University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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from tHe Easement, tlie engineer returned to tile Eoifer- House. 'Mr. Lockwood, an CIIgineering student, ' said Ha, ' was Hefping me. After I Eadgotten tlie eugine started, I noticed teat it didnot run well? Iszfyforty Pounds qfsteam turned on, want I SEoufdliave Hadsixty-five to puff tEe macaine. It was taenfive minutes past seven, am! we sliould Have Rad Me thts turnecfon. I am tlie macaine started up pretty wdlwkn all at once I noticed tlie 495ng dowm thngo up, and 'anut taat time $01;an came, t5e fireman said, 'Tie Euilding is on fire. feeling sure tliat taefire was among tae wires, I turned tlie Italits c3795 and went to see wliere tat! trouEfe was. 'We used tftat Wit a 400-I'glit macfu'ne manu- facmred' 5y tlie Addison ZIectn'c COmPany, and so far as I can learn, we Had never Had 400 Iggfus tumecfon all at once Eefore. ' 'Wliife this was going on witain, a stream qffigures silliou- ette against tHe snow were seen crossing tfte campus on tHeir way to :5: entertainment. '17ie audito- rium qt tae eaapel, witfe its graceful Ealcony, it spacious rostrum, its fifteen fumdred opera cliairs, was Erilfiantfy ilfuminated'. ' 'ZHe air was filled witli gladeness. Only a weeKEefore, tlie students Had returned from tkeir aomes, wHere tfeey Wynne liome for tlie Holiebys. EverywHere could 5e Heard tEe cliatter of liappy voice witli occasional salutations andgoocfcftumored' repartee. Some qf tHe audience, perliaps a dozen, Walmady taken tHeirvseats, andotliers were coming in, waen suddenly and witaout warning tlie large central sun-Ig'glitfefl witli a crasli into tlie parterre, Earely missing tHe aeaeis ofseveraloecupants. 'IHe W was left in darkness. ZII was conster- nation. fveryone was on fu'sfeet in an instant, andalfstartecf witfe a rusH madam exits. Iftae accident W Happened a few minutes later a panic mgglit aave ensued. Seeing tHere was no immediate danger, tHe crowd passed out Iiurriecffy tarouga tlie fofding doors into tfte liaIIway, tlience tferougk the vesti6ufe into a pface ofsafe ty. 5M0 one realizedfor a moment wliat was liappening. 50mglaneirg up at tlie massive pannelirg waicli supported tae fToor qf me 1?qu saw littlejets qfsmoke pujy'irg out from a score qfaperatures. It was palin enougli now; tHe eeifirg was on fire, tHe electric ligat wires hairy 5ecome poorfy insulated in some mystenbus way WWted tlie inflammaHe material of tHe liErary floor. Tie wliofe caapel was quickfyfilfeefwitli tae pungent odor ofEurning pine. 7-; Women shall wear Univ. asses law p uniforms of black suit, forbidding sale of liquor in quantities of no less Samuel Spahr Laws tie, skirt, and long than a gallon thining no transfers from the overcoat. Student can drink a Westminister College to , gallon of liquor. become pres. . I L s 1 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 Kappa Kappa Gam- ma Sorority estab- School of Mines and lishes as first on cam- Metalurgy Opens in pus. Rolla.

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54gn'culture cfangeef out on Me crisp niglit air, summmoning th puMic to tHe open session. 545 soon as tae 6eII Began to ring, tlie janitor opened tfte doors to tae chlpel, and in aEOut ten minutes, tlie engineer tumerfon t5e fighs. ?Hegasjetsin thliallandalong tfie chapel walk were aLso Izyfzted. 'ther tlie lr'gftts were tumed'onfsaid iftejanitor, 'I stayed in tHe Wway on tHe first floor, and Me young men were calling on me toget tiiem tfu'rgs out of tHeir Won tlie tHirJfl'oor. In proEaEfy aboutrfteen minutes tlie first afarm qffire wasgiven 63; George VenaEle, wlio called my attention to a littfe Haze q'fire around tlie sun-Iight. I tIEen ran to tlie Easement andeut qfftlieliglit. WVfLiIeIwasintIie cellar, Me sun-Iigatfefl. Wiere were two distinct wires for this wliicfi ran up tHe IiEraryfToor witliout crossing; thre were four wiresfor tlie other 5ng, and two switcHes. ' Mary Louise Gillett first woman graduate. Agricultural Arts division founded through funds of 1862 Morrill Act. M.U. is accorded its land-grant status. . Students raid and plunder Univ. wine cellar. 1871 1872 .A .qgmv. y . Jaw er-vewa-ww. Mawrw, V. MW h.. Medical School organ- ized. 1873 Switzler Hall opens.

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Immediatefy, the startling cry was raised, Tire! fire! The University is on Tirel' Z hundred voices took it up; men and hays severafsqaares away heard and echoed that cry. the Why'd mwsjkw ahroad on the night wind: Wund'reds of citizens seated eomfortahly around their firesufes were appalled 5y that dread, unusualsouncf, 'Qhe Zlniversity is on fire! ' In a few minutes, men, women andehihfren-ualmost the entire population of Columhiau- were hurrying hreathfessfy along in a Jarlistream, 6y every stree t, in the direction of the campus. 2 lurid Iightr was reffec tecf against the sky. The might was hitterfy cold. Qhejanitor, the ji'reman and a student ran up into the Iihrary. 'Zheycouhfsee nothing But smoke along thefloor, andthe whofe space he twwn the floor anar the ceiling appeared to he on 1911:. ther cutting a hole with an axe in the floor ahout tzuentyfeet south of the hhrary desk, they carried in the hose, from the rackin the half on the thirdfloor, and then tamed on a stream which was ofpretty goodsize as Iong as the water held out. Qhene was cistern in the Easement into which water from the pondsouth of the main huihfing was pumped 5y means of a Worthington pump with a capacity of 15,0005alfons an hour when running at full speerf. The water used in the hose on the second and thirJfToors came from the cistern, hat the supply was soon exhausted: I struck two Blow with the axe, 'said the fireman, 'and made an opening in the floor ahout a foot square. $Iael'gsmolie was off I saw; the handle hroke and the axe went through the floor 'When we left the hhrary; a smalIstream ofwater was stiff flowmg from the hose andffoorfing the ffoor. The smoke was so suffocating when I went in that I coufd not possihfy waflistraight; hut on the secondffoor it was not so dense. ' Mr. 1g. 'Bahh, proctorqf the university, said, 'I reached the chapel ahout half past seven. rWhen I looked in, I couIdsee no fire, But the smoke was so dense that I could not see across the room, although the gas jets were hunting. I then went up to the hhrary. It was very darkand . smoke was pouring in considerahfe. vofume out of the door. It was impossihle to save any property, as it was then very dangerous to go into the room.' 'When 'Presicfent Jesse teachecf the scene there was great ' confusion on the stairways and - hznd'ir'ys. 'I think'saidhe, 'there at were a numher of others in the . library But the smoke was so thick, I couhf not see my hand hefore me: I went to get a lamp, andwent up ----------------------------I Newspaper asks freshmen to think of new pranks. Winner suggests a stuffed cow atop Academic Hall. Jefferson Monument donated to the Univ. I 1880 1881 1882 N 1883 1884' Faculty tries to step - dishonesty by re- quiring students to submit a written, signed' pledge of authorship.