Northwest School of Agriculture - Red River Aggie Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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, 'WX ,Y 1 1 -xx .W .,,,, ,ji .,.f- f' lt' V .F ..- .. .- 1 iiun-:nerds-dA. .hr xwxrzq , MW-MMS TI'IE RED IVER Koons igfftu. an-Y in gg, gg V ifrfifaafg. VTEQEETELLIZFLZEEZ' ..,..,,.-.--......-g,..a.,.,lLf,.2E,,g3JL.-., QLi'g3.4,g12, 5 I I Ulu the beniur Glass of 1927 does it mean to attend a school in this country? Does it mean anything different from attending school in European countries? It means something .radically different. The school systems of most liuropean countries have been uiaintained to inculcate the prevailing national ideal. In this country the school system has been the product of local communities and has only permitted such state or national relationships as do not infringe upon local Support and local control. The schools of America are the product of democracy. They are founded upon the doctrine of equal opportunity, they have encouraged the development of the individual, they have sought to discover his special aptitudes and capacities. They have not attempted to fit him for any highly specialized form of state service, but on the other hand, they have attempted to instruct him in those things which would be of service to him as a citizen and which would 'lay the basis for successful practice in every Walk of life. Our school system has been character- ized by the conception that it was training the children of this country for the great adventure, the adventure of lifc, and that all those things which would Serve to make life better, more wholesome, the indiv-dual genuinely happier, and more efficient, should be included in the program of instruction. Every school, the university, the school of agriculture, the high school, the elementary school is maintained with this fundamental purpose in min-d. Democracy fosters and encourages education and in turn has a right to expect that the graduates of its schools will feel a peculiar Obli- gation to maintain and to strengthen the institutions of democracy. L. D. COFFMAN, Presizlent of the University of Minn'es0ta. Page Eighteen 1 i l l l I

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N-v,,f'.:fr:1bxiF, M . , 6 ,1'IiE RED RIVER AGGIE The Baath nf Regents Members 6lEx:Q9fficiu IIOTUS D. COFFMAN LIIINNEAPOLIS The President of the University TIIE HON. 'TIIEODORE CIIIIISTIANSON ST. PAUL The Gflvernor of the State '1'1IE HON. J. M. RICCONNELL ST. PAUL The Commissioner of Education Members Qppuinteh TIIE HON. FRED B. SNYDER RIINNEAPOLIS The Pmsillent of the Board TIXE HON. BI-:ss M. WILSON REDWOOD FALLS 'THE HON. ciEORGE H. PAIWRIDOE RIINNEAPOLIS TIIE HON. I-IIIIL BOECKMANN ST. PAUL TIIE HON. Al.ICE R. WARRBIN MINNEAPOLIS TIIE HON. JOIIN G. VVILLIAMS DULUTI-I '1'IIE HON. A. D. VVILSON GUTI-IRIE TIVHE HON. JI'LII's A. COLL1-:R SHAKOPEE TIIE HON. J. R. G. SUNDBERG KENNEDY 'THE HON. YVILLIAM J. MAYO ROCHESTER Page Seventeen

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, If 1 ,-lgfir-r-A-.'.4.1-1.41 fm.y.guL...w-i1.,,.,,rf. E I ,f aj yi Y Q 12 -- L w , 1 .. ,H M ,,,,.. W La lub, Run RIVLR Amour 1, -'-f ' f .iw-.4...5fg..-.ui-Www.-3--3-wif!fy-pfwgwvrv-5-nrgwlffr U V H r l Gin the Qeniur lass nf 1927 Nf li pri-Sume that I am vxtending grvctings to a 1-lass whose members are planning for a career on the land. I wish to 1-ongratulatc you on your opportunity to make a 4-ontrihution to agriculture and to country living. As in other lines of work, more training and hotter understanding arv ruquircd of the modurn man and woman on the land, than the man and woman of thx- past. I sinvcrely hope you possess the rugged courage and pe1'scveram'c: of your p1'edun-Lessors who have -done So much for Northwestern Minnesota, and, in addition, an umic-rstanding of thc scientific spirit and a ,faculty for using it c-onslriu-tivvly in the grunt work you are to under- take. If you do possess these thingw I :un sure of the rich vxperienccs in store for you as citizvns of thu ope-n counlry. W. C. COFFFY, Dean and Dirvvlm- of the College of .f1gric'ult1crL' and Ifwperimenl Station, l7l1i'Ue1'.sify of Jlimzesula. Page IYi'l1l'll'f'll