Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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' , NORTHEAST MISSOURI S STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE K I R KSVI LLE February 23 1967 Dr. F. Clark Elkins To the Students ln th1s the 1967 Centenrual Echo you w1ll f1nd a plctorlal record of the past year s act1v1t1es of the Northeast MISSOUTI State Teachers College It has been an lrnportant year not only for the College but also for each of you You are one year nearer your goal of success To you, the book w1ll be a constant remlnder of the days spent on the Teachers College carnpus It should have a spec1al meamng to each of you To the College th1s book becomes another chapter 1n a book that has taken 100 years to wnte and the Wrltlng w1ll contznue young men and women, lt 1S more lmportant than ever that students recemve the k1nd of educat1on requlred to enable them to make s1gn1f1cant contrxbutwns to soclety The edxtor and h1s assocmates should be commended for thelr efforts ln prov1d1ng the student body of thls College wmth such a record of the Centenmal year Smce rely l Q f f F Clark Elklns Pre s1dent , . , . . . As the College begins its second century of educating h I . U , QI ' 7

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Governoras M essage K The Honorable Warren E. Hearnes TO MY FRIENDS, NORTHEAST MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE: I join all Missourians, alumni and friends of the c 11 ' o ege m congratulating Northeast Missouri State Teachers College on its 100th birthday. In addition to my personal best wishes for more centuries of service, I know that I speak for all Missourians in extending official greetings on this memor- able . . . . . occasion. Your college is a unique institution and the service it has performed throughout the past hundred years has been truly distinctive. Sincerely yours, rf! I X 34.z.v-.1 Warren E. Hearnes I

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The Teachers College opened its doors for the first time on September 2, 1867. Classes were held in the old Cumber- land Academy building, located at the north edge of Kirks- ville. The above picture is a photograph of a painting by William Unger. Coll e Cele Celebrating its Centennial anniversary, North- east Missouri State Teachers College, founded as North Missouri Normal School and Commercial College, was established as the mother of the teacher education system of Missouri on September 2, 1867. lts founder, Joseph Baldwin, was one of Americais pioneers in the field of teacher education. Beginning with a faculty of 6 and a student body of 140, Baldwin launched his philosophy, that a thorough scholastic training lies at the foun- dation of a teacher's education? That philosophy has continued to be the 'sfoundationn of the Teachers College for 100 years. Baldwin started his school in one building which had formerly been the Cumberland Academy, a Presbyterian school. Not until May 17, 1871, did the present campus site begin to take form. On that date, the ground was broken for the construction of old Baldwin Hall. That groundbreaking ceremony was the first of many that have taken place during the past century. The College has grown from one building to 25 major buildings. The site of the first Baldwin Hall was a 15-acre tract outside the southern limits of the city. The College now encompasses more than 60 acres, all of which lies within the city limits of Kirksville. The first building erected on the present site were old Baldwin and Library Halls. destroyed by fire in 1924. and Laughlin Hall. lit? :sw