The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-28
DEDICATION Of TEACHERS COLLEGE
MARKED BY UNUSUAL EXERCISES
Addresses by Senator G. anderson Joseph Kenne
dy, President Edmund Jam and President James J.
Hill Make the Eve mt Most Significant

Consummation Of long cherished
hope was realized this afternoon in
the dedication of teachers college.
one of the new and most beautiful of
i the splendid group of buildings grac-
Ing the campus of the University of
North Dakota.
I! Added Importance was given the
occasion through the presence of such
prominent men as President Howard
Elliott of the Northern Pacific rail-
road. President James j. Hill of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern, Presidents Edmund James of the
| University of Illinois. President Wal
ter Dunniway of the University of
/ Montana. President Luther C. Free
man of Nlorningside college, President
Geo. E. MacIIean of the University of
4 Iowa, together with many other prom
inent educational personages.
/! Teachers college dedicatory exer-
cises were presided oven by State
] Superintendent of Public Instruction
w. l.. Stockwell, while Hon. j. G..
Gunderson of Aneta. N. D.. state sem
| ator. made the address of presentation
on behalf of the state with Dean
! Joseph Kennedy of the teachers COL
lege making the acceptance on behalf
of the university. At the conclusion
of the dedication exercises President
James ]. Hill of the board of direc-
tors of the Great Northern and Presi-
dent Edmund James of the University
of Illinois delivered addresses. "The
Relation of the University to the
Commonwealth" was the subject on
which President James spoke, while
President Hill gave one Of his char
acteristic addresses for which he has
become noted.
| The New Building.
\ The. dimensions .. of the teachers
college. located on the east side of
the campus. and facing west, are 120
ks feet. The building is two sto-
ries in height. with attic and high
basement, making practically four
stories.
The basement provides a gymnasi-
um. 40x48 feet, with a sixteen foot
ceiling. To the left of the gymnasium
is located the mems toilet room, the
shower baths and lockers and coat
room. Similar provisions are made
for the women to the right of the
gymnasium. The manual training
and domestic science departments full
ly equipped, are also located on the
basement floor, as we'll as the appa-
ratus room. There are front and
rear doors to the basement, with
grade er+"ances at the north and
south end.
! The first or grade floor Is divided
/ into six class rooms, each provided
with an office. and in addition are the
offices for the dean of the teachers
college and the superintendent of the
model high school, both equipped
with fine libraries.
The assembly hall. 39X48 feet, is To-
Gated on the second floor of the
building. 1t is completely equipped
with stage, dressing rooms, balcony,
etc. There are also two class rooms,
women's study room, cloak room, toi-
[, let, laboratory, apparatus rooms and
offices for the science teachers.
The top floor of the building pro-
,, vides for drawing rooms, class rooms,
and the commercial department will
also be located there, all of which are
completely fitted out with offices and
supply rooms.
The teachers college will be fur
nished throughout in plain red oak,
stained tobacco brown. The walls
are to be tinted light green, and the
general effect will be modest and
beautiful. The building is plumbed
throughout with the most up-to-date
and sanitary fixtures. and is heated
| with steam from the central plant.
automatically controlled. maintaining
an even temperature in all rooms. A
fan system of ventilation is also en-
ployed.
The building is of the Tudor-Gothic
STYLE of architecture. the style Is to
he carried out in all buildings erect
ed at the university in the future. 1t
is built of Coon creek paving brick,
laid In white mortar. with Bedford,
Ind, limestone trimming.
Address of Presentation.
That the university by reason of its
work in the past has SO thoroughly
demonstrated its worth to the state
at large as to command the admira-
tion of all, Hon. ]. G. Gunderson of
Aneta, and a member of the state sem
ate, declared in his address present.
ing the teachers college today that
he believed no legislative assembly
could invest the moneys of the state
to better advantage than in Its edu-
cational institutions.
/ Every dollar invested in that man
ner, said the speaker, brings manifold
returns.
"The first duty of state is. to pro-
mote the welfare of the average man."
said Senator Gunderson. II know of
no better method to bring this about
than through its institutions of learn
/, ing. The policy of our commonwealth
has been to provide the best schools
within its means to develop the intel
lectual power Of the boys and girls