University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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l.VlICROSCOPIC VIEW OF MISSOURI'S CONTRIBUTION TO IVIODERN MEDICINE. Then the '3Ols with Memorial Tower, honoraries, and organizations. Time passed, Mo digging, the college growing. The '4O's brought World War ll. Suddenly M. U. was an all-girl institution. Training programs were set up, shells were made, guns were fired, the war was won. Mo put down his gun. With the return of servicemen, the pattern became large classes, TDs, and thousands of graduates. G ll!! 1 ag. lei 1958 LIBRARY WITH LAWN, A FAR CRY FROIX1 AN 1800 LITER- ARY SOCIETY COLLECTION. .

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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-

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qu, f ' 5 I I li lr, I Q X ' an 'lx Pig-A I, . L A x 1' .41 ' ff X . , gp 1' j ,f x V Tw NEI' ,, 'Ni . , 3 1 up ' f ,A ig f' ff n . j ' 4 Then on to the 50s, and a complex higher education. More buildings added -a Student Union, a Medical Center, until today the campus covers more than 1,000 acres. But, physical growth alone cannot tell the story of the prog- ress of a university. It must- also be seen through the students. Now almost 10,000 students stroll along the walks of Red and White Campuses, 10,000 people learn through a modern insti- tution. And, this is growth, also. This student body must meet high stand- ards. They are learning in more ways than from the printed pages of a book. Outlets are so varied that one can derive much through participation in extracur- ricular activities. New traditions have been established-a UN Week, and perhaps even a revival of an elusive school spirit. All of this, surrounded by the framework of an intricate system of campus government, clarifies the picture of growth. Mo Pioneer has done his job well, but he hasn't stopped. This buck- skinned giant is still wielding his shovel. There has always been digging in Co- lumbia, those holes have moved. Even now Mo can be seen on Sixth Street and Kentucky Avenue, still digging. His job now is a group of housing units for over 2,000 students. This Pioneer fel- low has learned since he dug that first hole, Mo is air-conditioning a multi- storied structure, which is complete with cafeterias, elevators, and sundecks. But, as soon as this construction plan is done, he will have another job. Mo has the blueprints of the University of the future in that hip pocket. His hands still have much to dog more dirt must be moved with the aid of that all-impor- tant spirit called M-O-N-E-Y. 5 f w I 27