The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-18
UNIVERSITY men
H0N0RED BY CLUB
High Tributes paid Tuesday
Night to DR.. Rucdiger
and Dean Brannon.
PRAISE
PROFESSORS WORK
Large Number of Business
Were Present at Fare
we'll Dinner.

Dean NJ. y. Srannpn and DIR. Gustav
l;crdiecr, who are TO leave the state
university this spring were the guests
ot honor at Il farewell dinner given
Tuesday night by the Commercial
club.
\ large number Of the club mem
hcrs were present. and united in pay
ms tributes To the two men whose
WORK has meant SO mucn TO the uni
~NcrsltA, aud the city as u whole.
In the absence from tho city of
Manor NJ. l.. Murphy and President l..
j.. McNeN OF tho state university, Prof.
v. 7. Snuircs presided AT tho dinner.
and introduced tho various speakers
OF the evening.
DIR. j. u. Taylor spoke for the citi-
zens. He told of the efforts whicl,
We're necessary before the public
health Ia boratory was secured for the
university. u told of the untiriug ct
t5rts OF Dean Er8nnon and DIR. Reudi.
ger for the good of the community.
tie was followed ny Dean Ea,cock
or the school OF mines, who repre-
sented the university faculty. The
dean declared that Dean Ersnnon and
l,r. Eeudiser both had true regard for
the ideal of university professor Of to.
day which was that of public service.
i. +. L. O'Eonnor. speaking for the
Commercial club. declared that the
real dividends OF the community were
expressed in the health and manhood
of its citizens. and the other thing.
for which to two men now leaving the
university had sc untirinigly worked.
The last addresses of the evening
were given by Dean Erannon and DR..
Reudigcr.
DIR. Reudiser told OF the work
which had beeu done by the public
health laboratory i'll the seven years
which had elapsed since it was es-
t%af,lished. and thanked the people OF
Grand Forks for the hearty support
which they had given To the work.
He also described the work which
he was tn do ut the new public jalth
laboratory at LA Sale, H.. which he
has been called to take charge Of.
Dean Erannou. spoke of his regret
at leaving Grand Forks, and said that
he had been led to- accept the otter
OF the presidency of the University Of
Idaho on account Of The great oppor-
tunities for public service which the
position would afford.
He urged the Commercial club not.
to forget thai it's mission was to fos-
ter knowledge, and that it must al
done in the future.
The meeting closed with the singing
OF Aud Lang Syne, after the follow
ing resolution had been passed by the
club:
Whereas, Dir. NJ. 4. Rrannon. for
the past twenty a professor Of
botany. and for the past three years
dean Of the college Of liberal arts in
our state university, is about to leave
us TO assume the presidency OF the
University OF Idaho, and.
Whereas. l1'. GustaNe r. Ruedigcr.
for the past seven years director OF
the state public health laboratory, is
likewise about to leave us. To take
charge uf the newly established pub
lie health and research laboratory 1T
LaSalle. Illinois. and.
Whereas, both of these gentlemen
have been active and enthusiastic
members ct this club dean Brannon
having, indeed. been a charter lnerl-
berl. and have served it in many
ways. and have also. as citizens, de
voted themselves unstintedlH to the
ing by word and deed to the highest
ideals Of social service. therefore.
BE it Resolved. that We. members
of the Commercial club Of Grand
Forks, North Dakota, do hereby ea-
press to these gentlemen our high
appreciation OF their cllars cter, abil-
ity and spirit; our hearty congratu-
lations on tho splendid opportunities
open before them in the larger fields
10 which they have been called: our
best wishes for their future happiness
and prosperity. and our sincere re-
greet that the pleasant relations OK
listing between us must o he scv-
cred. We shall remember them with
the warncst feelings of respect and
regard. and we shalt hope 10 have
them with us from time to time as the
years pass over our heads.