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

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THE INAUGURATION HE inauguration of Dr, McVey as President of the University of North Dakota was an event of great import to the University, and with scarcely less meaning for the people of the entire state. The ceremonies of the inauguration were in themselves of no inconsiderable importance, attracting, as they did, the attention of men in every state of the Union, and bringing some of the best of the worlds talent to our institution. The event itself, the formal beginning of a new relationship, marks the dawn of a new University era, and signifying, as it does, progress in education in the state, signihes also the general progress of North Dakota. The recognition of the Uni- versity by prominent men and institutions is significant of the place attained by the school, and of the rank of our new president among men of thought and action. The courtesy of those who journeyed hither for the purpose of honoring the occasion is significant of their own worthy attitude toward the cause for which Dr. McVey and other educators are working. But the thought which gives great joy to those who have labored long for the University, and have grown to love it, is that it is attaining now its majority, is passing from childhood to youth. In ancient Greece when a young man came of age the occasion was attended with elaborate ceremonial. A feast was made, and all the members of his phratry came to be presented to the new member of the family clan. And just so has the University been received into the fraternity of the great educational institutions of the world. President McVey is himself an indication that the University of North Dakota is progressing. The choice of a man who wants and is bound to have progress is a sure sign that it is progress at which the institution is aiming. And yet there is nothing ruthless in the advance. The tendency is not to make the University a machine, but to systematize it in an eltort to give it more potency in the shaping and reclaiming of the precious lives entrusted to its care. Dr. McVey is the right man for this task. He has breadth of vision, a willingness to sacrifice that which is expedient to that which is ultimately good, and a sympathy large enough to embrace us all.

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Board of Trustees JUDGE N. C. YOUNG, Fargo. HON. H. T. HELGESEN, Milton HON. TRACY R. BANGs, Grand Forks. HON. VICTOR WARDROPE, Leeds. HON. E. K. SPOONHEIM, Northwood. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD JUDGE N. C. YOUNG, Fargo, President. JAMES W. WILKERSON, Grand Forks, Secretary. 5. S. TITUS, Grand Forks, Treasurer.

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Inauguration Program TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE TWENTYNSEVENTH Registration of Delegates at the Commercial Club Rooms Assembly, at the First Baptist Church, at 8:00 P. M., Professor John Tingelstad, B.D., A.M., Department of German and Scandinavian Languages and Lil- erature, presiding OrganPrelude.................................7MissJaneSmith Music ................................. The University Glee Club Invocation, Rev. J. Walker Pugh, D.D., Pastor First Baptist Church Address, hThe Purpose and Meaning of Inauguration Week, Gottfried E. Hult, A.M., Professor of Creek Language and Literature Soprano Solo ................................ Mrs. Emmett Fuller Address, hThe TDw-fald Function of a University, Dean Frank Allen, A.M., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., University of Manitoba Address, hhThe Scandinavian Influence in the Development of the Northumst, President J. N. Kildahl, D.D., St. Olafhs College Hymn, America WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE TXVENTY-EIGHTH AT THE UNIVERSITY GYMNASIUM, 9:30 A. M. Reception of and Greetinzs from Delegates, Dean George S. Thomas, Ph.D., College of Liberal Arts, presiding Dean Melvin A. Brannon, A.M., College of Medicine, Herald Music, The University Glee Club Address of Welcome, Dean Andrew A. Bruce, B.A., LL.B., Dean of the College of Law RESPONSES For the State Universities, President Clyde A. Duniway, Ph.D., The Uni- versity of Monlana . For the Endowed Colleges and Universities, President Luther C. Freeman, D.D., Morningside College For Entlish Universities, Sir VVilliam Henry Allchin, M.D., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., F.R.S.E., The University of London For the Learned Societies, Dean Carl E. Seashore, Ph.D., The University of Iowa For North Dakota Educational Institutions, President John H. Worst, LL.D., North Dakota Agricultural College