University of North Dakota - Dacotah Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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Progress of the University During the Past Two Years 'iw X D y HE growth of the University since the appearance of the last N Dacotah has been intensive rather than extensive. The several xv departments of the institution which were then established have been strengthened by the acquisition of more ample appliances W for the doing of their work and the insistence upon the main- tenance of a high standard of requirements for admission and graduation. The library, laboratories, museum and teaching staff have all received important accessions. The number of volumes in the library, for instance, has increased during the past two years from less than 9,000 bound volumes to more than I8,000. This increase is the result partly of the purchase of new books, partly of the important gifts by Mrs. Cochrane of nearly 2,000 volumes and of about 500 volumes by Hon. M. N. Johnson, but largely of the recent purchase, with money appropriated by the state. of the splendid law library of the late Hon. John M. Cochrane, a member of the Supreme Court of the state. This library numbers some 5,000 volumes Zllltl was for many years reputedly one of the best private law libraries to be found in the West. The accessions to the laboratories and museum have been too numerous to mention in detail. Perhaps the most notable acquisition during this time has been the bones of a mastodon, which we1'e presented by Dr. Grassick of lluxton. This mastodon is supposed to be the largest ever discovered on the American continent and is a possession which any one of our great universities might justly envy. lt is to be regretted that the University has at present no suitable .room in which the mastodon can be mounted and permanently placed. The last two years have seen a notable increase in the teaching staff of the University, the academic faculty having increased in that time from twenty-five to thirty-two members and the faculty in all departments from thirty-four to forty- one members. The past two years have seen the erection of no new buildings, although the Presidentis House has been completed and occupied since the issue of the last Annual. Perhaps the most notable gain to the University in any material way during the two years past has been the construction of the new street car line, thus bringing the University, for the First time in its history, within easy access to the city. The new car line, next to the passage of the mill tax for the support of the University, is likely to contribute to the upbuilding of the institution more than any other single event in its history. 11

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-'nn Hon. Stephen Collins Hon. Herman Shirley Hon. William Budge I-lon. A. Gronnn Hon. George E. Towle ' BOARD OF REGENTS

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VIEVVS OF THE PRESlDENT'S RESIDENCE