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

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Our Preside ! Garland A. Brickcr II. Pat., Li mi College »'. S., Ohio University • . M., University of Illinois

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 , r i mam HgeeHHBSE cumm to 7'A? Agauasic Board Pop Row: Joseph Jacohchick, Anthony Metier. Second Row: Adelaide Burnson, Gertrude Burton, Ada Keenan, Loretta McCuskcr. Hazel Burnson. Conrad Ness, Alildred Smith, Richard Smith, Helen Hairc, (dayman Larson, Celophia Dietz. Absentees: Clara Zanzinger, Ralph Bonine, Raymond Shivers, Charles Paulson, Charles Lee, Stella Smith, I'arl Miller, Lester Landis.

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State School of Science—(an Autobiography) I issued a call for students to come together on Sept. 22, 1903. Only a few came at first, for of course they did not know me. Then, too, the young people did not reyli e then as much as they do now, how much broader and better their lives become, if they obtain a good education. Nevertheless, during those first years the faculty was kept busy in purchasing equipment, in making plans for the future, and in teaching the numerous courses that were offered. Very few schools of-my size have furnished intellectual food of such variety and quality as I have placed before my students each year. They appreciated it, too, and told others about me. I was christened the Academy of Science, but I have since been allowed to call myself the State School of Science. As you will notice in my seal, the initial letters also stand for System, Science, Service. ft At first I had to rent rooms. That is always a trying experience with a large family. I was so glad when my financial managers purchased the large brick binding from the Red River Valley University. Then a Mechanical Building of cement blocks was erected. Here the boys learned to use the lathe and the forge. An addition was made to this building in 1909, which was at first used for a gymnasium. The boys and girls used to have some gay times there! The heating plant, for all the buildings, has been a great improvement on the early days of stoves, when, in snowy weather, the girls’ long dresses froze to the floor. I certainly felt proud when those three buildings of Hebron brick were completed! I had needed them so much. Burch Hall is used for the young women’s dormitory, for a dining-room for all students, and for rooms for the sewing and cooking classes. Many times have I been hostess in this building to visitors from near and far, whether they came in groups or singly, whether they were men and women of low or high degree, they all seemed to be greatly pleased with my entertaining. There was an added flavor to the food when served by students who, under my instruction, had learned to do things in a proper manner. Many of these girls have since carried on the good work in homes and schools elsewhere. I he Chemistry building has provided plenty of room for laboratory work in Chemistry and Agriculture—live subjects in this day and age. My gymnasium is without question the finest in the state. Hundreds of boys and girls, both old and young, have found pleasure and profit in it. There is ample space here for basketball games and indoor meets, for parties and for concerts (O, the fine bands and orchestras I have had!), for lectures and classes and even for a dwelling place for faculty members. All of my buildings situated on my campus of thirty acres of land, are not all of the State School of Science. These are my physical being. My spirit dwells in many states and in lands across the sea. The young men and women whom I have taught to use their heads and their hands to advantage, have now become scientific citizens of many kinds: farmers- electricians, mechanics, teachers, lawyers, physicians, nurses, missionaries, musicians, architects, diatitians and many homemakers; all these are really a part of me. I have done much to make Them what they are. I am still young. I hope to do much more. Rah. rah, rah, Da-ko-ta. Flickertail, Science School, Rah, rah, rah.” —Lilian Mirick. PACK MX ANY people will tell you that I first came into existence in 1903. In fact, that was the first year that I had a local habitation and a name. My spirit, however, had been hovering over the prairies for fourteen years, ever since provision was made for my existence by a clause in the state constitution which was adopted in 1889.