University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Elf if M1 1 1 ,Sui gif I 1 l E. ,I :1 H21 1 i Sl-i 1' it -it ., 7 ' ':I,I ' VT aging? FORREST C. DONNELL GHVEH HH HF NISSH HI Governor, lawyer, scholar and former BMOC, Forrest C. Donnell attended the University of Mis- souri from 1900-07, graduating as valedictorian of his class with an L1.B. degree. Kappa Sigma social fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Theta Kappa Nu completed the list of social and honorary groups of which he was a member. Round out the Page 11 above honors with positions on the school paper, in- terstate debate and business manager of the Inde- pendent and you have a brief picture of our governor in his under-grad days. Although being Missouri's wartime leader is a time and energy-consuming job, Governor Donnell is still able to visit the University campus.

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QFNQ Hrs IS YOUR FIFTIETH SAVITAR- yours to keep and cherish as a record of the University of Missouri during one of its most trying years. Let's look back for a moment and trace a bit of our yearbook's history. Fifty years ago last fall the students of the Junior Class felt a need for publishing a lasting record of the year's highlights and happenings. -When the plan for publishing an annual was com- plete and put into execution, the editors began casting about for a suitable name-one that would carry with it associated significance, and thereby express in a degree the full intent and purpose of the proposed volume. After considerable research and cogitation, Savitar was selected because we liked the size and sound of the word, and because its associations bore with them appropriately suggestive meanings. HSAVITAR is the sun god of the Rig-Veda. S' 'l' 'I' if SAVITAR is the god who sees all things and records all the good and evil deeds of men. His power is irresistible. Age cannot touch him, and nothing can withstand his will. To him are addressed the verses, 'Holiest of All the Veda: 'May the golden-eyed SAVITAR come hither, Shining forth, he rises from the lap of the dawn, Praised by singersg he, my god SAVITAR, Steps forth and never missed his place. He steps forth, the splendor of the sky, The wide-seeing, far shining, the shining wandererf 1 -Rig-Veda, vii, 63. ' fi,41Thus has the ,work of that first staff been carried on each year since through both war and peace. Let us dedicate this volume, then, to the hope of a lasting peace after this turmoil and to the faith in young people such as those who represent our own Univer- sity to promote higher education, better social living, and above all, a world in which mankind may live together in peace. -The Editor. 'klntroduction page, 1896 QSAVITAR.

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COWGILL BLAIR FRANK C. MANN ToM K. SMITH IHIAHH UF UUHATUH Term Expires january 1, 1945 Term Expires january 1, 1947 . . Joplin MRS. HENRY J. HASKELL . . . Kansas City Springfield JAMES A. POTTER I. . jeiiferson City . St. Louis JOHN H. WOLPERS . Poplar Bluff RoScoE ANDERSON DAVID W. HOPKINS . HAROLD J. MooRE THOMAS K. SMITH . DAVID W. HOPKINS LESLIE COWAN R. B. PRICE Term Expires jan uary 1, 1949 OFFICERS OF THE BOARD The Executive Board at Columbia J. H. WOLPERS, Chairman RoScoE ANDERSON JAMES A. POTTER The Executive Committee at Rolla Webster Groves . St. joseph . Brookfield . Presi den t Vice-Presiden t . S ecre tary . Treas urer . Poplar Bluff Webster Groves feiferson City HAROLD J. MOORE, Chairman . Brookfield COWGILL BLAIR 1 . . Joplin FRANK C. MANN . Springfield LESLIE COWAN, Secretary . Columbia F. A. GERMANN, Treasurer . . Rolla BOARD OF VISITORS A. P. GREEN, Chairman . . Mexico D. HOWARD DOANE . . St. Louis W. A. COCHEL . . . Kansas City A. FRANK RIDGEWAY . Shelbina Page I2 m