University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Already four fraternities have taken up their residence here, namely: Chi Psi, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Delta Phi, and Delta Tau Delta. The most valuable building sites remaining have been secured by such other fratern- ities as Alpha Phi, Psi Upsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the University Catholic Association. Possibly, here too may be located the much desired Woman's Building. This last improvement is not an idle dream, it is a present necessity. There is nothing more ugly, more in- consistent with education and with the culture supposed to follow education, than the way in which the young women of this University are left ex- posed to the cheapness and commonness of the average boarding house. An investigation of the surroundings in which many women students find themselves placed here would form an interesting chapter in the history of University life. lt should not be left to the Woman,s League to remedy this. lt is a duty for the authorities of the University itself to perform. The refinement that comes from beautiful environments-is more valuable to the people of Nlinnesota than a four-year course in the history of art. Education should never be separated from sanitary and elevating con- ditions of life. .:f.:: ' ' - , . A H ILE these visible forms of outward growth ,Q V56 -L' - have manifested themselves, other import- ' ' ant, though unseen, developments have lg taken place in the many objects and inter- ests that combine to make the so-called life of the University. These objects and ins terests are the evidences of culture, of the scientific passion for knowingf of the increase of academic consciousness. They are the tap-roots that strike vigorously downward into the soil and procure nourishment and stability for the plant above. One of these more recent developments is the increased interest in debate. A few years since there was no such thing as a debating team. The establishment of the inter- collegiate debate at first seemed to arouse no special enthusiasm among the literary societies and debaters of the University. But through the heroic efforts of instructors and the ready response of students this has all been changed. To obtain an appointment on one of the teams is now held an honor, to win one of the championships in an intercollegiate debate is regarded as a victory second to none. lmmense gain could be made in one line of University interests, namely, in the literary organizations, could they have a habitation and a 1 ,, U' r VIE-, 3-aj-:. 3., 1-'f-3 ,Q-' 16

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