University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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tHe Missouri State 'Teacasrs Association on South Sixth Stree t, was Eougfltfor $300, and a EuiIding was erected. 7E8 academy was caIIeJColumEia Coflkge, not t0 6:: confused'wiM present-zfay ColumEia College wliicli Eagan as Cfnistian Coffege in 1851. In 1839, tlie state awardidMissouris top educa- tional institution to ColumEia. 7718 Jefferson City commission Opened Eicis mat summer. 'Boone County came in first witli tag most Wiley and landcontriliutedu $118,300. C aIIway came in second, andewarJ County was in third Piace. Cooper, Cole andSaIirw fanatics declined to 5M for tHe mStitution, In 1834, 13 years after tlie Wu was Wont, CofumEia Wanut 700 residents. 'Efijali T. Lovq'oy, a 1,er terian minister andeditor qf tlis St. Louis OEserver Jescn'Eed Me town: CofumEia hm nine stores, two taverns Moteid, four grogsaops, and 6ut one mac ting- 5ousena Erickliuifding housing tlie Trcs5y terian C liurcH. four years earli'er, tlie Missouri I nteflggencer ofCqum6ia spokg of westward migration over tEe Santa 92 and Oregon trails: 'Ngwr witHin our recofl'ection Has tliere Been sucft an influx qf emxyrants as are now, and Rave for some weeks, Eeen passing througR tais place to tlie more western part of Me State. ?Hem appears to 58 an aImost unErokgzn line qf wagons, carts, carriages, cattfe, slaves, etc. ' 'Wlien James .95an was offered taejoli as president qf tlie University in 184.9, lie at first declined Eecause lie wanted to move to a city tHat Wagiris scaooffor Fu'sfive Jaugfiters. Organizing a giris scaool' immedi- x--------------- President Lathrop First advanced de- retires. grees recorded. 1845 1846 ' 1847 1848 1849 First course in civil engineering offered.

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stocklioafer, 0r. Wiam Jeweff, was tlie first cliair qf tHe Colum6ia Seliool 'District and a founder of William jewefl Colfege in Lilierty, Mo. 7H5 new town site, named ColumEia, was immediately surveyed into 384 Dats tliat were offered for safe May 28, 1821. Tie town grew from a :few wretcHafliuts in 1821 to an emporium qfrqfi'nement, enterprise and trade in 1824,'saitf:7-list01ian 'Wi'fliam 9'. 5witzfer. 3cHoQ1rs, lawyers, d'ivims, capitalists and men J every ranfgamfcomfition... cast Meirfor'tunes witli tlie frontier village ofCqumEia, ' 8e added. Wiffiam Jeweg came to Colum6ia from Trankfin in 1822. He set up fu's practice quecficine andscraecf tlie outlying country- side, 'riding liorseEack,' according to Jolin C. Crtyliton in His Hwtgy 'overstumpfill'ed roads or forest patHs to visit liis patients. ' 912: was on we governing 5oanqu Me ColumEia primary and secondary sclioof and was a trustee qf tEe ColumEia female gcademy. He was not an arch'tec t, Eut liis pfansfor me 1847 'Boone County courtliouse was praisedfor its exceffence. Jewell was aka a state representative from 1826 to 1828 and a state senator from 1830 to 1834. faucation was afways on tlie priority list for Columliia residents. On Jilugust .9, 1831, a mass meeting was hid at Me 1300114: County courthouse to promote tfw organization qf an academy. One argument used in rasing thfunds was tliat tlie academy coufdsome day liouse a state university and woullf influence we state Iegiskzture in clioosing a site th institution. waa and$oone mm W academy site, now occupied 6y School of Medicine established. C t f A - ' dgxirliggisolaidfa First classes held in Acaderruc Hall ded- Columbia College icated on July 4th. Building 1DecJ o 1840 1841 John H. Lathrop hired as first president 1March1. 1542 President's home erected. 1843 1844 The first graduation ceremony lasts 3 hours. Both gradu- ates named Robert Todd.

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ater went into planning. After many meetirys witFLgreat dwer- ences of opinion Being expressed; it was tlie Clin's tian Coffege group tftat prevailed over tliose wad Eackecf a non-sec tarian colfege. 'Two years later in 1851, Cfm'stian femafe College opened witfl Jofm Zugustus WIIIiams as president. Instructors taagftt at tRe Cliristian Cliurw until a Euifding could lie remodefedfor 1158. rWhn tlie Californiagofd rusft Qf 1849 came along more tlian 500 people left Columliia to seek tEeirfortunes in tEe West. 'Very few achieved wealtft, andsome 80 qf them died tryiry. Slavery was always a Heated issue. 30m County residentsgave Lincoln 12 votes, whicfn illustrates tlie division on tEe slavery issue tHat prevailed among tHem. Many heal residents liefzfsllwes. Eut many mercfamts Hadstrong Easiness ties to tHe anIi andfast anJSoutfxwest, going 6aekto tlie Santa :71: trade Jays. 'Boone County resicfents were sentimntalfy witli tlie sfave states, Eut from a practical viewpoint, they were witH tlie maintenance of tEe anion. iventuall'y, onafties were split and' manyfamify memEers and frienisfouglit on 50th sides of tEe Civil War. Mo actuaffiqhing tookpface in Colum5ia. It was undefendecf, and tRere was no cause for any Kind of skirmisft to occur. ,qfter tlie war, rail connections witH Centrafia Erouglit renewedprospen'ty to CaiumEia. QHe Wu again W reliaEIe contact me tHe outside worfd. Mercliants coufdgetgoocis fromSt. Louis and tHe ltast quickfy and' reasona6ly. Tie railroad also Erouglit a 600m in reaIestate in northeast Cofumliia. 7711's area was Colum- Eia's most exclusive sulidivision, and many of the Wn's wealtliy and cultured'peopfe Iivedalong Trice Flvenueu now Nortli Colfege 212mm and tfie streets to :8: east. Q7142 insurance industry Began to grow, and town leaders forgot a50ut tHeir originalplans ta Erirg in Heavy industry. QHe coffeges were 6eginning to increase enroflments, attracting peopfe from all over tHe state to settle in Colum6ia. On Jan. .9, 18.92, Zea- cfemic 912111, the Zlniversity's main Euilding, Eumdrfown. Otlier towns in Missouri immdi'atefy Eegan to Eizf for tlie transfer qf Me rUniversity from Columliia. Once again, Colum5ia Had to raise moneyfor tlie institution. Np ot8er Wu couIJcome up witH as mucR as Me $50,000 Mat CofamEid residents raised; and th state w Bd. of Curators de- cides not enough teaching is being held, William Hudson serves orders each faculty to as acting hold six lectures daily. president for 77 days. 1 w! 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 James Shannon of , Bacon College be- comes president. All-time high in pre- Civil War enrollment: 181 students.