Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24
University Of The State Of Missouri

| COLUMBIA, Boone Co., Mo-, July ], 1909.
To the Clerk of the Iron County Court:
| SIR-It is my duty to inform you that, under
| the provisions of Section S133, Revised Statutes
| Of Missouri, 1889, your county is entitled
| to send to the departments OF the State Uni
| versity at COGmb ia and Rolla during the
year ending June 4. 1891, eight students,
| between the ages of Sixteen and Twenty five
years, Under the rules adopted by the Board
| of Curators, students ''shall possess good
| moral character, and shall pass satisfactory
examination in photography, reading, writing,
arithmetic and geography" and must pay
the fees prescribed by said act, to wit: On
matriculating, an entrance fee OF ten dollars,
and contingent fee of five dollars; and like
contingent fee at the beginning of the second
half year, making the whole annual charge
twenty dollars: which must be paid by every
student, except regularly ordained ministers
of the gospel, belonging to any of the various
religious denominations in this State, and
INDECENT young men preparing for the minis
try. For the schools Of Medicine an Engi-
neering, the annual charge is forty dollars,
each. For the Law School fifty dollars for
first year students and forty dollars for second
year students. Examinations for admission
will be given by the English and mathe-
NAUTICAL departments OH Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Monday, September 4th, 5th 9th
and Sth, preceding the opening of the Uni
versity. The session of all the departments.
will begin on the
Second Tuesday, (9th Of September,
and will continue until the first Thursday of
June, (4th) 1S91-except that of the School OF
Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, which will
begin and end one week later, and the L Jaw
School which opens October 1st, 1890.
The Missouri State Military School is now a
department of the State University, fMissouri
Rev. Stat, 1889, Secs. 1927 81. Each Senator
and Representative in the General Assembly
is expected to appoint one cadet from his dis
trict during the month of August. These ca
diets after passing the required examinations
will be admitted to the Academic departments
of the University free of tuition. Two COM
plete uniforms will be furnished by the State
to each cadet.
Ample provision has been made for the
education and care of young women in all the
classes of the University, and a course of
study specially adapted for them has been
adopted. See catalogue 1890, pages 81 to SO
beg to call your attention to the appended
extract from the law on this subject. You
will please, after giving two weeks publica-
ton to this certificate, transmit to me, on or
before September 1st, list of the names of
all the youth of your county who intend to
make application for entrance into the Uni
versity at the commencement of the next ses-
sion. II suct a list is not transmitted, students
from other counties will be allowed to enter in
lieu of those to which your county is entitled.
Board can be had in clubs in the colle"e
building for male students at % 25 per week:
in private families at $500 to $3.50.
am very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
j. G. BABB Secretary
Board of Curators, University Of Missouri.
"The Secretary of the Board of Curators shall!
cause to be transmitted to the Clerk of each
County Court in this State certific tie, stating
the number of pupils that such county is emit
tied to send to the State University the next
scholastic year, which certificate shall be pub
lished by each County Clerk for two weeks, in
newspaper published in such county. The ex-
pense thereof to be allowed blythe CountyCourt
and paid for out of the County Treasury"
Persons desiring to enter the State Univer-
sitv at Columbia, or Rolla, are required to
make known their intention to me on or be-
fore September 1, 1890.
Catalogues of the University can be had on
application to the University Librarian. Col
umbia, Mo. VIM. A. FLETCHER.
Clerk County Court Iron CO., Mo.