University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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ON THE CAMPUS The adequate picturization of the beautiful may best be entrust- ed to the artist. This we have done in the view section of the 1927 Savitar. In an effort to secure the best possible reproduction of the campus of Missouri — of scenes which are enshrined in our hearts and hallowed in our memories — the staff secured Mr. Leonard Richmond, of London, to make pastel drawings of the campus. Mr. Richmond is a member of the Royal British Academy, and is recognized as one of the world ' s greatest pastel artists. , He has reproduced campus scenes with an artistic visualization, and has given animation and life to his reproductions, minimizing, where necessary, the architectural detail which is possible in any hackneyed presentation. The drawings of Mr. Richmond in this volume are: the Memorial Tower, the frontis- piece; a scene of the campus north of Neff Hall: the Columns; Jay H. Neff Hall; Lathrop Hall; Jesse Hall: the south steps of Jesse Hall: the Ag Arch: and a snow scene of the main entrance to Waters Hall. In addition to the drawings of Mr. Richmond, in the view section we present photographic reproductions of panoramic views of the Missouri campus and scenes from eight of the leading American uni- versities which have had a definite part in the development ot the University in the United States. This is harmonious with the theme of this volume, which is a presentation of the growth and develop- ment of the University as an institution. Campus scenes are shown of the Universities of Harvard, Princeton, Virginia, Notre Dame, Tulanc, Illinois, Cornell, and California.

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Harvard, One of the Earliest American Colleges, was Founded in iSj6, by a Vote of the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. The University of Missouri, as the first state university west of the Mis- sissippi, and one of the first state universities in the nation, righteously as- sumes a position among the leaders in the university movement in America. The founding of the University of Missouri in 1839, defined the progress of education in the New West of that day, and aided in the recognition of the capabilities of the newer states by those in the east. The first building of the University of Missouri was erected in a semi- wilderness, and in the southern portion of the west campus now stand giant trees which saw the laying of the cornerstone of the first University build- ing in 1840. They add a touch of mellowness to t he atmosphere today, and serve as reminders of the days when the University was in its infancy.