Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-06-11
ADDRESS OF LUTHER T. COLLIER,
ESQ,
In the Auditorium of the University
at Columbia, No, on the Evening
of June Sd, 1885, on the 0cca-
sion of the Presentationof
the Rollins Bust to
the Board of Gu
ratOrs.

rise to discharge pleas
inc duly. In doing so permit me TO
return my grateful acknowledgements
for the distinguished honor implied in
my selection rs the organ TO convey to
the Board Of Curat0rs and this vast and
brilliant assemblago the views and SEN
timen,s which have actuatcd the Alum
nj Of this University and other friends
Of education throughout the State. To
them as well rs to me personally, the
occasion IS one Of deep and touching
interest,
We meet, this evening, to present a
mcmcnto or -light token Of our appro-
citation of the invaluable and long con.
tinucd services Of IN esteemed citizen,
an eminent statesman and devoted
friend Of this University.
II, as one of the carly graduates of
this Institution, AL touched by the
circumstances and associations of this
hour, what must be the feelings of him,
whom we come to honor and who is
Justly recognized rs the father and
founder OF this ,cmplo Of ieanMg9
More than forty years ago the Hon
orahlc JAMES S. ROLLINS took prom
inont and leading part in laying the
foundation OF this University, and from
that day to this, he has been its deyot-
ed AID Cnial.ering friend.
In the tender years u i,5 infancy ho
watched over it with more than parent
al solicitude. In its struggles for exist.
cncc amid financial cmb0rrasSmcnt-
and Ullimos in the face Of adverse pub.
lie sentiment, he has been true, rs the
needle to the pole, and in spite of re.
verses and disappointmcntS, his faith
| IN uitiMa,v sucG-.s ,ias never wavCrcd
nor his labors ceased to build upon the
! foundations so laid superstructurC
commensurate with the wants and in
tcrcst, Of our great and growing State
lmypiiy, Il lind proyidlBcc has spar
ed his life to behold, in some mcasm,
at least. the lruition ofhis faithful scry'
ices in behalf Of m institution who's,
pcrmaucncy and success have cyc
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To-day. with extended walls and cn
ials.i facilities fo instruction the Uni
yrgsiy OF Missouri stands on high ,aE
tagr ground, and equipped for Il "a
rccr Of greater usefulness than has cv
cr before marked It's history. Indeed
It seems that Il ncw era has dawnc,
upon cur State. At last the people u
Missouri have fully awakened fron
their slumbrrs. and we may well in
dnlge IA lho hup0 that the day is no
far of when we shalt rank in cduca
lional matters, with the foremost State
of uur Union. And here, perhaps,
; may be indul"cd in y few brief ailr
'ionS 10 the past legislation OF on
state with reference to the cause &
popular education. From the time {
the admission Of Missouri into the I'm
Ion, oHr cscry constitution has spoke
with no uncertain sound upon IN
great subject.
The Constitution of 1920 cXprcsSl
: ordained that schools and the mean
of education should be forever cncoul
il agcd in this state"
: Thn Constitution nj 1SGi ,rovido
= fen, tbr establishment and ,,ointor,n,
=. ! Ola S,,tr Tmiyrr.it, with Irmartm"nt
in lcarbipr in orrirnIture and nntnr.
science. and il was therein made III
duty of the General Assembly "to 81
= currlv invest" and "sacrcdly prcscr,
e the puui:. .rhpol fund, which with
1t much Of the ordinary revenue of II
= State as may be necessary shall |
II faithfully appropriaicd for cstablishin
5, and maintaining fr,c schools and Il
Is | TyjrcySj'y. and for no other uscs M
,, purposes Whatsoever
p, IN tbo Constitution Of 1873 tb
II l,r',,S", j.. ms'j. ,.Th, ronnral III
u fusion of knowlcdg, and in,cllircu,
being essential 10 thc preservation
l. the rights and liberties of the pcopl
m the General Assembly shall establi
n and maintain free public schools f
1t the gratuitUuS instruction of all pc
lt sons in this State between the ages
in siN and twcu-y years" And 1T is +
II 50 further provided that the Gencr
:, assembly shall, whenever the pub
e. school fund will permit, and the actll
in necessity Of the same may require, n
y. and maintain the State University, wi
le It's present departments
it Provision is also made that in on
OF fine nublic school fund shall he insut
nj nirni IN sustain FREQ pubIir schools
nj least four months In thc year in oo
he school district thc General Asscml
he may nroyidr for surh deficiency hv I,
st, alton, but in no case shall there he
nnort less thon trrui,,. frr nc,' ccui
ne. thc STATE rcycnur. exclusive of thc
is trrc.t and sinlinG fund In he onli
,iyn ,in annually 10 thn s,uumt of thc nub
he schools
I'M Such oro thc constitutional nroy
IL inrs in reference to thr State ITnivr,
as iy ond lhr uuhlic schools
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