George Washington," Tennyson's poems, Kirtley's "The Young Man and Himself," Marden's "Pushing to the Front"

📕 Robert Semple, Latin professor: Shakespeare, Jowett's "The Complete Works of Plato," Hugo's "Les Miserables," Milton's "Paradise Lost," English Dictionary

📕 James Clark, math professor: Shakespeare, "Milton's Poetical Works," "Arabian Nights," Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress," Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"

📕 Richard Rider, principal of the Academic Department: Shakespeare, "The Pilgrim's Progress," Macaulay's "Essays," Smiles' "Self-Help," "Les Miserables"

#goodreads #readinglist #throwback

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