Missouri Revised Statutes Title XI. Education and Libraries § 174.230. Missouri Southern State College--established, when--district

1. Other provisions of law notwithstanding, if the facilities of the present Jasper County Junior College district are made available, there shall be established in Jasper County, Missouri, a state college, which shall make available those third and fourth year college level courses that lead to a baccalaureate degree.

2. This state college shall in the year 1967, or at such a time as the present Jasper County Junior College district has acquired a campus for a third and fourth year college which meets the requirements established by the board of curators of Missouri University and its enrollment trends constitute sufficient justification for the operation of a four year college in the opinion of the board, whichever occurs later, become an independent two year state senior college, to be known as the “Missouri Southern State College”. Its district shall be coterminous with that of the Jasper County Junior College district.