Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

-,r /. enf.t..E,. E-tresr NHh#n elN1hiA.. ltE MI
Squires, who VAS "a member OF the
facultx$3a.ready At that ,tirqe. Dean
SOU res 1enicds the%popularfFb belief that
mir. StefAEssonF had difficulty IN carr
rytng ott sl,i is school st,id!es.t He said
the trouble was that members of$the
faculty failed 10 understand the mar
they Mcles dealing with. and that in
ffn-eakinE certain ~rnles&Tthsse rules
should have been ordered broken.
hConsid erabfe enjoyment was mani
Tested by the audience.in poems writ
en- by Mr.. .Stefansson while asstudent,
which were read by Dean Squfres, to
tho discontinue Of theirs author.
However. retaliation was made when
Mr.. .Stefansson later. recitcd a,&poem
written about Dean%Squires. %S This
poem, it seems, was given wide cir
cllation@about the campus. It4was In
r~eferenceSto a romance OF the deans
and was reported, Mr.. ~Stefansson
said, to have been the cause OF Dean
Squires's absence from the university
for a.year, during which limesshe was
married. N & =
Tells OF Days at "Cr.A
Mr.. Stefansson worked his way
while attending the university, and
last night told of some of his expert
s"AS'' N'iAo Ky l. ~
university. he said, with but f!fty-four
and one half dollars in his pocket.
and wearing a. Seven-dollar suit Of
clothes Among his first jobs was tina
of caring. for the thermometer and
barometer, for which he received two
dollars per month. He also took care
of Prof. Brennan's frogs, and another
job was saving wood and caring for
a COW for his board and room. The
] qffo~ in1, no Joc& l,>1o ,,~.QhDF lsn 80
llsious views. his emnloyer, a woman,
saying she didn't van a man with
views like his to take are of her COW
Most of the conflict with the fac
ulty seems to have conferred around
Bulge hall, where h explorer
roo!ned for a time. Mr.. ~Stefansson
finding it impossible to live UP to a
set OF rules laid down ht' d. Prof. Cox,
who believed they would be good
discipline. The result was that Prof.
Cox wound up in a hospital a nervous
wreck. y s.
Wanted to Be Consistent.
Another way in which the student
got into difficulties was through help
ing members of the football squad
With their class work. II seems that
Prof. Macnie, who vas in charge Of
the class, was near-sighted and un-
aDle TO recognize Student across the
room. Taking advantage of this fact,
Mr.. S~tefansson, when other students
did not know their lessons, would
take the floor and answer for them.
However. when his own name was
called he told the professor he had
not had time to prepare his lesson.
Il had started out that way" he said,
land 1 didn't want to be inconsist-
ent.'
1t was when returning to school in
November of 1901 hat Mr.. Stefans-
sons eliminating difficulty with the
administration ook place. When
told that he would be expelled he told
the professor it was impossible as he
had not yet registered. The profess
or, however. took the matter up with
the president and the student was
refused admission on the grounds
that he was a disturbing influence
at the school.
When reminded OF the fact that his
class would graduate in the spring
and that he would not be among
those. present. the explorer said he
would graduate. that he would so to
some other university. He was black
listed however, and it was only by
agreeing to take special examinations
that he was admitted to the Univers-
ity of Iowa
Invited Into Political Field.
Before going to the University of
Iowa Mr.. Sefansson was nominated
on the Democratic ticket for candi-
date for the Office of superintendent
of public instruction in North Dakota.