Mizzou and the Military
A new exhibition at the MU Student Center examines the several facets of the relationship between the University of Missouri and the U.S. military. Below are selected images from the exhibition. Please stop by the first floor of the Student Center to see the display in person. The exhibition will be on display until August 1, 2015. The exhibition was organized by Marcell Thomas, MU Junior and Public Arts Intern. Land Grant Beginnings Image courtesy of University Archives, Collection C:0/47/3 The Missouri Military School The Morrill Act of 1862 established Land Grant institutions and required these colleges to participate in the National Defense Program. A requirement of the act was that all male students take a course in basic military tactics. Mizzou was one of the first institutions to adopt the Morrill Act by creating the Missouri Military School. The photograph above was taken as cadets were performing military drills on Francis Quadrangle in 1894. ...