North Dakota State College of Science - Agawasie Yearbook (Wahpeton, ND)

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 Because of the outstanding work you have done in the field of aviation both in North Dakota as a whole, and especially here at the State School of Science; for the many years you have faithfully taught the present and future pilots of our state and nation; for the spirit of initiative you have shown in helping establish aviation as one of our state’s vital fields, and for your many years of faithful service at Science School we of the Agawasie staff proudly dedicate the 1953 Af awasw to you, Mr. Art Sampson.

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!ty •'. . MucMahon The first president of the Science School was Earl G. Burch, for whom Burch Hall is named. He was a native of Dryden, New York, and in the early part of the century had been a teacher of Biology in Fargo and had a good and wide reputation in education. He served as president from 1903 to 1910 and under his administration Burch Hall and the Science Building were added to our campus. For a couple of years after his resignation as president, he served as professor of biology and then returned to his native Dryden where he farmed and, at various times, taught. Fred E. Smith was chosen as president of the Science School in 1910 and served until 1919. He was a native of Vermont and graduated from Dartmouth College. In addition to his degree at Dartmouth, he had a law degree from Albany College, New York. Before coming here, he had served as a school administrator in Fargo and Wahpeton and was well known throughout the state as an educator. During his administration, the vocational factors of the school’s work were in the experimental stage, and President Smith did a great deal to establish and improve vocational courses. When he resigned in 1919 to take an administrative position in South Dakota, he was followed by Garland F. Bricker who served only two years. Mr. Smith died during the 30’s. Mr. Bricker came at a difficult period. Though the Federal Smith-Hughes Act had given strong impetus to trades education, the regristration of Science School was at its lowest ebb and was not prepared to take the position which it deserved and later assumed. Garland F. Bricker, before coming here, had a national reputation in the field of agricultural education. When Mr. Bricker left in 1922, E. F. Riley was made president of the Science School and is still serving as president. In the first year of his administration, two plans were put into operation, which have guided the school for more than thirty years. The first of these was the Babcock Plan, which defined the Science School as, in effect, three separate schools—Junior College. Business School, and Trades School—under the same administration. The second was the North Dakota Plan, which concentrated all higher education for trades at the State School of Science. The present long-range plan for the buildings and grounds of the Science School owes its inception to President Riley, and he will always be remembered as its originator.

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ADMINISTRATION 8 CLASSES 24 ORGANIZATIONS 48 ATHLETICS 74 ACTIVITIES 104 1903 . . . 1953