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

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Historical HE NINETEEN COUNTIES in the northwest part of the State of Missouri, now being served by the Fifth District Normal School, at Maryville, formerly belonged to the first district. On the twenty-fifth day of March, 1905, Gov- ernor Joseph W. Folk signed the bill that created the Fifth Dis- trict Normal School. This act crowned the efforts and ful- filled the hopes of a number of the progressive citizens of this part of the state who had been working and hoping for about a quarter of a century. A few weeks later a commission, con- sisting of five representative men of the district, was ap- pointed by the Governor to select a location for the school. After inspecting the sites and considering the propositions of- fered by several towns the commission reported in favor of Maryville. The town, together with Nodaway County, gave eighty-six acres of land for a campus, and $58,672.50 in cash. The campus was increased to 117 acres. The first Board of Regents was organized at Maryville, September 12, 1905, and at a meeting held in St. Joseph, Jan- uary 4, 1906, selected Mr. Frank Deerwester, of the Normal School at Warrensburg, as the first president. A faculty was selected March 13, 1906, and the first session (a summer ses- sion), of the school began in June, 1906, and was held in the High School Building of Maryville. The enrollment at this session was 273. During the four years used in constructing the present building the school occupied a seminary building, formerly used by a Methodist school, together with rooms in the town that could be made suitable for recitation work. Nearly one-half of the present building was ready for use the fall of 1910, and the school took possession in order to avoid the necessary long walks between recitation hours. The first president was succeeded in turn by Homer M. Cook, H. K. Taylor and the present incumbent, Ira Richardson, who began his work in this capacity during the spring quarter of 1913. liem proc (y 27: ж | Mj Тік lit = (8)