Jay H. Neff Hall Dedicated September 1920 July 5, 1854-August 14, 1915 In Memory of Jay Holcomb Neff A JOURNALIST OF KANSAS CITY WHOSE LIFE EXEMPLIFIIED THE HIGH IDEALS OF JOURNALISM TRUTH ? FAIRNESS? GENEROSITY ? DEVOTION TO DUTY? ? UNSELFISH PUBLIC SERVICE? _______________ THIS BUILDING WAS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI BY HIS SON, WARD A. NEFF AN ALUMNUS CLASS OF 1913