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deal of angling and when it lands
fish it will be a big one.
The vote on the bond issue does not
eliminate the microbes and numerous
larger animals from the city water.
There will be great excitement
among the kids if the Honorable Ed
b. Bour decides. after April Is, to en-
force the curfew ordinance.
Since the announcement of the re-
suit in Kansas, Mrs. Nation will now
probably grasp her hatchet and go out
and smash the election booths.
The Chicago Tribune remarks that
"Teddy and Freddy would be a rather
strenuous ticket for 1904.
Now Aggie, we want to say
We know your'slippery way.
We know the pain
You gave poor Spain
When they bought you three times a
day.
you prayed tHe DOnS tr1CR.
You turned out to be a gold brick.
So we're somewhat loath
To accept your oath
Say, Aggie, will you stick?
st. Louis had all the symptoms Of
having gone Democratic before the
polls clos ID.
Sassafras tea and horse radish are
getting on the bill of fare.
The oyster will soon be supplanted by
the green pea in the soup.
We have missed you, Aggie, dearest,
Missed you like all Mephisto;
But it seems that Freddie didn't,
And he's got you now in tow.
Songs of War Bureau.
The Mansfield election is described
by the newspapers over there as
veritable landslide. Hope it buried
those cartoonists.
Say Harrison!
Carter Harrison!
They may rail and they may scoff-
Your father, like that Harrison Ben,
Was also leader among men
Say Harrison!
Carter Harrison!
You're a chip the old block off!
The Columbus Dispatch says that
in Maple Grove cemetery, south Of
Hoosick Falls, N. Y, there Is a head
stone upon which is the following:
Her body was stolen by fiendish men,
Her bones anatomical;
Her soul, we trust, has risen to God,
Where few physicians RISE"
Tom Johnson!
Say Tom Johnson!
You are from New York we've heard
But you seem to be quite strong in
A town you don't belong in
Say johnson!
Tom Johnson!
You're q bird!
They are still somewhat at sea with
reference to the disposition of Aguin-
aldo. 1t looks as IL they are sorry they
caught him..
The Cleveland Leader says 1t was
McKisson who defeated Akers and
McKisson says 1t was the Leader.
They are probably both right.
Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo did
what Canton ought to have done.
Youngstown decided, at her munici.
pal election Monday, not to get too
altitudinous, and the proposition to
step into the grade of Toledo was de.
feated by a large majority. Youngs'
town found that II would cost more,
without making the city any larger or
any the more able to pay, so could not
be inveigled into the change.
go
The Salem News says that Tom John
son was elected mayor Of Cleveland be
cause of local questions" The Hon
orable Marcus A. Hanna, whose street
J railway enterprises ct high fare fssrsd
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The Salem News says that Tom John.
son was elected mayor Of Cleveland be-
cause Of focal questions" The Hon
orable Marcus A. Hanna. whose street
railway enterprises At high fare fgared
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in the result, will feel highly honored
by being referred to as local ques-
ton"
Cleveland doesn't seem to be able
TO get too much Johnson.
l heard the woodpecker pecking,
The robin sing-then
Before | could get to my window
1t was winter again.
F. A. Douglass has severed his con.
nection with the Salem News. Dou.
glass is one of the brightest of the
bunch.
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the Honorable Tom l.. is in marked
contrast. An observable characteristic
of the interviews of the Honorable Al
bert L. is, however, that he is always
careful not to remove his hat while
conversing.
Some politicians calculate
AS over the figures they roam,
That the vote that did the business
Was the vote that stayed at home.
The deadly grade crossing has added
another victim.
Now that Aguinaldo has been un-
earthed, there is. some hope for the
resurrection of that other great insur.
gent, the Honorable John p. Jones.
Mr.. Hare!
Say there!
Hare!
DO you think it's fair
To allow the mayor
To take dare
From candidates there
with their
Prayer
To get place
In the race
For clerk
Or other work?
Must his time be spent
Selecting a gent
OF his political bent
For president.
OF shaking the dice
For vice?
Can't you see
That he
Is up tree?
Finds in the molds
More pegs than holes?
You had your snout
| Without doubt,
| In the political bout;
Now help out!
Pittsburg had to introduce wireless
telegraphy Wednesday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-02


tors were L. J. Markhus, O. Aslaks on,
L. o. Thorpe, C. E. Lien, I. Sy-
Sc, A. Railson, and A. M. Hove
The question of capital was the only
remaining unsolved problem, and the
members of the new corporation pro-
posed to raise the necessary funds
during the winter to erect building,
which was to be ready for occupancy
in the fall of 1883. These steps hav-
ing been taken Hove returned to Iowa
The early history of the Seminary
is entertaining]y told by Prof. Hille-
Doe in a series of articles published
in the ''Seminary Echo' in 1891. We
quote from one of these articles:
Glove and Hilleboe set about at
once preparing for the undertaking.
For few weeks nothing was heard
about the new corporation and its sue
cess in securing funds; but before
long it became evident that the finan-
cial part was an utter failure. Letters
received showed that nothing had
been done at Willmar, nothing had
been accomplished by Mr.. Aslakson
on trip to Yellow Medicine county,
and al Norway Lake Rev. Markhus
had by repeated efforts succeeded in
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pany OF teachers. These terms were
tina ly accepted, the offers from Fer
gus Falls were declined and the Semi
nary continued a Wil]mar institution.
The enrolment for TIE fifth school
year was 276. Ct mmenc. ment extr-
cises were held for the first time at the
end of this year, four students having
graduated from the Full course. Dur
ing the following year several st, dies
were added to the Gu riculum and at
the close of the spring term. six stu
dents received diplomas. The num- err
OF students in attendance this year was
2S2. -.... .- :
The mortgage executed in 1884 was
coming due and as there was no none Y
in the treasury to meet it the mort
gagged property was sold at public
auction on October a., 1889. This,
however, Ibid not interfere with the
operation of the school, inasmuch as
the corporation had q year for re-
demption. The records show that the
attendance this year was 281 and that
II students left the institution with d.
plomas in the spring. :.-~.z
\. During the summer of 1890 several
meetings OF the corporation were held
for the purpose OF devising ways and
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Willmar was concerned, but Hove and
Hilleboe were determined to try the
venture some place, and so the plans
for a new school were again consid-
cred, and now H. H. Aaker was taken
into partnership. Mr.. Aaker had at.
tended college for several years and
after wards completed q commercial
course at Slack's Business College,
DEBORAH, Iowa, and could therefore
take charge of commercial depart
ment at the projected school wherever
this might be located. Through cor
respondence it was ascertained that
an educational institution in Stearns
county was for sale for $1,000. The
attendance at the school was said to
be good. At times there would be as
many as 60 pupils at the school. The
company of teachers, however, did
not care about conducting school 10
miles away from a railroad station,
even if they mi ght have had the pros
pect of getting as many as 60 students
at the school, nor would they invest
anything in school property.
'"They supposed t1at some town
could be found that would be willing
to furnish the necessary buildings for
the sake of securing such a school as
the company intended to found. Rev.
Markhus next proposed to secure, free
of charge, the old school house at
Willmar. This building is now known
as the engine house and belongs to the
town. Some prominent citizen of
Willmar offered to bring the matter
before the council and thus get per-
mission to start the school there. No
satisfactory arrangement could be
made through correspondence, so Mr..
Hove left for the west in the early
part of July. He intended to visit
Willmar first and after that look
around for some other place, if neces-
sary-possibIy going to Fergus Falls.
Hove's coming to Willmar resulted in
a meeting of the corporation. At this
meeting committee of three 70. AS.
lakson, L. O. Thorpe and A. Railson
was appointed to interview Mr.. Clark
of St. Paul in regard to buying GER
tain property at Willmar, known as
the Clark property. This property
consisted of residence, barn and five
acres of land. 1t was secured for a
consideration of $4400. The necessary
money was raised by a loan. The
grounds were then surveyed and SUBJ
divided into lots, and these were sold
for 81, 800. About 81 800 we're also
raised by subscription in the village
and vicinity. The buildings were re-
paired and the rooms were fitted up
for class rooms, and in this manner
the school came after all to be located
at Willmar."
A circular, issued by Mr.. Hove in
1883, announced that the new school
offered a preparatory and CONNER
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w ILL NJ A r
Sc NJ MARY
- A N D -
Business College.

A person character Is shaped by
the company he keeps, by the books
he reads and by the atmosphere in
which he lives and breathes. We
Judge man by his environments and
by his appearance.
AS with individuals 80 with commu-
mites. Schools, libraries, reading
rooms and churches give to q people
in their composite character what a
clear eye and an intelligent face give
to an individual. We Judge largely
by Onward appearances, not only in
the case of men Individually, but in
the case of people collectively.
The Northwest is new. It's woods
and lakes and prairies still retain an
indefnaDle element which is suggest
i've of the primeval. In generation
a wilderness has been changed into a
teeming and populous commonwealth.
A stranger from a foreign land who
studies our country would probably
say that as a people we lack somewhat
in refinement and culture, as judged
by the aristocratic standards of Eu-
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thousand dollar building would be do
mated. No action was taken and al
the time nothing came of the PROPOSE
ton, even'though it was renewed in
1881 before an annual meeting of the
same body.
All attempts to secure a school such
as had been contemplated seemed to
have been abandoned.
But it so happened that two young
men who had graduated from Luther
college of DEBORAH, Iowa, met in the
halls of their alma mater one day in
October, 1882. They were both teach
ers, both were ambitious and both had
been thinking of founding school.
They: had heard of the proposition
made by the people of NVillmar to the
Synod. The question to which they
now sought an answer was, would the
people of Willmar1hold out the same
inducements to them that had been Of
fered to the church body called the
Synod?
The two young men were H. S. Hill
leboe and A. M. Hove. Two months
later Hove was in Willmar. A meet
ing of business men had been called
for the purpose of listening to his pro-
position and plans. Those present
at the meeting were L. O. Thorpe, o.
Aslaksvn, G. E. Lien, Aslak Nasset,
and Rev. L. J. Markhus. That Ho-
YES project met with favor is evil
denced by the fact that three days az
forwards, December 6, 1882, articles OF
incorporation were drawn up and
signed, and "The Minnesota Luth-
eran Seminary and Institute" was
made legal entity. The incorpora-
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OF So, 1861. IS, which it became necessary
for the new organic ,tion to pay in
order to come into full pc session of
the property. This was done, but it
was not until the year 1892 that sufi-
cient money could be raised to con-
struct an addition to the building.
This improvement, which involved an
expenditure of $4,000, gave class room
accommodations for about 500 STU
dents. In 1891 the attendance was 319,
and in 1892 it reached the highest
number ever recorded in the institu-
tion-37l. The panic and financial de-
preston of 1898 resulted in reducing
the attendance for a lew years, but it
is now once more on the increase and
last year the Seminary had Q larger
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cided upon during the summer. The
old corporation was dissolved; new
one was organized. It was believed
that by selling stock at $40 share
enough money could be raised to pay
off the old debts and place the institu-
ton again on solid footing. These
plans could not all be carried out dur
ing the summer of 1890, but leading
men undertook to guarantee the con-
tinuance of the school and con :eq uent-
~ arrangements were made for the
coming school year.
Efforts were again made to arouse
Interest in the enterprise, ard N. J.
Hong was engaged to sell stock and
solicit subscription. The corporation
known as the Minnesota Lutheran
Seminary and Institute went out of
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attendance than any other Norwegian

attendance than any other Norwegian
Lutheran school in America.
Another important event in the his
tory of the school occurred in Febru-
airy, 1898, when the Northwest Confer
ence and the Minnesota Valley Con-
ference of the Norwegian Synod were
given general supervision of the
| school, in consideration of which they
decided to give it their support. A
board of visitors was appointed con-
sisting of the following members:
Revs. D. G. Jordahl, G. G. Beito, c.
N. Peterson, o. E. Solseth and M. G.
| Waller. At the close of the school
year 1899, Prof. Hilleboe rendered his
resignation as principal of the Semi
nary and accepted a position as Super
intendent of the Benson public schools.
He was succeeded by Rev. H. Solum,
VINO at the time was pastor of the Sy-
nod church in Renville, MINI.
Inc many friends and patrons of the
seminary will be glad to know that
the institution is now once moro m a
hrm and substantial financial footing.
Ihere IS an outstanding indebtedness
OF something over $1,000, but steps
have been taken by the Synod to paw
this off, and So, 600 ormore has already
been pledged for this purpose. Tt is
also encouraging to note that the
school is more than paying running
! expenses. Last year there was a sur
plus OF something like 5000 and this
year the excess of receipts over ex-
Fendltures will probably be about $500.
Ihere has been gradual increase in
attendance. The enrolment of the
present year is 292, and prospects for
the future are brighter than ever.
Some people may be curious to
know how an institution such as the
Willmar Seminary can exist by the
side of our public schools, which are
supported by taxation and are free to
everybody.
The answer is simple. In this coun-
try there is large class of young men
and young women whose wants in the
educational line are not met in our
free public schools. Some may be
able to attend school only few
months during the winter; ''others may
wish to devote all their time while at
school to few branches of their own
choosing. It is the special aim of the
Seminary to meet the wants of such
persons. 1t also aims to afford stu
dents an opportunity to make up def
ciencies in..particular studios; to pre-
pare for teachers examinations or for
i entrance to higher institutions of
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now offered as elective studies; but it
was apparent that great majority
OF the students who had come TO attend
the Seminary preferredIto devote their
whole time to perfecting themselves as
far as posi- ole in the common branch
es. An advanced course in English
was planne d and begun, but it was
found that the students were not yet
sufficiently advanced to pursue such a
course with profit. The total enroll
ment during the third year was 239,
and that of the fourth year 2S2.
The Normal course proved a source
of financial loss, and its abandonment
was finally decided upon. In it's place
was subtituted what came to be called
the Full course. The work of the in
stitution was now divided into three
courses-the Commercial, the Prepar-
atory and the Full course. The last
nam d included all the branches re-
quired for first grade teachers GER
tifcate.
During the fourth year of the school
the instructors corresponded with
parties in other cities and towns of
MINES ota who were interested in Sc
curing a similar educational institu-
ton. A removal to Fergus Falls had
been seriously considered, for the
Chamber of Commerce of that city had
offered the free use of a building and
to erect such buildings in the future as
the growing needs of the institution
might demand. Hilleboe and She !
made trip to Fergus Falls, and &C
cording to their own reports were very
favorab]y impressed with the induce
ments held out to hem there, but they
considered themselves under 81 me OBJ
legations to the business men of Will
mar who had already made good
many sacriices:for the establishment
and maintenance OF. the Seminary.
Several meetings of the corporation
were again held. L. o. Thorpe, the
president, offered to provide $500 a
year for five years on condition that
Prof. Hilleboe would take charge of
the school, engaged the necessary teach
ers and assume full responsibility, so
that the corporation could deal direct
ly with him alone and not with a COM
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rope, but that this is more than CON-
pensated. blythe general educationand
the widespread Intelligence charac-
teristic of this section of the country.
A visitor to Willmar will notice, if
he is observant, that the town has
something of an educational air. 1t
has it's ward schools and splendid
high school, and in all of them every
resident of the town takes just pride.
But the educational institution which
has made our little city's name a
household word throughout this re-
gion is the Willmar Seminary.
During the past seventeen years this
school has exerted an important in
fuence. 1t has easily taken a front
rank among the educational institu-
tutions of it's kind in this section of
the country. Hundreds of young men
and young women have found it an
economical and effective means of &C.
quiring practical information and of
fitting themselves for more responsible
and lucrative employment.
A brief history of this institution
will no doubt be of interestto themany
readers of this edition of the TRIBUNE.
Willmar in 1876 was not very large
city and western Minnesota was not at
that time very thickly settled, but as
early as that year several enterpris-
ing Willmar business men had begun
plans for the founding of a school
which should meet the demands of the
rapidly growing west.
L. o. Thorpe and O. Aslakson made
a trip to Granite Falls in 1876 for the
purpose of enlisting business men
there in the project of building a
school at Willmar. Considerable in.
terest was awakened and several meet
ings were held in this and adjoining
counties for the purpose of discussing
the proposition. A joint meeting was
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learning, AMI in general to study and
review the common branches. The
privilege of electing and completing
studies in one or two short terms
makes the school accessible to a large
class who are unable to pursue sue
cessful]y an indexible course of study
such as is adhered to by our public
schools.
A great majority of our young peo-
pie have not the time, t. e means or
the disposition to pursue prescribed
course of studies for number of
years, but are limited by their circum-
stances to working knowledge of the
most necessary branches. They are
themselves best able to Judge what
studies will be of most value to them
in the work which they have decided
to pursue. An elective course of
study, such as the Seminary offers, is
boon to this class, for they are here
at liberty to select their own studies
and are permitted to advance as ra-
pidly as is consistent with thorough
and efficient work. Those who in their
youth have neglected their schooling,
and who after they are grown up do
not feel inclined to enter the children's
classes in our public schools, find in
the Seminary such place as they
need, as do also the numerous foreign
born persons who wish such assistance
as will enable them to bend their ma
ture energies to mastery of the
English language.
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at 9 O'Clock. It was an occurrence
not soon to be forgotten by those
present All the teachers who now
constituted the company were there
ar xious and ready to begin work.
Hove, Aaker, Eikeland, Hilleboe and
Haldor Hanson were the teachers now
to conduct the school and with them
were five students and two visitors.
Some shrewd observer gave report
of the opening of the school in about
the following languages: School
opened yesterday with five teachers
and five students; ALL were present.
Later arrivals of students increased
the number somewhat; but it did not
reach twenty during the entire term.
The teachers did not make enough to
pa; their b ard bill, and people were
free to say the whole thing was fail
ure. But the venture could not be
given up at once on that account
Mr.. Solheim was employed one year
by the corporation to solicit subscrip-
ton to pay tn debt Cured by build
ing. Miss Mathilde Solheim in com
pany with her sister took charge of
the management of the boarding hall;
and as Miss Paulson had been only
temporarily employed as a teacher of
music, Mr. Hanson now took charge
of that department and the intention
was to establish thorough course in
music; but later experience proved this
to be impractical All the branches
belonging to two: years. prepare
tory course were taken up, and the
work of the first year continued. The
enrolment during the year reached
IA students. - ILL -. T..
At the opening of the third year Of
school q normal course was added.
This was in accordance. with the de-
mands Of the patrons as we'll as with
the desires Of theteachers ofthe school.