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

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math of $1115th 191m. 31. GE. dBunuzwon Mr. Gunderson is a resident of Aneta, N. D. He is, by occupation, a banker and a farmer. He has resided in this state for eighteen years, having come from St. Ausgar, Iowa, in the year Of 1890. At present he is a member of the State Senate, He has creditably served as President of the Board of Regents since April 23, 1905. Slang: 31.2. mmung Mr. Young, of Fargo, was born at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Jim, 28, 1862. After gradu- ating from the Law Department of Iowa State University in 1887y he began practicing law at Bathgate, N. D. In 1891 he received his M. A. from his Alma Mater. The following year he became State's Attorney of Pembinzl County, which position he held for four years. In 1898 he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Supreme Court. and in the same year he was elected a judge of the Supreme Court, being re-elected in 1904. He was Chief Justice from 1902 to 1904. Mr. Young has been a Trustee of the University since July, 1907. 19m. 05.21211. dEnnmy Mr. Conniy is 21 resident of Pemhina, N. 17., where he carries on his profession as :1 lawyer. He received his education in Ireland, spending five years in St. Muredache Seminary in Ballina; and afterwards. four years in the College of Maynooth, near Dublin. He was admitted to the bar in St, Paul, Mimi, in 1881. Mr. Conmy has been :1 resident of this state for twenty-four years. From 1890 to 1899 he filled the office of Judge of the County Court of Pcmbina County. He was appointed on the Board of Trustees June 14, 1908. 191m. 9113. 31. 913mm Mr. Murphy was born in Dubuque County, Iowa, March 28, 1858. and resided in that state until he came to North Dakota in the spring of 1887. He is a resident of Grand Forks, where his occupation is real estate loans and banking. In 1889 and 1890 he was a member of the Grand Forks City Council, filling the position of President of the Council in 1890. He was a member of the State Senate during the years 1898-1902. He has held his position 011 the Board of Trustees since September, 1907. 19m. 19. Q11. ?Qzlgeaon Mr. Helgesen, whose home is at Milton, N. D., is a farmer by occupation. He has lived in this state for twenty-two years. coming to North Dakota in the spring of 1887 from Decorah, Iowa. From 1889 to 1896 Mr. Helgeseii lilled the office of State C0111- missioner of Agriculture and Labor. He was made Trustee of the University first in 1897, and served a four years. term. 111 the winter of 1907 he was again appointed Trustee.

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HON. M. F. MURPHY HON. H. T. HELGESON HON. J. G. GUNDERSON, President HON. E. W. CONMY JUDGE N. C. YOUN

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imminent Webster merrifielh ISTORY measures a man by his achievements. The practical world judges but results. It rejects the mere Visionary. Yet the practical dGrand Old Man of the U. N. D? has been led by a vision. In 1884 Webster Merrifield looked out over the barren, trcelcss plains and beheld a great institution of learning. Instead of the one. lone structure, he saw a dozen well-equipped buildings. Instead of a few instructors teaching elementary subjects. he saw a corps of trained specialists. Instead of an insti- tution battling for its very existence, he saw a modern university recognized far and wide because of its high standards. President Merriheld's dream has come true. He has achieved. The University of North Dakota has been fortunate in her head. He possesses those rare qualities which are needed to make up the successful college president. He is, as Professor Squires once aptly put it: WISE ' MANLY ENERGETIC ERUDITE BROADMINDED RELIGIOUS SCHOLARLY RESOLUTE TRUE-HEARTED INDEPENDENT ENTHUSIASTIC FATHERLY REASONABLE IDEALISTIC ENTERTAINING LIBERAL DEVOTED He was born in the narrow, conservative state of Vermont, in the little town of VVilliamsville, July 27, 1852, at a time when the west was the Great Unknown. After living for over thirty years in the self-centered East, breath- ing the air of refinement and conservatism, is it not surprising that Webster Merrifield should decide to come to North Dakota? But he was bigger than his environment. He saw the future growth of this great western state and desired to be a inaster-bnilder in the construction of her educational system. He resigned from the faculty of his Alma Mater. Yale University. to be a pioneer in a frontier land. He was here when the University of North Dakota opened her doors for the first time, on Sept. 8, 1884. He has been a member of her faculty ever since. and has served as president for eighteen years. Under his leadership. the student enrollment has increased from 131 to 906, the faculty from 13 to 61 members, the annual maintenance from $30,400 to $145,000. and the standard of scholarship has been raised until the University of North Dakota is recog- nized throughout the land as a model institution of learning. The North Dae kota plan of giving credit for quality and the ttAfhliation idea, two movements which have attracted the attention of the entire country, have both been put into operation largely through his initiative and enterprise. In view of these facts it is not surprising that the Board of Trustees should twice refuse to