Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-12
FOUNDERS N d ||'|l| DAY
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An event of peculiar interest this year
at the State University. will he the scelc
bration of Founders Day on SATURDAY.
February n. T'hirty-one years ago the
act establishing the University was pass.
ed by the territorial legislature and tlls
following year the institution was fer
it has grown from an Institution Will,
one building, a faculty Of. four members
and a. student body of seventy.Dine, 70
one with fifteen buildings and q faculty
and student body Of IS and 1O7S respect.
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During twenty years Of this period
Dean Melvin "A. Brannon has been a
member OF the faculty, and these years
Of service have left o. lasting mark. nat
only on the University, but on the sta.o
At Large. 5lUpder his initiative and guild
ance there have grown up the Medical
College, the State Public Health LAbora-
tory 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. as sss;. Nv, NIX .{a ag text
Coming to the University in 1894 as
Professor Of Biology. he has been sue
iCessiyely Dean of the College OF Medicine
and Director of the Biological Station,
and Dean OF the College Of Liberal Arts,
and it Is but a fitting tribute to his. worth
as o man and educator that he shoull
now she chosen to lead our sister iGstitu,
ton in Idaho across the great noun.
tainE to the west.
Dean Brannon is q graduate E5of Wa.
bash College. and in 1912 he received. the
;e1esree: Of doctor Of philosophy, snmn:a
leam Iaude, from the University Of Chi
0ago.sHe is a member OF the Phi beta
EIappa. and Fof Sigma Psi, and q Fell
I'm 81 the American Association fo- the
advancement OF Science.
ggsslt Is desired that the celebration of
ePunders' Day this year shall be in. the
nature of q reunion Of the alumni OF
ne University, in order that they may
meet Dean Brannon sag1iny and bid him
Godspeed before his departure to ,bscone.
President of the University ~ fdahos. A
eight O'Clock on Friday evening. Febru.,
ary 20. In the, gymnasium, viii be hcid.
the Carney Song Contest by the various
Glasses Of the University for the an.
nual prize Of fifty dollars, given by Il. q.
Carney. Of the class Of 1904, for the best
class singing. On Saturday afternoon 1T
three O'clock, In the same placss, occurs
the annual basketball game With lhe
Agricultural College, and sat six o'cloyk
dinner will be served In the Commons
Building, during which the various
classes will give their songs. and every
body, with a voice or without one, can
Join In. Following the dinner there will
he g program OF toasts, President Mcyey
presiding AZ t~oast-,naster, and responses
being given by Judge Bruce Of the state
Supreme Court. and members Of the
Board Of Trustees. the Alumni and Tile
Student body. At $3.50, In the gymnasium
Dean Brannon will speak on Twenty
Years Of University Life" 1t 10 hoped
that every alumnus and friend Of the
University Will come, whether he ran
or not. It will be a fine opportunity to
renew old acquaintances and to extend
the hand OF greeting and congratulations
to Dean Brnnnon hafo,o nc q the
diversity. ~
Something original in the way Of din
sller Is Planned for this year, and ii il
probable that q big crowd win be on
hand for the treat. In order to lie sure
Of = place, It is necessary for all who
wish n to notify In advance. Mis,
Daisy B. Treen. University, vino is in
charge OF this part Of the program.
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