The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-06-03

The oonvention OF Assembled
Wisdom ss Columbia.
The Missouri Pes Aaociatioa held iss
thissssath sanu Il sessioa q Columbia,
Nay n and =. 1879. and ~ mum
eroosly as,e"ded By prs~ representatives
from al parts Of The State.
The details Of the convensioa would be
Of iissls interest IN the general reader, but
permit the BAzo 10 give il reajess, .
furnished By The Naie~as. . brief sketch
ii
COLUMBIA.
C.,lumbia Vss ~>tsbli. ,ei Nov. Is. 1851.
Populstioo in 1876 4,l65.
C0lumbis h situated ON the north aide of
the Missouri river. IA miles By rail ve.s
State Capital. and h accoMable from four
.aiderens dirsci,ons BY four gravel or turn
pike roads, aud one railway On which there
ere three passenger and mail trains daily,
and one each way an sunday.
blue gra@ region Of Missouri, With very
fertile lands in al the sdjscent country,
and has long been Distinguished for The
beauty Of it, natural scenery, it, well-paved
and clearly streets. It's shade and osusmen-
tsl treea, and the 6Dvem. vines and shrubs
| which abound on every hand. Ii has often
been called . little city neasline in . foress
Of shade treea. and IL in every respect
one Of the most beautiful and attractive
towns in the State. The culture, hospital
ity and intelligence Of the people, end g.
pecially the beauty and accomplishments
Of its women are Provrrbial.
|. Columbia il one of the most beautiful,
moral, clearly and healthy towns in the
West Many OF ~ ressdences and business
houses are models Of convenience and arch.
itectural beauty. Iis principal streets are
broad, veil paved and veil shaded. and
many 81 its private residencea, especially
those in iis suburbs. are magnificent and
situated in the midst Of ample grounds
tastefully ornamented With shrubbesy and
vines and gravel Wallis.
For more than . generation C,lumbia
has potseaaed superior educational advantag
q, and its people and the inhahitanis Of
the surrounding country are sow enjoying
the reflex influence Of thee elevating,
christianizing and refining forces. Colum-
bio 10 not . manufacturing or . mining
town, and yet the business and industries
usually prosecuted in western towns of the
6rst class exist here prosperously end sue
cesstully.
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
More than . generation ago, BY the est.b-
lishment Of what were then known ~ 'Col.
umbia College" and 'COlumbia Femsle>
Academy" the people laid the foundations
of their present educational institutions
the former being the necleus around which
gathered the influences that established the
Universiiy of the State. and the latter of
the considerations out of which grew the
two large and Furnishing female COL
leges which sdorn it, suburbs, and largely
contribute to its enviable reputatioo and
prosperity.
erArr UNIVERSITY.
The Missouri State Umiveniiy vas
founded By grant Of two sovnehips (A6,.
$50 acres) of land IN the State for that pur.
pose when il vss admitted into the Union.
The question Of the location Of the Univer. |
sity. after engaging the attention of the |
legislature for several sessions, va settled |
IN February. 1883. BY the passage Of Law |
appointing five commissioners TO select . |
site for the institution. aid Commissioner |
being John S. Phelps. 1.-THE present Governor |
al the Staie). John Cane Bryan, Oh. |
Durkee, Archibald Gamble and Peter n. |
Burnett. The act provided that the site |
should BE- within too miles Of the county |
aeat Of one OF six central counties, viz: |
Boone, Call.way. Coli, Cooper, Howard and |
Saline. The B'ard Of Commiaaioness we're |
to visit each Of the counties mentioned, and |
10 receive conveyances OF land and subecrip-
tioos Of money. in the form Of bids for the
location OF the University: and it vas fur |
Their msde their duty To locate said in.titu-
tion at the place presenting the most I'd.
santages to be derived to the University.
keeping In view the amount subscribed, 10.
cation, &c.
Immedistely on the pssaee Of this oct
very spirited and exciting content arnae
among the people IF The six counties in their
efforts to secure the location Of the Univer.
sity. especially among the people Of Boone,
Csllavsy and Howard. And il may be
noted ~ one ri the mort remarkable events
known to the history of any western State,
thst even n that early day the enterprise
and public spirit of the people of Boone
countv found substantial expression in the
fact that they suhacribed AND PAID in caah,
for the location of the Univenity about
Sis 600, which sum 80 expended in the
erection Of the magnificent three story brick {
structure known a. the Univemity building.
In 1870 the State Agricultural College
was alao located at Columbis; and to Sc
cure il the people If Boone county, at an
Of So. 900. donated to the State :.
Tor the nee of an Agricultural farm. go
acres Of land adjacent to the town, and $50.
BOO In cash.
These Institutions have had varied ex.
perience have passed through their periods
of severe trial and advemity, and Of pros- Z
perity and success In their educstional |
equipments-Library, Laboratory, Chemi.
al and Philosophical Apparatus, Obaesva-
ory, &e.-they ere inferior to none in the
.eatern country, and under the able and en-
.fketic Standardization Of Psessdeat Lava
md learned Faculty, the Univenisy Of
Missouri, With it, college, Of Law and s
Medicine, With its Normal School and AZ.
'iculsural College, il destined 1t no dis
ant day tn occupy the front rank among
American institutions.
IT. foundations are broader and more
ibefsl. and its educ ,tioaal facilities far o
more extensive and more abreast With the 4
equirements Of IN advanced c,vilisatson,
han the great body Of oor people are sware
t. Did they know the State Cnivenity d
md Agricultural College. the school for n
Normal inatrurtious. and the college al ;,
Isw and Medicine. - they really ere, they u
'ould not only b the pride and host Of
very citizen Of the State. but biennially
he recipienta' Of unerudked and liberal ap-
inspirations BY the Legislature.
The cottaee or cluhin4 syseem Of boarding. o
D. students Of the Unisessity, 10 very sue =,
eaaful and popular. and lsrss number
vail themselves Of il. Board and wash. U
". including room rent, cost each student
My $2S5 per veek; in private families
roo 70 500. The entire expenee Of
udent for the year. not including clothes
nd travelling back and forth, II $50 70 q
200. Equal advantages can no vhese be 70
,und 1t such moderate ratea. The entire