Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-22
FOUNDERS DAY
OBSERVED Ant
UNIVERSITY
Thirty-eighth Anniversary
o. Founding of Institu-
ton Celebrated.
President Kane and Profess
sors Perkins and Libby
Are Speakers.

The thirty eighth anniversary of the
founding of tho University of North
Dakota was observed this morning,
when the annual Founders day exer-
cises were held in the rmory Speak
ers were President Thomas F. Kane
and Professors Clarence Perkins and
O. G.. Libby.
The celebration today had a double
Significance, for the university folk
also observed the Pilgrim terceuten-
airy.
Announcement of the commence
menl marshals and ushers chosen
from the junior class was made at
the exercises this morning as well as
the students winning memberships in
the Phi Beta Kappa. scholarship So
ciety. The appointments are:
University marsha, Eugene L.
Hough; faculty marshal, Marion D.
Avery; class marshal, j. Franklin
Phelps; usher CHIEF, Russell McClel-
Ian; ushers. Lucille, NJ. Allen, James
F. Conmy. Dean S. Leick, Mont NC
Cutcheon, Odlna b. Olson, Mabel I.
Seim, Harold D.. Shaft and Marion
Wilder.
Phi Beta kappas.
The four Phi Beta Kappa students
as announced are: Stella NJ. Him.,
Clarence E. Robbins, Anne Mitchell
and Wesley Johnson. AS an alumnus
of the University of North Dakota and
because of eminent ability as a his
torian, especially because of contri-
buttons to the historical knowledge Of
the Danish West Indies. Waldemar
Weslegaafd of the class of 1906, has
been appointed a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa society.
Old World Pilgrims.
Prof. Clarence Perkins, professor Of
European history, spoke on 1.-The Pill
grims in the Old World" He said in
part: #
I'm England of 1900 the govern
ment tried to force everyone to fol-
low the same religion. Most English
did so, but several groups of indie
pendent and spirited men and wom-
en- thought the queens religion was
wrong. To escape persecution and
have freedom to worship and govern
themselves, they fled to, Holland. One
of these CUP Of refugees was led
by William Brewster, a we.l-to-do,
educated citizen of Scrooby in north
eastern England. H.s followers were
small farmers and foun living in Hol-
land4very hard. Without skill in man.
u~facturing they a to work very
hard for a bare living. They could
get little education. Had they been
willing to become Dutch, they could
have %prospered there. They deter
mined to stay English even though
England den-ed them freedom. Aft
er painful doubts and xlo de-
bates they decided to sail to that al
most unknown and across the seas
to round a new home. There they
would be free in government and re.
ligion. Thence their strict ideals OF
right living and their democratic gov.
eminent have spread over the United
States"
Pilgrims of New World. .
1.-The Pilgrims of the New World
was the subject of Prof. O. G. L bby's
address. The Pilgrims were a small
sect Of the larger group of Puritans
in New England who settled n Plym'
outh in 1920" he said. The cucces:
of their colony led to other Puritan:
coming to New England and in the
end this made that group of co.onie:
into a compact community with GER
tain well defined ideas as to local gov
eminent and public educate on. Later
Il migration of New Eng.and's to the
middle west helped to incorporate
many Of these ideas into the soc:a
and political life Of these new com
munities."
President kane's Address.
In discussing his theme, 1.-THE =.
grims' Place in Our Un.ve-s !
Y -, Dav"+p sidnnt Kane said
'In a day set apart in honor of the
tou.u..s ol oar university, the frs