University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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1 s 11 • ' v r . DEAN OF WOMEN (TJN IDEAL university for a woman is one that will encourage her to develop into a well rounded, clear thinking, responsible, forward looking citizen of her community, contributing to its life by her personality, as well as her productive efforts. When I think of Minnesota, the university that is, and the university that may be, I rejoice that she has never ceased to sound that note. I am glad that here a woman student finds herself in an intellectual competition that calls out her powers to the full. I am glad that our campus is not so isolated from the stream of modern life, for here a student finds university matters measured by the standards of normal life. And in helping the student prepare for the increasing hours of lesiure, Minnesota is also fortunate, for it is a natural playground for out- door sports, it has wonderful resources along musical and artistic lines, its libraries, its philanthropic organizations, its professional circles, all these invite the student to learn to live a full life. On one score, however, Minnesota has much to strive for before she can be an ideal for women. The girl from out of town cannot have her full due in right living until we have more adequate dormitory facilities. This is our most crying need at present, and, until it is met, we must recognize that we fall short of our realizable ideal. [JYntu A}uJi i ' ri • ' ii M iii m iiT m i m Ti nmn iiiiiii n ii nMnv ii m i mnnmummmnny y -— ,i.,i 1,1.) , ,y ii mH i? m ; n TT nm i mnn ! MVnn iTnT!rTTt!t! H TTniTT mnm ii!!T n ir!Tp- ' Page 27

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DEAN OF MEN HIS book, your Gopher, is one of the historical records of the life and activities of the student fc body of the year 1926-27. It is the only record which presents all of its material within one cover and in the form of a resume of the year. The Gopher, if regarded as the official student record of the year, becomes not the property of a group, but the property and responsibility of every student in the University. By custom, the respon- sibility for compiling and issuing has been delegated to the Junior Class, who in turn have selected certain members of their class to direct and carry through to completion the actual work. This group have no proprietory rights in this book; they are merely the servants of the student body, to whom has been given in trust the responsibility of preparing a true and accurate history of the life of the University. On the other hand, those of us on the side lines must not shirk responsibilities. We must so give our interest and our active efforts that the editors have at hand material which will truly set forth the accomplishments of the year, and will show in after years that the University in its work clearly lived up to its purpose and justified its existence. £1 2 Vi, s s S 1 y ' ' ' Hi ' iYii ' ,; ' - -J- - ' jj ' X u. .Ai ; iM , „ i „ i „ i u ,u ....xij i ,.u , uu Ill - — -TTT- -■U Inlnl [mI„Ii,

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I II S THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 3ifT IS easy to believe that the other fellow ' s job is better than ours, and, by the same reasoning, we - may convince ourselves that most other universities are better than our own. Is this not largely self-deception? Minnesota has many of the features of an ideal university. It is situated adjacent to two large cities, making it possible for hundreds of her students to earn all or part of their expenses while attending college. Minnesota has adopted a construrti -e building plan, and already we are beginning to see a stately, beautiful and thoroughly practical arrangement of classroom and laboratory. The student body has proven itself to be democratic, high-minded and loyal. The heavy enrollment in the graduate school is a fair index of the caliber of the teaching staff. Minnesota has been particularly fortunate in her leaders. .She has had just five presidents: William Watts Folwell, Cyrus Northrop, George Edgar Vincent, Marion LeRoy Burton, and Lotus Delta Coffman. There is probably no institution that can name five leaders who could possibly surpass ours in scholarship, in character, in ision, in likeableness, in general educational scholarship and executive ability. Minnesota undoubtedly lacks many things, but when we take careful in entory of her splendid resources in student body, faculty, campus, buildings, and leadersh ip, we are compelled to confess that we wouldn ' t exchange her for any other institution in the world. ( . ?A Xe-o-CL-xc- H TXT- ■ .!.. ' . ' r-r. TTT- ..T.t..i i..t:r- ,.l.IiJ L,i: ■zsxn ' - ' -«■. ■■M.i rrx- nxc: 3331 3xx: IXIX |imiiiii ' iimiiT!iTmirTtniti!miiTmimim!iirTiiT!niiiimiii!!iinii»! ' i .yn Ti m ii n iiiiiiniiii m iiri m Tiii mn iiTi M iT H TiTiTTt mn i m iii m Tiii n i Page 28