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

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BltfllT — Our School The notable success of our school 1 urine the past few years has increased public curiosity as t«» its nature and organisation. An increasing number of friends want to in policy which hasted to the present growth. hirst of all. our policy represents not fhangs but dtvtlopnient. It has always been asserted here that a student, given sufficient time, could get both a technical and liberal education. We maintain that V belief. The recent development represents «ub't it u: i- n t a • ci.i I i- »n f r c mbma- f I hi' »i i !« and independent departments: the Junior College and the Trade School. The equipment of the Trade School consists of a number of shops fitted with machinery necessary to the training of apprentices in various trades. Here the instruction is limited strictly to the trade concerned. In the Trade School are three classes of students: those with limited education who find it necessary to concentrate attention in learning a trade; those with a greater degree of education who desire to give all of their time to shop work; and those who desire to divide their time between shop work and academic work. The last group may be registered both in the Trade School and in the Junior College. We have succeeded in organizing trade work for needs and conditions in an agricultural state to such a degree that the work done here is referred to in other states as the “North Dakota Idea. I wish that this line has added to our reputation. The Junior College is composed mainly of two classes of students: those preparing for senior college work or for professional schools who desire to whom time permits to balance a liberal and technical education. 'The Business School, technically a part of the trade school, serves not only students who are primarily its own but also other departments. Space does not permit a detailed account of the various ways in which this association of departments works to the advantage of all. 'This brief definition, however, seems the best response that I can give to the editor's request that I “say something about our school. all students and alumni could understand the extent to which work along include in their training some knowledge of trade or business; and those I’KKSIDKNT.

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o 'TT Oh r oW many limes in years that are lo be, ©Id words, old jests, old pictures shall retail Dear memories lo make ot you and me Comrades agarr . ly some hearth-fire in a distant laud Turning a page at random,you may knou The Welcome pressure of a clasping hand From long ago. Oo, little book, as school-time Friends depart, With pictured story .mirth,and pleasant truth. To Waken oft in each remembering heart The flame of youths. T . r Cf. j? ■ m- Jr ?. vji o' T.V

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IACULTY 5 T Mildred DavU I— Lan ua ce Lillian MiricK Librarian