Minot State University - Beaver Yearbook (Minot, ND)

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leave of absence to study at Columbia and for a year in War service the administration of the school was in the hands of Dr. A. G. Steele, as tem- porary president, and the second year, of Dr. William A. Clark, Director of the Training School, as acting president. In 1920, President Crane resigned to become head of the Normal School at Edinboro, Pa. He was succeeded by Dr. Levi H. Beeler of Chi- cago, Who served until September, 1922, when Dr. George A. McFarland took charge. Since the advent of President McFarland, the enrollment of the school has steadily increased. In 1925 the State Board of Administration authorized the school to extend its curriculum to four years and to grant the degree Bachelor of Arts in Education. The faculty has been enlarged in numbers and strengthened in schol- arship and teaching experience. Since the college opened 2787 men and women have been graduated from the standard course and 426 have received degrees. The college has not only educated students through regular class Work but it has per- formed a similar function through the fostering of many types of group activity and the sponsoring of various art and music interests. Widen- ing horizonsi' is the theme selected for the celebration of the 25th anni- versary Week. May it continue to be a motto for the college for all the student generations to come! A mz Fitzgerald Page Ten

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Page Nine The period between April, 1914, when the new buildings were put into use and the entrance of the United States into the World War was one of rapid growth. Enrollment grew, new faculty members were added, the departments of domestic science, manual training, history and psy- chology were established and the Harrison building, the land on which it was situated and a tract north of the school were made part of the grounds. A general slump was experienced in all school activities during the war. Many of the faculty members and students enrolled. CA Bronze Tablet was erected by the classes of 1918 and 1919 in honor of the mem- bers of the college who rendered service in the war. Two of the group, Henry J. Finn, and Fred Otis Cooper, were killed in action.J President Crane served as major. With the signing of the Armistice the school be- gan a new period of growth. More equipment was added and the Exten- sion Service in certain subjects was offered. More recent appropriations provided for the building of the west and auditorium wings of the main building, the training school building, and the second girls' dormitory, known as Dakota Hall. Arthur G. Crane, who had been superintendent of the Jamestown schools, was appointed the first president of the institution. During his

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