All youths, resident of the state of Missouri, over the age of sixteen years, shall be admitted to all the privileges and advantages of the various classes of all the departments of the University of the State of Missouri without payment of tuition; provided, that each applicant for admission therein shall possess such scholastic attainments and mental and moral qualifications as shall be prescribed in rules adopted and established by the board of curators; and provided further, that nothing herein enacted shall be construed to prevent the board of curators from collecting reasonable tuition fees in the professional departments, and the necessary fees for maintenance of the laboratories in all departments of the university, and establishing such other reasonable fees for library, hospital, incidental expenses or late registration as they may deem necessary.

(RSMo 1939 § 10814)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 9657; 1919 § 11554; 1909 § 11128

(1973) Usage of university standards of student conduct which specifically prohibit indecent conduct or speech to dismiss student for distribution on campus of an allegedly obscene newspaper repugnant to university held to violate student's first amendment right to disseminate ideas. Papish v. Board of Curators of University of Missouri (U.S.), 93 S.Ct. 1197.