University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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JESSE HALL DO1X'IE-LOFIY COVER FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION. Progress was made haltingly though, due to Laws. He suppressed the newspaperg he attempted to destroy the secret societiesf' Student discipline reached new heights as locks were put on doors until classes dismissed. He was not a popular President. Student life continued as the Missouri Athletic Association was formed. There were now two baseball and two football teams. They became known as the Tigers, named for local Civil War defenders. The ladies now were active at M. U. They wore uniforms of black wool with white shirtwaists and a plain black hat. So attired, they did calisthenics to music, and while Crowder was military commander, drilled with light guns and without corsets. 24

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There were baseball games between different clubs, a Clee Club, an orchestra, and a marching band assembled. Social life was a reality. These new activities were brought to the fore by the University Missorlrian, the first 2. . , successful newspaper. The initial issue appeared in 1871 with Eugene Field as literary editor. It contained essays, news, and editorials, campaigning for heat in the chapel and support of school spirit. This spirit actually did occur in the '7Os. The bell was rung and the Presidents cow misplaced. Rustic bridges had been built and paths led to St. lVlary's Lake, named for Read's daughter, This was the site of a pagoda,-and couples meandered down to carve initials on the trees, of course. Men roamed the streets serenading and the era ended with i'Daisy, Daisy echoing throughout the campus. The 1880's brought a new president, Samuel Spahr Laws. The University was now divided into schools and professional departments, the original Jefferson Monument was secured, enrollment soared to 500, public service began with a farm institute and plow report. 1 1 IT MAY NOT BE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BUT FRANCIS QUADRANGLE DOESN,T HAVE 'ro BE A COLE COURSE Fon oua CHIEF EXECUTIVE. . 'ff 5 :'.A,1 . 1,- -lol' 1 , 5 i' :L-' 2-3 -' -., .4 ,z . f 2 - f - tl

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Mo saw that hc had industriously covered a lot of ground -the hour credit system, articulation with high schools, higher standards, extension work-all through the eighth president, Richard Henry Jesse. The future did look rosy . . . until January 9, 1892 . . . the Athenaeum society was to give an exhibition in the main hall. Just as the audience assembled, a small blaze appeared around the chandelier base, which shortly fell. Water was piped in but the supply was soon exhausted. The crowd could do nothing but save themselves. The fire raged, and Columbia saw Academic Hall burn. Once again the fate of the University rested with the Leg- islature. Certain factions wanted to move the site'again. Mo Pioneer went to Columbia's leading citizens. They pledged money and fire protection to retain the school. This did the trick, and the bill slid through the Assembly to become a law. Jesse and Mo built on two campuses now. New structures were added, as Mo dug and dug. The columns of Academic Hall stayed as a tradition, built of what was not altogether brick and stone, and with the dedication of the present Jesse Hall in 1895, a modern University existed. Mo worked hard now. The Wliite Campus took shape in the early 1900's with Waters Hall, Read Hall, the Library, and Rothwell Cym. Thus, under Albert Ross Hill, the campus began to assume its present form. Extension and correspondence work became an independent division. Graduate School grew steadily, and the School of Journal- ism, the first and foremost,'l appeared. Enrollment reached the 2,000 mark, and the University was receiving a nation- wide reputation. During the years of the early 20th century, the literary societies died with the advent of more Creek groups. Car- riages were replaced by cars, and a new division was created by World War I. Students thought this was fun. Faculty commanders drilled the nation's defendersn on Francis Quadrangle. Every fraternity house was a barracks, and they had a i'helluva time till Johnny marched home. This was a fitting prelude to the roaring 2O's. There was no prohibition on campus, or it could have been unenforcedg the faculty liked beer busts, tool There was also a new tra- dition, thanks to one Mr. Davis. He drove a wagon into town one day with a quaint little slapped-together house on it. He saw a vacant lot, unhitched his team, tacked a sign on the door, saying Davis's Tea Room and opened for business. The years flew, tea became 3.2, and the Shack came to Mizzou. I THE IXIAN ON THE BEAT, MR GREEN lf'N '1 1 ,-Af , I V fx If xii. 5 , V. Sf' l r . itll. I .w X. lx-