University Missourian., 1910-05-29
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
AND OTHER COLLEGES.

More than 5000 young men and Wo
men are receiving instruction in the
| University of Missouri this year. Oi
! this number $500 arc from Missouri
| homes, i5D from forty-four states and
| territories OF the United States, and
iorty-nina from twenty foreign coun
tries, states and dependencies. Five
| hundred are school teachers who stu
/ died during the summer vacation, anC
more than 200 are farmer boys who
took the short course in agriculture
| in the winter
| Thcsc persons are receiving instruc
ton in engineering, agriculture, jour
nalism, medicine education. law. Tho
arts and sciences. Not unly are they
receiving theoretical instruction il
/ ih"ir chosen professions, but in the
laboratories Of the various departments
they are receiving practical training
lorty-Gne students will be graduated
/ from all departments this spring. They
viii become the farmers, the lawyers
t,.e newspapermen, the engineers, The
| bankers, the business men OF the fu
turc in Missouri.
Th9 University of Missouri was es
tablishcd February II, 1899. by one
of the first legislative acts OF the state
Of Missouri 1t was located in Co
| !umbia the following June. The corn
er-stOnc OF the first building was laid
in 1910. From this one building, then
embracing all departments, the Univer
sity of Missouri has grown to twenty
five separate bundings. These include
the department buildings OF law, cngi
nCCrinG, arts and science, agriculture
and medirin1, and the laboratories, OBJ
servatory, dOrmitOries, stock barns,
and hospital. The buildings and lab
uralOrieS of the School OF Mines and
Metallurgy, a department OF the Uni
vcrsity, are at ROlla, Mo.
Support OF the University Of Mis-
souri, is by legislative appropriation
The collateral inheritance tax and the
national government. The amount
from all sources this year will aD-
proXimato $5SS.100 This includes
$4,000 from the last legislature, $22I,-
SEQ from the collateral inheritance
tax. and 100000 from the National
government for the College OF Agri-
culture. The amount varies with lcgis-
lativc appropriation and the income
from the collateral inheritance tax.
The University of Missouri is the only
large state university not on a direct
tax support.
The government of the University is
vested in Il board of Curators con,
sistinS OF nine members. This board
is; appointed by the governor. The
members serve without compensation
The president OF The University is
Dr.. A. Ross Hill, who came to the
University of Missouri as dean of the
School of Education in 1903. He is a
graduate of DalhOuse Coli sc and OF
Cornell University. Under his direc,
ton are the deans of the seven de,
partmcntS, and the professors. assist
ant professors, instructors ASSISTANTS
and other officers of the University.
The purpose OF the University OF
Missouri is to serve Missouri. The
University seeks tc lead in public SCI
vice through its libraries and laborato
rics, research Investigations and eX,
pertinent, and tc lead in training for
citizenship and unselfish helpfulncss
In other words it seeks to furnish the
state with better lawyers. physicians
engineers. teachers, journalists farm
crS and citizens.