University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-05-12

dome of Academic Hall talking. He
was thinking OF an attack from the
Mexican army lie would have told
all about how a shell could have been
dropped from there on the invading
'greasers" in any part of the cam
pus. but sOphomores at the Uniyers-
ity of Missouri seldom let freshmen
talk about anything but their studies
and milk chocolates.
We will leave this first-year man
then merely looking over the campus,
instead of dropping cannon balls into
the chimney of the Dairy Building. a
half-mile To the southeast, or sending
co-eds on the golf course. the same
distance to the southwest, scampering
down the canyon toward HinksOn
Creek.
Academic Hall is the largest of the
buildings of the University. The dome
rises above the fourth floor fully 80
feet. From here you can see the sur
rounding country for miles, while the
: University buildings reach out from
il like radii.
Make Muscles ON Rollins Field.
The freshman happened TO be facing
the athletic fields and Rothwell Gym
nasium a half-doZen blocks to the
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Ii was Coach II. F. Schultz starting
a number OF sprinters down the white
chalked cinder path. In the center of
the field Captain Thatcher was whirl
ing around in a little circle with a
discus poised in his right hand-bingo,
Ii went sailing through the air like
a clay pigeon. This freshman never
knew how far the missile had been
hurled. but he WAS sure il was pretty
far. for he knew Thatcher To be one
OF the two best weight men in the
Middle West
He saw other men in the middle Of
the quarter mile track tossing the shot,
taking spring for the running broad
The baseball team came jogging out of
the gymnasium The big gaines with
Kansas We're to be played soon.
Dutch Anserer. one Of the best
pitchers OF the conference teams, was
soon tossing them over and the fresh
man followed the ball as il shot over
the smooth ground or went winsing
through the air
Up near the gymnasium Were two
or three steps of level table land. Half
Il hundred white-capped men and wo-
men We're playing tennis. Just below
these tennis courts was another base
ball field and the scrub team evi-
IDENTIFY had a game, as IA plumber of
ruoters on the sidelines were making
considerable noise and going through
numerous gyratiOnS. On still another
field, goods We're playing hockey. Out
of the gymnasium came long string
of runners. They ran down by the
were lost from sight behind the big
concrete bleachers. They had appear
ed again, running evenly up long
lane that leads past the golf course
and down over rocky trails and woody
hills to Rollins Springs.
Then the freshman turned to the
east, for the sun was getting low in
the west and it bothered his eyes. He
was looking AT the buildings on the
Agricultural College Farm now. The
Dairy Building and the new Veterinary
Building were the largest. but il
seemed to him that this farm was a
little town in itself. Beyond the lit
tie town he could see the fields way
ing toward the horizon. On these /
hills the pure-bred herds of the Col /
lege of Agriculture are pastured.
The student turned TO the east. Here |
was the new East Campus. This |
seemed to contain enough buildings |
itself for a gOod-sized University. All 1
OF the buildings are constructed of /
white stone Students moved from /
building to building, some of them |
white-clad those who We're taking [
afternoon laboratory work in |
SchweitZer Hail. the new chemistry /
building The last classes of the day /
were just being dismissed in the Agri /
cultural Building. Many of the stu /
dents We're going toward the farm. /
where they earn their way through the .
by milking cows. making |
butter. raising chickens and looking .
after stock Others were on their /
way to Rothwell Gymnasium for their .
afternoon gymnasium classes.
Those Were the students who put ,
on the Farmers Fair. Every one of !
the COO students took an active part. .
More than two thousand dollars was
taken in at this fair. Student cops" /