Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-26
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WHAT UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
ARE DOING.

ARE DOING.
1t is always interesting to know
what form of service the graduates
of a college or university are render
ing to their day and generation III
no case can it be more truly Salu
that by the fruit, the tree shall be
known, than in the mettle of the grad
yates an institution sends out INTO
the world. The young man or woman
who receives a diploma or degree
should see therein not an ultimate
goal nor an honor conferred, but rath'
er a responsibility to be borne, and
should regard himself an ambassador,
as it were, sent out by his alma mat
or.
The University of North Dakota, in
its rounded quarter-century OF exist
ence, has sent out-prior to the class
of 191O-about seven hundred and
fifty graduates-in round numbers. AS
is always the case, number OF the
alumni have gone into the world, be-
come absorbed in business and forgot
ten to keep in touch with their class
secretaries. Many of the alumnae
have married. Statistics are, there
fore, far from satisfactory, yet may
help to show how things are going.
We must bear in mind also, that in
q young state, young men are looking
for careers, generally in opportune
fields; hence, it is not surprising that
certain professions, as law and teach
ing, lead in the number of candidates.
Thus, out of five hundred or more
whose records are aprOpOs OF the
question in hand and are obtainable,
one hundred and eighty-seven are re.
ported as attorneys-at-law. OF these,
the majority are giving their services
to the state, only thirty-eight being
reported from states outside. A num-
Der have settled in large centers, New
York, Seattle, Winnipeg, Spokane, Ia
coma, Chicago, Houston. San Francis
and Boston being included. The rec
ord for the entire university includes
forty three of the counties u12 cities
and towns), of North Dakota, twenty
six states, besides three foreign coun
tries-Panama, PHILIPPINE Islands and
Canada, which last claims ten of our
graduates.
Almost equally widespread has been
the influence of those who have elect
ed teaching as their life work. One
hundred and forty-seven have entered
this profession, now representing the
state, besides six other states and the
Philippines. OF these, twenty-three,
at least, are registered as superin-
tendents and principals. Fifty-five
have taken up commercial life, and,
what is gratifying, a goodly number
have gone into agriculture Many
combine farming with other forms Of
activity.
Of twenty-four physicians, habi. !
tants are claimed in California, Con. ,
necticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Wash
ington, the balance serving in North
Dakota Twenty-eight have chosen
engineering, most of whom are locat-
ed in western states. Nineteen are
bankers, four of them bank presi.
dents. The army and navy claim
three, and other professions repre-.
scented are the ministry, dentistry, IL
brary, book publishing, journalism
and railway administration. Thus
what can at best be but a partial
survey shows that, through a score of
callings, all basic and contributing to
the welfare of state and nation, our
university is working along practical
lines to help build up the common
good.