The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-06-08
RECOMMENDS 4 NEW
BUILDINGS FOR N. j.
Board of Visitors Sees Need
for ArmOry and Structure
for Women.
SALARIES TOO LOW
Report Asks 4-Year Course
in Medicine and Plant
for MiSSourian
SALARIES TOO LOW

tiOn of a building and the installa-
ton of printing plant for the School
of Journalism, a home economics
building and the enlargement OF
Read Hall are some of the recon-
mendations in the 1861 report to
Governor Frederick ID. Gardner by
the Board of Visitors on the cOndi-
tions and needs of the University of
Missouri.
A four-year medical course, the
board believes, should be re-estab-
lished at the University, on the
ground that the present arrangement
causes students to go elsewhere to
complete their work. The plan gives,
they say, other institutions and other
states the fruits and labOrs of their
talents. They believe that students
should receive their training while
surrounded by the influences of a
great university, rather than a tenn
porary stay in large city.
Would Enlarge Hospital.
Parker Memorial Hospital, the re-
port continues, should be enlarged to
at least 200 beds and made into
state hospital. 1t should be open
free of charge to the poor people and
destitute cripple children of the
state This would, the board believes,
enable medical students to observe
and study Missouri diseases.
The board is of the opinion that the
teaching of home economics should
go hand in hand with the work of the
College of Agriculture. This is i'm
possible, the board thinks, under
present conditions. The location of
the present building is incOnvenient
and causes loss of time going to
and from classes. A new building,
they agree, is one of the pressing
needs of the University. The report
then explains that while a balanced
ration for live stock has been per-
fected and developed, that the feed
ing of mankind, for the most part, is
done in a haphazard way.
A woman's building is needed, the
report explains, as women need bet
ter opportunities for physical devel
opment and pleasure. A gymnasium
hn hnr,cad in 10 hrrildiner
The building, the board believes, be-
sides being used for social gatherings,
would be used in any democratic way
for the consideration of larger ques-
tions which make up the woman stu
dents life
The need of an armory is also
stressed in the report. In order to
make any department effective, it
says, it is necessary that the duties
of the department be regularly per-
formed. This can not be the case
where such duties are dependent
upon the conditions of the weather
An armory, it continues, in view of
the legislation by Congress in the
line of preparedness for the defense
of the country, takes on added impo--
tance. The report further explains
that such a building, considering its
size, is the least expensive to cod
struct. The board then recommends.
in view of the present military si,ua-
tion, that the University should be
authorized to designate five instead
of one of the honor graduates for ap-
pointment as second lieutenants in
the army.
Says Salaries Are Too Small.
The board then discusses the sal
aries of professors and instructors.
They are of the opinion that the sal
aries paid are inadequate in compar-
ison with those paid by neigbboring
states, and because of the present
high cost of living. They believe that
since members of the faculty have
distinguished themselves, other insti-
tutions with larger appropriations
have induced them through larger
salaries to come to them. The board |
then recommends that the salaries Of !
professors should increase five per
cent for each year of continuous serv-
ice. Such increase, they explain, is |
founded on sound business principles. |
In concluding, the board expresses |
its disapproval of the present location
of the School of Mines at Rolla. The
argument is that if the School of |
Mines were removed to the University |
there would be no further need for
spending money in the duplication of !
laboratories, salaries and libraries, !
and that the students would have the
benefit of larger library. Rolla has
no physical advantages, they explain, |
which may not at nearly the same
expense, be reproduced at the Uni