University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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O The first and most consistently active of early ,,..'g g '.tm..m-1-me--f University activities, public speaking and debating, -L'-TF' - '.:',.f'fQ.- 'was best represented by the Athenaean Literary Society Lg' l A Ti.....g,'f..:.. which for decades molded campus thought. Q:-E'-' ll - 'Z.T ..l if ' if-is-I 2 imnimn 2 l sucisri E ditions to the faculty have been made. Significantly enough, in 1937-38, Missouri led the United States in percentage of en- rollment increase. In its centennial year the future of the University looks brighter than ever before. Educational accomplish- ments undreamed of at its founding now are patent fact. May the future of the 9 TIT. W A 7. cti.,. XE 2-Q to i it illtl if l as -if.. -A A' A-5 ......-- .11 ,-...sf-, -.msn-:nv ......Q-2 L......:s- ,....a:..uw ...mi- University of Missouri be as majestic as its glorious past. I The present campus is extended far indeed beyond the dreams of those curators who met beneath the maple and chose the site for the first University building. - 1-l-lAg-1 ,Y . f. 1.1.-1.ag..f1 .-

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a g I . .gn X! N s-r i l frm? 153' 1 T 3- ' 1 fi' 5 s ing -if -Z' -L25 O Amid much agitation, women were admitted to the University in 1872. They were allowed to appear on the campus only if chaperoned, and were conducted to chapel in a double Jile preceded and followed by a female guard. The young men frequently Uganged up and muttered uncomplimentary remarks. the College of Arts social studies steadily Won adherents from the humanities. Post war and depression problems seemed to incline students primarily toward prepar- ing themselves for making a living. Under the leadership of President Rich- ard Henry Jesse C1891-19075 scholastic standards and admission requirements were raised considerably, and the old pre- paratory department was abolished. It is significant, furthermore, that Missouri was admitted at this time to the Associa- tion of American Universities and was ap- proved by the Carnegie Foundation., two tangible evidences of class A ranking. Albert Ross Hill C1907-215, Stratton Du- luth Brooks C1923-309, and Walter Wil- liams C1930-353 led the University further toward its educational goals. Today the University is celebratingits one hundredth anniversary under the lead- ership of Frederick Arnold Middlebush. Eight new buildings have been erected in the past four years, and many valuable ad-

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