The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-27
MATTER OF EINTERESTs TREATED
BY THOSE WHO WE'RE ON THE
PROGRAMME.
President Northrop Fefieitates the
Students and the Faculty ON the
Success of the InstitutiOn.

Cyrus Northrop.
The drill hall in the armory building
at the experimental farm, In which
the graduating exercises were held
was well filled with friends of the
school and relatives of the graduates,
many of whom were from other cities
! throughout the state. The hall was
| decorated with bunting and flags
/ caught up in folds with yellow flowers
and maroon-colored ribbon, represent
| ing the colors of the senior class. On
the platform was a large frame draped
with the class colors and wreathes Of
| cut roses and smilax, containing the
| pictures of the twenty-eight gradu-
| ates. On the platform were seated
| President NOrthrop, State Superntend-
| ent Pendergast, Dean Liggett, Super
| 1ntendent Curtis, of the ST. Paul
| schools, and State Superintendent
| GREGG, of the State Farmers institute.
The exercises were opened by Pres
ident Northrop with an address to the
faculty Of the school, in which he COM
plimented them for the able manner in
which they were conducting the school.
He said that no further investigation
into the methods employed were need
ed other than an examination of the
bright faces of the graduating class,
| for he could almost read in their fea-
! lures the fact that they were the own
ers of a practical knowledge of things
agricultural surpassed by very few.
After President Northrop had closed
his remarks, the nine seniors, who
had been selected by their classmates
as the representatives of the class,
were invited to- take seats on the plat
form, and President Northrop an
nounced A. j. Mcclure as the first
speaker Mr.. Mcclure delivered tina
usual salutatory address, in which he
welcomed the guests and thanked the
faculty for their many acts of kind
ness to the members of the graduating
class.
c. H. Andrews followed Mr. Mcclure
with well-received paper on the pre-
Venton of forest fires.
Harry c. Hacker enlightened the
audience with an interesting account
of Minnesota's dairy industry. tp
The Eradication of Weeds was
the title Of a paper by Albert L.
SayerS. He said that in many parts
of Minnesota great deal lofaland was
considered absolutely worthless, owing
TO the abundance of couch weeds
which grew upon it, and told how he
had redeemed several acres of his own
land by blowing it thoroughly during
the dry of the year.
Porteous Thompson gave an interest
ing paper on the Rotation of Crops"
He gave. practical illustration of the
value of the teachings of the agricul-
tural school by showing how a gradu-
ate of the institution could with his
store of knowledge, study the nature
Of the soil and plant his crops accord
ingly.
The class history was presented to
the audience In an extremely humor-
Gus style by Oscar F. Berkey who
made decided hit by saying that it
was not his intention to "swell'' him
self any, but it was q fact, neverthe-
less, that the basket ball team.
of which he was captain, had, during
the past season, scored 1877 points to
its opponents So
A. w. Van Slyke, the president Of
the senior class, delivered an address
on Hawks and7OWls, as Related to the
Farmer" His conclusions were to
the effect that in general they were
very beneficial I'm so much as they were
the sworn. enemies to the many kinds
of rodents which destroyed the crops
Meat Production" was the title Of
an interesting paper by C. r. Whitaker.
in which he told of the various expert
ments at the farm in feeding and car
ing for the various kinds of meat pro-
ducing stock.
The exercisesIwere concluded with the
yaledictory which was given by the
vice president of the class, George w.
Strand
President Nerthrop than presented
each member Of the class with his di-
ploma, accompa nying the presentation
with few remarks in which he said
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the members of the class. The fact
that they were graduates Of the agri-
cultural school did not mean that they
were to be great men in the eyes Of the
people, but he was sure that the know
ledge that they had gained would be Of
lasting benefit to them, and that they
would go back to their farm work well
| fitted for that work and would develop
into progressive agriculturalists
The following is list of the gradual
ing class:
Charles Howard AndrewE Faribault; Boyer
Anne, Starbuck; Oscar Frank Berkey, Far
mington; Paul Haney Burton, Minneapolis;
Herman Haup. Chapman, st. Paul: Roy Rock
well Ferris. Northfeld; Knut CLAUS Ffnseth,
Kenyon Thomas Geoghegan. Webster; Harry
Clayton Hacker, ST. Anthony Park; liver
Haugen, Kenyon; Leigh Harrison Hopkins
Bloomington; Sam Randolph Houlton, St.
Cloud; Clarence Clement Hunter ST. Anthony
Park; Otto Bennett Krogstad, Pelican RAPIDS:
Louis Lawrence Shutdown; Arthur Mcclure
Hegbert; Philip Henry Norton, Oakland; Carl
| 0lstad, Hanska; Robert Caldwell Polk St.
Anthony Park; Albert Lea Savers, Lakeylle:
George William Strand Taylor's Falls; Hedge
Ludwig Tasa. Holden; Porteous Thompson
Houston. Spencer Tuve. Minneapolis; oscar
Otto Uhlhorns St James; Asa Weldon Van
Slyke, Castle Rock; Clarence Royal Whitaker
Point Douglas; John Frederick Ziemer,
Waltham.
| OF the class of twenty eight it is the
| intention of sixteen to at once engage
IN active farm work, eight will enter
the state university and four have been
engaged as assistant instructors at
| the experimental farm.
Among the prominent persons who
attended the graduating exercises were
the following: n. P. Clark, Of Mime
apolis; S. NJ uOwen, of Minneapolis:
John Cooper, of st. Cloud; Superinten-
dent Holten. of the St. Cloud reforma-
tory; DR.. Higbee,c of St Paul: Mai
Wilcox, editor of the Northwestern
Farmer, and John S. Pillsbury, of Min
neapolis.
Commencement week closed last
| night with the annual alumni ball
| given by the association to the men,
bers of the graduating class. The ball
! was held in the large dining hall and
was attended by about one hundred
| and fifty couples.
! The annual meeting of the alumni
| association was held yesterday morn
| ing and the following officers were
| elected for the ensuing year: President,
| A. J. Glover; vice president, E. H Por-
! ter; secretary and treasurer, L. B. Bas-
! set; members of the executive commit
/ tee, H. H. Chapman and E. w. Major
The board of editors for the coming
| year will consist of Andrew Boss,
| managing editor; w. W.. Pendergast,