The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
VISITORS TO THE STATE AGRI-
CULTURAL SCHOOL HAVE TO
ADMIRE 1T.
MEMBERS OF STATE GRANGE
WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS, SPEND A DAY AT
THE INSTITUTION.
THEY SEE SOME PRACTICAL WORK
i
In the Evening a Inception and En-
tertainment Is rendered by
the Y. NJ. C.oA.

Fully 125 members of the Minnesota
State Grange association, with their
wives and friends visited the State
Agricultural school yesterday, in a
body. The faculty Of the institution,
together with President Northrop, Re-
gents Pillsbury and Liggett, showed
the visitors over the grounds, and did
everything in their power to further
the pleasure and interest of the &C.
casion. Interest was centered on the
Womans department, which was
opened at the beginning Of the fall
term, this as we'll as all the other
buildings Of the institution was thor
oughly inspected. Complimentary ex-
pressions which were heard on every
hand, as to the efficient conduct of the
school, bespoke of the esteem with
which the agriculturalists held the in
stitution.
Probably no farmers association in
the state has the interest of the State
Agricultural school more at heart;
none done more to promote it's well
fare than the Grange association It's
members were largely instrumental in
the establishment of the woman's de-
partment, Minnesota being the first
state to make this addition to her
school of husbandry. which is second
to none. &Es#
The visitors began to. arrive at about
10 o'clock, many of them coming from
distant parts Of the state. but the bulk
Of them were delegates from the Pro-
mona Grange association, which takes
in Ramsey, Hennepin and Anoka
counties. Those coming from Anoka
County and towns around st. Paul
and Minneapolis drove in. They were
received in what is known as the
home building, and from there they
adjourned to the large chapel hall,
where services were, being held, after
which there was a season Of speech
making which lasted. until dinner time.
Among the prominent members Of the
association seen in the audience were:
J. D. Scofield, Bloomington; J. n.
Buell., Edena Mills, ]. D. Taylor, Cam
den, w. S. Chowen, Chowen, A. E. AL
exander, Dundas, Maj. Wilcoxson and
many others.
Col Liggett presided over the. as
sembly and introduced EX-Gov. ]. B.
Pillsbury Gov. Pillsbury was greeted
with a laundering applause breaking
forth from the 200 students assembled
and the visitors, the students recognize
ing in him the untiring champion of
the well being of the school. Mr..
Pillsbury spoke happily of the occasion
complimenting the a5entl etaen- of the
Grange association for their effective
service in assisting the regents in the
many ways they had. He said the in
stitution would long live and they
would always need the cooperation
Of the farmers of the state. He thought
the state had been fortunate in acquir-
ing the ladies department, that al
though a large part of the opposition
to this branch had formerly came from
the farmers, from the summer terms
held during the past few years, he
thought that nearly all this opposition
on the part of the farmers had died
out, as the practical workings of this
department had demonstrated its use
fulneSS
Mr.. Liggett next called on Mr.. Chow
en-. who introduced the first bill pro-
viding for the school in the legislature
some thirty years age. Mr.. Chowen. did
not have his speech written so he asked
to be excused.
Hon. S. M Owen, of Minneapolis,
gave an interesting ten minute address.
He said that while this state had at
tanned as high a standard in agricul-
tural instruction as any state in the
Union and was the first to inaugurate
the woman's department, in many of
the European countries they had been
conducting them for many years. In
Belgium, with one-SeVenth the area OF
Minnesota, they have over $50 indus
trial schools, and women have been
admitted to those from the first, which,
he thought, in itself, was enough to
remove the objection to this course.
He said that the United States is not
ahead in the matter of industrial edu-
cation, that many of the countries of
Europe eXcelled in this instruction.
Mrs Merideth, who is the preceptress
of the ladies' hall, gave pleasant
talk on her work, saying that the OBJ
jects of her work in connection with
the regular studies of the girls was
to teach higher moral and social
feeling, and to make the wife a true
helpmate to the husband.
President Cyrus Northrop next
mounted the platform, and treated the
audience to one Of his characteristic
addresses. He said that co-education
has existed in the state university
since it's organization. That young
men and young women came from
the same homes, sat at the same ia
bles and attended the same schools,
and he could see no reason why they