The Bottineau courant., 1912-06-21
DIPLOMAS TO FIVE.
Commencement Exercises Held al the
School OF forestry Friday
WORST DELIVERED fine ADDRESS
lncIemency Of the Weather Kept a
Good Many People Away
From Exercises

Jupiter Pluvius interfered to
some extent with the success
of the School of Forestry com
mencement last Friday even
ing, but only so far as the at
tendance was concerned. The
program was a very enjoyable
and instructive one.
The opening number was by
the Bottineau Military Band.
Rev. G. w. Barnum gave the
invocation. Mrs. Geo. B. Nc
Millen sang Goodnight, Little
Girl"
President Mills introduced J.
H. Worst, president of the
Agricultural College, who de-
livered very able commence
ment address. In opening he
congratulated the graduates
that they had life before them;
that they were prepared to
struggle with problems and en-
joy the satisfaction of solving
difficulties in way that should
benefit the world.
Mr.. Worst's address was
largely along educational lines.
He said he was hopeful that
great strides would be made in
the improvement of the means
and methods of education.
There is need for more practi-
cal education, more industrial
and special preparation. He
felt that there should be a
great future for the School of
Forestry and said Il look up
on forestry as one of the essen
tials if this state is to come in
to its own. It is now practi-
cally treeless plain, somewhat
like the older countries where
the forests" have been destroy
ed. There is no country under
the shining sun richer in the
elements that supply plant
food. Forestry has a great fu-
ture here and this school can
lead the way. This institution
is worth all the fostering care
you can give it"
Space forbids an abstract of
the entire address but Mr..
Worst made a lot of splendid
suggestions regarding the
tightening of work in the farm
homes thus avoiding the
necessity of farm people NOV
ing to the towns and cities in
search of comforts. He also
touched on forestry work to
quite an extent and among
other things suggested that if
every farmer would spend ten
dollars in time and material in
the course of a few years we
could have fine willow hedges
crossing this state from east to
west every mile and then there
would be no more hot winds,
no more blizzards, no more
drifting of the soil, no more
scattering of weed seeds by the
= winds. Millions of birds would
nest in these hedges and would
destroy bugs and weeds and in
addition to this there would be
the beauty of the landscape and
the knowledge that we were
. bequeathing to posterity a
! better state with a milder cli-
mate. He said also that there
would be less danger of drouth
and that this alone would pay
for the work of planting and
caring for the hedge in few
years.
Mr.. Worst closed by remind
ing the graduates of the debt
they owe to the public that has
provided schools and the means
of acquiring knowledge and
urged them to pay back that
debt in most efficient service.
State Forester William T.
Cox Of Minnesota was intro
duced but on account of the
fact that it was, getting late
did not deliver "a lengthy ad-
dress but contented himself
with paying a few well deserv-
ed compliments to the School
of Forestry and the work that
is being attempted in a state
that has. a small area of forest
and in making a number of
practical suggestions gathered
from his experience az fores-