The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-02
S0L0NS INSPECT
The UNIVERSITY
Visit Is Followed by Brilliant
Entertainment in Min
neapolis.

The citizens of Minneapolis were
hosts last night for the university.
The guests were the members of the
legislature, who were banqueted at the
West hotel after visiting the university.
The banquet at the West was a bril-
liant affair and university enthusiasm
ran up to the high water mark. Cow
ers were laid for 300 and the speeches,
all of which had to do with the states
magnificent educational system, lasted
until midnight.
The entertainment was given by q
citizens committee representing the
commercial and professional interests
OF Minneapolis and the occasion was
aptly chosen as a fit time to impress
on the solons who hold the states purse
strings how much the people of Min
neapolis and the state think of the
university
j. C. Eliel presided as POSTMASTER.
Mayor Haynes responded on behalf OF
the city Of Minneapolis and Gov. Van
SAINT for the state. The other speak
ers were Lieut.. Gov. Jones, Speak
er Babcock, Senator Ripley, William
Henry Eustis, President Northrop and
former Senator j. 7. Wyman.
The visit to the university was the
first and will be the last set visit OF
the legislature to the states first insti-
tuition Of learning this session.
The party, filling four chartered cars,
Representative Gillette and Senator
Comstock, chairman of their respective
university committees. From the cars
the party was escorted by Lean Liggett
of the agricultural school and several
members of the faculty directly to the
chapel, where twas greeted by Presi-
dent Northrop and the enthusiastic
yells of nearly 1000 students, among
whom the co-eds were well represent
ed. The speech making at the chapel
was brief, after which the legislative
party broke up into squads and In
spected the institution under the guild
ance of members Of the faculty and
students.
President Northrop introduced the
speakers happily and closed the exer-
cises In the chapel with a short but
manly defense Of his institution and
it's management. The speakers on be-
half of the legislature were Speaker
BabcOck, Senator H. II. Witherstine
and Representative Bennett DR.. Bab-
cock contrasted the educational facili-
ties OF today with those Of his school
days and pledged to the students the
loyal support of the citizens and tax
payers Of Northern Minnesota who
yield to none in their pride in the
University Of Minnesota.
Representative Bennett felicitated
with the students over the beneficial
effects of co-education and became
reminiscent Of his own college days.
Senator Wtherstine took the student
body and faculty by storm. The SEN
ator is warm friend Of all educa-
tional movements, and an especial ad-
mirer of the university. He said that
the schools of America have done more
for the state than the state has done
for the schools, and demonstrated by
American character and the fitness Of
young Americans to meet any emer-
gency that the state has received two
fold for every dollar it has invested
in popular education
President Northrop prefaced his re-
marks by calling the attention Of the
legislators to the fact that he does
not lobby or bother the legislature
with requests for the university He
had no request to make, but wished
to tell the lawmakers two or three
things. He recited some Of the achieve
ments of the school, and It's standing
among the first rank institutions OF
higher learning, and then invited
scrutiny of it's affairs in the minutest
detail. He said:
Il have been here over eighteen
years, and know there is nothing nor
has there been anything in the con-
duct of this institution which we
would desire to conceal"