University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Board of I ec i i ts. DATE OF APPOIXTMENT. TERM EXPIRES. The Hon. John S. Pillsbury, Minneapolis, - - - 186S The Hex. CisHMAx K , Davis, M. . ., St. Paul. - - 1876 - The Hon. Greexleaf Clark, M. A., St. Paul, - - 1879 The Hon. William Liggett, Benson, ----- 1888 - The Hon. Stephen Mahony, B. A., Minneapolis - - 1889 The Hon. OroRA P. Stearns, B. A., Iiuluth, - - - 1891 - The Hon. Joel P. Heatwole, Northfleld, ■ - - 1891 The Hex. Sidney M. 0 vex, Minneapolis, ... - ISQ. ' I - The Hon. Kxcte Xelsox, . lexandria. Governor of the State, The Hox. David L. Kiehlk, LL. D., State Supt. of Public Instruction, The Hox - 1896 1898 - 1898 1897 - 1895 1897 - 1897 1895 Ex- Otficio Bx-Officio CvRfs Xorthrop, LL. D.. .Minneapolis, President of the fniversit Boar6 of Regents OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. The Hox. John S. Pillsbury. ..-..--.,-.. President The Hon. David L. Kiehle, - • - - - - - - Recording Secretarj! The Hon. Cyrus Northrop, -.-..-- Corresponding Secretary The Hon. O. C. Merrlman, ...----.... Treasurer THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Hon. John S. Pillsdirv, .-.---.-.. Chairman The Hon. David L. Kiehle, - - - - . The Hon. Cyris Northrop, ---..--.--.. clerk

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' V. AH! Rah! Rah! Ski [ ' Ma! IIoo Rah! Hoo Kahl Varsity, Varsity, Minnesota ! Is ever ringing: down the old hall, as one voice alter an- other takes up the familiar Varsity Yell and sends it echoing from floor to floor of the • Main Building. It is the 6th day of September, ' 92, and for the thir- tieth time the doors are open to receive the annual host which gathers from all quarters of the land to begin or continue their higher education here. What a merry throng of youths and maidens in about equal numbers, for the T ' of M is and ever has been a co-educationa! institution. Very properly so seem to think those half dozen young men who have comemed two fair damsels nnd are engaged in a diplomatic contest for a monopoly of feminine attention. Fortunately, before any serious complications arise, the tinkling of an electric bell announces Chapel, and the little party simultaneously start to obey the summons, but in their abstraction begin climbing the broad stairs and are likely to scale three flights before realizing that the old chapel succumbed last spring to the ravages of an annual f blaze, and no longer calls them to the heights for worship. We will not wait to see, for the Gophek ' s representative is here to show you around and we must lose no time. The lecture room in the Law school, our temporary chapel, will be crowded, and while the students are there at the morning ser- vices our opportunities will be good for examining the Main Building. Don ' t imagine it is our largest one by any means. We call it Main because it is oldest, for a long time was largest and because it is here still that the chief events in coHege life occur. Xo stately brown stone edifice you sec. but a plain square structure of rough native lime stone, whose beauty has not been improved b ' 30 years of exposure to wind and weather. But we students love its homeU ' old pile, and when its walls go down, as we know they must ere long to give plai-e to modem striictiires. we will look on regretfully and bury so many happy memories in their dust. Let us enter at the basement for it has several peculiar features. First, on the left is the little book store, where we can supply ourselves with all the necessaries of (student) life, from chalk crayons at a nickle a dozen to the most expensive volumes from the scien- tific press. Any book from the City Library can be drawn here also, for that magnificent and munificent public institution has established a station in this little store for the special accommodation of the f . students. Step across the hall and learn that even in this institution man doth not live by know- ledge alone. About three years ago some enterprising Freshmen conceived the glorious idea of founding a restaurant here. You see it is not so very extensive, but it draws a crowd of hungry students at all hours of the day (and night) by gentle hints of vegetable soup, doughnuts and pies galore, which prevade the upper halls. This is conceded to be the most attractive spot in the building. Xo, we must except the one just opposite — in character as well as situation— across the hall. You should come later in the morning to note the secret of £s attraction. Between 10 a. m and noon you will find everj- chair, Our Uniuersity