University Missourian. [volume], March 14, 1916, Page Page Two, Image 2

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UMVEItSITY .MISSOURIAX, TUESHAY. 3URCH U, 191C
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HERE'S THE ORIGINAL ACADEMIC HALL
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If ou .ir- a good friend of Josiah
.Main." who lives at .".II William street,
:md happen to visit him at his home,
yon may notice an old s-kctch of a
largo lmlltliim. In all probability you
will pass it by, unless Mr. Main, in
just prhle, tells jou Us hibtorv. It is
tho architect's .sketch for the original
Academic Hall, which was erected
during 1S10-1S4::, aJid Mooil in the
center of the Quadrangle, where the
Columns now stand. In fact, as ou
know, the Columns were a part of the
old building, which burned January
!, 1S91'.
For many years the old drawing has
been in the possession of Mr. Main's
mother, Mrs. Alvin Main of Tike
County, 111., whose father, George
Dorr Foote, was one of the contract
ors who erected the building. Mr.
Footo was a New York Yankee from
"up Hudson," of the same stock as
Commodore Foote and the Heechers.
He was apprenticed to a Mr. Peers, a
carpenter, and later, after the lattr's
death, became guardian to the son.
Isaac Peers, who learned the car
FORMER COLUMBIAN SAW
REAL TORTURES IN CHINA
That the conception the student ges
from a study of foreign countries is
often far from a true picture of the
actual conditions, is a fact which has
been deeply impressed upon the mind
of F. II. Austin of Honolulu, T. II., a
former Columbia resident. .Mr. Aus
tin, having recently finished four
years' service in the United States
Navy, came to Columbia for a visit
to bis boyhood friends before entering
tho importing and exporting business
at Honolulu.
According to Mr. Austin, the con
ception of the student regarding con
ditions in different countries is per
haps farthest from the real facts in
the case of China. China is regarded
as a country all of whose people are
heirs of a civilization which is one
of tho wonders of ancient history.
The Chinese are looked upon as a de
cadent people many generations be
hind the times, but still endowed with
a reasonable amount of civilization.
The experiences of Mr. Austin contra
dict this idea, however.
"I have seen signs of barbarism In
China worse than anything I have
seen in Japan, India, Australia, Rus
sia or any other country." said Mr.
Austin this morning, in speaking of
bis experiences while in the navy.
"We were often allowed to make in
land journeys, with thirty days' leave
of absence. We would take a river
steamer or a junk !' making in
land trips in China ami could journey
as far as Tibet.
"It was the inland tribes that gave
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penter trade under -Mr. Foote. Isaac
Peers it was who made the drawing
whirh Mr. Main now owns.
In front of the great portico, of
which the Columns were a part, Isaac
Peers has represented a conventional
carriage, team and driver, undoubted
ly more appropriate to the fashionable
Van liurcn period which it represents
than to the cow-pastures and primeval
woods which surrounded the build
ing. Smart ladies in hoop-skirts and
scuttle-bonnets and irreproachable
gentlemen in silk tiles and dress coats
promenade the portico and walk ap
parently students though in those
days linsey and jeans were the more
common kinus or apparei.
The old drawing brings up a pic
ture of great activity in this little
town seventy-si years ago this com-
I Lng fourth of July. The corner stone
I of ono of the greatest educational
! buildings in the United States was to
be laid. A ceremonial procession
formed on Eighth street, composed or
I the governor, and various other state
us our examples of Chinese barbarity.
Civilization of 'he lowest type both
in dress and habits is found among
hem. Tlie most barbarous thing that
we saw, however, was the public
torture of members of the tribes for
political reasons or for some minor
crime, such as stealing.
"The people are artists at tortur
ing. For instance, I have seen them
cut a muscle out of the arm of a man
without severing an artery, so that
the victim would suffer for days. One
of the most shocking tortures I saw,
however, was when they placed a man
in a bo with large perforations, ar
ranged so that the sides could be
gradually forced together. One can
easily imagne the suffering of the
victim on whom this punishment was
inflicted. These tortures were ex
ecuted in the public squares, where
all could see and profit by the ex
ample." The signs of barbarity seen
in the inland are not seen in the large
cities or in towns along the coast, ac
cording to Mr. Austin, torture being
replaced by shooting or beheading.
"I wouldn't take anything for my
four years' experience in the navy,"
said Mr. Austin. "I had a book of
more than a thousand photographs
of things I saw, taken in almost every
country in the world, but I dropped it
overboard on my way to the United
States."
Mr. Austin has left for the East on
business. He will return here before
leaving for Honolulu.
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ollicials, tho curators, the president
and the faculty of the University,
ladies, gentlemen, isitors and stu
dents, together with S. Hills, the ar
chitect, followed by the "undertak
ers," or contractors, Ueorge I). Foote,
Elliott P. Cunningham and Phiucas
Konvon. Stalling from the spot now
marked by the courthouse columns,
they marched to the Quadrangle, and
solemnly laid the corner stone, which
now rests in the base of the western
gatepost of the new Eighth street en
trance. It is said that the contractors did
very good work. There is record of
a local Fourth of July celebration and
dinner in IS 11", presided over by David
Todd, at which Judge Warren Wood
son proposed a toast to the contract
ors "for building the principal school
of the University of the State of Mis
souri, whoso fidelity, skill and untir
ing efforts in discharge of their un
dertaking are only equaled by the lib
erality of the citicens of lloone Coun
ty in their donations."
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HSWOGCIN
"Uecently," be saul, "I've oeeu
thinking of how proud I was thu. day
1 first discovered 1 wasn't a snob
(.that was before the discovery.)
"A lecturer has told us that the
sin est touchstone for spotting a snob
was an eagerness to accuse. Then 1
thought I knew that I could never be
one. I had no sense of what the word
meant. I had never been patronized
in my whole life. I had never been
tlattered by social attention. I bad
never been slighted by neglect. Many
who possessed social distinction I
knew possessed 'little of anything else,
aiid 1 simply couldn't seuso their
sense of superiority. Clearly, I was
not a snob.
"The next week a great litterateur
came to our town. I was among the
privileged few to meet him. He was
indulgent; he was kind. He asked
my humble opinion on current topics.
When we parted he expressed pleas
ure at our having met. He hoped we
would meet again.
"And my dear child, I was tlattered
to tears. For many days I breathed
charily of the atmosphere he bad left
hoping that it might be made to last
a long time. It was a month before I
came to earth with the realization
that I must be a first-class intellect
ual snob. I had always gone along
unconsciously weeding out, side
stepping, the persons who did not in
terest me, who could give me nothing
of the things I wanted most.
"Then I remembered my friend, the
painter, who was interested only In
artists and the musicians who sought
the companionship of others of his
caft, and I said, 'This thing we name
snobbery Is an elemental human trait.
It's in all of us, but it evidences it
self in different ways.'"
A Thought for the Day
On n INirtrnH of KeaN.
neloveil Juliu Kcits jour poet's inlml and
lioart
Ift trae'ry on your poet's fact- that verse
Aloue can tell about. No prosi-r's art
The llainlni; of that face can e'er rehearse:
The soft lire of the ejes that seems to
nure
The tender curves of mouth and chin: the
brow s
Uplift In pleased surprise; and there the
cur-e
Of throhhlnir lonoltnf-s Who cnnlil .ironse.
Or share your jojs. or go where called
1 Jour poet's vows?
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STHX(J IMTKIOTISM IX MltAZII
ArMides Montelro Tells of Conditions
in His Xnthc Country.
"President Wilson's policy of
watchful waiting tu let the Mexican
people work out their political diffi
culties is a great step toward better
relations between the South Ameri
can republics and the United States,"
declared Aristides Monterio, a stu
dent in the School of Journalism, in
a talk on his native country, Brazil,
before a group of University students
at the home of Dean Eldon It. James
yesterday afternoon.
"The Ilrazilians," he said, "are
patriotic for their country, as the
Americans are for the United States.
They are interested in the affairs of
Brazil, not thinking of the neighbor
ing republics enviously nor with mo
tives of aggression. In fact, Ilrazil
ians as a whole know very little of
the other South American countries,
because very little trade is can led on
with them. The Brazilian, when
thinking of the outside world thinks
of Germany, tho United States.
France, Italy, Russia and Eatgland, the
producing countries. Other litln
American countries fliave developed
nothing of importance which lirail
does not have."
Violets KIiioiii Here In .March.
Violets and tame ones too are in
bloom heie now. They are to be seen
in a hotbed south of the Horticultural
Building. These violets have been in
bloom for several days, being much
earlier than those of the wild variety.
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Bottles $1.25 to $2.50
Phone
We cordially invite yourself and
friends to attend our formal open
ing at our new market, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Wednesday will be Christian Col
lege Day, Thursday will be Steph
ens College Day, Friday Univer
sity Day and Saturday Farmer's
Day. Every day will be Colum
bia Day.
The opening will be in the form
of a Pure Food Demonstration
with many edibles at hand. We
can assure you a most pleasant
time, spent with profit and enjoyment.
Very sincerely,
4faoZ&
Our Opening Display of Spring Millinery
Suits, Coats, Dresses, Separate Skirts,
Waists, and Accessories, will be held
March 15th and 16th,
Wednesday and Thursday.
If you are interested in knowing what styles will be most desired,
attend this showing.
Castle Hats
And wonderful designs from our own work
room will be on display.
There are so many pretty fashions here, both in Millinery and
Ready-to-Wcar Apparel, 'hat you will be sure to find the correct
styles at the right price.
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