The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-08
STATE SCHOOL
OF SCIENCE

Many Improvements and Good
Faculty Make This Institu-
tion a Worthy One
The State School of Science
is nearly in readiness for its
opening on the Goth of this
month. Nearly $1,000 worth of
cement walks have been put in
and much gradihg has been
done, and general plan has
been laid cut for the beautify
ing of the grounds, and by
another summer it will be a
spot that the people of Wahpe-
ton may be proud of. The build.
ings are nearly all cleaned and
ready for the opening, aud the
faculty is complete. and is
made up as follows:-
Fred E. Smith, graduate of
Dartmouth College and Albany
Law School, for a long time su
perintendent of the Fargo City
Schools and the Wahpeton City
Schools, is President.
Earl G. Burch, graduate of
Syracuse and Cornell Univer-
sity and president of the insti-
tuition from 1908 to 1910 and
previous to that successful
teacher in the Fargo City
Schools, is to h n d e the
biology.
Carroll D. Clipfell, a graduate
of the University of Minnesota
and for the last six years at the
head of the mechanical and
steam engineering, is to remain
in that position.
Ryland N. Black, a graduate
of Ohio Wesleyan University.
former. professor of the Red
River Valley University, Su.
perintendent of the Wahpeton
City Schools, County Superin-
tendeAt of Richland County, is
to remain at the head of the
history and political science
department.
Ralph w. Darner, a graduate
of t b e Wittenburg College,
Ohio University, University of
Michigan, is to continue in
charge of the chemistry.
+. . Prather, a graduate of
Austin College, and Gem City
Business College, is to continue
at the head of the commercial
department.
Frank H. Mcmahon, gradu-
ate of the Boston University is
to continue teaching modern
languages
Miss Alice NJ. Sleeper has
charge of the stenography and
typewriting in the commercial
department, the same as in
previous years.
Miss Blanche L Anlerland,
graduate of Valley City Norm
al Schools has the preparatory
mathematics and English.
H..G Station graduate of Hy.
land Park College and Buena
Vista College teaches book
keeping and arithmetic in the
commercial department..
Miss Lillian Mirick, of Cor
nell University continues as H.
brarian and n 8 u in
English.
Mr.. A. v. Taylor, a graduate
of the University of Michigan
comes to US for the first time
and. has charge of the Electri.
cal Engineering. He is young
man of scholarly attainments
and successful experience, and
all of his testimonials were of
the highest order, and we have
full confidence that he will
give a good account of hims self
and add materially to the popu.
lality of the institution.
Miss Barbara Sweet who was
last year at the head of the Do
mestic Science department was
elected to another position and
decided to leave us, greatly to
our regret, but Miss Lillian
Rirtow, a graduate of Stout In
stitute, and Miss Sweets as
sistant last year has been pro.
moted to her place, and Miss
Marion Mason of Niagara, Wis.
also q graduate of Stout Insti-
tute, has been elected assistant.
For the last three or four
weeks many requests for cata.
logues b ave appeared and
many inquiries have been re-
ceived. The outlook is excel
lent for our enrolment at the
opening of the school. It was
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