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HistoryDrury was founded in 1873 to offer an environment of strong academic discourse and intellectual achievement. Its founders, Congregationalist home missionaries, felt the need for an academically strong liberal arts college in Southwest Missouri. Drury was patterned after the Congregationalist liberal arts colleges of the North, institutions like Oberlin, Carleton, Dartmouth, Yale and Harvard. After much debate, Springfield was chosen over Neosho, Missouri as the college's location. James and Charles Harwood of Springfield, the Reverend Nathan Morrison of Olivet, Michigan, and Samuel Drury of Otsego, Michigan joined to organize and endow what they initially named Springfield College. Samuel Drury's financial gift of $25,000 was the largest, and the college was renamed for his recently deceased son. Reverend Morrison was chosen as president and rang the bell to begin classes on September 25, 1873.

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Welcome to Immanuel Lutheran Church & School. We are affiliated with the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. Directly to the west of the church is the family life center, which was dedicated on July 2000. This building is connected to the Christian Day School and provides a gymnasium, lunchroom, kitchen, handicap accessible restrooms, and showers. The upper level is now being utilized as part of Immanuel's reach program. Call us today for more information!