Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
.FARGO.COLLEGE
HAS RFCORD0f
GREAT SERVICE
Founded in 1887 Before the
Constitution Was
Drafted.
Has Three Main Depart
ments, Each Equipping
Many Students.

In the report made to tho North Da-
kota board of regents of Il survey of
the states higher educational institu-
tions. the United States commissioner
has this to say: "A vigorous, demo-
cratic, progressive pioneer people,
with an unusually high average Of
wealth. with little poverty and no
class of idle rich, offers the best possi-
BILE opportunity for universal educa-
ton of a high STANDARD. ideal and cul-
tured on the one hand and scientific
and practical on the other" 1t vas
with wisdom and foresight that those
hardy frontiersmen who first crossed
the Red River of. the North. founded
an institution thaa should train the
heart. az we'll as Ga7e hand and head"
Of this pioneer people. Fargo college,
the pioneer Christian college of the
mid-nortfland. WIS founded in 1887.
constitution.
The Record of Service.
For more than a quarter century.
Fargo College has contributed to the
upbuilding of the state by sending,
forth annually IL large class of young
men and young women To do their
share in solving lhe problems and
performing the work Of society. From
the more than 500 students enrolled
last year. 55 We're sent out from the
various departmcn.s. That Fargo Col
lege students are bearing noble
share in the worlds work is Indicated
by the fact that graduate and other
students who have gone out of Fargo
College are engaged as follows: AS
homemakers, 45: as merchants. 46;
as bankers, s: as physicians rs: as
minister's 10: ns attorneys. l5 as
Christian Association secretaries. 2;
~ .e
farmers. IL; as ciil engineers, Ai as
Journalists, Z; as social workers, A.
The college ha three main depart
nents: the College Of Liberal Arts
giving four years standard course
leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Arts; the Conservatory of Music. Civ
ing thorough. up-to-datc destruction
in vocal, instrumental and theoretical
music: the Acadcmv. giving prepara-
Recognized E5i.h Standards.
When tested f." standard of work
:. Fargo College ,ahes rank with the
first class institutions of higher learn
! ing. The department of education of
the United States government has
ranked the college in its scholastic
standing in Glass a. The North Cen
trail Association Of Colleges is an or
ganization requiring high standards
LOT membership. p. ] dlSo S>oileEoS ~ olS
Of three institutions in the state OF
North Dakota conforming to the edu
cational standards of this association.
One of the highest honors that can be
given to an American young man for
scholarship is the Rhodes scholarship
which entities the winner to three
years study at Oxford. England. Two
graduates of Fargo College have won
this coveted prize. and another met
1,,,k l. NV
the age limit. The leading eastern
professional schools for medicine. law.
engineering and the ministry admit
Fargo College students on a par with
students from the oldest and best in
stitutions of the east.
Special Features.
Fargo College aims to offer course
Of study which is ideal and cultured
on the one hand and scientific and
college, except in the case of an un-
necessary number in single COM
monwealth, is not duplication Of eff.
fort but an essential addition to the
educational forces of a state. The Hon.
James ]. Hill recognized this when he
said to North Dakota audience: II
was glad to hear President James of
the University of Illinois, speak as
kindly as he did of the other institu-
Christian colleges. They have their
place and let me say nothing in the
world will ever take their place. Char
acter is essential to- craftsmanship
and these colleges are vital factors in
the development of Christian charac-
ter" This conviction of the value of
the Christian college and the import
ant work which Fargo College has to
do in North Dakota and the north
west, led Mr.. Hill to make pledge
of $4,000 towards an endowment
fund for the college.
One Of the special services which
the college performs for North Dako-
ia is the training Of teachers for the
state high schools In this particular
the college is meeting one Of the most
urgent needs in our educational sys-
tenn according to- the recent survey
After taking the four years college
course in which special attention is
given to professional subjects in the
department of education, graduates of
the college may teach in the high
schools Of North Dakota, South Dako-
Ia; Minnesota and Montana. Several
are teaching in other states. I'm addi-