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" For tho se who jus t h ave join ed t h e rank s Of pots a nd pa ns an d pi ggy ba nks, And to th e sa m e o ld ga ls we've aske d before Thi s is a pl ea for news once mor e. Please call th e 1v[ iner Office, p h one 85 1 Every T hur sda y 2 to 4." The a bo ve poem is. quot ed from a rec ent iss ue of th e Miner under the tit le "Mar r iage Rin g ." T he announc em en t furth er stated t hat t he U ni ve rs it y Dam es Sewin g Club h ad met at th e home of Mrs. Gra ce S tra ub, 1808 East Oak s t r eet, \ I\fedn es da y, Jan. 22 at 7:30 o'c lock. . . In th e sa m e iss ue it wa s r e ported t hat th e chi ef tOP1C of disc uss ion at the V/e dn es day Afte rn oon Club t hat w ee k wa s th e va ri o us t ri a ls a nd t ribul ation s co nfr o ntin g wiv es of se nior s t udents w h o a r e leavin g R olla to en ter indu st ry . A n in a not h er arti cle : "T he marita l p er ce n t on t he MSlif cam pu s see m s to be s tead il y ri s in g . A nn o u nce m e n t ha s b ee n made of t he fo r thcom in g marr iage of Na ncy McCab e to Jack McCart hy on Feb. 1 in St. Lo ui s ." . Th e s tud ent bod y las t se m es ter co ns is ted of 26% ma rri ed s tud ent s and , to m ee t a dema nd th at m us t not be denied, th e Miner is devot in g a co n s ide rabl e portion of It s pa ges to news of int er es t to the bett e r h a lves . It is a d ifferent type of s tud en t on th e camp us . A more ma ture typ e-a type who kno ws what h e is h er e for a nd. w ho is tryin g to mak e t he b es t of th e opportunity b e in g furni sh ed him by a g ra tef ul gove rnm ent. " I want to filll sh my edu cation a s soon as I ca n an d ge t o ut a nd on th e job " is a prevalent att itud e. T h e fr ivo lou s s ide o f co ll ege li fe h er e, as a t o th er sc hool s, is at low ebb, a n d wi ll remain so as lon g as th ese Vete r ans, with 25% marr ied and, poss ibly, an equal numb er con side rin g m ar ri age, are o n th e campu s. To them, an ed ucati on is a des irab le thin g, to b e acco mplis h ed as soon as pos s ibl e a nd th en to th eir li fe's wo rk, al r eady too lon g d elaye d by necessa ry se rvice to th eir country. Th e s tud ent bod y g rad e ave ra ge fo r man y years was approx ima tely 1. 12, but wh en t h e g r a de avera ge for the s umm e r te rm wa s fi g ur ed t h is pa st yea r, it was fo und to b e 1.278. A s o n e expe ri en ced p rofess o r ex presse d it: " I cast u p m y g ra de c urve a nd took a look at it a nd co uldn 't b el ieve that tho se g r ades we re ri g ht. I went b ack a nd r ec hec ked t hem a nd th ey wer e ri g h t. r have neve r g ive n s uch hi gh g rad es befo r e In m y lifetim e of teachin g." P erhap s t h e. fe m.lnin e t o uch . m e nti on ed in the ea rli er pa rt of th e ar ticl e IS a fa ctor in g rade s, too. T hin gs see m to be cha ng in g indee d on th ~, ca~p u s o,~ MSM. Tus t th e o th e r morni n g there wa s a lo ud w h lrrrnn g s ound ~c ro ss th e camp us a s a r ed s tr eak sli thered t o a stop a t the nor th e ntrance of No rwood Hall. A bo y g rabb ed a load of books a nd ru s hed mad ly into the buildin g at five m in utes afte r 8 :0G--late a ga in- even w ith a moto r scooter to ge t to class . Per hap s th e co ld weat h er mad e it difficu lt to ge t th e thi n g s ta rt ed. T her e wa s a di ffer e nt at mo s p h ere on r egis tration day, Fe b. 3, a lso . A b o ut fiv e o'c lock in t he af tern oo n, 2125 st ud ent s had co mpl eted regist ra ti o n. Li nes s tarte d forming at 7:00 in th e mornin g in order to b e fir s t in th e r egis tration proce dure. L in es form ed not on ly a t th e gym nasi um , !n which r egi$t r a ti o n has b ee n h eld for m a ny yea rs, but al s o In front of M ec hanica l H a ll a nd in front of the so uth ent ran ce of orwood Hall. O nl y new student s and s tud e nt s who fa il ed som et hin g wen t t o th e gy mna s iu m , and ye t th e gy m wa s full. Stud ent s who pre-regi s ter ed a nd fa il ed nothin g a nd w ho se nam es bega n w ith let ters fro m "A" to "L" w ent to th e top floor of Mechanical H all. S tud ent s who pre-regis te red a nd failed nothin g a nd who se name s b ega n w ith l ett e rs from "M " to "z" w ent to th e fir s t floor of N orwood H a ll. A ll converged on Parker Ha ll to pay th eir fees a nd th er e t he lin e wa s lon g, but move d rapid ly. Af ter th ey had fini s h ed clearin g t h eir fee s, som e 1700
ve te ran s went to th e /ir s t an d second floor s of th e O ld Ro ll a l3ui ldin g' to comp lete t h eir vete r a ns adm ini s tr a tlOn papers a nd ge t on th e pay r oll. In t hese room s where Chief Buehl er a nd Diz McQ uee n roam ed for many yea rs, th ese young vete ra ns s tru ggled with t h e neces ary g overnm ental red tap e to rec eive t he ir $65 a nd $90 a month for the comin g fo ur months. I n t he gym na s ium, th e sec tion b oa rd, which "Doc" H. H. Arms by worke d o ut sev eral yea rs ago, ha s g ro wn to where Doc wo ul d n 't have kn ow n it. It is much larger WIth a much la r ge r numb er of se ctions, a nd did, indeed, look l!ke the s tock exc han ge score boar d. T hI ngs move d s moothly, howeve r , a nd w h e n t he bus in ess office closed at 5:00, 2125 s tudent s had comp lete d r egis tration. A noth er item in th e la s t iss ue of th e Miner s h ows a t;'e nd o n th e camp us-"Men Living in T empora ry Dorms Form a Sma ll Cit y ." The s tor y g oe s on to r elate h ow th e st udent s li v in g in th e temporary dormit o ri es o n the upp er at h let IC fiel d have o r ganized a city co un ci l and mayor a nd hav e g ive n t he comm unity t h e name of "Vetv ill e." Two hundr ed s lxtyeig ht m e n are li vi n g in the dorms. I n the new set u p~ eac h dormitory w ill select one co un cdm an WIth the exceptlOn of Do r m " A " w hi ch w ill be a llow ed three b eca use of Its la r ge ~ i ze. As soo n as t hese men have b ee n elec ted th ey wi ll m e: t with A ss istant D ean Wi ll iams to elect a m ayor of th eir town. Just to t he eas t of t h e gymna s ium on the block b etw ee n 14th and 15th s tree ts, ru nnin g east and west, and Ro ll a and P ine s tr ee ts, runnin g north . and so uth, hou s in g of another type has take n sh ape. Th is is' a g rou p of ~arr ack s budd1l1gs moved in from s urroundin g Forts a nd ml il tary camps a nd co nve rt ed into 56 apartme n t unit s to hou se marr ied st ud e nt s. These a r e fou r- room ap a r tm ent s, e ig ht to a unit. Th er e a r e fo ur a partment s down s tair s a nd four up s tairs co n sistin g of a livin g -room, kitc h en, two b edr ooms, and a b at ~. Th ere were clo se to 400 app lication s fo r space 111 th e ;,6 un Its. A g ro up of sc hool offi cia ls with a s tud ent repr ese nt ~tive from th e Veteran s A ss ocia ti on co nstit ut ed t h e committ ee to make th e se lection. It was a So lomon 's choice . T hi s hill man y years ago-w he n Bi ll Kahlbaum '2 1 a nd hi s fa mil y live d in on e ho use, Dr. G. ·A. M uil e nbur g a nd hi s tw o g irl s in anoth er, J. H. Underwood a nd hi s fo u r ch ild r en in a noth er, Dr. F. W. Shaw a nd fam il y in a no t h er, Noe l Hubbard a nd hi s four childr en in a noth er, and Barn ey H arri s and hi s two b oys in st ill a noth er - t h e hill was 'th e n known as "Stork HilL " Th is des ig na ti on will b e eve n more appropr iate now, for of th e 56 co upl es a ss ig ned to th e unit s, 50 of t h em have children. In ad di tion , many of th e hous es mentioned a b ove in which t h e fami lies lived in the twenties, h ave b een co nve rt ed into about a do ze n sma ll apa r tme nt s, a nd a prerequi s ite for a place in these a partments was that th e fam il y h ave children. O n N agogo mi road at th e end of 14t h st r ee t, st ill another type of hou s in g has b ee n develop ed. H er e s ix dupl ex hou ses with room s for tw elve fam ili es h ave b ee n erec ted o ut of mat er ial brou g h t in from Ft. L eonard Wood. In th ese li ve twe lve new memb ers of th e fac ulty w h o, li ke peop le elsewh e r e, are hav in g co ns id erabl e diffi culty in findin g a p lace to li ve. Sc hool officials tho ug h t "Nago gomi Co urt" wo uld b e a n appropriat e nam e:for th ese ho us in g un its but th e st ud ent s have thou g ht ot h erwi se- they have ca ll ed it "Calcul us Row." Rolla is indeed ch a n g in g . One of the cit y officials the o th er day es t imate d 'th ere m us t b e at least 11,000 peo pl e in town. D ea n Wi ls on, in a rec ent ta lk, es timated th at ove r 3000 of th ese we.re dir ectly connected with th e sc h ool, as s tud ent s, fac uit y, o't h er emp loyes, and th e ir fam ilies. T h e stud ent s are makin g a defin ite impre ss ion upon t h e co mm un ity life. Their lus ty e nthu siasm in th e various thea te rs, fo r in s tan ce, ·leaves one w ith li t tl e doubt but that th e M in e rs are in town agai n!
