University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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II The Board of Reoents. Illo IION. GIIIQICNIIEAIV CLARK, M. A., ST. l'.xK'l., 1892. 'l'In- Hon. UUSIIMAN K. DAVIS, M. A., ST. I,AI'L, 1892. 'I'hv IION. KNUTIC NELSON, Ar.lcx.xNnlu.x, 1596. The HON. JOHN S. PILLSBUIIY, AIINNI'ZKI'OLlS, 18915. 'IIIII' HON. HENRY II. SIIILICY, ST. PAUL, 1S9I Iho IION. GORDON E. COLE, I .uun.xm.'r, 1891. The IION. WILLIAM LIGOIC'l I', Ilrcxsos, 1891. 'I'ho IION. S. M. ENIEIIY, LMQE Cvrv, 1895. ' JUDGE STEPIIICN MAIIONI-EY, MlNNlc.x1'oms, 1895. T110 IION. NY. Ii. MICIIRIABI, ST. I'.xl'l., Ex-OII11-Io. The Governor of the State. Tho IION. DAVID I.. KIICIILIC, LL. D., ST. PAUI., Ex-Oiliceio The Smte Superint,ende-nb of Public Instruction. OYRUS NOR'I'IIIIOI', LL. D., MlNNI1:AP0I.Is, Ex-Oilifiiu The President of the University. OFFICERS op: 'rl-is BOARD. I0 IION. IIICNIIY II. SIISLEY, Prcsidunt. 'I'1n- IION. DAVID L. KIEIILIC, Rofrprding Soc1'0t:n'y. I'liIiSIDEN'I' CYRUS NOIi'I'I'IROI', Cor. Sourvtnry. 'rx-is EXECUTIVE coxvl1vu'r'r'EE. II. B. BROWN, 'I'rc-usurvr 11- IION. -IOIIN S. I'II.I.SlII'IiY, UIlll.II'lII1lIl. Thu IIONLDAVID L. KIICIILE. CY RUS NORTH ROP, U11-rk. 12

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'EIQG Lh7iuer5ity of fllinnegota. Q f'lIE remarkable progress 5 gtjfj- of' the University of 5 Minnesota has attract- r 1 1 throughout the entire coun- try. It is well within bounds to assert that no other insti- tution comparable in char- ! acter with this has advanced i so rapidly and yet so sym- 5 metrically within the past 9 three or l'our years. The University of Minnesota occupies an exceptionally advantageous position. lt is sharing in the growth and i prosperity of a great section ol' the country that prizes its educational development as highly as its material. The University lies between Minneapoliii and St. Paul, in such a manner as to be convenient ol' access l'rom both citiesg and its roots are taking deep hold in the varied life of these two brilliant and noble comnumities. Within a few years there will be a million people living within a radius ol' fifteen or twenty miles l'rom the University grounds. It is the good fortune of the University that it commands the respect, awakens the pride, and is safe in the support of the population that is concen- ed the attention of educ- ational men and ol' the press I i H. H. Sibley, Liu. D., Pnes. Board of Regents. trating in its vicinity. its scientific and literary opportunities are now thoroughly appreciatedg and the stream ol' Minnesota youth that 11112-l 110011 tlowing to eastern colleges is steadily shrinking in volume. No other state university in the country is so well situated for the development of professional schools. The University medical college has absorbed three previously existing medical schools, and has already attained a high prestige. Medical education is scarcely possible except in large cities where hospitals and dispensaries give frequent opportunity f'or practical illustration. Minneapolis is destined to become the great western center of medical education. lt is highly advantageous in the study of the law, moreover, that the1'e should be contact with the practical life ol' the profession, and the opportunity that Minneapolis and St. Paul afford f'or law students to combine olllce experience with courses of University lectures, is plainly very superior. The existence, in the immediate vicinity, of many thriving industries also bears a direct relation to the success of the technical work of the l.Iniversity's college of mechanic arts. There is no reason why this department should not in the early f'uture become one of the leading polytechnic schools of America. Not far from the University campus is the fine f'arm of the Agricultural depart- ment, where the University maintains a successful farm school and an advanced agricultural college course, and where the United States government supports an agricultural experiment station. The mineral resources of the Northwest are so vast and so various that there is need f'or a thorough school of mining engineering and metallurgyg and the University ol' Minnesota has determined to build up such a department. lVithin a remarkably brief' time the number of students at the University has grown to a thousand l'rom half that number, and within the next five years the attendance, in all departments, bids l'air to reach t.wo thousand. The liberality of the State and of the Iion. John S. Pillsbury has provided several new buildings that rank among the best educational structures in the West. The energy, ripe judgment, courageous plans and infinite tact of 'President Northrop are of priceless value to the University in this critical period ol' its rapid expansion. The University under his administration keeps the good-will of the State at large, is upon the friendliest terms with all other educational agencies, and is accorded by unanimous consent its proper place of leader- ship in the educational work and the intellectual lil'e of Minnesota. V