The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-31

commercial advantages OF Mlnnedp-
oils, but not SO much has been said
about the city as a place Of residence
for those who wish to retire from
active business life. Turnout the
west there are thousands of men who,
for one reason or another, are think
ing Of establishing new homes, and
who are influenced almost entirely
by considerations quite apart from
those connected with business. Some
of these have acquired a competence
and desire suitable place in which
to educate their children; others have
! wealth and seek a home amid the
luxuries and advantages of large
! city; others have moderate means but
| cultivated tastes, and wish to make
| the most Of their small fortunes in
| the enjoyment Of those things which
they can most appreciate; still 9TH
ers combine the conditions of some
of the foregoing. possibly have chill
dren to educate and desiring the best
of surroundings, but, perhaps, being
still obliged to engage in business to
| a greater or less extent.
: Within a few years hundreds of
families have come to Minneapolis for
one or more of the above reasons.
Some have come from farms, some
! from small towns and some from the
4 other cities of the west, Most OF
/ them have built or purchased homes
land Will spend the remainder Of their
/ days in Minneapolis. These people
have come because Minneapolis Of
l fers so many opportunities for salts
flying their several needs; for the
thousands of others who are think
| ing of establishing new homes, some
4 Of these. advantages will be briefly
enumerated.
Educational Advantages.
First, as to educational matters
Minneapolis has been extremely for.
by New Englanders who had a higf
regard for education, the community
has from the first paid close attention
to Its public schools. Tho necessa
rily crude in the early days. thu
growth Of wealth made it possible tt
so improve and develop the public
school system that 1T has for man.
ing one of the best of the country
Sixty school buildings-four Of then
! high schools-an exceptionally higl
average Of teaching ability, general!
modern equipment, a school boar'
Eordinarily free from political nnnita
lie sentiment-these are some Of tn
items in the story Of public schoo
efficiency in Minneapolis. At tn
| present time there are over 1000
pupils enrolled, some 500 teachers ar
employed and about $1,000,000 ar
spent annually for maintenance an
new buildings.
The University.
In territorial days the three settle
e. ments Of most Importance in Minneso
4 ia divided among themselves the tire
ssplurns'' incident to the organizatio
: Of new commonwealth. st. Pau
n received the capitol Saltwater tn
f states prison, while Minneapolis ohos
Z, the state university. Possibly Mime
5 apolis-then the weakest of the tire
villages-had not much more than
4 lHobson's choice. But the selectio
81 suited we'll the longer heads Of tn
tAl pioneer town and it has since prove
g to be one Of the best things whic
(could have happened to the city.
: The University Of Minnesota hs
v grown from small beginnings as
J. Village academy In the SOS to a plac
is as the third largest university in tn
j. country, having about 1900 student
n a}faculty numbering hundreds all til
h departments Of great university, an
It best Of all, an educational standar
Z recognized as equal toss9that Of til
5, bent eastern colleges ann un1versitie
i. The university campus comprises SON
1t fifty acres overlooking the Missis
l. ippi river and within a mile Of tt
)f Center5 OF the city. - I'll lHeS6 2SfOuI(
Il are a score Of buildings most of the:
re- modern in construction and valued
overb 81, 900, 900. The equipment ar
I apparatus lssworth probably $780, o.
70 Imorey In addition & to the main ,
ii academic department-the College
g. lScience, Literature and Arts-the
IF are a School Of Mines; a College
le IEngineering and Mechanics Art
at La College Of Agriculture; School
Of Agriculture; a College Of Law; a d
lpartment Of Medicine, with four &C
ty lIeges; and Graduate departmer
Or The regents Of the university also ha-
T. charge OF the work Of the state e
I'd pertinent station which Is carried
to at the University Farm about ty
t. miles from the campus, where al
r most of the work of the College
Id Agriculture and School Of Agricultu
ne is done. The, farm buildings and equi
Of mentsrepressnts a value ofsuPwards
half million dollars and the, tot
a. value Of the university plant approx
ii mates $2,000}000. These figures a
I. quoted not a. indicating. necessar !I
~ ance, but as showing the extent Of t
.rt institution and the generous attitu
f. of the state towards higher educatiC
er without it's magnificent equipme
a. the University OF Minnesota would
n. of course, but a Anamei but building
nr grounds and apparatus would, on t
nd other hand, count for little wftho
let ability and ta1ents in the manageme
land Instruction. IN the latter respet
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