The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-05
NEW LADIES' DoRMIToRY OF THE
~. STATE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
so PATTERNED.
HAS NO SUPERIOR ANYWHERE.
BUILDING WHERE FARMERS
DAUGHTERS WILL LEARN
DETAILS OF DOMESTIC ARTS.
Tvventy-0ne Enrolled Yesterday
and Thirty More Expected
During the Week

Minnesota now has an institution
where the farmer can send his daugh-
ters as well as his sons to be instruct
ed along the higher lines of husbandry
and the domestic arts. The woman's
department of the Minnesota State
Agricultural school was opened yester-
day, when twenty-one young women
from different parts of the state took
advantage of the liberal advantages
provided for by the last legislature.
1t is expected that thirty more will be
enrolled before Saturday.
The advent of the opening of la
dies hall and the establishment of a
permanent curriculum for the gentler
sex has long been the fostered hope of
the faculty of that institution, and yes
terday they saw a realization of thei,
desires in the beautiful and substan-
tial woman's dormitory, which was va
Gated by the contractors only last week
and which is an ornament to the
grounds and stands in commanding
position.
Prof. Brewster was kept busy all
day yesterday receiving new students
and assigning them to their places. The
fall term for boys also opened yester-
day, and fully 100 were enrolled.
1t is expected before the week
has passed there will be over 300 boys
attending the school. Prof. Brewster
said last evening that the faculty were
highly Sratifed with the prospects Of
this years work. as everything was in
their favor. They had, he said, been
compelled to restrict enrolment some
what in the boys department on ae-
count Of the great number of applica-
tlons received over last year.
The ladies' dormitory was opened for
the reception Of students yesterday.
There was, however, no formal dedica-
tion of the building This will take
place some time next week. 1t will be
in the nature Of a reception. 1t is the
intention of the faculty to throw the
boys and girls together as much as
possible. Their recitations will be held
at the same time, except when the
boys are taking blacksmithing and
animal husbandry lessons. Then the
girls will occupy their time with the
domestic arts, such as sewing, cooking
and other studies which come under
this head.
The ladies dormatory is perhaps the
iilOoI pedQIlIuI on .lle STOuHOS
1t is a solid brick structure The
faculty of the school visited the dor
mitories of the Chicago university be-
fore selecting a design for the ladies
hall, and the new building is patterned
after the very latest thing in dormitor-
les. The building is situated on the
side of prettily wooded hill and is
approached by a macadeniZed drive
way, and two pairs of large brown
stone steps. The interior is more at
tractive than the outside. The first
room is a large hail. and on either side
of this hallarethe ladies' sitting room
and reception room. On the lower floor
are the rooms of the preceptress. The
finishing of these lower rooms is very
rich. The halls are tinted green with
bronze figures in the foreground. The
other rooms are tinted in many shades
of brown offsetting a light green CELL
ing. Each suit of rooms accommodates
two young women; and these suits are
a model of completeness and neatnesS.
They consist of study room and two
Seperate alcoVeS. The dimension of the
sitting room is 11X15, while that of the
little alcoVes are 9X11; thus each young
lady has little room to herself and a
study room with her schoolmate. Each
one of these natty little suits are fur
nished with new iron bed, two study
chairs a rocking chair and a good
the entire building is polished oak, A
more complete dormitory could not be
arranged.
Probably no educational institution
in the country has a prettlef campus
and grounds than this institution The
tress around the campus have put on
the prettiest dresses of yellow and red,
and the student of that institution will
get inspiration in the persuit of his or
her studies from the rustic of the
autumn leaves, during the beautiful
afternoons of Minnesota autumn.
The lady who will have charge of
all these young ladies is, perhaps, the
most interesting parsonage at the col
lege at present. She is Mrs. Virginia
C. Merideth. of Cambridge City, Ind.
She is considered one of the best per-
ceptresses in the country and has had
a wide experience in the work taught
at the agricultural school. She is
lady of genial temperament and many
accomplishments, and the faculty con-
slider her O. valuable addition to the
school.
The new electric light and heating
plant, which is being erected just south
of the dairy hall, will be completed in
about a month, when all the buildings
on the grounds will be lighted by cleo
trio light and heated by steam. The
plant will cost when finished, SIT, 900.
The young ladies who were assigned
places in the school yesterday were:
Grace Andrews, Cora Carel, Miss Den
nison, Selma Finnie, Carrie Glueck,
Anna Hause, Miss Holmquist, Nellie
Lang, Edna Lenhart. Anna Larson,
Mary Mathews, Miss Ness, Hattie Pc
terson. Thora Peterson, Eyvelna Rob-
inson, Miss Tanner, Selma Thorson,
Clara Won Lillenthal, Clara Wickstrom,
Wilma Wilcox and Miss Wincher.
The course of study for the ladies
is as follows: First Year-First term,
laundering, physical culture, sewing.
social culture; second term, cooking,
drawing, home management and phys
ical culture Second Year-First term,
cooking, household art, physical cul
ture, sewing; second term, cooking,
home economy, physical culture.
Third Year-First term, agricultural
chemistry, forestry, music, plane ge-
ometry, sewing; second term, cooking,
domestic chemistry, hygiene, SANTA
ton, dressing and curing meats, green
houses and hot beds. Besides these
the ladies will take a-number of studies
in the boys coutse. IL
PROGRAMME WORTH HEARING,
Is That Given BY the Schubert SYM
phony Club.
Four young ladies and a gentleman,
all of versatile musical talent, consti-