The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1908-12-24
State University News.

/ down TO make way Tor new ana mod
en structure. The court house is
built in the classic style Of ARCHITECTURE,
with four large Ionic columns in front.
The Columbia chapter Of the D. A. R,
made a strong appeal for the preser-
vation Of the structure for use as a
museum, but since it would partly
shut off view Of the new structure, it
has been deemed necessary by the
county court to demolish the old build
ing, The classic columns, however,
will probably be preserved on mound
in the new court house yard.
The preachers Of Columbia have in
dorsed the twenty-five minute sermon,
In interviews recently the ministers Of
the Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, and
Christian churches all expressed them
selves as in favor Of the shorter ser
mon. They were all OF the opinion
that the hour and the hour-and-a-half
sermons were out Of date, They
thought that a preacher should have
his sermon carefully prepared and
should stop when he is through,
The state Of Missouri spends one
and a half million dollars year for the
support Of its poor, and Of the ia
counties Of the state, Buchanan, Saline,
Jackson, and Boone spend more than
any other counties in this regard, the
city OF St. Louis not included. The
above is the result of an investigation
that the department OF research of the
St. Louis school Of Philanthropy has
been making over the state. Other infor-
nation given out by the society based
on recent investigation is that Of the
ia counties OF the state, seventeen
have no county poor houses, and have
a meagre system Of relief for the poor.
1t was found that of the causes Of
pauperism which demand public sup
port l6 per cent was caused by widow
hood and non-support, "a per cent by
old age, and As per cent by physical
or mental defects or sickness. DR.. T.
J. Riley, Of the department Of socio-
logy at the University Of Missouri, who
is director in the St. Louis School Of
Philanthropy, says: The system Of
poor relief in the ia counties Of Mis-
sour is like ia iuegularly shaped
wheels in a clock, none working in
harmony" He says that a great deal
Of money could be saved in this regard
and better results obtained if there
were a statewide movement for the
care Of Missouri's poor.
DR.. A. Ross Hill, was officially in
augurated as president Of the Univer-
sity Of Missouri last week. DR.. Hill is
a native Of Nova Scotia, and got his
first academic education at Dalhousie
university. He afterwards did graduate
work in Cornell university, and in
Heidelberg, Berlin and Strassburg,
Germany. He specialized in edu-
cational psychology, and has been
professor Of that subject in Cornell
university, Clark university Of South
Carolina, University Of Nebraaka, State
Normal school Of Wisconsin, and the
University Of Missouri. He came to
the University Of Missouri from Cor
nell university, where he was dean Of
the arts and science department. DR..
Hill is thirty-eight years old, and ap-
pears younger.
The Rev. M. A. Hart, pastor Of the
Christian church Of Columbia, is known
as the football preacher" because OF
his strong advocacy Of the great col
lege game. He played right tackle
on his college team and in a recent
sermon used the word football
twenty-three times.
Frederick Niedermeyer, Jr., the IL
year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Niedermeyer, Of Columbia, is the
youngest editor in Missouri. He is
the editor of'The Playground Weekly"
published during the summer. The
paper is a four-page, two column pub
lication, printed on an old hand press,
with an odd series OF discarded type
gathered at printing Offices in the city.
Young Niedermeyer wrote, printed and