University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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--s I' M I I i I I w FROM PHOTOGRAPH HY MUROOCK. LIABORATORY BUILDING FOR T1'1E DEPARTLIENTS OF CIfll'1NIIS'P.RY AND PHYHKJS

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. TQ., ' ,. gt .qt ll E l'niversity o I' ' I -s vt LJ' en . . T ' . gi- Minnesota, situated ' , in the center ot' popu- ., . ' lationot the state,within the limits of Minneapolis, and very near tl1e limits ol' St. Paul, has been en- , gaged in college work for , twenty years. Beginning - with l'our preparatory i classes, it did not reach , the full organization of a college till 1869. Grad- u a l ly the preparatory classes have been drop- ped, as the work of the high schools in the state ll , . , . . i-E 'H - , - ' A ,T has been raised, until now 'Y' 1 1 M ' ' ' ' - ' only one preparatory class remains and that will dis- appear at the close ol' the IV' - - .. .. .. .ft. -. -.,,...... ,.., .. ..,.. w ,,,,,'g,t,yl The Hon. David ll. Klahle, DLI. D., State Superintendent of Publla Instruction pyggent collegiate ygm-, and Regent of the University. T1 Uuixtrsity m lt! ' 1 C ' braces scven colleges: science, literature and arts, mechanic artsg agricultureg law: medicine and surgery, homeopathic medicine and surgery, and dentistry. The last four have been in operation but two years. They have, however, attained a remarkable suc- cess, showing that the time was ripe for their organization, and that a real need ofthe state has been met by their establishment. The number ol' law students is already one hnmlred and thirty- one, and the number of medical students is one hundred and twenty-six. The proportions which these colleges will assume when they shall have been in operation twenty years, it is impos- sible to predict, but they must be very large. The tirstclass which graduated in the College ot' Science, Literature and Arts, num- bered two. That was the class of 1873. The next class was no larger. The class of 1888 numbered thirty-live, and the class of it-190 numberstitty-eight,beingtwenty--three larger than any class yet graduatedg but it in turn will be surpassed by the classes ot' 18512 and 18923. There is littlc doubt, indeed,that the graduating classes are henceforth to be much largcrthan they have ever been, and that in less than six years from the present time they will regularly ex- ceed one hundred in the College ol' Science, Literature and Arts, and in the whole University will approach very nearly totwo hun- drcd and titty. The number of students in the University at pres- cnt is a little over one thousand. This number is not much below the number in the University of Michigan six years ago, and although the latter University has made mighty progress in these six years and nearly doubled the number of its students, the Uni- versity oi' Minnesota is not so far behind, even in numbers, as not to hope that it may yet equal its titty years old rival even in the nnmber ol' its students, as in its facilities for instruction, for labor- atory work, and for investigation, it purposes to equal her whether it does so in mere numbers or not. The inlluence oi' the University in the Northwest is great and is rapidly growing. VVhen its laboratories are examined and seen to he equal to the best in the country, when its classes in the legnlar courses number their students by the hundred, when the labor required to maintain a respectable standing in the classes is as great as is required forthe same purpose in the oldest Univer- sities ol' our country, when the tide of students sets strongly towards the University so that no other efforts are needed to secure students than simply to present the facts respecting the work of the University, as is annually done in the Catalogue ol' which an edition ol' eight thousand copies is exhausted every year, and that, too, in no small part in consequence ol' personal calls for copies, it cannot fail to be seen that the University ol' Minnesota is no longer an institution struggling for existence, nor is it one that is pleading for recognition. It is already recognized in thc Northwest and is rapidly being recognized in the East as one of thc strong educational institutions ot' the countryg and ol' its right to be thus recognized there can be no doubt. For it is not merely in its buildings and apparatus that it presents attrac- tions. lts instruction is oi' a high order. lts Faculty are men ol'

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ll-gc-s. 'l'ha- industrious, I':Lithl'ul, L-urnost. stud:-nt will gc-t :L good V :Lhility :Lud high cultnro, lnost l ol' tlu-in gl'1lllllll.l0S ol' ilu- old l ' ' vollc,-gn-s ol' thu- lflust. A nL:nL- IL:-r ol' lllt'lll h:u'c- Studi:-d in I lflnropc- or :Lt .lohns Hopkins, in 2 - g'I'2ltlllll.it! courses. 'I' h oy :Lll luring to the-ir work ll.ll 0ll.l'llt Sl. - spirit :Lnd while tht- utmost hur- :nony pr:-v:Lils und diss:-usions uri- utt:-rly unknown, c-:Lch lllllll is anxious to :n:Lk4- tho most oi' his 1l0lllll'i.lll0llll :Lud to do tha- IIIOSIL possihlc- for tho stud:-nts null:-r his o:u'1-. While- tho l'ui- vursity still luhors S0lllt'Wlllll :null-r the ditlic-ulty rc-sulting fron: thc- :nu-vt-n lll'l'l!Ill'tl.ll0ll ol' its stud:-nts for tht- work, th:-ro is uf-vt-rtlu-lm-ss :L lllllllll'l'Hl: Hon. C. K. Dnvls, U. S.Sanatorfonmln- nesorn and Regent ofthe University. th:- Ullll.l'll.Kflft!l' ol' tho work in souu- tlt'lH1l.l'Llllt'lllSlllltl no falling lL:L1'k 4-lovution from your to yl'll.l' in in :Luy. A uinvh lurg:-r nutulwr ol' thx- stud:-nts ll.l'0 now wa-ll pru- llIl.l'l'll for th:-ir work wh:-n they ent:-r thr- Uliivc-rsity thuu wus thc- r':Ls:- :L ft-w yn-urs Slgflg lllltl il' :L uuiI'ornL lll't'lh1l.l'Il.il0ll ol' two yours in Huw-1-k 1':Ln ho soc-:irc-d l'l'0lll :Lll tht- svhools in which Gr:-1-k is tuught, thl- :uost llll1llll'0Sf:Wl'tl,lill0SS in tht- coursc- ol' study :Ls con:- 1l2l.l'Ull with'th:Lt ol' thu- olmlm-1'r:ollt-gus in whi:-h Gr:-r-k is l'0tlllll'l'll oi' :Lll stud:-nts llllll is :undo :L spot-iully proniinont ft-:Ltura-, will huvl- lu-on l'l'llltlYl'4l. liven lit pros:-nt, how:-vt-r, il' thi- c'lzLssi4':Ll scelnolur gl-ts loss Gr:-4-lc than the student in ll.ll oust:-rn c-ollc-go, lu- gl-ts llllll't' st-i:-tu-v :Lnd 1-spa-viully ho Cllll got, il' ht- I'll0OSOS, tl niuc-h mort- llI'll.0llt'll.l kuowl:-dgo ol' physics und clu-luistry, ol' Zoology :Lud lLot:'Lny th:Ln is possihle for :L vlussicul studr-nt in tht- older :sol- 0llllt'1ll:lUll in thc- l'niv1-rsity. 'l'h:- idlc :Lud ur-gligout student tuuy possihly gc-t through thc- L':Lit'4-1'sity tllltl gn-t his diplouut just :Ls llllllly stud:-nts ot' that :'l::L1':Lc-tt-1' ga-t diploluus ill, lllll'Vfl.l'tl1l.llll xvlllli ',.,.7,. .,.,. - . .. ,...:.,. ...... -,. l l dudge Stephen Mmhony, R Ur-:Iver-alt-y. agent of the llut it is to tlu- 4-rm-dit ol' our stu- df-nts that nLost of th:-lu :Lro in L-urn:-st Illlll lu:-un to llltllit' th:- luost of th:-ir 1-ourso in tho l'ni- vs-1'sity,:Lu4l it is f-ous:-qu:-ntly l'2l.l't' to tind in tht- lllg'llfll'l'lllSHt'S :lily stud:-nt who luLs not l'aLirly tri:-d to do well in his work. 'l'oo :unch :funuot ho suid in pruiso ot' our stud:-nts IIS rc-spot-ts th:-ir cl1:L:':Lut0l', ln-l1:Lvior, dooil- ity, und loyulty to tht- institution. 'I'lu-rv is govt-rmnout, tlu-ro is tl.lllll0l'lly :Lt tho l'niv:-rsity, hut. it is 1llli.lltll'llj' :hut is ll.llllllSl uu- folt, llt'l'llllS4' dc-purtur:-s fron: the 1'c-qLLiL':-Lum-:us of ordt-rum! progress Il,l'0 ll.llll0St unknown. So goin-rnlly do tho students show ll l't'll.lllll0SH to do wluLt:-vt-L' is rc-quirod for thoir own good und tlu- lVllll.ll.l'0 ol' tho l'nivt-rsity, that th:-ir doing this doa-s not St't'lIl in any cuso to ho thi- rm-sult. ol' L-nl'orc-ing luw, hut l'1l.i.lltll' tha- voluntary :Lotion ol' llllllllyyllllllg mon and wotuunly young wouu-n. This is tht- pr:-st-nt situ:Ltiou. llow :nur-h llllSt'lll0l. might he wrought hy :L v:-ry ll-w lltl.1lSlllll0lllH, no one knows hott:-r than tht- writ:-r of this :Lrl.i:'l4-. llut it is not heliovod thut uuy pL':Loti:':Ll 4-xhihitiou ol' th:-so possihlo evils will he tll,t0lllllll5ll in the ns-nr futuro :Lud it is to he hoped that young lll0ll who lltlVt' intolligonw- lllltl kuowlcdgv suilioi:-ut to tlillllll. thou: to tho liuiv:-rsity, will 2l.lWtl.yS huvf- good ss-uso 1-uough to f'llll.lll0 illvlll to l'9lllll.lll in thu l'niv:-rsity. With pc-uc-o within and without, tlu-rn is :L glorious l'utur4- hc-l'oro the l'nivc-rsity ol' Mllllllltlflltl.. lt will not only ll.tft'0lllllllSll for tho Stutc- tho work for which it was orgaumizod, hut it will ln- :L h:-lp :Lnd guido und lIlSllll'lIl,l0ll to thc- young:-r Stun-s Illlll Institutions in thi- llltl.l.i.t'l' ol' tlu- high:-r l':tllll'tli.l0Il.