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

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LCc hc cTlgawcisie A Word in Appreciation Tin: i Ri-:sn KXi'Y of Karl K. Riley dates from 1921 to the present time. Kor several years previous to his selection as president he had been Prolessor of K.nginecring at the Science School and was. therefore, thoroughly conversant with its nature and its needs. Two major achievements characterize his administration: lirst. the establishment ol a practical Trade School which has attained state-wide and national recognition: second, the establishment of effective co-operation between Junior College and Trade School. The name of President Riley is inseparably associated with the success of the “North Dakota Plan. As soon as he became president he established practical trade courses. In his promotion of these courses he kept two principles always to the front: that, in an agricultural state with no large cities, industrial training must he concentrated in one place: and that such training must be given by master craftsmen in actual shops. These arc the two main essentials of the “North Dakota Plan which has made industrial education successful in North Dakota and which has caused the system here to be highly approved by experts in vocational education as a model for other agricultural states. The administration of President Riley has proved that the Junior College and Business School, existent since the beginning of our school history, could be not only maintained, but greatly strengthened by association with the Trade School. These older departments, by a carefully developed system of co-operation with the newer have grown in registration and efficiency, and provided combination courses which are especially attractive to high school graduates in search of a practical education. The Agawasie welcomes this opportunity for a few words of tribute to President Riley. I le has successfully retained all that was established by his predecessors; and, under his effective and untiring leadership, there has been added a new principle endowed with a vitality that has given our school an enduring and prominent place in the higher educational system of North Dakota.

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 he oPlgawasie State Board of Administration Nelson Sacvain, Chairman - - Bismarck Robert M. Kishwoktii - - - Bismarck L.u'R B. Sanderson .... Bismarck Miss Bertha Palmer - - - Bismarck Superintendent of Public Instruction Joseph A. Kitchen .... Bismarck Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Krnest (i. Wanner, Exccnihc Secretary Bismarck