Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-09
WESLEY COLLEGE.

aciated in the management of Wesley college'ar ob-
4 serving the seventeenth anniversary of the found
: a~ffiliation with the University of North Dakota. To
Z the general public the establishment OF, Wesley col
I lege meant little out of the ordinary. The removal
j Of the school from its former location to one where
! the prospects for its growth and greater usefulness
\ seemed quite natural. That students in the insti-
tuition would be able to avail themselves of the
! facilities at the University was regarded as a con-
I venierce. Many other features related to the new
\ departure were taken quite as matters Of course.
There was, it is true, some misgiving. In church
1 circles there was some little fear that the move
\ might presage the secularization of the church,
4 while in other quarters there was some anxiety lest
s the state be brought under ecclesiastical domino
I ton.
! There were others, however, prominent among
{ them being President Mortified, of the University,
. and President Robertson, who realized that the
i adoption of the Wesley college plan went to the
{ very roots of the relationship Of church and state
! the functions Of the two were being defined and
9 correlated in such a manner that each could per-
/ form its full service, aided by the other, but in no
! way subjected to interference from it. t.
! In the seventeen years of its operation under
I this plan Wesley college has meant much to the
= people OF North Dakota, and, because of its loca-
. ton here, to Grand Forks. 1t has provided courses,
I foreign to the sphere Of the University itself, but
/ Of which University students were glad to avail
4 themselves, and from which they have benefited.
] It has performed a decidedly useful. service in a
i very material way in providing dosrnitory room for
|. students during a period when the University IT.
Z Z sell! wassnot in a position to meet this demand. It's
4 presence here has added several hundred persons
Z to Tie population of the city in faculty MEMBERS,
y students and families of students. 1t has been a
asset to the community from every bust
d ness standpoint. 1t has made most acceptable con-
i tributions to the opportunities for culture which
every progressive city desires to possess. By the
4 concentration Of its effort on the class of work for
s ! which it exists, and for which it is peculiarly fitted,
! it has been able to provide to the youth of the state
3 larger and better opportunities in that particular
4 field than would have been possible had it been
. obliged to devote a considerable part of its effort to
4 purely secular work. In this way it has operated to
economic time, energy and funds for all its pat
rons.
These are very real and substantial benefits,
many of which are capable of being reduced to the
familiar formula of dollars and cents. But these,
while important, are but incidental. Wesley col
legr has been a pioneer in hitherto unexplored
fields of educational relationships. The principle
applied here for the first time in a completed and
definite way has been accepted by some Of the most
E important bodies and by many Of the foremost au-
S liberties on education, secular and religious, is now
actually applied in several great educational cen
ters,y and is included in the plans of very many
more. Important as the work Of Wesley college
3 has been locally, therefore, its local importance is
insignificant as compared with the definite multi
3 plication OF its results throughout the country.