The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23
Special Day for Missouri Uniyer-
sity at the Worlds
Fair.
BIG DELEGATION FROM ROLLA.
Football Game With Purdue
Team-Many Alumni Expect
ed-Parade of Men and
Women.

Missouri University Day will be cele-
brated at the Worlds Fair Friday, Octo-
Der %. and If the claims OF those who
have the arrangements in charge are cor
rect it will be one of the most distinctive
college gatherings OF the Fair.
President Jesse Of the university. in
speaking Of the occasion at a recent convo-
cation of the students and members of the
faculty. said: Missouri University Day
will be the GROWING college celebration of
the Exposition
Trains have been chartered to accommO-
date 1850 students and 1000 Columbia
t~owpspeople. Committees, composed Of
members Of the faculty of the university
and of members Of the st. Louis Alumni
Association, have been working on the ar
rangements for several weeks, and they
are now practically complete.
The special trains will arrive at st.
Louis from Columbia and Rolla Friday
morning at 1890 p. m. The students. fac
Missouri building, where a typical Mis-
souri, mass meeting will be held.
Addresses of welcome will be delivered
ident of the Missouri Commission and
Hiram Phillips. President of the ST. Louis
Board Of Public Improvements. and a
member Of the st. Louis Alumni Associa,
tioh- IIcSilttl HtCldiu E1chly oVSSC oLu
Doctor George e. Ladd of Rolla will make
the response.
]. B. c. Karnes of Kansas City. Chas:
+. Krone OF ST. Louis. Charles Yeater OF
Sedalia. Gardiner Lathrop and William =.
Cowheard of Kansas City: Walter VIII
liams of Columbia. the Reverend J: 7: NJ.
Johnston of St. Louis. Doctor J. h: Dun
car of st. Louis. X. Arick of st. Joseph
and Guy A. Thompson OF st. Louis Will
make brief speeches.
PARADE ROUTE.
At . O'Clock the parade will leave the
Missouri building and proceed to the
Stadium by the following route: Through
Government building to the Summer Gar
dens; along Louisiana Way past the pal
aces of Liberal Arts, Manufactures. Va
ried Industries and Transportation to Uni
versity Way. thence to Administration
avenue; through Administration Archway,
then to south side Of Hall of Congresses,
and thence to east gate of the Stadium.
When the procession reaches the Stadium
the students will march around the field
and into seats reserved for them in the
grand stand.
In this parade there will be LOO of the
students now attending the university. in
GLIDING 400 young women and between
loo and 1000 thousand alumni and STU
dents.
Al 2:so o'clock the referee will blow the
whistle for the Missouri-Purdue football
game. This game is considered by the
Department of Physical Culture as the big
football game of the Worlds Fair. 1t is
expected TO he one of the hardest fought
games ever played in st. Louis. The Mis-
souri, team has long hoped to get into the
.'big nine class to which Purdue be-
longs. and football critics concede that
this season the Tigers have an excellent
chance CT defeating the crack Indiana
eleven.
In the evening there will be a reception
and grand ball at the Missouri building.
This function will give an opportunity for
the students o attending the university
to meet those who attended in former
years. Alumni associations and former
from all over the West nave
written to Columbia that they will be in
st. Louis for this occasion.
The celebration will be the irst in
which the departments OF Columbia Col
Ie6e and of the School of Mines at Rolla
Jointly taken part. There has been
more or less rivalry between the schools,
even though the school at Rolla il a de-
partment OF the State University.