University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Mm , w.-.....-.:.... Tm...,....,w.--.. 8 M.- w . 8 V, ,1. 8x M V l A. Pres. Laws buys a dead elephant from a circus Michael M- Fisher Electrical engineering and asks for state funds serves as acting pres. as offered. to have it stuffed. a faculty chair. ' l t I 1385 1886 1887 1888 1889 Jefferson Monument Sanbom Fidd be- dedicated at commence- gins agricultural ment. experiments.

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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.

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again witli James guitar lMayor ququmEiaI. 'Wlien quite near tHe H5rary, tHe IIth went Joum on account or tlie densefumes and finafly went Jozun. I went into tine E6rary a second time, and stayedafew moments, as long as I coulefstandit, andwent Joum fully satisfied tliat nothing more wullf 5e done 'Iwas WWtoneoutof W Ii5rary, ' saiJMr. Temnus, 'anef wlien I left, I cmel'd'amffyget out. I Ieft tlie nozzle of tile 50x in tlie 5012. I tHen went andWefpeJ to take some tliings out of tlie president's House, Eut tHe smoke liad made me so sick tliat started Home. CBeing unaEIe toget liome on account of tHe faintness from smol'ge, I stopped'wita W0 qf my friends and'stayed tHere all night. ' Men I first lieanf tRe alarm, Iwas playirg agame qf cliess wit5 a citizen ofColumEia at A11; Home on 'East $mmfway anut Half mile from tHe rUniver- sity. rWEen we readied Me scene a60ut eiglit o'clock, dense 12quan qfsmoke were issuing from th upper window: of tlie cHapeI. 2 recfdzlsaffare of intermittent flame was seen by Me Helpless bakers- 1 0n. Zjieree struggfe seemed in progressntHeffames trying to ' devour tHe smoke, tke smoke endeavming t0 strangle tEe flames. .S'ud'denly tfte wMIe interior was Iz'gfttezf up By a vast Eiffow of szme, and tliis was quickly followd 5y a thud cram a5 tHe girder supporting th 11'5me fbor gave way, andprecipitated aII its vofumes, eggheen tRousamf pampHIe t5, Ewicfesfifes qfnewspa' pers am! Mousamis qf magazines were lost. 'ZHe portraits I171, statuary, autogrd letters of Jefferson andClay Imany wings wliicli were rare andqu not 5e replacaO were valued at $ 6,000. w Bd. of Curators rules no The two eastern sectmns student meetings will of the engineering complex be held without con- James S. Blackwell Academic Hall burns opens. sent from Pres. serves as 395118 PreSi- down on Jan. 9, 1892. dent. Swallow Hall opens. 3:61;: dgll'lllgiglled First football team . opens . 01188, organized. PleaI'd Hall opens. .;. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 Richard Henry Jesse - becomes pres. from Graduate School MU loses first col- Univ. of VA. officially organized. legiate football game to 1 Wash. St. Um'v. in St. Sociology Building Louis 28-0. dedicated.