North Dakota State University - Bison Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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PQSlClQI'll,S E?S9t1lqQ During every depression in American history, the people have stressed education. In the first depression of all, a courageous band of Puritans struggling with such poverty and adversity as have rarely fallen to the lot of man, yet felt it necessary to express their conviction of the value of education. They founded Harvard College in 1636-sixteen years after they landed on Plymouth Rock-saying, We must educate to maintain civilization. A severe depression began in 1837 and lasted six years. Unemploy- ment was appallingg the destitute crowded alms housesg food riots occurred in many places. But the late thirties and early forties saw great advances in education. After the crisis of 1873 school attendance increased twelve per cent and appropriations ten per cent. A depression of devastating propor- tions took place in 1893. Yet school attendance jumped about ten per cent and expenditures for school support rose twenty per cent. Qualifi- cations for teaching were raised and many new normal schools were established. A time of depression has always been a time of startling educational activity. The current depression offers little or no exception. For example, this institution in 1930-31 had the peak enrollment of its forty-five year career. Present figures indicate that this year's total enrollment will very nearly equal that of 1930-31. It is also significant that this year shows a larger freshman class than ever before. In my opinion nothing could speak better for our people than statistics like these. Surely a people capable of making the sacrifices incurred in sending the nation's collegiate enrollment, during the severest of depressions, to levels but little under those of 1929-surely such a people has a high destiny. ,ggi 1936 iiisobr Egg, 111.-

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PRESIDENT J. H. SHEPPERD

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p n l1Q 5lCllQ OClPCl ol minislmlion The prime essentials of an educational institution consist of students and teachers. An institution of learning is established and maintained primarily as a place where students may learn to better advantage than they would without its facilities. Yet, learning is the result exclusively of the students' own activities. Teaching is an auxiliary to learning. The zest the learner gains from personal influence of an inspiring teacher makes for a more intense applica- tion on his part to the performance of those acts that result in the acquisition of knowledge. power. and skill. Teachers who have achieved success in their own respective fields of learning, who have abiding interest in their special subjects and continue to enjoy learning more than any other kind of endeavor, fur- i nish encouragement and inspiration to learners to l devote themselves wholeheartedly to the mastering of worthwhile scholastic achievements. If, in addition to these educational qualities, the teacher possesses the qualities of high morals, personal magnetism, and sympathetic understanding of his pupils, his value to an institution and accomplishments in helpfulness to his pupils are immeasurably increased. Our Agricultural College has enjoyed an enviable reputation gained through the success of its alumni and outstanding faculty members. In this book an attempt is made to give proper recognition to those scholars, investigators, and teachers who have proved so valuable in preparation of students of this institution for useful service. May the work of the editors of the 1936 Bison give us a worthy memory book to perpetuate the names of the teachers who have contributed so largely to make this the great institution of learning that it is. Nelson. Sa.u'vai'n.. Chair-rnan. . l THE STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION R. M. Rishworth John H-usby Arthur Thompson Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud Nelson Sauvain 4,gEQ3jff1'9 3 61 B I s o N gfgjfg., .-12.-