Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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l Wings as U1 y Wmf . . . ln i905 an act of the Missouri State Legislature created Southwest Mis- souri State College as Normal Number Four. A committee was appointed to find the most beautiful spot in Southwest Missouri,and Springfield was chosen as the future home of the college. The citizens of Springfield gave 525,000 and forty acres of land. ln the fall of l906 the first regular session began. It was held in a building located at the corner of Cherry Street and Pickwick Avenue. The present Administration Building was completed in i909 and on july 4 of that year the students, faculty and maintenance men moved the books and equipment. , 1 The first OzarkO appeared in l909. ln looking through this book we found that Virginia l. Craig, j. W. Shannon, Anna Lou Blair, Norman Freuden- berger, C. P. Kinsey, Mrs. Kinsey, and Mary Davis were listed among the names of the Faculty. We also found that N. Bertha Wells and Mary Woods were seniors in the class of l909. One paragraph of particular interest appeared: Although the school has existed but three years, the record of these years is excellent and is an honor to the school. Surely with such a magnifi- cent and well equipped building, with such a well chosen faculty, and with such a splendid student body, a future more glorious than the past lies before this Normal School . The writer of that paragraph was right. Their future, part of which is our past, was a glorious one.

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wer issioner oner to ded for ent, he . Since rked in ground. ssroom issouri. iools at 2, and lissouri Jgnwzd, ng SETH V. CONRAD Marshfield T. H. DOUGLAS Bolivar RALPH E. BURLEY Lebanon R. W. ANDERSON Neosho L. F. RICHARDSON Nevada LON S. HAYMES Springfield The Board of Regents at Southwest Missouri State College is responsible for making the wheels go round. Our board consists of six men appointed by the Governor with the consent of the State Senate. Their terms are for six years each, two being appointed every two years. These men serve without pay and are vested with the responsibility of selecting our president and choosing a faculty. They must decide what fees are to be charged, what new equipment should be bought, what buildings should be built, what changes should be made in the curriculum and in general are responsible for everything that takes place on the campus. They are the men that are directly responsible to the Covernorqand to the people of the state of Missouri for the con- duct of our school. Their numbers include men from various professions who give freely of their time in order that Southwest Missouri State might become a bigger and better school in the future.

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