The Dickinson press., 1905-05-27

a total enrolment of o5,224.
The county commissioners Of
each county in which there is ter
not organized for school
purposes are required to establish
a district school corporation when,
petitioned to do so by one-third
of the residents of the territory
the custody of any child
of school age; provided, there are
at least ten children of school age
residing in said territory. New
settlers therefore, need have no
fear that they will not have school
advantages for their children, for
if schools are not already estab-
lished in close proximity to their
it will be an easy matter
to provide for new school dis
tricts.
The endowment of land for the
schools amounts to, ap-
proximately, 100000 acres, of
which about $4,000 acres have
been sold. The proceeds derived
from the sale Of this land becomes
the permanent school fund of
which only the income can be used.
The investment of this vast fund
rests with the board of university
and school lands, and the income
makes up the major portion of the
state tuition fund. AS none of
the school lands of the state can
be sold or a less sum than $40 an
acre, t e permanent school fund
Aill eventually reach the enormous
sun OF over SIS 100000 with an
annual i"comc o! over 81, ooo,o 900,
North Dakota has a stare uni
versity, an agricultural col ege,
two norma scllo Is, and a S hcol
OF manual t aiming mich by legis-
latlvc c,.:ictuav.:t ave cen &c
clared Il part Of tie public school
system and maintenance provided
for them as such.
The university, located at Grand
Forks, is the oldest of the state
institutions having been organized
in territorial days. 1t has an en-
dowment of $1,000 acres of land,
one quarter of which has sold.
Like all the institution and school
lands, they cannot be sold for less
than $40 an acre, and the money
arising from such sale becomes a
permanent fund, the income of
which can only be used Tor the
benefit of the in titutions. Col
leges OF liberal arts, law, engineer
ing and pedagogy make up the
curriculum of the university.
The agricultural college, located
at Fargo, has an endowment of
10000 acres of land in addition
to an annual appropriation from
the federal government, Courses
in agriculture, engineering, science
and pharmacy are offered at this
institution. Over 700 students
were enrolled at the agricultural
college the past year, a majority
of whom were studying agriculture
and mechanics.
The government agricultural
experiment station is located at
Fargo in connection with the col
lege, Two separate experiment
stations are maintained by the
state at Edgcly aud Dickinson,
both under the direction of the
station at Fargo.
The two normal schools are To-
Gated at Valley City and Mayville,
and have an c dowment of $4,000
acres of land. Glendale is the
location of the industrial and
manual training school. which has
an endowment of 10000 acres of
land. A school of mines is To-
Gated at Grand Forks in connec-
ton with the university and an
academy of science at Wahpeton,
each of them being endowed with
10000 acres of land. In addition
to the state institutions, sectarian
schools and colleges are located
at Wahpeton, Jamestown. Fargo
and Grand Forks.
It can be safely said that North
Dakota Is the equal of any state
in the union in providing for the
education of the boys and girls
who are to become the men and
women of the future.
If no truer index of a COM
munity's higher life can be found
than the interest and atten ton
given the public schools, then
North Dakota need have no
reason to fear when the educa-
tional system and the provision
for the same are compared with
those of older and supposedly
more highly developed states.