The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-26
MANY CHANGES
AT UNIVERSITY.
SEVERAL IMPORTANT IMPROVE
MENTs HAVE BEEN MADE
AT THE STATE a."

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 26.--The
campus OF the state university is 4
place well worth visiting these days,
for with the late rains and the care
ful attention that has been given to
the trees, the lawns, the walks and
the drives during the summer, 1t is
one Of the real beauty spots of North
Dakota. It has never appeared to bet
teri advantage than at present and
with the various improvements that
have been in progress during the sum
mer now all well advanced, 1t Is APP
parent that everything will be ready
for the host OF students, new and old,
will win begin to gather In now in a.
little over three weeks. The good ola
landmarks, dear to the heart of ev-
eryone who knows the OIL school well
win all be there but there will be
many new things that viii be In the
nature Of surprises even to the most
accustomed old timers.
The most welcome Improvement of
all will be the new commons building
which Is now practically completed.
The finishing touches are being put on
the woodwork, the painting and dec
Grating and everything will be in
share so that the boarding depart
ment will be able to move in by Sept.
and by the time school opens, Miss
Daisy Treen and her large force of
assistants will have everything well
settled and ready to take. care OF the
big gathering of hungry boarders. A
number of changes and Innovations in
the plans and policy of the commons
are under contemplation and unde-
cided as yet, but of one fact there
ample assurance and that is that all
members of the university commune
ty who desire to take their meals in
the new quarters will be taken care of
and that in the best possible way.
With such attractive surroundings as
are offered by the new building, it is
hoped that meal times may grow to
be more genuinely times for social
intercourse and good fellowship.
Much of the general hurry-up that
was made necessary be- the limited
facilities in the old commons rooms
will be eliminated.
In the dormitories, the usual proc
ess of cleaning up and setting ev-
erything In order is being gone
through with under the active direc-
ton of the superintendent of dorrni-
tories, Mrs. Hull. On account OF the
thorough overhauling of last year, no
painting or decorating is being done
this year except the usual attention
to the floors and the Frightening up of
a little wood work here and there. on
the whole, the dormitories never were
In better shape and with the addition
of the new commons building, living
conditions at our big state institution
will be all that could be desired, Davis
hall will furnish rooms for ninety girls,
Macnie hall will house fifty, Bulge
bah will care for eighty boys and the
two Wesley college dormitories,
Sayre and Larimore halls will take
care Of forty and fifty each respec-
lively. the former being used for boys
and the latter for girls. A glance
over these many improvements and
g. consideration of the many advan-
tages that the institution offers should
convince anyone who is debating in
his mind about where to go for a high
ar education that the University OF
North Dakota is q very good place to
select.