University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Laboratory of' the Depurtlnent of Botany. FROM PHOTOGRAPH EY NACHTRIEB- . Laboratory of the Departlnent of Bxology INTERIOR VIEVVS IN SCIENCE I-IALL.

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FELL' 4 ' Alll'2 l' n i ve-rsity,'ul - jj ','f -f,a4a?fti..5-A 7 though it is at Stnte- ,- av' ' ' i , tt., 'TN Institution und di- re-e-tly or indire-e-tly wholly ele-pe-uele-nton tho Stnte- for its support, has he-e-u pe-e-ul- inrly fortunate- in e-svnping politie'ul eremiplivutiems. lt has he-e-u und is e-eluully for- tnnnte- in he-ing.: nnele-r the- eiire-e-t vnre- of at llonrd ol' lie-ge-nts vemipose-el ol' ge-lr tle-me-n who ne-ve-r nllow politie-nl CtlllSltl0l'llll0IlS to hius the-ir juelgme-nt in mntte-rs nll'e-eeting: the- in- ' ' - f, 'f '-.4-11-1 : tvrvsts ol' the- l7uive-rsity. -j :eve - 1 ' , 'W 1 1 At. the- lmael of the lleulrel is . . . - 'ff ' - ' Ge-uesrnl lle-nry ll. Sihle-y, '------ 1'f f - f f - --5-'-441-ft 1-lm. honore-el vitize-n ot' St. Th' Hon' G c R'9 'h' Paul who has elisvlmr-fe-el Urelvarslty. ' H almost e-ve-ry ollle-e- whie'll n trusting for the- Stnte- the' elntie-s ot' nnd grate-ful people- e-oulel eronfe-1' on him. As n e-itize-n, at solelie-r, nnel at stnte-smnn his he-st powe-rs huve- hoe-n give-n to the- Stutesg und his wisdom, ezemrnge-, upriglitne-ss nnel e-ntholie-ity of spirit have- he-e-n invnlunhle- in the- e-oune-ils ofthe- l'nive-rsity ns we-ll ns in those- ot' the- Stute-. As- soe-iute-d with him ure- e-le-ve-u other ge-utle-me-n. 'l'he-y ure- the- llon. .lolm S. Pillslmry, the- tire-le-ss frie-nel of the- l'nive-rsity, to whose- wnte-hl'ul e-nrv nud pnins-taking ze-ul und ge-ne-rents gifts the- institu- tion is iuelt-lite-el for its prospe-rity more- thnn to emy othe-r pe-rsong the- llon. tire-e-nle-nt' Clnrk, upon whose- judge-me-nt his e-olle-ngue-s e-nu nlwnys re-ly with sole-ty, whose- le-gui knowlewdge- hus ul- wuys he-e-n nt the- se-rvivo ot' the- llonrel, nnel to whose- t'ore-sight, tile- pre-se-nt oruunlzutiem oftl-0 Lnw lle-pnrtlm-nt is large-ly elue-3 the- llon. C. K. lluvis, the- Se-nior l'nite-el Stnte-s Se-nutor, whose- inte-re-st in the- Unive-rsity is shown whe-ue-ve-r his puhlie- elntie-s pe-rmitg the- llou. Gordon li. Cole-, who lll the- short time he' 1 has he-e-u in fhe- Board 1 luis re-ude-re-el eronspicuous se-rvle-o on more- thnn one- - oeee-nsiem und has e-ontri- hute-el more thnn any othe-r me-mhcr to the- sue-- e-e-ss of the- Lnw Schoolg the- llon. Knute- Ne-lsou, who for ye-nrs wus n most uvtive- nud se-rvie-e-ulrlv me-mhe-r ot' the llonrd he- fore- he- we-nt to Washing- tem as re-pre-se-utntive-, und whose- re-ere-nt re-uppolut- me-nt. is n gre-nt grutitle-er t tion to thc- frie-nels ol' the- 4 l7nive-rsity us it insure-s his e-ontinue-d active- in- te-re-st in the- institutiong the- llon. Wlllinm Lig- ge-tt who e-ume- into the- llourd us n. re-pre-se-ntntivv of the-' fnrming inte-re-sts ot' the- Stnte- nnel who hns prove-el lllIllSl'll' n juelieeious nnel e-urne-st e-humpion of those- inte-re-sts nnel luis re-udere-el most impor- tant se-rvie-0 in e-ounce-tion with the- Se-hool ot' Agrie-ulturo amd tht- l'Ixpe-rinie-nt Stntiou: the- llon. S. BI. lime-ry, who like- Mr. Ligge-tt re-pre-se-nts the- ngrivultiirnl inte-re-sts of the State-, who hus he-en vlose-ly nssoe-inte-el with Mr. Ligge-tt in the- e'nre- of the- ngrierultnrnl inte-re-sts ns re-pre-se-nte-el hy the- Sezhool ot' Agrlvulture- nnd the- Ex' pe-rime-nt Station, amd has shown himse-lt' n e-ool und e-leur-he-nele-d e-emnse-lor: und Judge- Ste-phe-n Muheme-y, n grndunte- of the- Uni- ve-rsity, tho tlrst Alumnus on tho Bourd, who is showing' himse-ll' wise- :mel e-ure-ful in iuve-stignting fnezts und e-nrne-st to re-ae'h the- he-st re-snlts. 'l'he-se- nine- lle-ge-nts are- nomiunte-el hy the- tlove-rnor ofthe- Stnte- for at te-rm ot' six years und ure- e-outlrme-el hy the- Se-nute-. 'l'he-y muy lie- re-nppoiute-el as many time-s ns the- E The Hon. Knuu Nslnon, Rogan! of the University.

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g executive may see lit to , appoint them. In addi- , tion to these nine Reg- ents there are three others who hold their positions as members of the Board in virtue of the public oflices which they lill- ' the Governor of thc State, Hon. William li. Mer- riam who is proving him- self an interested and wise friend of the Uni- versityg the llon. David L. Kiehle, LL. D., the Superintendent of Public Instruction, whose labors in the service ofthe Uni- versity as Regent, as a member of the Executive Committee I-andvas Secre- tary of the Board, have been most valuab1eTauul finally Cyrus North- rop, the President of the University, who, by the action of the last Legislature, hasthe same rights as to voting in the lloard as have the othcl' lllcmbers. These twelve gentlemen constitute the board of Regents. Into their discussions over the affairs of the University no partisan discussion ever enters, and no one would know from anything which happens at the meetings what were the political or religious or social views of any of it members. It is in fact a mostconscientious, faithful and self-denying Board, discharging its public trust most wisely for the best interests of the State and Hon. Wllllnm Lllggett. Regent of the Unlversity. receiving no pecuniary compensation therel'or. lt is to be hoped that this condition of affairs may be permanent and that the University may be the possession of the whole State over which no partisan battles shall be fought. Z5I7Q Qollqqgq of ffieqlyaniq prts. The College of Mechanic Arts has existed in name since the opening of the University and in past years graduated a number of students in civil engineering, but it is only within the last few years that it has had enough of a special faculty or sullicicnt equipment to wa.rrant its being considered more than a depart- ment ol' the College of Science, Literature and the Arts. At the present time, however, the College ol' Mechanic Arts has a corps of eight special instructors whose entire time is given to its work, and in addition the students receive all instruction not purely technical from the members of the general faculty. Since 1887 the College has occupied a lmilding of its own which in every- thing but size is admirably adapted to its needs. The basement lloor of the building together with a large wing is devoted to the workshops and the Mechanical Laboratory, and, while there are a few teclmical schools or colleges in this country with larger num- bers of tools and appliances, yet it is believed that our College of Mechanic Arts stands fairly in the front rank for the completeness of its shop and laboratory equipment. The workshops, consisting of wood, machine and forge shops and foundry are provided with modern tools from the best makers and as indicated above are lacking rather in the muubcr of certain tools than in variety. The Mechanical Laboratory contains a well selected outlit of apparatus for the testing and comparison of engines, boiler and machinery of all kinds. To this equipment additions are constantly being made of special apparatus designed and constructed by instructors and students: thus, supplying in many cases apparatus for the particular work in hand that it would be impossible to purchase. Among such pieces of apparatus may he noted a mercury colunm of new design, an experimental engine and two dynamometers. The power for the work of the College is furnished by a Buckeye engine which, with the laboratory equipment above