The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-01-13
FARGO COLLEGE NEWS

A notable chapel address of the
year was that delivered by President
Worst of the agricultural college.
President Worst prefaced his remarks
with some statements respecting the
position OF Fargo college and his own
institution in educational affairs. He
| said the two schools were in no sense
competitors, but that each had it's
| distinctive work to do, it's own field
in which to operate. The speaker
was most cordial in his tone. He
spoke then on The Forces of Nature
In the past the rural popuation has
not gotten the training 1t should have
to be efficient and get the most Of
| life. With reference to efficiency in
| farming he said: 'If Iowa were farm
ed as Japan is, that state would fur
nish enough food to support our own
| country and 100000 more. President
| Worst also spoke in some detail about
the life history Of the silk worm.
The extension department under the
! supervision Of DR. Knowlton, Miss
True and Professor Freeman, has is
sued neat circular. This work is
new, but promises to become very
! useful feature Of the work of the coll
lege. The preface says in part: "That
its influence along educational lines
| may reach out and help not only those
who come within it's immediate bound
aries, but also the 4arge number OF
eager young men and women who
are prevented through untoward cir
cumstances from coming to its halls,
and that the number Of those who
may thus be stimulated to further
systematic study may be increased,
the college desired hereby to announce
| a modest beginning of college extern
sion work" The charge for extension.
lectures will be nominal. Among those
who offer lectures are Pres. Creegan,
Dean Brown, Dean Lonn, Drs. Knowl-
ton and Stratton, Miss True, Miss
Perley, Prof. Wanner, Mrs. Hazelton,
Professor Vowles, Miss Hill and Pro-
| fessor Freeman. The members of the
| conservatory faculty will also give
recitals and lectures under the aus
pices Of the new department.
Athletic relations have been resum-
ed with the University of North Dako-
ia, and two games have been sched-
uled, one for Feb. IL at Fargo, and
one for Mar. 13 at Grand Forks The
team has only played one game this
season, defeating Concordia college
sc to 0. The second team was tried
out in the second half.
Hubert Beard of the class of 1911,
who is now spending the vacation in
Berlin, has made one of the Wadham
crews Each of the Oxford colleges
has one or two crews which partici-
pate in a contest for the headship Of
the river. Mr.. Beard seems to be
making good in athletics as we'll as
in music.
| The newspaper exhibit is to be held
! during the convention of newspaper
| men Jan. 26 and 81. The class in
| journalism is now busy getting out a
souvenir paper as a practical demon
| stration of the work shey do in their
study Of journalistic methods. There
| will be a reception for the visiting
newspaper men Saturday evening.
| There will be music and light refresh
| ments.
A recent chapel address of unusual
interest was that of DR.. Knowlton of
educational methods in Europe DR..
Knowlton used as a basis his OBJ
servations on the schools of Leipzig,
London and Paris. The education of
Germany fits men to be efficient SOL
diers, and discipline is enforced at
every turn until a man has finished
the gymnasium, as the high school
is called. There are very few female
teachers, and one of the odd things
to us is the presence Of men in the
elementary work.
The class in Norwegian is planning
to attempt Norwegian play some
time next semester Ludwig Holberg's
Den Stundesloese, a Danish comedy
of the eighteenth century. will be used.