University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Acting as tfjc untfping force totjicl) fainbs into a functioning unit all tfjc s(cparatc= Ip organi?cb colleges of tt)c Mnibersitp, tlje abministration is ti)c berp tjcart cen= ter of our complex institutional structure. (Equallp as important as ttje executiUe tasb of tt)e Sitiministration istt)eneces= Sitp for tt)e inbepcnbent smoott)=luorUing of tt)e Uarious colleges. iiUitlj tljcse tluo bepartments is bounb up tfje Pision anb ttje polucr to make possible tfje expan= sion anb bebelopment of tt)e illinnesota of tlje future. 3)t is for tftem to ct)art progress as luell as to care for tfjc be= tails of routine lufjict) betermine ttje excellence of tlje scljool.

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She ■ ♦ ♦ (Sopher ♦ ♦ of Etuentit ♦ ♦ - geven ♦ - .V ,( , i ' ; ( -o i.r Hall as possible, and w lim these arc rea(l - will begin construction, llie huildini; will stand at the head of the mall with thi- Administra- tion Building on its left and a companion building to the Administration on its right so that one standing on the steps of the new- structure will look south toward the ri er and see on his right the Library, Chemistry, and Mines Buildings, and on his left the Administration, I ' lnsics, and Animal Biology and back of these the Engineering and Medical groups, with space imassigned tor the needs ahead. The new Law .School Building is the ni- f to come. Its location is uncertain, but being accustomed to a river bank site it would fit in nicely just north of the Mines Building and south of the Pharmac -. It is not unduly -isionary to predict that the present generation will see the expansion of the campus from lfni ersity A -enue on the north and Oak Street on the east clear through to the river on the south and west. The Llniversity Farm campus has kept pace with the growth of the main campus and comparatively recent years have seen the construction of the Gymnasium, the Administration and Agricultural Engineering Buildings, and Haecker Hall. There will always be a Greater Minnesota to which the oncoming classes may look forward. Each successive administration has seen the realization of an earlier prophecv. Wm. Watts Folwell from 1869 to 1884 saw the beginnings of a real university and laid the foundations broad and deep with a -ision far beyond his tirne. Cyrus Northrop, 1884 to 1911, in twenty-seven years saw the birth of practicalh- all of our schools and colleges and the great expansion of the campus. But George E. Vincent, 1911 to 1917, carried the University through a remarkable reorgani- zation and dexelopment period that bore it still forward on its upward march. Marion LeRoy Burton, 1917 to 1920, secured out- standing legislative appropriations that made possible the far-reaching building program just coming to a close. Lotus D. Coffman, 1920-, educational statesman and efficiency expert, in the few short years he has been at the helm has fully vindicated the judgment of the Regents in selecting him to carry on the great task of bringing Minnesota to her right- ful place among the leading educational insti- tutions of America. Each administration has contributed to the progress of Minnesota. The time will ne er come when it can Ije said The Uni ersit ' is complete, nothing more need be added. Education is de eJopment, and de elopment implies change and growth. The University is the state ' s institution of higher education. It will continue to grow as long as the state grows and its people ha e ision. —E. li. Pierce. A JnJL■iX UA lvX.4 ' J MJL WX aH Twenty-five

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