The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-12
UNIVERSITY
FOUNDERS DAY
AN EVENT or SPECIAL IMPORT
ANcE, IN VIEW or EARLY DE-
PARTURE OF DEAN ERANNoN,
PRESIDENT ELECT or uNlvER.
: SlTY OF IDAHO.

An event Of peculiar interest this
year at the state university will be the
celebration OF Founders day on Satur-
day, Feb. Fl. Thirty-one years ago the
act establishing the university was
passed by the :. territorial legislature
and the following year the institution
was formally opened. During this
short period 1t has grown from an in
stitution with one building, a faculty
OF four members and a student body of
SeVenty-nlne, to one with fifteen build
lngS and a faculty and student body
Of eighty-ltve and 1,075 respectively.
During twenty years Of this period
Dean Melvin A. Brannon has been q
member of the faculty, and these years
of service have left a lasting mark, not
only on the university, but on the state
at large. Under his initiative and
guidance there have grown Up the
medical college, the state public health
laboratory and the biological station,
while of even greater value to the
state has been the impress Of the man
and friend which he has left on so
many Of her sons.
Coming to the university in 1894 as
professor OF biology, he has been sue
cessively dean of the college of medi-
cine and director of the biological
station, and dean of the college of lib
eral arts, and it Is but a fitting tribute
to MS worth as a man and educator
that he should now be chosen to lead
our sister institution in Idaho across
the great mountains to the west.
Dean is a graduate Of
Wabash college and in 1912 he receiv-
ed the degree of doctor of philosophy,
Summa cum Laude, from the Univer-
sity of Chicago. He is a member of
1 Uni "a - F Ss-~A~ D~4
and q Fellow Of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science.
1t is desired that the celebration of
Founders day this year shall be in
the nature of a reunion of the alumni
of the university, in order that they
may meet Dean Brannon again and
bid him Godspeed before his departure
of Idaho. At s o'clock on Friday eve
ming, Feb. 20, in the gymnasium, will
be held the Carney Song contest by
the various classes of the university
for the annual prize of $50. given by
E.. G. Carney of the class OF 1904, for
the best class singing. On Saturday
afternoon at 8 o'clock, in the same
game with the agricultural college
and at 6 o'clock dinner will be served
in the Commons building, durina
which the various classes will give
their songs, n everybody, with q
voice or without one, can join in. Fol.
lowing the dinner there will be a pro.
gram Of toasts, President McVey pre-,
siding as toastmaster, and responses
being given by Judge Bruce of tn.
state supreme court, and members O.
the board Of trustees, the alumni ant
the student body. At S:30, in the gym.
nasium, Dean Brannon will speak OF
Twenty Years of University Life. It il
hoped that every alumnus and FRIEND
Of the university will come, whether
he can or not. 1t will tie n fine oppor,
tunity to renew old acquaintance anC
to extend the hand Of greeting ant
congratulations to Dean Brannon be,
fore he leaves the university.
Something original in the way O
dinner is planned for this year., and i
is probable that a big crowd will b,
or hand for the treat. IN order to b.
sure Of a place, it is necessary for al
who wish one to notify in advance
Miss Daisy 3. Treen, University, wht
is in charge Of this part of the pro
gram. .--