Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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EDUCATION BUILDING still in service, now as the Senior High. The old Normal building was torn down in 1916. From the faculty of the old Normal there are three on the present teaching force of Teachers College, and of the first faculty of the new State Normal there are still four with us. We now have three large, beau- tiful, modern class-room buildingsq our faculty exceeds one hundred efficient and trained instructors, who are graduates from some of the leading colleges and universities in the United States, Ger- many, Hungary, and Franceg and our enrollment consists of more than three thousand intelligent and energetic young men and women, not only from the southwest district, but from all parts of the United States, from Mexico, France, Switzerland, and Hawaii. As we look backward over the footprints in the sand of time, we see the annals ofSouthwest Missouri State Teachers College richly emblazoned upon the history of education of Southwest Missouri, and as we look out across the untrampled sands of the future, we see on the not distant horizon a leader among leaders in the educational institutions of the time-our own beloved Southwest Missouri State Teachers College-a true mecca of learning, of guidance and of inspiration! 20

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HISTOIQT OF O UR COLLEGE The Fourth District State Normal School at Springfield was Authorized by act of the General Assembly of Missouri, April 17, 1905, but no appropriation was made until 1907. The school was self-supporting for the first two years of its existence. The first session was held during the summer of 1905, commencing June 11. The classes were held at the Central High School on Center and Jefferson streets and at the Springfield Normal School and Busi- ness College on Pickwick and Cherry. Students of normal or college rank met at the former place, and sub-normal or high school students met at the latter location. J. A. Taylor was business manager and C. E. Marston was director. The faculty was composed of members from the faculties of the Normal School, the city high school and Drury College. w. 'r. CARRINGTON The second summer term was held entirely at the old Normal building, and W. T. Carrington, state superintendent of schools, president-elect of the new institution, assumed active charge as president. With the beginning ofthe First fall term, 1907, the faculty members numbered 12, and the total enrollment was 173. On July 26, 1905, a number of citizens of Springfield donated to the state the forty-acre tract composing the present site of the school. August 10, 1907, the cornerstone was laid to Academic Hall, and the school was moved into its new and permanent quarters in January, 1909. In September, 1918, Clyde M. Hill succeeded W. T. Carrington as president. By an act of the General Assembly in January, 1919, the Normal School became Southwest Missouri State Teachers College. July 27, 1922, the corner stone was laid to the new Education Building and the new edifice was occupied in April, 1924. The cor- nerstone to the Science Building now under construction was laid May 1, 1925. The structure is to be occupied by October of this year. Thus, in the past twenty years, have we seen the phenom- enal growth of this future Uni- versity of the Ozarksf' The old Central High School building is OLD CHERRY STREET NORMAL if' I

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IN MEMORIAM 2 S i 4 WILLIAM H. LYNCH. Born September 6, 1839. A. B. University of Missouri, 1868. A. M. Universily of Missouri, 1872. C n cted with the schools of his state for over hall a centuryg field agent for on e Southwest Missouri State Teachers College for nearly fifteen years. Revered for his association with, enthu Southwest Missouri. Died October 6, 1924. 21 siasm for, and faith in, the youth of