University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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I I N 1 l ' ,A 4 - A N in i f k 1 X fix mf J F AX HOME OF TI-IE ENGINEERS-FRAIVIED I I THE YVHEELS COULD IXIOVE WITH IVLATH EVEN THEN. 18

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i l l l Damage was done to all of the rooms and equipmentg 467 volumes disappeared from the librarv. Total damage was heavy, not including the Worst illjllry of partially closing the University. But due to the courage of Lathrop, the Board actually made plans to return to normalcy. This was not an easy task. Mo Pioneerls early efforts had been torn down, but not completely. Mo got his building permit renewed through Lathrop, rolled up his sleeves, and started again. There was a new founding. This assured the successful development of the college when the Assembly approved for the state a College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts provided for by the Morrill Act of 1862, establishing land-grant colleges. Daniel Read, sixth President, wanted the benefits of this act for the University. Read came to Columbia and started to soften the ground for Mo to build again. He went to the Board and demanded that the Legislature give financial aid for a land-grant school. The appeal received notice and an appropriation of 310,000 was made. This is the dividing point -the beginning of real progress-and Mo started to dig. The dirt wasn't flying too fast, however. The shovel kept getting stuck in the ground. f L L ' ,Lg ' W2-:ff Qsk A 'L -, .f'Ql. sa- i ' 'fi wfifw M i I' 1,50 lf .- Eb ut rt. 5 r ', 7 T vi' 'f X A 1 ' ,ap I ' sb x i I . N pw ' Ixs T i f 1 J A, i f I X X . XX W 2' .-11 DIGGING LEADS TO A DEDICATION-BIOLDING OF A IXLODERN UNIXVERSITY.

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te-- ' -.0 . nc. zz 4..,... V vl3,.1..xw M 4,94-',45'?fi'4? THE wan YEARS-SUPPOSEDLY TEIXIPORARY Domrs AND HTHE GIRLS THEY LEFT BEHIND. The very survival of the University depended on the location of the land grant in Columbia, and many in the capital wanted to abolish the present University and set up a new site. Boone County was a center of strife- Not Columbia, the C-em of the Ocean, but Columbia, the Gem of Rebellion! Finally, in 1865, a new constitution came into existence. This cleared the way for the Rollins' Bill of Loca- tion at Columbia, passed in 1870. The ground had softened, and the community turned out to celebrate the rebirth of their University. With the University on its feet again, several significant changes occurred. One was the admission of women. The girls appear first in the l868 catalog under the Normal College as the 'iLadies. They were not admitted to chapel, classes, or even the library except at hours not allotted to men. But, finding that the young women did no harm, they were cautiously allowed to attend with the men, providing they marched in order with at least two teachers, one in front and the other in the rear of the columns, as guards. The Ladies at last were Hin. Another change was seen in the literary societies. The old rivalries and dignity were considerably lessened. Fines were now given for shooting wads, dancing, or sleeping. Subjects were on the Every Man Should Marry Before 21 order, but student dis- cipline was strict. Stamping in chapel, frequenting billiard halls, and keeping late hours were all offenses. The men were not to whisper, crowd doorways, or use profanity. They were to be Ngentlemenf' 19