University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Tie entim foss in tHe EErary was CStimatecf at $35,000. On Jul: tliere was insurance amounting to $10,000. '1 t is appaffing! 'We are Helpless; nothing can 68 Janel' Were excfamations fuzard on Rund'recic offips. 7H8 citizens were overwhefmedwi$ consterna- tion andson'ow. 'I t is distressing to see tHe accumufation of fifty yearsgoirzg P in flame andsmokg, '5aizf an Gagentleman, liis eyesfilfaf witli tears. 'I am hartEroKen, ' said anatlier, 'to see Me 0M ?lniversity, tHe cliiefprirfe JCofumEia, going in tliis way. ' 'Everyone seemed tofedit 5 a personalfoss. I t is tlie nwstfn'gliyfuf Calamity tHat Has ever 5efaflen, or COUIJ Eefafl our town, was 1556 Opinion ofaII tliat dense crowdas tHey trumped up anddoum in tlie 5710712, watcliing tHe progress qf tHe fire witH .9wa and voices tremufous witEgrief. QTne east wing was now aEIaze from Easement to summit. 54!! th panes ofgazss wen: mefting wider W intense Heat, and trickling Jozun tlie walk in a molten stream; the ironworkof tlie fiyctures was seen to writRe and twist Elie serpents in fiery convo- lutions; aff tHe windows were Eelcliing fortfl from sHattereJ frames masses quurpfe smoke; curling tongues qffllzme sliot out yards in kngtft. Someone remem- Eerecf tFLat tHe taElet qf th Jefferson Monurrwnt--a unique andpn'cekss relicuEaJEeen pkzced in Me cHapelfor 5aj$keeping Eat it was now to late to save it. Rt this point tlie lieat was segreat tliat Me presidentis 5011.98 cauglit onfire repeatedfy, and was saved only after tliegreatest exertions. fit one time tlie danger was so imminent tHat all th furniture was cam'ecfout. g Women no longer l'equired to wear University council uniforms, changes school colors from crimson and old gold to black and gold. First Savitar yearbook is published. 9 I 1395 1896 1897 1898 1899 Jesse Hall dedicated. First doctorate grant ed in Botany.

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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.

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'To tlie musuem! Save tEe specimens in tlie musueml'slioutecf a prJessor, and, hacfing a Eody J students, a rusH was made to tHe west wing, wfu'cft was as yet remote from t0e onwardsurge J ffame. 900m and windbzus were smasHed in, andscores J volun- teers Jasfted into tlie dark, rooms to save wMt tftey could. QHe vaIuaEIe contents J tlie musuem J natural History were torn from thirstands and carried 0r dragged out J doors. It was a queer siglit to see t0e Eig elepliant lying on fu's side in W snow; near 5y was the tiger, whicft liar! Eeen mounted 0n the elepkmt's tasks, wit5 a little grinning monkey percliecf 0n Fa's Eack; Here agorilfa and an artie fox were Keeping eac0 0tlier company; and tHere a Euge croco- dile seemecfscarcely at W Iying Mf Eurietf in t5e snow draft. 'Save tEe azw IiEraryl' calfed out a tallstudent, and fomecf By a dozen 0t0ers, tRey gafllmtfy penetrated tFLrougfL tlie darkness andsmoke t0 tlae second ff00r, and; Erirtging out armfuILc J 600$, deposited t5em 0n tHe ground. x'lfew more daring spirits, Headed 6y a prJessor, venturetf up to the p0ysicaI1050rat01ies 0n tRe tliird'floor, and were engaged in canying out tlie costly apparatus. It was already dangerous in tfa's part J Me Euifding. Cjusts J suffocatingfunws were pouring along tlie Wways impelled 5y tlie Mast Eeliimf, and tongues J Eluisli flame were Iapping against the doors J the feature rooms. Tiefire, meanwliile, steadily advanced, andgained tHe rotunda J th main 5uifding. QHe immense amount J woodwork Rere gave tlie flames a fury and an intensity tliat is indescriEaEIe. QTw doors and' windows were spouting great torrents J fire; tEe red' flames crept steadily along tHe roJ; Iickirg Meirjaws like ravenous dragons; tHey caressed and entwined themsefves a50ut Me cofumns, 0r leaped 50W into space. 2 terriEfe roar pervaded in tlie air. CZHe sound was like tHat J an approacliing tornado tearirg its way tlirougli a forest. 3 Eiffowy sea J ffame mounted into tlie sky as 1f impeffed 6y tHe 6Iast J a titanic furnace. ?l dense slimuer J sparks floated off over tRe tome, presenting tfte appearance J miIIions J scintiflhnt stars Jancirg on Me 5050111 J an enormous Elackcfoud'. M at once tliere came a crash as terrific as tlie explosion J an arsenal, and tHe eoIossaI, copper-sHeeted dome was 6W hose from its fastenings, and fragments were Fmrfed 650 in air. Several men were in t0e Euilding at tlie time. '50 violent, ' says an eye witness, ' was t0e propuLsive force J tlie EIast tliat for a moment th w Parker Hall opens for new hospital and Medical School. Department of House- hold Economics formed. Mark Twain given an honorary degree and spoke at banquet sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa. March 17, engineers celebrate first St. Pats Week. Chemical engineering offered. 1900 1901 Rothwell Gym opens, 71902 First caps and gowns worn at graduation. 1903 1904 McAlester Hall opens for Medical School. ' Bd. of Curators de' cides Univ. was founded in 1839. a