University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Significant Events Distinguishing the Past Current Year V A Page of innesota istory l907 April lith-The opera Pinafore given in the Armory. April 19th-The legislature appropriates 3471111000 for campus extension. -The legislature grants 35105000 for increasing the salaries of professors. Governor johnson appoints Professor McVey to the Tax Commission. Vaudeville show given in Chapel, proceeds for campus-theatre fund. Dramatic Club gives Twelfth Night on outdoor stage. -Secretary Taft gives graduation address in Armory. Minnetonka Fruit Breeding Farm purchased. -Pasteur Institute opened at University. -University opens with registration over 4500. New main building, Folwell Hall entered. Regents appropriate 552,000 for swimming pool in Armory. 5th-Professor Zeublin of Chicago University gives first of series of lectures on Common Life. 17th-Delta Upsilon convention opens in Minneapolis. 18th-Senator LaFollette speaks on Representative Government. 1st-Minnesotas first Purity Banquet, with Chicago as guest. 2nd-Minnesota loses Western Championship to Chicago, 18 to 12 -Burglars dynamite the University vault. - Dad Elliot of Northwestern in Chapel. -Political Equality Club initiated. -Kawa Klub born. -Minnesota beaten by Carlisle, 10 to 12. 19th-Ibsen revival begins with the Dolls House at the Lyceum. -Mrs. Frances Potter's play ujamiesonn at the Lyceum. -We break even with our ancient enemy Wisconsin, 17 to li. -john Kendrick Bangs in Chapel- From Adam to Adel' - -Intercollegiate debates: Nebraska defeated: Wisconsin wins. -The Messiah given in Armory by students. l908 -Minnesota defeats Columbia twice at basket-ball. 10th--Minnesota admitted to Association of American Universities. llith-Dramatic Club gives Esmeralda F. Hopkinson Smith in Chapel-'tGondola Days in Venicef Booker T. Washington in Chapel. Alpha Gamma Delta installed. Fortieth Anniversary of Founding of University. Alpha Delta Phi Convention begins in Minneapolis. Dr. lf. XV. Gunsaulus in Chapel- Savonarola. President Schurman of Cornell and Professor Chittenden of Yale in Chapel. Lyman Abbot speaks in Chapel. -junior Ball at the Masonic Temple. University loses E. Eugene McDermott, Professor of Oratory. through death. Hamline Medical Department absorbed by University. April 24th April 25th-H May 16th-- May 31st- june 13th july 29th- Augustlst Sept. 17th Oct. -Lth- Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov lith Nov Sth Nov 9th Nov 14-th Nov 16th NOV Nov 22nd Nov. 23rd Dec. 11th Dec. 13th Dec. 18th jan. 2-lid jan. jan. jan. 25th- Feb 11th--- Feb. 14th- Feb. 18th- Feb. 20th- Feb 21st- Feb. 24th- Feb. 2'lth-- Feb. 28th- Mar. -ith- Mar. Tth- Modern Drama Class presents Ben jonson's The Silent VVoman. 22

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