University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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' e, .ii 1 I This picture if an architectlf visu- alization of the proposed reconstruction, 1 looking youth. It if evident that hi: dream: were largely realized. On the respectively. The elective system was in- troduced, and requirements veered sharply away from the stringently classical. The value of modern languages and laboratory work became apparent. Reorganization and reform plans of Cornell and Harvard Page 17 ' left of the column: we :ee structure: which .fubrequently became the B. E5 P. A., cherniftry, and geology build- ingf, and the presidenth' horneg on the right are Switzler hall Cthen Jtandingj, the engineering building, mechanic arty building Cburned in IQIID, and the original power plant. The entablature was .rhortly after removed from the col- uninf. The conytruction of feffe Hall had not been proposed. were carefully studied and considered in shaping general policy. In 1872 a step more drastic than any ,Was taken: Women were admitted to the University with the same standing as men. This was done only after a probationary period, for

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O The jire in 1892 left in its wake ,8'250,o0o, of damages, only hah' of which was covered by insurance. Things looked dark indeed for the U nioersity of Missouri. The Board of Curators, however, immediately took up plans for rebuilding. Boone county citizens again showed their loyalty by subscribing ,3'50,000, to smother an agitation to wrest the school away from Columbia and plant it in Sedalia. Then began an intensive building campaign which saw thezmajor part:of the present red campus take form in but three short years. deprived oi the joy of seeing his long and unselfish work come to fruition. His successor, Daniel Read, led the University through a period of steady ex- pansion, not only in enrollment but in number of schools and physical property. It was during his administration that the institution changed from college to genuine university. The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was formally established on the campus in 1870, and schools of law -and medicine appeared in 1872 and 1873, Page 16

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young women had been admitted to the normal department as early as 1869 and did no manner of harm. Segregation and vigilant chaperonage saved the day. Educational processes were not disrupted, and women became indispensable fixtures to University life. O An informal piclnre of the old administration building taken shortly after the new wings were added in 1885, seven years before it was gntled by jire. Almost beyond doubt the greatest serv- ice rendered by Read was his welding a link between university and state legisla- ture which has not since been broken. The fact that curators' warrants went for as little as sixty cents on the dollar was one among many facts which accentuated his fervent appeal for state assistance. In 1867 the University received its first outright appropriation, fI0,000, for rebuilding the