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

butchers" and the ''lemo" vendors
We're on hand. This fair is given an
nually. Everyone taking a part is a
student.
Ii is from the professors with Offices
in the agricultural buildings that the
farmers of the state learn how To com
bat insects and how to fight stock
diseases. These buildings are the
farmers laboratories, for il is here
that the state attempts to solve the
problems of agriculture.
1t is on this campus that the new
biology building is being constructed.
1t will soon be ready for occupation.
Along the west end of this campus
is the Horticultural Building. Here
the students study the scientific man
agement and care of fruit farms Just
| 10 the south of the Horticultural
Building. toward Rothwell Gymna-
stun, is Read Hall, one of the three
halls for the women of the Univers-
ity. Several blocks north of the HOr-
/ ticultural Building is another woman's
/ hall. Sampson Hall.
/ West of the Horticultural Building
between the two campuses. the new
( library is seen in course of construc
ton. This structure will take care of
more than l00. 900 books of the general
library and 10000 books and
pamphlets of the State Historical So
ciety 1t will be one of the most
modern libraries in the country.
Ivy Covers the West Campus Building.
Now the freshman on the dome leans
over the railing and looks almost di
rectly below him at the vine-coyered
Geology Building. 1t is at the eXtreme
southeast corner of the buildings that
lie in quadransular shape just to the
north of Academic Hall. This building
is mostly Occupied by laboratories. The
next building TO the north, which is
just off the quadrangle, is the home
of Pres a. Ross Hill. This house is
fairly covered with vines. as are most
of the buildings on the West Campus.
The next building to the north is the
Chemistry Building. 1t contains seven
laboratories.
The next building is the home of
the School OF Law. 1t is the purpose
of the School of Law to give its stu
dents "A thorough and practical train
ing in law to fit them for practice.
The practice court" has become a
distinctive feature of the School of
Law. Its object is to train students
in the actual practice of conducting
library of law books.
The little building at the south of
the quad is the Laws Observatory
II is here students are taught astron-
Omy.
Free Employ yment Bureau Finds Work.
Just beyond the Laws Observatory is
the Y NJ c A Building. This is the
social center for many students. 1t is
here that different clubs and Organi
cations meet. About seventy students
room here. In the basement is bowl
ing alley and swimming pool. Stu
dents who break campus rules often
find their way into this pool. On the
first floor is a reading room, where
many of the best magazines and daily
papers are received. Here, too. is an
auditorium where lectures and plays
are given. The Y NJ c A employment
bureau helps many students to find |
work Students who obtained Jobs |
through this bureau last year made |
5000. The employment bureau serv-
ices are free.
The student on the dome of Aca-
demic Hall sees two students hurrying |
down the trail past the Laws Obser-
vatory Building toward the business
part of Columbia. They have come
tit vi tilt
School of journalism. which is just
across the quadrangle from the Law
Building. and are now on their way
10 the Office of the University Nilsson
rian, the laboratory of the school
They are taking down the last news
stories of the evening. These stories
will be set up on the linotype machines
and within few minutes the presses
will be- running. All the news that
appears in this daily paper is edited
and written by the students in the
School of Journalism. The School
OF Journalism at Missouri was the first
to be- founded in the United States.
Students from twenty-seven states of
the Union and from several foreign
countries come here to study the the
ory and practice of journalism.
To the east of the downtown ofIic.
of the Missourian. well in the center
Of Columbia. Is the University High
School. Students are coming out the