Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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а SS — = MW. А ИШ ШЕШ ERROR rca a ۱ students entering our college department must meet the standard college entrance requirements, and that the distinction between col- lege and secondary rank work will continue to be sharply made. Other phases of school administration and of school life have been keeping step in this marked advance. The various faculty com- mittees that characterize an up-to-date standard college have been reorganized for greater efficiency. For example, one committee has charge of admissions, classification, advanced standing, and gradua- tion, its major work being carried on through sub-committees. An- other committee has in hand the public assemblies and events, the cal- endar, etc., and a different one oversees all athletic activities and re- lated problems. One that is of peculiar interest to the graduates is the Committee of Recommendations. This committee has prepared a rather complete system of blanks which will not only facilitate, but also make more effective the efforts of the school to render service to both the teachers and the school officials. Other committees have charge of the correspondence and extension work, and there is one on publications. The Committee on Student Welfare and the one on student organizations are of especial interest to the student body. The curriculum likewise has responded to the change. All courses have been given definite and significant numbers in accordance with a comprehensive scheme. The requirements for the various diplomas have been more clearly stated and are now in more permanent form than was ever possible heretofore. The faculty has grown in both numbers and in the amount of preparation represented. The de- partments have been equipped to the high standard expected of col- leges of this type and rank. A splendid greenhouse has been built, standard tennis court laid out, and the normal campus itself beauti- fied according to the plans of a landscape architect. The school has become a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Associa- tion, and competes in football, basket ball, base ball, track and field athletics. Also, the school is a member of the recently organized National Association of the State Teachers’ Colleges. That the students respond to and appreciate this advance is shown by the fact that during the past four quarters every attendance record has been broken, in some cases the increase in attendance over that of the corresponding quarter of the previous year being as high ав 80 per cent. Moreover, the students have organized themselves into the usual college class organizations—freshmen, sopho:tiores, juniors and seniors, and the various student activities have been like- wise affected. In fact, the whole atmosphere has become typically college, and the students act, feel and look like they are “in college, and £hey ave. ( 10)

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Hon. Uel W. Lamkin, Regent Ex-Officio, State Superin- tendent of Pubhe Sehools.. esses Jefferson City Leo M. Phipps, term expires 1919.............. Grant City Trüe.DoParr Тегіп «итек 1918,,,,... в %% Hamilton Үү. Н. Weightman, term expires 1921.......... Mound City Geo. M. Gromer, term expires 1921............ Pattonsburg WTA Blaeegesterm-eszpires LEE ie eren eee os Maryville Chas. L. Mosley, term ехрітез 1928.............. Stanberry OFFICERS OF THE BOARD ОА 2. Торы өзе. President ОРОТО Е Ета... Vice-President مر‎ UE e Lug: LIBRE PRESS Secretary GSO ИЕС ер И e ka ce eid ieee eee Treasurer | BOARD OF REGENTS A Standard College UNE 22, 1916, should be remembered as an important date in the | history of this school. On that date a conference composed of the State Superintendent of Schools and the Presidents of the State University and of the State Normal Schools adopted a number of reg- luations, among the more significant of which were the following: “The professional degree for the completion of the 120-hour course given! in the normal schools and the School of Education of the Uni- versity of Missouri, shall be the Bachelor of Science in Education, and,‘‘When this conference finds that the conditions named in this re- port have been fully met, college work done in any of the institutions shall be accepted hour for hour in the other institutions and the grad- uates of the 120-hour course shall be admitted to the Graduate School. This means that we are a recognized standard four-year college and that the students of this district have the opportunity of getting a full college course in Maryville, which, to them, is home. It means that the high quality of the work done here is recognized, and that when one of our graduates goes to the university there will be no question as to his standing, for it is “hour for hour.” It means that N inu АНЕ Biel EH SSS pape ij. M ll 2

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