Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-21
FOUNDERS DAY
TO BE HEIDI
''U' ON FRIDAY
New President will be In.
stalled Flag to
be Presented.

An interesting Founders day pro-
gram has been arranged for h Uni
versity of North Dakota tomorrow,
and the principal events of the day
will be the induction into the Office
of president of DR.. Thomas F. Kane,
recently elected by the board of re-
gents, and the presentation of a serv-
ice flag. containing $50 stars indicat-
ing h a this number Of university
alumni and former students are serv-
ing the United States in the army or
navy.
On the 18th Of this month, it was
35 years since the territorial legisla-
ture passed an act authorizing the
building of the university. The cor
nerstone was laid October 2. 1888.
and on September 8. 1884. the insti-
tuition opened its doors to seventy
nine students. At that time the ia
Guilty numbered four members.
At the end OF the academic year,
1861, there were 90 faculty men,
bers and a total enrolment of 1850
students. including those attending
the summer school as well as the ex-
tension department.
Now Recognized Institution.
1t appears that, proportionally
speaking, the growth of the university
has been more rapid than that of the
state as a whole. 1t has grown from
a small institution to n of the large
state universities of the country, and
Is now recognized everywhere be-
cause of it's sound ideals of scholar
ship. IT has been pointed out hat
graduates of the University of North
of wider fame, like Harvard. Column
bia and Johns Hopkins universities
and received full credit. and recogni-
ton for the work done at the North
Dakota university.
One essential fact which speaks
highly for the qualities of the univer-
Lcity is that the large majority OF
North Dakota men and women who
educate themselves for one profession
versity Of their " state to that of
any other.
Plays Given Tonight.
This evening and tomorrow after
noon the Dacotah ~Playmakers will
present a series of so-called native
prairie plays" among which will be
one illustrating the life at the uni
versity in former times. The play
bill includes the following: "a Va
cation Tragedy" by Karl Emerson
and Nilhjalmur ~Stefansson: NJ and
Bill" by Ben Sherman: The Home
Fires" by Harold H. Wylie. At the
premiere this evening President Kane
and members of the board of regents
will be present. The performance to-
night starts at S:15 and the doors
will he opened at 1880. The after
noon performance tomorrow will be-
gin at a o'clock.
Among the features of the Found
ers' day program tomorrow will be
a basketball contest between the uni
versity and the agricultural college
which will be played in h gymna-
stun at $3.50.
Flag 10 &c Presented.
A service flag will be presented to
the university in the evening. 1t con-
tains ESQ stars. one for each son Of
the North Dakota alma mater who
has enlisted or been drafted for serv-
ice in the United States army and
navy. The flag will be given to the
university by the students n men .
bers of the faculty. Margaret kolars
and Waldemar Lilo will represent
the students and Prof. Gottfried HUT
the faculty in the presentation cerc.
monies, and Lewis +. Crawford, pres
ident of the state board of regents.
will accept the service flag on behalf
of the university.
Patriotic music and singing are in
cluded in h program for tomorrow
evening. The mems Glee club will
render a new song. ITO Arms!" writ
ten by Dean Vernon p. Squires. with
music composed by Prof. Paole Conte.