Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.



state, but the university has one of its
own at Cloquet for demonstration pur-
poses.
There are three preparatory schools for
the College of Agriculture. one at St.
Pau. another at Crookston and third
at Norris. Each of them has a four
year course in the science of asricul-
'ure and home economics, which are at
tended by many young men and women
who cannot go through college.
new building IS now being erected for
the mechanical department of the College
OF Ayr culture to train traction eng .neers.
who are very much needed on the great
farms of the northwest where traction
engines are used instead of horses. and
other machinery has taken the place of
human hands. In this building young
men VII be taught how to make and take
care of tools and implements. and how to
handle and repair agricultur al machinery.
instruction is not confined to reg stored
students. The school Is open to all who
desire instruct on and thousands of farm
ers avail themselves OF the privilege:
The plant of the University of Mime
sofa since the recent accession represents
value of more than S5.U0O.N0.
II would be very difficult task for any
man to succeed Cyrus Northrop. Presi-
dent Vincent no doubt realizes the weight
of the handicap. but has the cordial and
harmonious support of a broad-m nded.
progressive board of regents. w..o are
giving the right of way and are allowing
MIN develop Ine pclltS VI
institution. which. he tells me. will be
directed toward the unity of the different
colleges and a concentration OF effort.
disadvantage Is found in the fact that
there are no dormitories except one small
building that will accommodate about
seventy women. The students are scat
tered over both st. Paul and Minneapolis
and seldom meet except in the class
rooms. Members of one college are not
brought into intimate relations with the
m Of other colleges and there Is
no cohesion beyond that generated in the
chapter houses of the Greek 'etter frater-
mites which are strung along broad
street facing the campus. These chap
ter houses furnish homes for a small
percentage Of the student body, and the
great majority of both man and woman
students seldom visit the campus except
to attend lectures and Rotations.
=
There are several fine buildings. The
late John S. Pillsbury presented the univer-
sity with monumental
Handsome structure of brownstone
-, .45 feet in length. which
bulldlngS. contains museums, labor
atories and lecture rooms for the depart
! ment of geology. mineralogy. botany and
biology. The library is the handsomest
| building on the campus. being repro
duction Of a Greek temple. and contains
as assembly hall. the offices of the ad-
ministration. the departments of political
economy. history and literature There
| is a fine reading room. Al by 100 feet in
size, thirty-two feet high and admirably
! lighted
| The other buildings are we'll suited to
| their purposes and several are of attrac-
tive architecture. Several years ago Cass
| Gilbert. a Minnesotan who made his
| reputation here. but mas found wider
| field of fame and usefulness In New
York. prepared an elaborate plan for mar
/. moniZing the architecture of the un YER
| sity, but for some reason or another 1t
| has not been adopted. The new buildings
| under construction are plain and unpre-
tentious. and are great improvement
upon some of those which exist. The
| new hospital, for example. which has re-
| Gently been erected as a memorial to a
| popular physician of NJ nneapolls, Is
about as perfect such q building can
| be. and a machine shop for the depart
ment of mechanical engineering Is unsur-
passed in this country or Europe The
engineering course is considered very i'm
portant here and has two butldings-one
conta ming the laboratories and a splendid
ma chine shop and the other the lecture
rooms and libraries.
The school of mines is also considered
OF great Importance. because or the MN
eral development of Minnesota and other
northwestern states ITOIl WIlCH 50 &c
body of the students come. instruction
is specialized accordingly, but the general
course has a high standard.
The College of Science Literature and
Arts has the largest number of students
and the largest building and
Science is growing faster than the re-
- gents are able TO provide. The
ColIese. faculty is too small. the pro-
fessors are overworked and the accom-
modations are too narrow. About two
thirds of the students in the department
are women. 1t is practically woman's
college. and one of the largest in the
country
George James a brother OF President
James of the University OF Illinois. is
dean of the College of Educat on. which
gives course two years beyond the state
normal schools, leading to the degree OF
bachelor of arts. 1t is intended for tn
higher training of teachers. to develop
professional spirit and to provide pria-
cipals for high schools. superintendent
of education for the counties. and ma
terial for the faculties of smaller institu-
lions throughout the northwest. The stu
dents are mostly those who have higher
aims than to make teaching mere oc-
cupation. and intend to enter II peInla-
nently n profession.
The College of Education IS closely all
lied with graduate school which was
established a few years ago. but. owing
to a la of means, has not beer fully
developed DR. Vincent believes there 3
room for original research in the econo-
mics of Minnesota. and hopes TO obtain
Legislative authority and sufficient ap"ro-
, priations TO bring the graduate school up
to the standard obtained by Wisconsin
Illinois, Michigan and other great state
universities.
The medical school has reached the
highest standard of all the departments
of the university. and has the Wides;
reputation, first. because il is the only
one in the state and has an eminent fac
ulty headed by DIR. w. j. Mayo. one Of
the famous brothers of Rochester. In ID
dition to the Elliott Memorial Hospital
il has two dispensaries one in st Paul
and the other in Minneapolis.
The University of Minnesota is one oF
the few institutions having all tn
branches of ch>rni al science like the
| Germans. under single dire ctcr DR.
George B. Frankforter. who has Just re-
| turned from An investigat on of the lab
| Oratories of Europe in order to prepare
| designs for new four-hundred-th ousand-
/ dollar building 10 be erected next wear
The library has about 15O.Ep volumes
! in CHARGE of DIR. James II Gerould who
came from Columbia University a few
| years ago and has already gained an en-
/ hi Anx s.,,,