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

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Greetings from the Board O IT IS a pleasure for me to express briefly the feeling of the Stale Board of .Administration toward the State School of Trades and Industries. I am sure that I am expressing the thoughts of every member of the Board of Administration when I say that I believe the State of North Dakota is receiving a high rate of interest on its investment in this institution. You are doing a work that is tangible and immediate in its results. To train the young men and women of our state, and to qualify them for remunerative work, means, in a large sense, real preparation for good citizenship, the basis of which is self-reliance. With the growing complexity of our social and industrial structure, the necessity of preparing skilled workers, as well as thinkers, is apparent. The common criticism aimed at our institutions of learning, is that they do not adequately prepare young people to do any particular kind of work. While this criticism is only partially fair, it actually has come foundation in fact. In our mechanical age. it is surely important that society he constantly producing an army of skilled workers. The State of North Dakota is now thoroughly committed to carrying out the function designed by our fathers for this particular institution. The very fact that your population is drawn from all corners of the state, shows the general interest of the people of the stale in your institution. May I express on behalf of the Board of Administration the hope that you all work together, both faculty and students, to carry on the splendid work you have already so well begun. With your line new trades building and your earnest and skillful faculty, your future is indeed bright. Sincerely. R. B. Mi kniv. l.njhtti n

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To tin: Sn m;. Ts of tiik Si. n: School m Sciknci:: TrII ; Agawasic Stall lias requested from me a brief statement for their 192S publication. It comes to me that this year has been outstanding from the standpoint of recognition the nature of the school has received from outside sources. I bis vear I believe we began to see tangible results of several years of work on the part of faculty and students. I-or several years the school has been struggling under difficulties to put over a plan that is cntirclx new in education. Phis plan was started without adequate buildings or funds and had to have its merits recognized he I ore funds could be secured. The quality of students secured to work out this new plan « I education has been unusual and the recognition of the plan had to come Irom the success of the students. The construction ol the New Trades Building this year is a substantial recognition of the success of the plan and ot the school. The dedication exercises of the New Trades Building and the publicity around that dedication made this success widely known. I believe that in future years the year 1928 will be recognized as the outstanding year in the development ol the State School of Science and that the class of 1928 will look back upon their year of graduation with much pride. -