Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-09
(dications Are That Ats
tendance Record Of Last
Year Will Be Broken
The folldgfns tables show the In
crease I'm faculty and student body
|et the state university from 1884
1ee4-Faculty 8: students 10.
1891 --Facalty Ia; students al.
1e00-Faculty 81; students 500.
1910--Facuity SO; students oS0.
1020-Faculty III; students S1445
In 1890 seven degrees were Is.
sued; IN 1900, IA; In 1905, IS; In
li9l3. %, and in>1o2o, 1913.

In0 university OF North Dakota will
len Tor its thirty-seyenth annual SEES
ogram of work begins September
at 3 a. m. Judging from the ad-
nee registration and volume OF
Frespondence with prospective stu |
ntss there will be another increase
year. In fact, the. University OF
brth Dakota has entered upon an
a OF steady gTowth. The develop
ept OF an iastitution Of higher learn
14g is something like the growth OF a
Sensiness: the early days are the hard
- to pass. Every business mar knows
at the saving Of the first thousand
pillars is the hardest rung in the lad
kr of foftune. When a university
y reached. a record of a thousand
ldents in daily attendance, the pio-
kertng days are gone. It has taken
9 university t~hirty-six years ITO
&rpsperity in the state for the next
ave years. the university ought to
4ouble the present enrolment. This
MEANS an enrolment OF nearly three
thousand students during the entire
ea<. with, an average attendance of
3 thousand during the regular sam
tess. While such an enrolment will
81 put the university in a class with
Nbme other state universities in the
g. Natter of attendance. it will establish
AZ professionally with the best institu-
tions Of the land. 4.
ssaaIast ear saw a wonderful increase.
Ia the attendance OF many Of the coll
jleges, technical schools and univer-
sssities st the United States. This sud
sden increase was the direct result Of
the war. Through state aid and fed
'eral bounty. thousands of soldiers
were placedTin training for future use-
ffulness. Never in the history of our
country has SO much money been ex-
,,pe1Sded upon higher education. The
uses to which college-trained people
were put in the army Convinced every
one that education is more necessary
than. we have believed. While the
United States has maintained a fine
system Of public schools and bur per
centage Of i%lliteracy was very low,
the tests conducted by a special d.
vision OF the army disclosed the fact
that ~thousands Of young men were H.
Hterate., The experience with the
army in educating this cla. Of people
is n Of the important ~by-products of
increase in the attendance Of the
hithtr institutions OF learning. This
during the present year at least.
We are ant to think Of our country
as being the leader in@educational
matters. As a matter of fact. the
United States does not conipare ia
vorably with someSofg the ~sf.al1er Eu-
ropean nations inathe MAKER OF higher
education. We have a EsaAly number
Of large universities. ire Nave many
technical schoaiasS1 oa,tassli ~ we CONS
paFAs9the percentage SoY this ,stndents
in the higher HnatituffoTs viii HE III
tire. ponylatien we sfind, t}hssttt hrneriea
rank. t7r heller; Il esngs $lSfa,1ei q,asi'
countries OF Eurone., The present
tendency toward higher cducatifcn is
probably the beginning Of d new atnge
In tl1e development Of 5,aeducation.
There must be more money appropri-
ated by state legislatures for the sup
port Of higher Institutions. More
Ebenefactions must be forthcomtns for
the support OF the privately owned
universities. The young men and
women OF the country must give more
tof their years to preparation FOR the
INCREASING number of positions re-
fqutr5ng special training.
The following data showing the
fsrowth Of the university was exhib-
tied this year in the Fargo and Grand