St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-30
INTO THE WORLD.
twenty-five Young Men Sc
cure Sheepskins at Agri-
cultural School.
ITS INITIAL GRADUATES.
Addresses on Several Subjects
Of Much Interest to Ag-
riculturists.
THOSE TAKING DIPLOMAS.
A Business Meeting of the
Alumni--The Ball a Pleas
~ ant Affair.
THOSE TAKING DIPLOMAS.

AT the Agricultural school yesterday
afternoon, twenty-five young men who
have completed their course received
their diplomas and will Ego out into
the world" to battle against chinch
bugs and drouth, with the words of
President Northrop ringing in their
ears.
The exercises, which were held in the
drill hall of the school, were opened
with prayer by Rev. Carey Morgan. A
A. Lane the salutatorian, followed
with a. welcome to the guests in behalf
of the class and the school. B. B.
Briggs spoke next on Chemistry APP
piled to Agriculture" recommending
the judiciouS use of fertilizers. Rev.
M. Clark chose for his subject Good
Roads, and compared the present
slipshod methods of building them
with the scientific methods which
should prevail. He, suggested the adj
dition of a. course in road building to.
the school. s.. E. Crippen delivered a
we'll prepared essay on sheep Hus-
bandry," and stated that this industry
seemed to have been grossly neglected
by the farmers, as statistics showed
that there was only one sheep to each
40 acres of land in Minnesota.
Edward Hagan dealt with Science
in Farming and showed the neces-
sity. of a good scientific training for
the farmer who would be successful.
pine Forestry was the topic chosen
by j. A Hummel. He referred to the
great waste of pine, andsto the great
fires, which, during the past year,
have swept over 40 per cent of the
7oy md in OF n
gested several plans for preserving
Minnesota forests. w. E. Field read
the "Class History a numerous pa
per, dealing with the peculiarities of
his classmates, and recalling the vari-
Gus happenings off the past three
years. A. E. Smith told of his ex-
perimentS and experiences with
Farm Poultry in an interesting
manner. c. A. Williams detailed the
history and future of-''The District
School" and paid a glowing tribute
to- the men and women whoadeyote
their lives to the work of teaching.
The svaledfctory address OLA. Il.
Hacker was perhaps the most pleas
ing feature OF the. entire programme.
Mr.. Hacker broke away from the
stereotyped form of valedictory, and
and eloquently.
President Northrop addressed the
class in his own inimitable style. and
gave the graduates good, sound advice
for their future; then presented them
with their diplomas.
Snort addresses were made by Hon.
s. M. Owen and Col. w. M. Liggett, of
. the board of regents; Judge Mahoney,
of Minneapolis; William BickeI, N. P.
Clark, of st. Cloud; ex-Gov. A. r. Nc
Gill and State Superintendent w. w.
Pendergast.
The following is a list of the gradu-
ates: e
Byron Braekin Briggs, Austin: Al
| fred Thomas Campion;aAngus; Robert
Wallace Monteith.o Clark, Mortified;
Frederick James Cowell, Waterford;
George Edmund Crippen, Cottage
Grove; Walter, Everett Field, Zumbro
Falls; Walter Reinhold Giesmann. St.
Paul; Archibald Louis Haecher. st. An
tnony Park; Edward Hagan, Hagan:
Merle Robert Hopkins, Bloomington:
John Adolph Hummel, Cottage Grove:
Frederick Ole Johnson, Sacred Heart:
Arthur Milton Lane, Cando, N. D.:
Horace, Milton Ludlow, Worthington:
Ira Clarence Meadowcraft, London:
William Deforest Neild Townsend:
Mont: Arthur Herbert Nelson, Albert
Lea; Ernest Wilder OHara, Zumbro
Falls; Aleck Armand Phillips, Lake
City; Edward Harry Porter, Redwing:
Frederick Robert Rasmussen, Hutch
ison; Arthur Edward Smith, Minneapo-
lis; Robert Mann Washburn, Month
cello; Maurice Gillespie Watson, Cot
tage Grove; Cecil Addison Williams.
Lansing.
In the morning the business meeting
of the alumni was held, and the fol-
lowing officers elected: President, E.
w. Major; vice president, A L. Hack
er; secretary and treasurer, Andrew
Boss. John Thompson, Coates P.
Bull and Arthur A. Lane were elected
a committee to arrange for next years
ball and banquet; w. G. Smith, T. A.
Hoverstad and Emil Sansten, a COM
mittee to arrange for the publication
OF an alumni annual, and E. W. Major,
A. L.. Hacker and T. A Hoverstad
were appointed to take charge of
necessary work at the state fair
In the evening the exercises of the
week closed with the alumni ball. The
dancing took place in the drill hall
which made a perfect ball room. The
gentlemen who had the affair in
charge, Messrs. John Thompson, Louis
Bulls, Andrew Boss, Emil Sandsten
and w. T. Shaw, had been untiring in
their efforts, and the affair was in
every respect a success. About a hun