Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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PRESIDENT President Roy Ellis Was born in Seymour, Missouri, fifty- one years ago. It was in these Ozark hills that, as a boy, he learned the prudence, patience, and industry by which he is still characterized. Roy Ellis attended STC in 1909-1911. From here he sought degrees in Missouri, Harvard, and Columbia Universities. Dr. Ellis returned to STC as a teacher of econo- mics and in 1926 he was elected president of our college. A resume of the improvements of Teachers College since that time-in the physical plant, classroom equipment, and in the number and quality of our instructors would be an imposing monument to his success. Page 1 6

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There is a group of men, seldom seen by the students, who are very largely responsible for the day by day procedure of our school, They have selected our president and the faculty. lt is they who determine all fees to be charged, authorize the purchases of school supplies and improvements of the physical plant, and pass upon the disciplinary rules govern- ing the students. In brief, they determine the policy of State Teachers College and form the link between the state and college. SAM E' TIZIMBI E B o a r cl F g en 5 There are six members of our Board of Regents. They have been appointed by the Governor with the consent of the State Senate for terms of six years. The terms of two of them expire every two years. These public spirited men give freely of their time and energy toward the betterment of our college. They receive no remuneration for their untiring service. Only by our apprecia- G, C, JAMES tion of their efforts to better STC can we repay them for their labor. f R. W. ANDERSON J. W. SEWALI. xx B. F. JULIAN V. A. DOBYNS .f 5. 1.

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To the teachers colleges of America, the year l939 means more than just another milestone along the avenue of the years. In l839 was founded at Lexington, Massachusetts, the first publicly supported teacher training institution in America. The great educator, Horace Mann, was the immediate sponsor of the enterprise. Cn .luly 3, l839, Cyrus Pierce, who headed this new and novel institution, made the following entry in his diary: A'This day the Normal School, the first in the country, commenced, Three pupils, Misses Hawkins. Smith and Damon. were examined by the Board of Visitors--and admitted, This was a humble beginning indeed: one teacher and three students, There are now l86 publicly supported teacher training institutions in America. A 1 f i x J - -in. - ,.',iff-,.,.zi..M. i.,..'. 4, i it ,V Luz... .. I-yi. .1 Sw , V . The first publicly supported teacher training institution in Missouri was established at Kirksville in 1870 by Joseph Baldwin, a great Missouri educator. Warrensburg followed in l87O, and Cape Girardeau in l873. Maryville and Springfield were founded in l905. Our college first opened its doors as Normal No. 4 in the summer of l906 with an enrollment of 543. ln the fall term of 1906 the enrollment was l7'5. Our en' rollment of college students last fall was approximately l,-100 and for last summer the enrollment was approximately 2,lOO. The growth in service rendered by our college is typical of the growth in similar institutions the country over. The teachers colleges and normal schools of America have made a matchless contribution to the cause of education in this country of ours. Capable and well trained teachers constitute a first fundamental to progress in public education. ROY ELLIS. Page 17