The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-06-17

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tellectual training will make men bet
ter clergymen, lawyers. doctors, OF
teachers, 1t has been found out that il
will also make men better business
men, farmers, accountants, railroad
men, miners, and better officials o.
corporations; and the university is
now properly called upon to lay a.
least good foundation of knowledge
for all of these, upon which founda
ton experience can build.
"But of all subjects, agricultural
science has made the greatest prog
ress and won the most marked in
crease of attention. Agricultural edu
cation practically had no existence a
quarter OF a century ago. Now agri
culture, with it's related subjects that
affect the welfare of the farmer, has
assumed definite scientific form. Its
principles are established and can be
taught as readily as any other science
and its value is almost beyond calcu
lation because, in addition to it's edu
cational value, it's eminently practical
and enables the student who masters
it to reap a large additional reward
in enlarged crops, better cattle, i'm
proved quality of products, and in
creased comfort in home, and lessened
exhaustion in labor. The brain is be-
ginning to do for agriculture what il
has long been doing for manufacture
Gas final result there will have
come very wholesome sitting of the
studies pursued from kindergarten to
college. Useless things will be elm
mated; first and second and third
grade books on one subject will be
eliminated; no subject will be taught
till a pupil is able to understand il
and then thorough work will be done
in it; at least two grades will disap
pear from the schools in the interest
of economy of time and nothing es
sential will have been lost; the high
schools will provide mechanic arts
training and agricultural training and
cultural training as may be desired
ministering to more students because
sooner reached than now, and helping
more than now; and the same gene'
al course of eliminating the unneces
sary and the comparatively worth
less and adding the useful will mark
the course of the universities.
what is the standing Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota to-day as com
pared with other Universities? 1t il
impossible to say. It is doubtless bet
ter than many and not so good as
some. There are universities with
larger equipment, more distinguished
faculties, and greater fame. Mime
sofa has nearly as many students as
any, but numbers do not make uni
versity truly great. That is conced
ed by everybody. Ordinarily manu-
facturers are judged by their pro
ducts. Universities may fairly be
Judged in the same way.
"This University is one of the three
state universities that have been &C
copied by the Carnegie Foundation as
meeting the requirements for insti
tutions whose retiring professors may
receive pension"
After paying very warm tribute to
Governor Pillsbury, DR.. Folwell, Sen
ator Elwell and Governor johnson,
President Northrop closed with the
following words:
Office of president of the University OF
Minnesota which I have held for
twenty-six years. I have had no in.
tention to make this an occasion for a
farewell address. Why should I?
am not going away from you. I ex.
pect to live the remnant of my life In
Minnesota. I expect to be interested
in the welfare Of the University as
have been. I expect to watch its prog
ress and improvement with the ut
most pleasure. 1 shall not suggest
any policy or lay down any line Of &C.
ton for my successor. think the
Regents will be most fortunate in
securing the scholarly and able gentle
man who is to be the next president
and I predict for him brilliant and
most satisfactory administration. To
the Regents of the University who
have always been kind to me, to the
faculty who have been loyal and faith.
full, to the students who have given me
far more love and devotion than I de.
served, to the alumni who have not
forgotten their Alma Mater and who
year by year are giving evidences of
their readiness to help in many ways,
and to the people of Minnesota to
whom the University belongs, and who
mean that it shall be made a truly
great university, return MY most
grateful thanks for the treatment
have received at their hands during
more than a quarter Of century OF
peace and happiness as president of
the University, and I pledge you all
my continued best wishes for the pros
perity of the University and for the
happiness of all who are in any way
connected with it."
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