Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-07-23
UNIVERSITY
OF THE
State OF MISSOURI.
OF THE
COLUMBIA, Boone County, Mo-,

COLUMBIA, Boone County, Mo-,
July l, 1891.
To j. Y. Williams, Clerk of the Cotn-
ty Court Of Aadrain County, Mis-
souri,:
SIR:-It is my duty to inform you
that, under the provisions of Section
S73S, Revised Statutes of Missouri,
1889, your county is entitled to send to
the departments of the State Universi-
ty at Columbia and Rolla, during the
year ending June 4, 1892, IA students,
between the ages Of sixteen and twen-
ty-five years.
Board of Curators, students shall
shall pass q satisfactory examination
in arithmetic and In the principles of
English grammar and written compo-
sition, and must pay the fees prescrib-
ed by said Act, to-wit On matricula-
ting in the Academic department, an
entrance fee of ten dollars, and contin-
gent fee of five dollars I; and q like con-
tingent fee at the beginning of the
second year, making the whole an
nual charge twenty dollars. For the
School of Medicine twenty dollars for
the first year and fifty dollars for sub
sequent years. For the school of En-
cheering forty dollars. For the Law
School fifty dollars for first year stu
dents and forty dollars for second year
students. For the College of Agricul-
ture ten dollars. Examinations for adj
mission will be given by the English
and mathematical departments on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Mon
day. September Sd, 4th, 5th and 9TH,
preceding the opening Of the Uni
versity. The sessions of all the de-
partments will begin
On the Second Tuesday (sth) Of September,
and will continue until the first Thurs
day of June (4th,) 1S92-except that
of the School of Mines and Metallurgy
at..Rolla, which will begin and end one
week later, and the Law School which
opens on October 9th, 1891.
The Missouri Military School is now
a department of the State University,
missouri Rev. Stat, 1889, Secs. 6927-
| 49, Each Senator and Representative
in the General Assembly is expected
| to appoint one cadet from his district
during the month of August. These
cadets after passing the required ex-
aminatiOns will be admitted to the
Academic departments of the Univer-
sity free of tuition. Two complete un-
iforms will be furnished by the State
to each cadet. The College of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts has been
reorganized with additional teaching
force and greater facilities.
Ample provision has been made for
the education and care of young
women i'm all classes of the University.
See catalogue 1891, pages GIGS.
/ beg to call your attention to the
appended extract from the law on this
subject.
You will please, after giving two
weeks publication to this certificate,
transmit to me, on or before Septem-
Der LIST, a list of the IN of all the
youths of your county who intend to
make application for entrance into the
University at the commencement OF
the next session.
If such a list 10 not transmitted, St.
dents from other counties will be al
lowed to enter In lieu of those to which
your county is entitled.
Board can be had in the University
boarding clubs for male students III
$1.75 per week and upward; in private
families at $500 to $3.50.
/ am very respectfully, your obedi.
ent servant, JIG. BABB,
Sec'y Board C%urators, University Of
Missouri.
1.-THE Secretary of the Board OF
Curators shall cause to be transmitted
to the Clerk of each County Court in
this State a certificate, stating the
number of pupils that such county ID
entitled to send to the State Universal.
ty the next Scholastic year, WHICH
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE PUBLISHED
BY EACH COUNTY CLERK FOR TWO
WEEKS in a newspaper published In
such county, the expense thereof to be
allowed by the County Court, and
paid for out of the County Treasury"
Persons desiring to enter the State
University at Columbia or Rolla, are
required to make known their inten.