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

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Northwest campus offers variety of historical architecture On a campus filled with traditions and history, it ' s not unusual to find historically significant pieces of ar- chitecture. The Northwest campus is just such a find. When talking about historical buildings at Northwest, it ' s only logical to begin with the Thomas Gaunt House, said Tom Carneal, history instructor at Northwest. Its completion date was 1873, and that date was written in white brick on the structure ' s west side. Carneal said that today only the first three numbers remain because of the addition of a window in that spot. The Gaunt house was part of the original property purchased and given to the state, he said. It has served as the home for all the univer- sity ' s presidents. Thomas Gaunt, the original owner, was a native of Staffordshire, England. He immigrated to the United States in 1853 and by 1857 had established the Gaunt Nursery on the Northwest site. The dwelling is a two-story brick structure constructed generally in the Greek Revival style. It is located at 703 College Ave. and is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. It is located at 640 College Ave., across the street from the Gaunt House. The Hickory Grove school is a historical structure moved on campus in 1970, Carneal said. The school was built in 1883 and is owned by the Nodaway County Historical Society. It is maintained on campus by a con- tract agreement with the society. The school, originally located about Ifi miles from Maryville, was moved to a site near the campus steam plant. People can visit the school by ap- pointment with me, Carneal said. It is also open for meetings. The oldest educational campus structure is, of course, the Ad- ministration building. At one time, it contained virtually everything on campus, Carneal said. Work on the Ad building founda- tion began in February 1907. A red granite cornerstone was laid in Oc- tober of the same year and contained a copper box with various items such as money and newspapers. A budget crunch caused the school to run out of funds before the building could be completed, Carneal said. Construction was stopped June 18, elm disease, Carneal said. Trees are not the only plants that have made campus history. During the bad years of the 1930s, the ground around the ' long walk ' was plowed up and corn was planted. The school year was once even changed around to accommodate heating problems, he said. Today, that wouldn ' t really solve anything because we have so many more students. Northwest also served as a public service foundation when the core part of Wells Library and Horace were built as WPA projects under the New Deal administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Service was also paid to the WWII effort with the four buildings known as the quads The quaas were built for training WWII officers, so they ' re about 40 years old, Carneal said. After the war, they were used a dorms up to around 1970. Homes for returning WWII veterans and their wives also existed post-war behind the Ad building. These were never meant as perma- nent structures. It was just kind of a little village foi; the vets with families Another generally unkown fact is that the college pond is actually Lamkin Lake. Carneal also mentioned a building existing near the campus that served as a seminary before the University was chartered in 1905. It was just south of the campus on what is now Memory Lane, Carneal said. It was torn down dur- ing the 1920s but the bricks were used in constructing the northwest part of Thompson-Ringold Industrial Arts building. The present Alumni House, pur- chased by the Alumni Association in 1980, is another historical building at Northwest. The house was built around 1926. Carneal said. It is a two story brick structure originally owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Townsend. The Townsends also owned Townsend Wholesale grocery and Faustian horse farms. Townsend left the house to his son, Bohm, who resided there until 1980. 1908 but was resumed in August 1909. The building was created in Tudor or Gothic style. Carneal mentioned that he had been working on material to register it as a nationally historic site when the 1979 fire partially destroyed it. When the Ad building first open- ed up, the ' long walk ' from College Ave. to the building was not paved and students had a muddy pathway during wet weather, Carneal said. Planks were finally put down and a walk was then put in. Carneal also said that trees have been a long-standing part of Nor- thwest, mostly because of the Gaunt nursery first on the grounds. Mr. Gaunt was kind of the Earl May of the 1870 ' s. Since that time, putting in trees in various spots has been kind of a tradition. At one time, elm trees lined the ' long walk ' but they eventually died off due to Dutch who wanted to attend school, he said. Another generally unkown fact is that the college pond is actually Lamkin Lake. The lake was dug under the ad- ministration of Uel Lamkin. It was a logical spot because it was a natural drainage area, Carneal said. However, every time the area was filled with water, it mysteriously disappeared within about two days or so. It was later discovered that Gaunt had tiled the land for his nursery to creat drainage. The tiles were just do- ing the original job. Helen Leeper The Administration Building is the most obvious old building on campus. This picture shows how the building looked during the 1924-25 school year. D

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yienol creates panic; copies After what seemed months, the FBI apprehended James Lewis, the man believed to have laced Tylenol capsules with cyanide which resulted in the deaths of seven Chicago area deaths. Lewis was was captured in a New York City library after a librarian recognized him from wanted posters. After his arrest, his wife Leann flew to Chicago and turned herself in to authorities. Lewis alledgedly placed cyanide into several bottles of Tylenol and returned them to store shelves. He also is believ- ed to have written a letter to the Johnson and Johnson Co., makers of the Tylenol capusles, demanding $1 million to stop the killings. After receiving the nations attention, other incidents of package tampering spread throughout the nation. A package of cookies laced with acid caused harm to a Massachusetts child while a California resident recieved eye damage from an acid laced bottle of eye drops. -Debbie Eatock The new kid in Londontown Clark receives first artificial heart implant The birth of Prince William, heir to the British throne, at 9:03 p.m. on June 21, 1982, was greeted by artillery fire and the ringing of bells all across the United Kingdom. Parents Prince Charles and Princess Diana had taken lessons in natural childbirth, and Prince Charles was in the room through all six hours of labor. The next evening. Princess Diana left the hospital with their blue-eyed, blond-haired son, for their home in Kensington Palace. The future king received over 2,000 gifts, most of which were sent to hospitals and or- phanages. Genealogists said the prince is 58.8 percent British. His ancestors include: William the Conqueror, Count Dracula, Genghis Khan, Winston Churchill, Charlemagne and George Washington. Judging from his parent ' s backgrounds, the young prince should have a less secluded upbringing than any other monarch. For instance. Princess Diana decided her son will travel on state tours with his parents. Diana also had the final say in hiring Prince William ' s nanny-39 year-old Barbara Barnes who said she will not wear the traditional uniform. Commentators noted that Prince WiUiam will turn 21 in the year 2000, making him a man of the 21 st century. As such, they said he should be the most widely traveled and intensely educated monarch in Britain ' s history and fiuent in one or two foreign languages. -Debbie Eatock Dr. Barney Clark, 62, became the first person to have an artificial plastic heart surgically implanted to replace his own, during an operation Dec. 2, 1982 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Clark ' s natural heart was ruined by the degenerative heart disease of car- diomyopathy. Since the operation Clark has fought complications. First, he suf- fered a chemical imbalance which caused convulsion and mild kidney failure. Later on Clark developed pulmonary edema or fiuid in the lungs. Meanwhile, Clark ' s new heart hasn ' t skipped a beat. In Febrauary Clark began an exer- cise routine that included walking with assistance and pedaling an exercise cy- cle. -Debbie Eatock War again Argentina began a geography lesson for the world on April 2, 1982 as they seized control of the British held Falkland Islands. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher responded to the take over by sending 27,000 soldiers to the South Atlantis aboard warships, submarines and two converted luxury liners. The armada reached the islands in the late of April and fought their way to the capital, Port Stanley, by early June. Some 255 British troops and 746 Argentines died in the battle, as did three residents of Fort Stanley. The British retained their island ter- ritory and their international pride. -Debbie Eatock 30b;