University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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'TYPICAL ROOINI IN THE FIRST VVODIENVS DORIVIITORY THE FOOTBALL STARS OF 1895.

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I u 1 Wifi h. ,wi 3 ' I FI 7 -' ' Q ' f fi , 7 3 is l' X ,J If xxx! Xl 6 e fr ,c nl Q.:-wr 'V l 6 , l X I l 1' ff AN ENGLISH LIT. CL XSS IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS This was Academic Hall and on july 3, 1843, the roads were crowded with horses and buggies to see the dedication ceremony. VVith Mo's building permit officially signed and sealed, he picked up his shovel in the l84O's. Medical instruction was added in 1845 when 'lMcDowell Medical Collegei' in St. Louis became a department of the University for ten years. Then the influence of Horace Mann and a trend toward schools for the Schoolmastern led to a normal Professorship. With these tasks finished, MO leaned back for a rest. While Mo relaxed, the University began to function. Approximately 80 students enrolled for the early terms. They were offered a variety of courses, though these were actually taught with only five faculty members. Grades were based on a 100-point system with deductions for deficiencies. Students were warned at the 75, 50, and 25 levels, and O meant demotion or dismissal. If the student survived this intricate sys- tem of learning, and the three-day examinations at the end of the term, he graduated. Two did, Robert L. Todd and Robert B. Todd, for the first commencement on November 28, 1843.

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Q' 1 t Q if I. yy Lg p R j'x 5. Wx- E TNS? vw Nr v7 T X 4 5, ' Q TXKT I TWV,-Q ea ' --lvl Tv W lhl Y - T f ' 1.-It-.L - ' bl X. I i f i f . ERFERSON MRMQRIAL-LANDMARR TO UNIVERSITY PROGRESS. The students' outlet through extracurricular activities was as yet not well developed. They attended classes in the main building all morning and assembled for a critical reading of the New Testament in Greek each Monday. However, students spent most of their time in private homes which were their living quarters. The young men had to be in their rooms at 9 o'clock and behaved admirably according to Mr. Lathrop. Only two students were sent home for beating each other with canes. The students did have one activity for themselves besides cane fights. This was in two literary societies-the Athenaeum and the Union. These two, bitter rivals, were debating groups. They met each Friday in Academic Hall for declamations, followed by a debate. Preparations for the next meeting were then made. When the dignity of the proceedings broke, the President Cone was elected every four weeksD imposed fines of IZWC. Such offenses were breaches of etiquette, such as passing in front of the speaker, or breaches of decorum, such as tilting one's chair, throwing bread and the Hexpectoration of saliva impregnated with the juice of Virginia weed. I2