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

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waxy, eazzege PRESIDENT C. L. WALLACE UXIQUIS in educational history as the pioneer example of an affiliation of church School and tax-supported institution. Wesley College was linked with the University in 1905. President Rohertson in that year drtw up the famous Memorandum with President Merrifield. ' Red River Valley University. in accordance with the plan. was moved from lVahpeton. N. Dak., to Grand Forks, and its name changed to Wlesley College. Provisions were made for an interchange of credits and Students. This agreement has operated successfully to this day. President of Wesley is C. L. XYallace. heading a faculty of eighteen. He and his staff maintain the Scliool of Religion, the Co1isei'vatory of Music. the Department of Speech and two dormitories. Students may receive a Bachelor's or a Master's degree from the School of Religion, in addition to the degree of Bachelor of Music. Sayre hall in summertime Daylight in the swamp! M

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DEAN L. C. HARRINGTON RANSPORTATIOX and connnunication. tl1ose magic words of Illt,Mlt.'1'lllfy, are calling to the college men of toclay. Aviation, raclio and television, hovvever, are only a sniall part of that extensive lielcl, engineering. The engineer! In college life he is the chaniois-jacketecl, corfluroyeml youth who has one of llltf toughest of study scl1etlules. He is, anfl has to he. an exceptionally liartl-working student. But when he leaves school he becomes :1 niotlern Merlin. He spans wide bays with mighty bridges, he dams the surging rivers, he brings electricity across states and into l1o111es, he lays the highways anfl pushes skyscrapers above the cities, he pnrilies thc water, he constructs the engine, he builtls the planes that ily tl1e oceans. Boulder Dani, the Clippers, the Empire State huillling- all are products of the engineer. Gene Reed at the forge It's the Martian Men At work in the lab 24 Cwefwf Z . . Tmlav tl1e L'niversity of North Dakota grants seven Bachelor of Science flegrees in engineering: mining. civil, electrical, n1echanical, cheniical, ceramic antl engineering. Dean of the school is L. C. Harrington, with the University since 1931. He received a Bachelor of Science ill Civil Engineering and a Mechanical Engineering clegree froni tl1e University Of 11it111g-1111.

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R. O. WILSON R. Q. XYils-+n's experience at Northwestern. Rlrwntana, and Smith Daknta equipped him well f0r his position as registrar and secretary 0f the faculty, which he accepted in 1927. XVOrking under XYils0n is Miss Ruby M. Rlclienzie, assistant registrar. lfirst librarian uf the University was Professor Merriheld, later president of the schnnl. ln 1888 the library was a small one, lwcaled Hll the secnnd lliinr ul' Old Main. Today Miss Della Matliys has charge of the I20,000 y0lumes that c0mprise the University library. ,X member nf the faculty since 1903, .l. XV. XYillcers0n t00lc the newly- created position nf business manager in IQO6. He had been sssistant t0 the registrar. XYilkers0n. a C. P. A.. is in charge 0f all nnancial transactions of the sclimil, including student l0ans and accounts. He is assisted by Miss Ele0n0re Sk0n, cashier and ottice manager. DELLA MATHYS J. W. WILKERSON