Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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The Curators IX R. Francis ....... C, B. Rollins P. E- Burton J. C, Parrish S. L, Baysinger C, E. Yeater .. . . T J. Womall j. w. Swift G L Zwick St Lon is Columbia Joplin Vandalia Rolla Sedalia Liberty Kansas City St Joseph The Executive Committee of the School of Mines S, L. Baysinger P. E Burton Thos. J. Womall B. L. Knapp Edwin Kahlbauin Roby Dickinson - Other Officers Treasurer Secretary and Registrar Superintendent of Buildings it

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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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A Historical Sketch Taken from the address of the Hon, Thomas L. Rnhey, delivered at the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the School I N 1870 Hon. Ellis G. Evans, State Senator from Red la, introduced and passed through the General Assembly of Missouri a bill to establish in South Missouri a mining school, to be a college of the State University. The bill provided that the school should be located in the town that gave the most in money or land. There were two con- testants, I ronton and Rolla, and Rolla won. The Board of Cu- rators first selected old Fort Wyman as the site of the school buildings, because of its natural beauty, and the extent of the view it afforded, but practical considera- tions caused them to relocate the build- ings in the north- western part of the town, which is the present site. The first building, the old Rolla Building, was purchased from the school district, which had built it as a pub- lic school, and it served all the needs of the school until 1885, when the central portion of the present Chemical Laboratory was erected. This building has been subsequently enlarged by the addition of two wings and a second story. In 1889 the present director’s residence was built. It was first used as a student club house, but its use for this purpose was soon abandoned. In 1895 the power house, then known as the Metallurgical Building, was erected. This building has subsequently been greatly enlarged, the last extension having been made in 1911, when the new brick chim- ney and an addition to the boiler room were built. Mechanical Hall was erected in 1901 and has never been materially altered. In 1903 and 1908 Nor- wood Hall, the prin- cipal building of the group, was erected. This building besides being the central one of the group, is the largest and most im- posing and is the one by which the school i s be st k n o w n . The Ore Dressing Building was erected in 1908 and 1909, but the top story of the main portion was not erected until 1911. Parker Hall is the lat- est addition to the buildings of the school. Tt will house the Library and executive offices, and will contain an adequate auditorium. It may be well here to mention the proposed Gymnasium, upon which work will be started early in the summer. It will be a modern structure containing a swimming tank, the usual gymnasium rooms and several club NORWOOD HALL 12