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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