University of South Dakota - Coyote Yearbook (Vermillion, SD)

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The increase of students C88-'89j was such that it was found diHiicult to provide for them. Two new Professors were added to the faculty, yet it became necessary to employ student tutors. The important feature of this year was the graduation of the first college class. The school year of '89-'90 opened with all the prospects of success, but dark clouds lay hidden beneath the horizon. Failure of crops, but above all, the sudden death of President Olson spread gloom and disaster over the University. During his short stay he had not only won the love of the students, but the esteem of the faculty and citizens of the city and state. After a month of deliberation the intimate friend of the late President, Dr. Grose, was elected to fill the vacancy. Much was expected from him but he soon alienated both members of the faculty and students. These unpleasant relations reacted with deadly effect upon the school, resulting in the resignation of the President, the suspension of a number of students and the clos- ing of school before the end of the year. On the opening of the next school year, a new faculty was placed in charge of the work. J. WV- Mauck was elected President and together with his co-workers soon placed the institution on a firm basis. Funds were lacking, yet all departments were heroically kept up. But just as the tide seemed turning and conditions began to wear a brighter aspect another calamity was in store, this time the destruction of the University building by fire. Even the stoutest heart, for the moment, turned away in despair. All seemed lost, but not all, for the University yet remained. The plucky President reorganized the classes and went to work the next day. Dormitories were pressed into service as class rooms and apparatus were secured from other colleges until new ones could be purchased. VVise management on the part of President Maucl-2 and the co- operation of the citizens of Vermillion and county soon bore their fruit in a new building and better facilities. After the resignation of J. VV. Mauck, '97, J. E. Todd served as Acting President until the election of the present incumbent, Garrett Droppers. This brief period was marked by a steady growth in the attendance. The present administration is too familiar to most of the COYOTE readers to need extended mention. The term has given place to the semester andasix-day system has been adopted. A closer co-operation has been established between the high schools and college department. A law school has also been established. CSee page GOD. The rapid increase in students has made the old quarter extremely crowded and uncomfort- able but the speedy completion of the new Science Hall will relieve the congestion for a time at least. If the present is an indication of the future the University bids fair to enter upon anew era of unparalleled prosperity. T. J. M., 'U3. .. p , ' - C ar.. tif' .5 f c rs Q34 12

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Sketch of the Universit History 1,1 ,.,,I H111 11is1.11ry ol' 1111- 1'111X'1'l'Sli1j' is 11l11111s1 i111-11111-111 wi11l1 1111111 111' 1111- Ht111.1-. '111111 llll-'11 who 1-111111- to 1'-111' 1-111-11 1Vil1l vVf'Ni1', 11'1-r1- not l1l1'l'1' 11111'1-111-11re1's, 11111, x I 01111110 11111-s1,:1l1lis11 11111111-fs for 11111-111s1-l1'1-s 111111 1111-ir 1111111111-s. Tl'lPll' t'Il1'lj' so- ' Al 3535 za- li1-it111,l1- 10 I1l'OV1t11'll 1-1-111.1-1'1111-11111-11111111 For 11111-ir 1'llll111'1-'11, took positive fo1111 jig in 11l1l' lirst. l1'1llS1tltlll'l1. 111 1wl11- 1:11-1- of 1111- 1111110111111-s i111-i111-nt to 11 llf'XV 1-o1111- LQ 'll try, ll101'1' 1111111 :1 l'7I'1'l1ll1lllI1l'j' ll1l':1Nlll'1' 1-1111111 not 111- 1-xpr-1-11-11. 111111' 111'X1f l1'glSlll1lll'1' 11111 111111- 111111'1- 11111111 111 i111l11rs1-tl11-111-111111 of t111-ir pr1-111-01--ss111's. Nothing 1ll0l'C wus 1l11111- for Z1 1111111111-r of j'l'21l'S to I'Jl1lf'1' 1111- l'11i1'1-rsity upon 21 w11rl1i11g lrzisis, 11s t-hc 1-1-so111'c1-s of 1111- 11'1'l'l1101'j' XYl'l'1' 1-x111111s11-11 i11 1lllll'1' i1111111-1li1111- 111-1,-11s. ln 1831, 1'011gIl'l'SS 111 111s1 1'1-sp11111l1-11 1111 1111- lllilllj' 1ll1'l1l1Jl'1ZllS s1-111- lny 1fl1l' l1'1.f1Slf11fll1't' 111111 s1-t 11si1l1- s1-V1-11ty-111'11 s1-1't,io11s 111' plllllil' 11111118 11s Il lJ1'l'l1lIII1l'll1' 1-111111111111-111 111 1111- 1'11ix'1-rsity, 111'z1i111l1l1- 11s soon 11s 1111- t1-l'ritory sl1111111l 211'l'lVl' 111 s1:1111-l111111l. 111111 1l1is slill p1111-1-11 tl11- 1'lllX'1'I'S111y i11 tl11- 111111 f11t11r1-. T111-1-i1iz1-11s11fV1-1-11111111111 111111- look up trlll' lll1l111'1'1'I1ll1l l'11r1111-11111111sso1-i11t.io11 11'l1i1:l1, with 1110215815111110001-1'lll'C'O1lll1j', S1'K'1ll'1111 ll1'11l'lj' 310,000 1111111 11'l1i1-11 111 S1IlI'1 ll l111il11i11g. 'lill1'lT work 1li1l not- stop 111,-1'1-, l111w1-1'1-r, 13111 l1111'i11g Sl'C1ll'1'1l 1111- s1-r1'i1-1-s of 111-1'. 141. M. lipstc-i11, 111111' 1-st11l1lis111-111111 .-X1-11111-1111' i11 1111- 11111 e1'111r1 111111s1-. 111 1111- filll of 'N2, 21 1111111111-r ol' 8111111-'HTS 21SS1'1l1l111 Cl110 101-111 1111- llll1'l1'1lS of 1111- 1-1111111111 1'I11X'1'l'S11j'. TI11- lirsl 111 1-1111-1' 1111 1111- 111or11i1111 thatt11eA1-11111-11'1y1lu11gop1-11 ils 1'1o111's w1-r1- 1':1rl 111ll1l11'l'S0l1 1111111' s111111- Sl'll211Ol', 111111 111111121111 Si1111n1s,11'l111 1lSS1S111'flt1l1Pl11'XY l,l't'S11l1'l11 1011111111 Il 111-1-. 'l'l11- 1111111111-r11fs1111l1-111s i111'r1-11s1-11 r11pi1lly 1-11111 it wus s1'11111 111111111 111-1-1-ss:11'y 111 1-111p111y 2111 11ssist:1111 3 Bliss U1ll'l'1l' l,:111'r1-111-1- wus 111-1'01'1li11gly Sl'C'llI'l'fl. V During the 111-xt s111111111-r 1-111' 111-st 1vi11g111' 11ll1' 1'11i1'1-rsity 1111111111112 11'11s1-111111111-11-11 111111 11f,1ll1l1l'Cl to 1111- State. 'lil1l' work of t111- 2lSS1N'11l111ill wus now 1111111-. 'l'l11- 11-gis111t11r1- of '83 111-1-1-1111,-1,1 1111: gift 111111 11111111- il 1111n1lso1111- aippropi-111111111 to 1-o11t111111- 1111- 11'11rl1. l'1-of. .l. NY. Hi111111111s, G. 12. Culvert, 211111 Epstein llC1'Zl1lll' the 111-w 1111-1111y. Slowly 131111 S1ll'1'lj' 1111- 1'11i1'1-rsity wus 11115911112 from its 1-111l1r1'o st11t1- 111111 111-V1-loping into Il wi1l1-1' 111-111 of 11s1-1111111-ss 111111 111-tivity. The l1?gis111tu1'e of '35 pro1'i1l1-11 for 1111- 1-r1-1-111111 of tl 111-11' 1l11r111i1ory 111111 111111-r 1ll1IJ1'UX'1'1ll11l11S wl1i1-11 j,I1'Gil1Zlj' 111111011 to thc- l'1il:lClGlN'j' ol' 1111- SCll1l1'J1. .K 1111-111-r force of lllS1l'1lC'1Ol'S 11'11s 1-111ploy1-11, lllilfliillg it possible to pl111'1- 1111- work upon ll S5'Stl'l1ll1l11 l111sis. 11111 lllll-Oltlllltltitxly for the rising prosperity of the school, 1'r1-si1l1-111 S111111111ls 511111101111 1111-11 t.ow111'1ls the 1-lose ol' the 5-1-1111-. The S1lCCCQ1l1l1g yenr 011011061 with Dr. H1-rri1-11 11s l r1-s11l1-111. This 1-1-111' also n111rks 1111- 111111-111, of t11e 11rst college class. Of 125 S11-11110111131-XV1.'lV0 11'1-r1- 1'il'1'Slll111'll. 'ST 11'it.111-sse1.l the ere1-111111 of East Hall. Two new Cl0ptll'1'111Qll1S wc-re 1111111-11, 11-llilf of Music, 1111111-r 1111- 1111-1-12111111 of Balla- sayus 111111 COIl1ll1l?I'Cl11l 111 eh11rge of T. J. Sloan. Other 1l0pI1l'1111lG11tS 111111 to he enl11rge1lto111-- eo111n1o1late the inc-rez1se1'l 111111-111111111-1-. A111-11-y, H11ll11-rt, Scott 1111131 Misses Allen 111111 May were 111lded to the existing force. Tl1e 11ppe1'1r1111ce of Dr. 143LlNVilI'Cl Olson IIS Prr-sicl1-11t n111rke1l il 111-11' 1,1ep1'1rt11re i11 the progress of the school. He was not only 11 scl1ol11r of l2'lI'g0 11tt11i111111-111., 17111-l3I'0llg11t 11111111 111111 il reputation which 1,113 once gave prestige to the institution 111111 resultc-11 in 11 grczitly incr1-11se1l 11tte111l1111ce. 'When the school opened i11 187 the first college 1-l11ss 1:1111-re1l their Junior year. A Senior class was organizecl from among the stuclents that 1-111'11e with Dr. Olson from Chicago. This was pre-eininently 2111 era of good feeling. The unity of the student body found ex- pression i11 the orgfmizaltioii of the Student Association and p11hli1-11t.ion of 21 College Journal. The I. C. O. A. for the proniotion of public- speaking was forinecl. Athletic sports 11e1'elope11 apace. Concerts were held. In short, the school entered upon 11 full college career, with all its varied activitlies. 11

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EX-Presidents of the Universit 'X .,.,-. 'l'hc first Presitlcnt, ldplirziiui M. ldpstcnin, was born in Gorinuny ol' :ui old .lc-wish fzunilv which cluinis to truce its tlcsccntu to Moses. H l l 1 l' I' 1 lf t c cunte to t11lS country w icu 2 yours o ll.g't ,1lIlflLl.'t,t,1' ,,1'zit,lua .ing from thc Anclovcr 'l'licologic:tl St-iuinttry, stuclicd iuotlicine in thc Uollcgir- ol' Pliysicizins Luul Surge-ous in New York. I-lo l7l'!Lf'l'lCGCl inctliciuc in tlicltcvzlnt :incl sciwt-fl on :tn Austvrizni vessel during thc- war with Italy in 18136. ltr-turning to this country, he contin- uctl thc przlcticc ol' iuctlii-inc in l,c:u't-uwortli, Kansas and Cincin- uztli, Ohio. Ht' tht-n liccaunc Professor' of Holmrcw, Grcclc, f.it'I'lIlI11l :intl l'rwt'l1ology :it llc-itlt-lluu'g C'oIlr-,Qc in Ohio. llntcr hc was sent: :is Missionary ,Pztstor to Yunliton. South Dztkotzl. While there he wttsclioscu to tht- l'1't-siclciit-y of thc Stzitc l'niw-rsity and opened its first tc-rxu in the t'ourt House ol' Vr-rinilliou in 1882. Leztving Ynrxuilliouhc ri-sunu-cl thc pmt-tive of nrctlicinc :tt Ft. Worthy, 'l't-xus. l'ron1 llu-rc hc was culled to the prolrssorship in liutsliuriy t'ollc c. ll4t Sl Ylwllllitl, wlicrc hr- rt-iuttinr-tl for two yours. I-lc thc-n X5 roturnccl to ttlmt-pmt-tivoot'nu-tlici1u- in Wi-st Liberty of that State. l 0ti1'yvni's:igo, iu t'tl11St'tlllt'l1C't'till za . serious illnt-ss,l1c rviuovt-tl to t liicngo wlicrc ht- now ri-with-s. .Xt prcscnt hc ist-ligalgt-tl in litcr:u'y work, 'llhc sz-cond Prvsitlcul wus .lohn NY. Siuioutls. l'rvsitlcut Slll'l0l1ClS was horn in lfruulilin, New Hniupslurz-5 wus 4-tliicittt-cl at Bowdoin College, Maine, :intl 1-:night long :intl sim-1-ssI'i1lly in his nutivc state, hccoiuing tiuztlly Sl1lDl'l'lI1tt'11tlt'llt ol' Puhlir- lnstruction, serving in that capacity for tive ycnrs. l.utcr he bcciunc Superintendent of Schools in Milfortlt-, Mussau-luisctls, and in 1883 was elcctccl President ol' thc l'uix'i-rsily ol' South Dzxkot-11. lipon hilu fcll thc work ot' organizing thc new in- stitution, hut- lxunlly had thc work hc-cu fuirly lic-gun fwlufn lu- wasrcruovenl hydeath .l:tnu:u'y 311, 1885. 'l'ht- third l'rt-sident, lJr. J. lt. Herrick, was born in Milton, l'nivt-rsitv of Vermont ln 1847. Yt., 1822. . HPgY2lClll2ltC'Cl.lll the G The fourth President, Edward Olson, Ph.D., was born in l' or sonic time hc taught lll New England acndeniics and then took at theological course. Wits pastorztt Malone, N.Y. for tflllft-C011 years, :incl in 1867 bccruuc professor in t-hc Bangor, Me. Theo logical Scniinnry. ln 1880 hc lvcc:junt- Prcsidf-nt of the Pzicific l7niversity,lforcst'Grox'e,Oi'cgo11, wlicrelit-st-rvctl for five yours. In 1885 he lmcczuuc President of the linivcrsity of South Dziliotn. Het resigned in 1887, und has since resided in llunclcc, Ill. b ,fn K. 1Velclre, Xorway. His pn-rents czune to this country when hc was onli' a boy and he received the greater part of his educa- tion here. He was a graduate of the old Chicago University and afterwards studied in Bonn and H3.ll6,GCFl1lH1'l5'. Hc be- canie a teacher in his Alina Mater and was called from there to the Presidency of our own University. His great success in the office of President and his tragic death in Minneapolis, where he was killed by falling while escaping from a burning building, will belong remembered by all friends of the University. 'THE CoYo'rn is indebted to Prof. Geo. M. Smith for the biographies of th 13 e Ex-Presidents.