University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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frw QZME' - - - - - wifi? HERE IS no pause for dedication to particular men nor particular events. Rather should we propose a heartfelt toast to the institution itself, to the generations of Missouri flesh and blood which conceived it, gave it life, and nurtured it to maturity. Let us, furthermore, extend recognition to the price- less heritage brought to this university by its sons and daughters, whose sub- stance has for one hundred years given it being. PW S834 I- MQQ 2141 ET us, then, plunge into the midst of things. The historical section is but a step ahead, and after it come the following books: I Government, II Schools, III Activities, IV Social, V Athletics Sc Military, and VI Features.

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jf 4l CENTENNIAL anniversary gives us much to think about. Like all educational institutions Missouri University had a beginning feeble yet nobleg but one hundred years has seen it, after struggling for its very life, rise high and higher, grow strong and stronger, until it has blossomed into vigorous maturity. There are yet educational Worlds for it to conquer, but the Uni- versity can proudly point to an imposing array of works as justifying its ancient and revered name. May we respect the University, moreover, for its admirable success in conforming to the meaning of a university to the state: it is Founded in the faith that men are ennobled by understandingg dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truthg and devoted to the instruction of youth and the welfare of the state. N mi ,, like a M g m xx. ,P i f 4gg' 'XLQECS 4 -'P , ' Ig if 5 Y N if ' 9' S i - v, Qs f QD i N v ,.5:E:. qi, y if x ,Lia-nllithl 1 WW' f xi

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