The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-23
ADDED TO FACULTY
Board Of Trustees Secured
New Man on Faculty for
School Of Education.
Many Things Accomplished
for the Institution That
Will be Beneficial.
Senior and Normal Alumni
Societies rendered Ban
quets to Graduates.
WORK OF THE TRUSTEES
WORK Of THE TRUSTEES
Added DR.. Weir to Faculty as Head
of School of Education Plan
improvements.

Inlfty-CWo U or thlrty-SiX truS-
tees have been ia session at the col
lege offices during the past few days.
1t is a great board. Governor Elrod,
Hon. ID. G. Thomas, chairman Of the
board OF charities and corrections, L.
w. Seaman, MI. r. L. Brown, Of Alb
erdeen, Judge G. b. Kennedy, Of
Canton, Hon. z. w. Martin, of Dead
wood, and others of the most prom
inent men Of the state were prese Mt
and they looked through the busi-
ness with great thoroughness.
The report-of the auditing commit
tee shows that the presidents ac-
counts are thorough, businessljke
and correct and the presidents report
shows that all expenses have been
paid and a handsome balance left in
the treasury.
Many things Of Importance we're
done but the chief item perhaps was
the election by the board of DR.. Sam
uel Weir, of Worcester, Mass, to be
the head of the school of education.
DR.. Weir is forty-fve years of age. a
graduate from the normal school of
Toronto, Canada, who took his A. B.
at Northwestern University, Evan
ston, then a degree from Garrett
Biblical Institute and later spent
three years in Germany in the Uni
versities OF Leipsic and Jena, taking
his degree OF Doctor OF Philosophy at
Jena in 1895. For a while he was a
teacher in Northwestern University
and then for six years was a profess
sor Of Education and Ethics in the
University of the city Of New York.
From there he went to he PRESIDENT
of n of the state normal schools of
Pennsylvania. He is the author of
several important works IN education
and cones to Dakota Wesleyan Uni
verstiy from special Investigating
studies which he has been pursuing
for the past year with Professor @.
Stanley Ball, at Clark University.
The University is paying the largest
salary ever paid a professor at Mitch
ell to secure him. 1t is the inten-
ton of The college to greatly enlarge
the course in pedagogy and in adj
ditlon to those leading to the ordi-
ualy teachers certificates and normal
courses, there will be advanced
courses for men preparing to be
principals Of leading high schools and
superintendent Of the larger city
schools, which will be outlined here
by him. The July bulletin will give
further information.
The board also elected Miss Maud
Z. Oliver, a brilliant young woman,
who two years ago graduated with
the highest honors from Northwes-
tern University, to be teacher of
Latin and mathematics.
Another prominent feature was the
election Of Professor I. S. Correll OF
Vermont, to be head of the business
department. He is a graduate of
Berea COLLEGE, of two OF the largest
business colleges in the country and
has had expert work in shorthand in
two of the best shorthand schools in
America. Its the intention to en-
large the business school, so that
men will be prepared on the plane
college grade work and higher busl-
ness, railroading and banking po-
sitions. The old courses, will be con
tinued but three OF four new ones on
this higher level will be aided.
Dakota Wesleyan is rapidly becom-
ing onesof the foremost institutions
in the west. Its vigorous and lar
seeing DO rd Of trustees plans for it
With siatcsmanlike vision aud withal
there is a perfectly sound financial
basis, SO that there is no boom in
the ordinary sense OF the word.
South Dakota has every reason to be
proud Of this great institution.
The merchants are firing the
hearts of the young Americans by
putting on display in their windows
and counters fire crackers, t%orpedoes,
etc and from nov until the nationa.
holiday things will be lively.
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