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

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state boar it of higher edavatiou Dr. A. D. McCannel Minot Martin (I. Kruse Kindred A, F. A mason Bismarck Elvira Jestrab Wllliston Mildred II. Johnson Wahpoton Albert Haas New Rockford M. S. Hi rue Bowman Fred Orth Grand Forks The institutions of higher learning in our state are governed by the State Board of Higher Education. This board is made up of seven members appointed by the governor, and a commissioner elected by the board. Mrs. Mildred Johnson is president, Mr. Martin Kruse is vice-president and Dr. A. F. A mason is commissioner. The board of higher education was created by a constitutional amendment in 1938. This amendment gave it the power to organize or reorganize any part of the seven institution under their control, and to specify or change the prescribed curriculum of these schools. Budget requests and reports to the governor are also part of its extensive job. In this day of educational change and skyrocketing enrollments we look more and more to this board to find answers to our problems. 9

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ifovernor tlnris offers eon ijra in lot ori note Congratulations to the staff of the AGAWaSIE for their fine publication, and my thanks for the invitation to offer these few words. The administration of affairs for the state institutions of higher education is an increasingly difficult task, and the dedication of this issue to Mrs. Vernon Johnson. President of the State Board of Higher Education, is particularly fitting. Mrs. Johnson has shown her intense interest in our educational institutions of advanced training and learning, and such interest coupled with her proven ability makes me confident that your institution. and all others in the state, will receive the utmost in school advancement. The state stands at a very important point in the process of its development. Wahpcton State School of Science is fully capable of providing the type of men and women necessary for its continued growth and development. I hope that the graduates of the school will take their part in the progress of North Dakota. To the Class of 1957 I wish to extend my sincerest congratulations, and my best wishes for success in their chosen fields. 8 Sincerely yours. JOHN E. DAVIS Governor

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- - ■ .•1 I tonic With the Student Cabinet « » sttulvnt lnnhj . . . Planning of a statement for a school annual involves one of two procedures, (a) Observance of the decorous and the conventional and thusly say the same thing over and over again, or (b) Breaking with tradition and being entirely different. I've chosen to do the latter. It is my decision this year to give my viewpoint on two questions that arise from time to time. (1) Why a school annual ? and (2) Is it worth while? The principal purpose of a yearbook is to record in story and picture the highlights of a school year. This book is a printed record to which you students of 1956-57 may refer at any time in the years ahead. The permanent record card in our files is your permanent record of your accomplishments in each subject you have pursued. Reference is made to these records in the Registrar’s office every day in the school year. Your AGAWASIE is a record, primarily, of the extra-curricular activities of one of your years of college life. That is good. You would be surprised to know how often members of the Faculty refer to school annuals of the past to identify former students. And that is good. Now if you have read this far. permit me to make a suggestion. Got signatures in your annual. I am sure you would like to glance at them in the years to come. Flatter all of us on the teaching staff and administrative staff. Make the rounds and get signatures of our faculty members. At the time this is written. I am informed that this year's AGAWASIE will be the best ever. That. too. is good. My sincere appreciation to your Editor. Miss Lee Ann Broin. and to every member of her staff who worked long and hard on the 1956-57 AGAWASIE. My personal good wishes to each and every one of you who were in attendance here this year. Success to those of you who are graduating: and a special invitation to you first year students to return next year. You’ve been a fine gang” and I say again That is Good.” Sincerely, G. W. HAVERTY 10 With His Directors ;