Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-30
SEMINARY OPENS
FOR FALL TERM
Old Reliable Willmar Institution
Opens lis Doors For the 26th
Consecutive School Year.

The Willmar Seminary opened
yesterday with good first day at
tendance and the prospects are
bright for another successful year.
1t has mission and field of it's
own, and altho so far it has not
met with the recognition it de-
serves, the day is not far off when
it will, and everything considered
it ought to be one of the leading
institutions of its kind in the
Northwest.
The Willmar Seminary was incor-
porated in 1882 and reorganized in
1890. The general aim of the
school, as stated in the articles of
incorporation, is that it shall be "a
seat of learning for the diffusion of
useful, secular and religious knowl-
edge amongst the young" From
1883 to 1898 the school property
was leased by Mesrss. Hove, Hille-
Doe and others, who conducted an
independent private school in con-
formity with the principles laid
down in the articles of incorpora-
tion. In February, 1888, the North
west Conference and the Minnesota
Valley Conference Of the Norwe-
gian Synod was given a general su-
pervision of the school, and Rev.
H. Solum was elected as principal.
After five years work at the Semin-
ary, he rendered his resignation to
accept another position. H. S.
Hilleboe then took charge of the
school for three years. At the ex-
piration of this term Rev. C. B.
lngebritson of Clinton, Minn., was
elected principal, but owing to ILL
ness was forced to resign before
school opened. Rev. E. A. Waller
of Grove City, Minn., was then
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation Of Rev. Lngebret-
son. >
The diffusion of useful, secular
and religious knowledge is provided
for by dividing the school year into
short terms so as to enable pupils
to complete some study each term.
There is also a division Of the school
into two semesters, and besides this
there is an opportunity to finish
some courses any time of the year.
This can be done in shorthand and
telegraphy.
The plan is to take any person at
any stage of attainment and give
them an opportunity to push right
on and accomplish some definite
practical results in the shortest pos
sib]e time. Hundreds of Willmar
Seminary students are now holding
paying positions in various parts
of the Northwest. What students
have done in the past other students
can do in the future.
Religious knowledge is dissemin-
ated among the young thru system.
attic courses in Bible Study and
Morals, required from those stu
dents who are members of the Lu.
theran church, optional with others,
and for such members of the Lu.
theran church as the principal may
exempt from the study. The class.
es in Bible study are conducted
thruout the school year, and are an
essential part of every course in
the school.
The faculty for the coming year
is as follows:
Rev. E. A. Waller, A. B., Prin-
cipal-physics, German and civics.
Albert Struxness - Bookkeeping
penmanship and geometry.
Geo. 0. Lillegaard, A. B.-Eng.
lish literature, history and Latin.
Miss Ellen Syse Shorthand
typewriting and letter writing.
Hon. Elias Rachie, Ph. D.-Zo'
ology, commercial law and business
English.
Rev. J. N. Andersen n-Bible
study and Christianity.
Jno. McGarry- Telegraphy.
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