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PlistorioeLl Review The State Historical Society of Missouri COLUMBIA, MISSOURI COVER DESCRIPTION: The landscape repro duced on the front cover of this number is from a 57/8" x 814" untitled watercolor by Carl R. Gentry. The watercolor is one of seventy-four pieces of artwork by Gentry given to the State Historical So ciety in 1976 by members of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, Mis souri. Gentry, born in 1889, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1921. He later studied at the Fountainbleu School of Fine Arts in France. Gentry also stud ied art at Harvard University and at the Art Students League in New York City. He taught art at the University of Mis souri from 1921 until 1932. The artist, whose major emphasis was in landscape and nature studies, died July 19, 1976, in Columbia at the age of eighty-seven. PARKING FOR SOCIETY PATRONS The University of Missouri-Columbia recently has begun the con struction of an addition to Elmer Ellis Library and the State Historical Society. Visitor parking remains in the same block behind the library and the State Historical Society, but it has been moved further south. Patrons still enter the visitor lot off of Hitt Street. The entrance, how ever, is now closer to the intersection of Hitt and Rollins streets. The State Historical Society's quarters now must be entered through the Society's north door (facing Lowry Mall) . MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW Published Quarterly by THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA, MISSOURI RICHARD S. BROWNLEE EDITOR MARY K. DAINS ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAMES W. GOODRICH ASSOCIATE EDITOR Copyright © 1985 by the State Historical Society of Missouri 1020 Lowry Street, Columbia, Missouri 65201 The MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW (ISSN 0026-6582) is owned by the State Historical Society of Missouri and is published quarterly at 201 South Eighth, Columbia, Missouri 65201. Send communications, business and editorial correspondence and change of address to the State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry Street, Columbia, MO. 65201. Second class postage is paid at Columbia, Missouri. VOLUME LXXIX. Current REVIEWS are sent to all members of The State NUMBER 4 Historical Society of Missouri during their term of member ship. The Society assumes no responsibility for statements made by contributors to the magazine. JULY, 1985 THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI The State Historical Society of Missouri, heretofore organized under the laws of the State, shall be the trustee of this State—Laws of Missouri, 1899, R. S. of Mo., 1969, chapter 183, as revised 1978. OFFICERS 1983-1986 FRANCIS M. BARNES III, Kirkwood, President MRS. AVIS TUCKER, Warrensburg, First Vice President REVEREND JOHN F. BANNON, St. Louis, Second Vice President SHERIDAN A. LOGAN, St. Joseph, Third Vice President MRS. VIRGINIA YOUNG, Columbia, Fourth Vice President NOBLE E. CUNNINGHAM, Columbia, Fifth Vice President R. KENNETH ELLIOTT, Kansas City, Sixth Vice President ALBERT M. PRICE, Columbia, Treasurer RICHARD S. BROWNLEE, Columbia, Director, Secretary and Librarian TRUSTEES Permanent Trustees, Former Presidents of the Society LEWIS E. ATHERTON, Columbia ELMER ELLIS, Columbia WILLIAM AULL III, Lexington RUSH H. LIMBAUGH, Cape Girardeau WILLIAM R. DENSLOW, Trenton LEO J. ROZIER, Perryville Term Expires at Annual Meeting, 1985 JAMES W. BROWN, Harrisonville JOHN K. HULSTON, Springfield ILLS W. DAVIS, Kansas City JAMES C. OLSON, Kansas City ALFRED O. FUERBRINGER, St. Louis MRS. MARY BANKS PARRY, Columbia J. J. GRAF, HERMANN ARVARH E. STRICKLAND, Columbia Term Expires at Annual Meeting, 1986 MRS. SAMUEL A. BURK, Kirksville DOYLE PATTERSON, Kansas City VICTOR A. GIERKE, Louisiana STUART SYMINGTON, JR., St. Louis MRS. JEAN TYREE HAMILTON, Marshall ROBERT WOLPERS, Poplar Bluff W. ROGERS HEWITT, Shelbyville DALTON C. WRIGHT, Lebanon Term Expires at Annual Meeting, 1987 ROBERT S. DALE, Carthage WALLACE B. SMITH, Independence GEORGE MCCUE, St. Louis RONALD L. SOMERVILLE, Chillicothe ROBERT C. SMITH, Columbia JOSEPH WEBBER, St. Louis ROBERT M. WHITE, Mexico EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The twenty-nine Trustees, the President and the Secretary of the Society, the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, President of the University of Missouri and Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia constitute the Executive Committee. FINANCE COMMITTEE Five members of the Executive Committee appointed by the President, who by virtue of his office constitutes the sixth member, compose the Finance Committee. WILLIAM AULL III, Lexington, Chairman LEWIS E. ATHERTON, Columbia WILLIAM R. DENSLOW, Trenton FRANCIS M. BARNES III, Kirkwood ELMER ELLIS, Columbia LEO J. ROZIER, Perryville STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND GIFTS Memberships in The State Historical Society of Missouri are available in the following categories: Annual Membership $5.00 Contributing Annual Membership .......... $25.00 Supporting Annual Membership $50.00 Sustaining Annual Membership . .$100.00 to $499 00 Patron Annual Membership $500.00 or more Life Membership $100.00 Each category of membership is tax deductible. Join thousands of other people whose memberships in The State Historical Society assist in the preservation and advance ment of the history of Missouri. Gifts of cash and property to the Society are deductible for federal income, estate and gift tax purposes. Inquiries concerning memberships, gifts or bequests to the Society should be addressed to: Richard S. Brownlee, Director The State Historical Society of Missouri 1020 Lowry Street Columbia, Missouri 65201 SOCIETY TO PRESENT AWARDS At the Annual Meeting in September the Society will confer three awards. An engraved citation and a medallion will be awarded to a member who has given distinguished service to the Society and to the State of Missouri in the promotion and dissemination of knowledge concerning the history of our region. A second engraved citation and a one-hundred-dollar- cash award will be given for the REVIEW article dur ing the calendar year which has contributed most in depth in a scholarly and popular sense to the history of our State. The three-hundred-dollar Floyd C. Shoe maker History Award will be presented to a Missouri senior high school student (grades 10, 11 and 12) who has written the best historical article that relates to Missouri events or personalities. The distinguished member will be selected by a three-member committee appointed by the Society president. One member of the selection committee will serve for two years and two members for one year. No active officers or trustees of the Society, with the exception of past presidents, may be nomi nated for the Distinguished Service Award. Nomina tions should be made in writing to Richard S. Brown lee, director of the Society, any time during the calendar year. The prize-winning article will be se lected by three historians appointed by the editor of the REVIEW. The selection committee will be changed each year with the exception of one member who will be replaced after two years. Articles submitted for the Floyd C. Shoemaker History Award will be judged by the Department of History of the Uni versity of Missouri-Columbia. EDITORIAL POLICY The MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW is always inter ested in articles and documents relating to the history of Missouri. Articles pertaining to surrounding states and other sections are considered for publication when they involve events or personalities having a significant bearing on the history of Missouri or the West. Any aspect of Mis souri history is considered suitable for publication in the REVIEW. Genealogical studies are not accepted because of limited general reader interest. In submitting articles for the REVIEW, the authors should examine back issues for the proper form in foot noting. Originality of subject, general interest of the article, sources used in research, interpretation and the style in which it is written, are criteria for acceptance for publica tion. The original and a carbon copy of the article should be submitted. It is suggested that the author retain a car bon of the article. The copy should be double-spaced and footnotes typed consecutively on separate pages at the end of the article. The maximum length for an article is 7,500 words. All articles accepted for publication in the REVIEW become the property of the State Historical Society and may not be published elsewhere without permission. Only in special circumstances will an article previously pub lished in another magazine or journal, be accepted for the REVIEW. Because of the backlog of accepted articles, publica tion may be delayed for a period of time. Articles submitted for the REVIEW should be ad dressed to: Dr. Richard S. Brownlee, Editor MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW The State Historical Society of Missouri 1020 Lowry Street Columbia, Missouri 65201 CONTENTS BENTON V. BARTON: THE FORMATION OF THE SECOND-PARTY SYSTEM IN MISSOURI. By Perry McCandless 425 STEPCHILD OF THE UNIVERSITY: THE SEPARATIONIST CONTROVERSY AT THE MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES, 1937-1949. By Jack B. Ridley 439 "SHE GOT TO BERLIN": VIRGINIA IRWIN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch WAR CORRESPONDENT. By Anne R. Kenney 456 MISSOURI GOVERNORS: A COMPOSITE PORTRAYAL. By Stanley B. Botner 480 HISTORICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS Dr. Richard S. Brownlee Announces Retirement 487 News in Brief 490 Erratum 496 Local Historical Societies 497 Gifts 521 Missouri History in Newspapers 526 Missouri History in Magazines 532 In Memoriam 540 BOOK REVIEW 542 BOOK NOTES 545 MUSEUMS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF