Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.260: Curators to improve and protect property.

It shall be the duty of the curators to provide for the protection and improvement of the site of the University of the State of Missouri, as selected and established by law; to erect and continue thereon all edifices designed for the use and accommodation of the officers and students of the university, and to furnish and adapt the same to the uses of the several departments of instruction.