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

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rerace Many 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. I issued a call for students to come together on September 22, 1903. Only a few came at first, for of course they did not know me. Then, too, the younger people did not realize 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 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 stuednts 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 stand for System, Science, Service. All 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, dietitians 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.—Taken from an Autobiography of Science School written bv Miss Lilian Mirick, Librarian in 1921. I am the new Science School—old in years but young in spirit. Ever beckoning students into my acedemic circle, I am proud of my high standards, fine teachers and my ever improving appearance. After fifty years of guiding the young men and women of my state and many of my sister states, I am privileged to join the elite. I am still young. I will do much more.