Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

Page 9 text:

1909 Classes met in the newly completed Aca- demic Hall, Ianuary 1. First oratorical contest, March 20. First edition of 'Ozarko distributed, Flora Silsby, editor, Iune. First inter-school debates with Pittsburg Manual Training Normal and .Cape Girardeau. 1910 German Club organized, April 17. First annual athletic meet, April 30. Dramatic Club formed, Spring. Inter-normal Debating League organized by Cape Girardeau, Kirksville, and Springfield. Spring. First football team organized, September. 1911 First Southwest Standard printed. Mar- tha Mellor and I. B. Denton, editors, Fall. 565,000 appropriated for gymnasium and auditorium. Greenwood Training School began oper- ation of first eight grades. First Athletic Director assumed duties. 1912 First inter-normal oratorical contest won by W. S. Stephenson, March 15. First track meet, April 26. New addition occupied, September. A. W. Briggs, football coach, Fall. Iunior High added to Greenwood, Fall. Girls' Glee Club organized, Winter. FIRST FOOTBALL CAPTAIN FIRST STANDARD EDITOR Above: Harry H. Knight, left, was the first football captain when the sport 'was officially organized and recognized on the campus in 1910. In 1912, the first STANDARD editor, Martha Mellor, was named. The paper that year appeared as a monthly publication. Below: Flora Silsby served as first editor of the OZARKO. For four years after its first edition in 1909, the yearbook was pub- lished by the senior class. The juniors then assumed the responsibility until after World War I, when it was first publish-ed by the student body as a whole. FIRST OZARKO EDITOR I 3

Page 8 text:

i F F. r V. V Em- ' ti. 5. .-.I V OLD NORMAL BUILDING ON PICKWICK STREET Above: Classes for the first term of school con'Uened on June 11, 1906, in the Springfield Normal School building. The plant of the Springfield Normal S chool, located at the corner of Pickwick and Cherry streets, was made available to the newly-approved State Normal School November 4. Below: W. T. Carrington, state superintendent of schools, 'was elected first president of the Springfield Normal S chool. It was nnder President Carrington that 543 students enrolled for the initial summer term. i. PRESIDENT CARRINGTON 2 1905 Act passed by Missouri General Assem- bly established State Normal School, April 17. Citizens donated site for school, Iuly 26. First meeting held by Board of Regents, September 7. 1906 VV. T. Carrington named first president, Ianuary I. First term opened with enrollment of 543, Iune 11. Fall term began: 173 registered: Winter term enrollment, 240: Spring term en- rollment, 397. Carrington Literary Society formed, Sep- tember 23. YMCA and YWCA organized, Octo- ber 2. 1907 President Carrington assumed duties, Ian' uary 1. Appropriation of 5225.000 for building and heating plant, March. ' Graduation of first class from two year course. Comerstone laid for new building. Alumni Association formed, August 10. Normal Debating Club organized. First inter-society debates. Entire payroll of school is -'S22.236.40. 6.61, of faculty had Ph.D.: 26.61, had M.A. degree: 53.32, had B.A. degree. 1908 First training school, Pickwick Model School, on Grand Avenue, September. Band and Choral Club formed. Fall. ljlormal Dramatic Club organized. Fall.

Page 10 text:

I. A. TAYLOR MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL FACULTY Above: Mr. J. A. Taylor, father of the school plz-ysiciah, Dr. William E. Taylor, was presidci-il of the Private Normal Sehool. Tlzir iiistit-ation leased ils building to the Stale Normal School in 1906. Mr. Taylor coz-itimled with the new school as director of one of the two dirx-isions, the NSIID-1l07'7HfIl department -fthe less ad- wcmcedj. Below: A special 'instructor for baud and o1'che.vti'a was hired in 1908, The year before, lzoweiler, Stale Normal had a band which was made up of eighteen 1111i.ricia11.v. . THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BAND, 1907 4 I A Q 0 0 l I ZW O ' s I Q rl Z ,. 4' I AU ,fa IZ ' .fifth 1913 First May Day celebration, May 2. Greenwood School located on Kingshighf way. September. Boys' Glee Club formed, Winter. S. Phelps named principal of junior high school. 1914 Emersonian Library Society organized, Ianuary. School entered Missouri Athletic Con- ference, Fall. Extension courses temporarily abolished, lack of funds. 1915 The historic football game with the Coach and President both ill. Normal beat Drury, November. Undefeated football season, George Dan- enhour, captain. First Varsity letter awarded. 1916 Entered Missouri Inter-collegiate Asso- ciation Conference, Fall. 1917 First annual Music Festival, Springfield. Class Day Exercises first observed, Au- gust. Booster Club, forerunner of student gov- ernment, organized, Fall. Red Cross Chapter formed, Fall. Championship basketball team, Horace Robins, captain. Winter. 1'