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)

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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