St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
PRIDE OF THE NORTH JAMES
The College and Normal School In Sac-
eessfal Operation There.
NURSERY OF STATESMEN.
Has a Beautiful Location, but VII
Ask More Aid OF the
States.
Special to the Globe.

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JAMESTOWN. Y. D., March San ill.,
stitution which is rapidly taking place
in the front rank as credit to the ter
ritery is the jamestown college. The
handsome and extensive buildings
which are located on the bold bluffs
north of town form a striking object
which cannot fail to attract the atten-
ton of the passengers in the passing
trains.
The buildings, which were completed
two years ago, are of brick, with stone
trimmings, and the architectural design
very happily combines the useful with
the ornamental. The main building is
three stories high, 100 feet long and
forty-four feet wide. with a eupola,
from which a splendid view can be OBJ
tanned, extending for many miles III adj
directions. The
CITY OF JAMESTOWN
Is seen lying in the valley directly be-
low the college, with the James and
PipeStem rivers winding down from the
north, through richly wooded wales, to
meet just below the city and pursue
their course southwark for many thou
sand miles, to empty into the Gulf Of
Mexico.
Locking south over the city. on the
opposite bluffs are seen the extensive
buildings of the North Dakota hospital
for the insane, with the huge square
smekestack of the boiler house form
ing a conspicuous feature in the land
escape. To the west. on the high ridge
between the valleys of the James and
the Pipestem, lies the burial ground of
old Fort Seward, the white monu-
mentS shining in the sun. The stock
ade and fort buildings disappeared with
the necessity which gave them birth,
and nothing remains of the old fort but
the lonely graves to tell OF the time
when the valley of the James was the
home OF the buffalo and the red men.
The college is under the control of
the Presbyterian denomination, but the
instruction given rs unsectarian. There
are at present nearly 100 students en-
rolled, the course being four Years.
While the majority of the students
board IN the city, q few Of the Young
ladies are allowed by the faculty to oc-
cupy rooms in the college, the average
cost of boarding and tuition being from
s. TO s. per week. A large number of
the young men are keeping bachelors
hall in a brick block few blocks awav,
which is almost wholly given up TO
them, and very amusing are the adYen-
lures many of
OUR FUTURE JUDGES
and ministers have 10 encounter while
gaining experience i'll the cooking of a
chop or the compromising Of an ONE.
lette. Too many of them discover. and
TO their sorrow, that ''cocus nae. tur.
non fit" the cook is born. not made.
But young folks appettes are keen.
and fault is hot usually found with the
quality as long as the quantity is all
right.
The Institution is presided over by
Prof. Andrews and his accomplished
wife, who are in every way suited for
their responsible duties. One of the
most Important departments of the col
]ege Is the normal class, which at pres
ent consists Of twenty-five students who
have passed certain examination and
who receive free tuition, the territory
paying 81 per week for each student,
which barely covers the expense They
Of course agree to assume teaching as a
profession in return for the aid received
from the state.
Lit IS TO be hoped that at the meeting
OF the state legislature in November
steps will be taken to
e... INCREASE T4IE GRANT
for this purpose, so that the normal
class can be enlarged. This a%ouId
seem to be mich more sensible way.
10 Say HOIiilig u ecOlOiIlA, man spend
Ing from $4,000 to S50, 600 upon the To-
cation of another normal school at some
town a few miles distant The James
town college is already in good working
order, with full staff of professors
and all the necessary appliances, and
can be utilized for normal purposes at a
minimum OF expense. If another school
should be located by the state it would
not only entail a heavy expense for the
first cost, but ali appropriation of Sl5,-
0ee year would be necessary for its
maintenance, that being the amount
now paid for the support of the present
normal school in South Dakota
The students have a we'll organized
literary and debating society. which
holds weekly meetings. They are grad
Ually building UP a creditable library,
and have lately purchased nice piano
for use at their social gatherings The
Institution is credit to Jamestown and
North Dakota, showing that our citizens
are not too much occupied with money
making to establish and support col
lege which Will furnish our young men
and women an education equal to that
TO be obtained at any similar Institution
in the country at a minimum Of tx
penSe.