University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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(y z. T HERE are many times in our col- lege career when we pause and reflect. When we stop in the rush of activity and think back over our stay at Missouri. Missouri is the first State University west of the Mis- sissippi river. It is rich in tradition. There are many old- timers who can recall along with the reconstruction era the time when Columbia was the Athens of the Mid- west. Many things have changed since that day. School enrollment has multiplied. Temporary buildings and barracks overflow the once classic campus. They are not the first barracks to be here. Soldiers were quartered in University buildings during the Civil War. But the change is even greater today with the school ' s enormous growth to the 14th largest University in the country. However, the spirit remains the same. There is some- thing fine, mystic, and haunting that will stay with the grad- uate of Missouri through the years ahead. Something that will linger in the back of his mind and cause him, when he makes a pilgrimage back to the State University, to stop and sentimentally reflect the time when he was a student at Mizzou. When we graduate many things linger in our mind. The dome of Jesse Hall against the sky. At times splendid then garish in its renaissance architecture. The massive gothic tower always changing, always different, tolling the hours of the day. ■ ■ ' ■ -■■ ' ■ '

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MISSOURI -- We recall the obelisk which marked the grave of Thomas Jefferson at the crossing of paths leading into the Red Cam- pus. The Switzler Bell tower, silent now except at the death of a faculty member, or at an important crisis. The bell rang to announce the end of the hours marking class time. It is the oldest building on the campus. The change from the pre-war campus becomes apparent when Switzler is converted into an emergency hospital in times of epidemic. The Chinese Lions by the J school smiling cryptically at the laughing coeds passing by leave a mark in our memories of Missouri. We will remember the huge M at the end of the stadium and the fall football games with the cheering crowds. We will remember the columns and the bright green grass of the Francis Quadrangle in the spring. We will remember the columns silhouetted against a moonlit sky. Everything ties in to add to our memories of Missouri. We of the Savitar staff have tried to permanently record some of those memories. We have tried to capture some of the flavor of the year, 1948. We hope to have fostered a feeling for Missouri as our school, as a great school, rich in tradition and color. We hope that this book fulfills that WISE SHALL BE . THE BEARERS OF L16HT