University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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TRAINING SCHOOL Ereczfed 1907, Remodeled 1915

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ilaisturp uf Qientral Missouri State Mathers Qllullege CENTRAL Missouri State Teachers College, formerly known as The Second District Normal School, has grown from a very small - VW beginning to the largest teachers college in Missouri, and to a high ' ' J rank among the teachers colleges of the United States. The history of the school, now covering hfty years, has not always been a story of progress. There are chapters of struggle and deep despair as well as chapters of rapid progress. The history of the school begins on December 26, 1870, when the first Board of Regents accepted the offer of an 5H585,000 bonus made by Sedalia and Pettis County, and located the school in Sedalia. On April 26, 1871 the Board of. Regents rescinded its act' t l ' ' s ion ocating the school in Sedalia, because Sedalia failed to comply fully with the terms of the contract. Warrensburg and johnson County then made a proposition which the Board of Regents accepted. The contract provided that the city and county should donate a site for the building incl d' , u ing twenty acres of land situated immediately south of the business center of Warrensburgg and that the city should erect a building on this site, such building to cost 3200 000 and to be com l t d in eighteen month M , p e e s. r. M. Foster, a citizen of Warrensburg, gave the twenty acres of land., On April 27, 1871, the Normal School was located at Vlfarrensburg. Thi t r een days after the location of the school at Warrensburg, the first session, an institute for teachers, began in the Foster building, now one of the city ward schools, with an enrollment of thirty. The faculty consisted of three members: George P Beard 'd . , presi ent and instructor in didactics, F. A. Angell, professor of natural science and elocution, and Miss Lucy J. Maltby, instructor in mathematics. ' Work W e on the present campus, in June, 1872, the first story was ready for occupancy and at that time the insti- tution was moved into the new building. Work on the building continued slowly and it was not completed until 1881, when the Legislature made an appropriation to finish it Th . e unfinished condition of the building, combined with otherdifficulties, retarded the early progress of the sch l. oo Dr. Beard's term of service was one year, and in 1871 b . james Johonnot ecame president. In the fall of 1872, school opened with an enrollment of twenty-two. The enrollment increased steadily and in 1875 numbered four hundred. The first graduatin cl ' 1 g ass in 875 was composed of eight members. During Mr Johonnot's 'd . presi ency, new methods in the teaching of science were introduced, notable among which were th 'd e 1 eas of laboratory work and open held work. A e raining School Depart- ment was organized and has since been uniformly maintained. During the years 1885 and 1886 appropriations were secured from the Legislature through the efforts of George L. Osborne, president of the Normal as immediately begun on a building situat d t the beginning of the scholastic year in 1881 th T ' ' Page 1 7 .K ' 5