Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
MISSOURiS UNIVERSITY

The Splendid Endowment.
The booming of cannon on the morn
ing of the Sd awoke the people OF Co.
lumbia and the many visitors from ali
parts of the state to the fact that new
era was dawning upon the Missouri
state university. The semi-centennial
cele bration of last July was the begin
ming of the new order of things-the
ele ction of r. H. Jesse to the presi-
dency of the university and the hand
some endowment-the hundreds OF
thousands of dollars returned to the
state by the general government con-
tributed during the rebellion in the
shape of the direct tax" In the morn
ing a large audience assembled in the
auditorium of the university to be pres
ent at the ceremonies attendant upon
the induction into the presidency of the
institution of Mr. Jesse, late principal
of the Tulane university, New Or
leans.
The exercises attendant upon the in
auguration commenced at 10 o'clock.
After music and prayer by DIR. j. H.
Foy came the address of Prof. ]. H
Blackwell. acting chairman of the
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attention to the work Missouri has done
in the cause of higher education. He
stated that this was the occasion of the
Inauguration of a new epoch in the his
tory of education in Missouri. Educa-
ton, as represented in the university,
though weak plant tor a long time,
has grown into a giant oak Many
hands have tended and watered the
plant, among whom he named such his
torical names as Lathrop, Reed and
Laws. All of these he put in the class
of benefactors and particularly was he
eulogistic in his reference to DIR. Laws.
The new president, he stated, is
being borne in on rising tide,
and takes charge at a most aus
picious moment. AS charm an of the
faculty, and in the name Of that body,
Prof. blackwell extended the new
president d cordial welcome. and PROM
ised to him their united cooperation
and loyal support.
Hon. c. B. Rollins, president of the
Alumni association of the university,
was next introduced and delivered one
of the best addresses of the occasion.
The speaker deplored the fact that
while this university was an adult in
years as compared with the colleges of
the transmississippi valley, it yet was
mere STRIPPING as to the work accom-
pliShed. And why, said the speaker,
has it been outstripped by its younger
brothers? Was the Missouri university
untimely born? 1t can not be, he
thought, from lack of intellect and
learning at it's head. There has been,
he stated, much prejudice against the
university throughout the state, but
now this wall of prejudice has been
broken and in some places destroyed.
He paid high compliment to Gov. and
Mrs. Francis, Representative kurtz
and others for their work in securing
to the university the splendid prize
of the $3.50. 600 endowment. The direct
tax returned the state by the federal
government. And this endowment he
thought not enough, and in this cOnnec-
ton took occasion to bestOw sarcasm
on the late legislature in refusing to
supply the university with necessary
improvements in the apparatus of the
various departments, and the conStruc-
ton of various buildings that are very
essential to the growth of the institu-
ton In this connection was the perth
nent statement that, strange as 1t may
seem, all the flow of means to the uni
versity had come from the national gov
eminent and not from the state assem-
bly. Addressing himself to the new
president. he said: st is virgin soil that
Won are breaking. The harvest stands
awaiting inviting your sickle. 1t is to
you the tender plant is given to tend
and water, and even prune: it is is for
you to reward merit and encourage en-
deavor.' Continuing, the speaker point
ed to bright prospects for the future, to
be rewarded with glorious results. In
conclusion, addressing himself to the
recently head, he said And
now to you personally, and in the name
of the alumni of this institution, | sin
cerely prefer and pledge to you their
friendship"
Gov. D. r. Francis was next intro
duced, and spoke of the good to be
derived to a state when all her people
were educated. Education he thought
to be the basis of civilization and the
cornerstone of our government.
The concluding speech before the in
augural address was made by Hon. u.
T. Rothwell. president of the board of
curators. in which Mr.. Jesse was well
coined by the board of curators, and to
him was promised their cordial and
hearty support. With the keys of the
building in his outstretched hands Mr..
Rothwell, addressing himself to Presi-
dent Jesse, said ''Sir, into your hands
/ deliver the keys of this great institu-
ton and into your care we commit the
moral, intellectual, physical and spirit
ual keeping of the youth of this state
May the light descend into your heart
and may you have the support OF the
entire people to uphold you in your
work.
President Jesse, who is native of
Virginia and graduate of her univer-
sity, was introduced at this point and
delivered his address of about an hour S
length.
The annual address before the alumni
of the state university was delivered
at night by Prof. James Black, now a
leading lawyer of Kansas City. and for
merly professor in the institution
Wanted for Murder.
Isaac Wilder, John Neideffer, John
Wilder and William Leonard. wanted
at Bristol, Tenn. for the murder of
y braham Brewers near that place in
September last, have been captured in
Carter county, and will be returned to
Tennessee
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