University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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The biggest news at the Coi- lege of Agriculture this year was the addition of the to- mous Foremost Guernsey Farm at Hopewell Junction, New York, and its voluoble herd of 258 Guernsey cattle and other assets totaling $758,000, the gift of J. C. Penney, noted chain store founder and no- tive Missourian. The herd, The site of the home of the Foremost Herd The Iong-ronge breeding pro- will be set up on 770 acres of land located gram is the aim Of the Uni- eight miles west of Columbia. versity and one of the most important reasons for Penney's gift, though the 300 gallons 0f milk produced daily will be used at dormitory cafeterias GNd Gt Noyes Hospital. Penney wished the University owner- ship Of the herd, feeling that only that way could 0 long- range program be successful. I Praising Penney's generous gift, True D. Morse, newly named Under Secretary of Agriculture and a Missouri c'IUmnus, said, Few men rank so high in leadership both in business and agriculture. He went on to say, The past year has been one of important development tot the Uni- versityt that should be permanently reflected in the od- Vancement of the state and its people. J. C. Penney Missouri Philanthropist Soys Harold Niedorp, presi- dent of the University Alumni Association, Not in our fond- est dreams have we visualized in one school year the com- pletion of so many moior achievements and the initio- tion of as many worthy oddi- tionol proiects. President A . Frederick A. Middlebush, who e . V in the 18 years he has been x head of the University, has $ ' seen and supervised the con- e struction of 20 of the 54 major buildings, echoed campus TR HME R . . Q5; 295$th sentlment when he sold, The . year 1952 - 1953 marks 0 These cattle were part of the herd of Guernsey cuttleund other assets great milestone m .the de; valued at $758,000 presented by .l. C. Penney to the University of Missouri. velopment Of the Umversnty. , H

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In the Future . . . Missouri Grows! PROPOSED MEMORlAL UNION BUILDING UNIVERSUY OF MISSOURI AMMHM-o t: steam. chmrzcn . st. :OMJ. masque: mum I? The Memorial Student Union Building plan as it would look on completion of the second wing. The $1,250,000 appropriation for Jesse Auditorium provides the first major remodeling of Jesse Hall since it was built between 1893 and 1895 for $250,000. Scheduled for completion by the fall of 1954, the auditorium will seat 2,000 and will be equipped for radio and television. The Uni- versity became the first institution of higher learning to apply for and to get a full-time competitive commercial TV channel on Jan. 15, when the FCC granted a license to KOMU-TV. The station will start this tall, begin- ning operation with 204,000 watts, giving good coverage of 60 miles. The excavation between Crowder Hall and the men's residence halls means a per- manent four-year medical school that will soon be a real- ity. Unsuccessful starts in 1899, in 1920 when Noyes Hospital was built, and in 1930 give added emphasis to this year's accomplishment. The building now under con- struction will be eight stories high, and will include labora- tories, offices and a 220-bed hospital. Dr. Roscoe L. Pullen, newly appointed Dean of the School of Medicine, says the aim of the school is to train 75 doc- tors a year, and to persuade them to work in rural areas 10 Perhaps the improvement most felt by the school as a whole is the Student Union - the building for which it took 30 years to get funds appropri- ated. Well worth the delay, the Union cost $2,213,107, and has added an important unity before lacking in the campus. A lounge, soda foun- tain, ballrooms, meeting rooms, and dining rooms are included. Clarence O. Woolsey, B.L. '36, president of the Law Alumni Association, said after a recent visit to the University, It is difficult for me to con- ceive an addition to the physi- cal plant which would be of greater benefit to students and former students alike. However, the importance of the Union extends beyond that of iust the physical plant. As Paul Christman, former All- American quarterback and Missouri alum, says, Before too long I think this tthe Unioni will become the cen- tral unit in welding the stu- dents into a closely-knit organ- ization which will take pride in it and in their University. . . The proposed Medical School Building and Hospital, to be located south Of MISSOUTI- of the men's dorm groups.

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12 OH hardly seemed like we'd been away. But there were changes . . . the Union was open, a new sidewalk by J-School . . . still, it was easy to full back in the old track. We had our ID cards validated, we crowded Jesse Walk, and we sat with the sun in our eyes at football games. The freshmen were oriented and the seniors found it hard to believe it was the last time 'round. We began another year.