University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-01-23


atavism. The usual faculty lists in 2
catalogue serve about as much Dur.
pose as a treatise on the ablative case
and are less interesting to the SIN.
dent. Each university has a few men
worth featuring. Students should be
told about them and their achieve
ments. But in the catalogues of today
all are jumbled together, classified
and reclassified. The greatest stupid
ity of all is shown i'm some catalogues
where the members of the faculty are
arranged according to seniority"
1T must be some job reading proof
, on the catalogue" said the visitor.
Proof is read five times" said Mr..
! Mackay, "and still it will not be per-
feet. We read proof in this office
twice. ii is read twice in the printing
office at Jefferson City and once by
members of the faculty"
Mr.. MacKay's long hobby is names.
He wages constant warfare against
inaccuracy. He cuts the names from
last years catalogue and sends them
TO each professor for correction. When
they are returned he goes over them
and has them typewriter. Then he
goes O.er them to make sure that the
person typewriting them has not slip
ped up" on letter
Most of the copy for this years cata-
iogue has now been sent in by the
different deans. The catalogue will
be in the same general style as last
year. only. as Mr.. NacKay says. lit
will be boiled down.
The Oldest catalogue of the Univers-
ity in the library is that for the year
ending July 4. 1861. Ii is the nine
teenth published. 1t contains twenty
four pages and was printed at the
Statesman office i'm Columbia. The Uni .
versity was divided into the following
departments: /
Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. .
and Political Ethics.
English Language and Literature.
History.
Ancient and Modern Languages and
Literature
Natural Science. and Natural Phil
Osophy.
Mathematics and Astronomy"
Such addition will be made to this
Course of Studies from time to time.
as experience may show to be neces-
sary." it is announced. /.
The faculty list contained seven !
names. counting the president, Benja-
min b. Minor. There were 10 seniors,
> juniors. 10 sophOmores, 81 fresh
men. Is sub-freshmen, Al taking the
select" course and 49 in the prepara-
Dry department. Up to the date of the
publication of this catalogue there had
been 166 graduates.
The University is easily accessi-
Die by the river during the greater
part of the year." says the catalogue
At the landing at Providence carri-
lses will always be in readiness to
,Onvey passengers to Columbia. To
his point a plank road is completed.
There is also daily communication
With st. Louis, and with most parts
If the State by stages, connecting with
he North Missouri Railroad at Stur-
'eon and Centralia; and with the
'acific Railway at Jefferson City
The next session of this Institution
viii certainly commence, so far as de-
ends on the Curators and Faculty. on
he first day of October next, and
hey invite students to enter punctu-
lily, and hold on tenaciously. whether
here will be public troubles or not"
In those days there were but 800
olumes in the University Library. :
ut says the catalogue, lit is annu-
lily increasing"
The next catalogue, which contained
6 pages, covered the years of 1862
-4-5, and was published in 1865.