The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
North DAKOTA c,
HAS GROWN RAPIDLY
N "A YEARS Of LIFE
Has Expanded: Into institution
Of ,,4oo Students, 20
Buildings
COLLEGE LOCATED IN 1899
Prof. c. 3. Waldron, sdll "a.
Guilty Member, Was First
6otanist
COLLEGE LOCATED IN 1899
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from . temporary o11bce IN DOWN.
town Fargo with one instructor In
Botany In 1890. the North Dakota AZ.
ricultural college has expanded into
an institution with 20 buildings, I, 100
students and some 800 employees In
the three divisions Of resident inStruc.
ton, experiment station, and extern
sion.
According to the state constitution,
the college was located In Fargo In
1850. In 1880 the five directors ap-
pointed by the governor chose Dr..
Samuel Satterthwaite, local physician.
as director o. the experiment station.
At . meeting In July they decided to
employ. . botany and chemistry
teacher for period Of two months
at one hundred dollars . month. Dur
ing these Swo months the botanist.
Professor g. B. Waldron, stu fac.
Ulty member, was given temporary
office in downtown Fargo. and told
to classify al the grasses IN the
state. The chemist, although not EN-.
ployed until later, was 70 make IN
analysis OF the North Dakota soil.
In August the board selected Dr.. H.
T. Stockbridge as the first president
and he in October added to the staff
Professor H. l.. Bolley, Who Is still on
the college staff, a. botanist, and d..
E. F.. Ladd, chemist. Professor Wald-
ron was made instructor In forestry
and horticulture. With 70 students
composed OF eight regular freshmen
and Il Short-courSo students Of vary.
ing ages, the faculty began It's duties
In November in one Of the buildings
Of the former Fargo college.
In 1891. with 100 students, tho insti-
tuition began work In the present main
building. using only the first two
floors. Tho campus ct that time was
over half o mile from the nearest
building In. the city Of Fargo and
without sidewalks Of any kind.
: Many New DailAlngs
Within the last decade the building
program at the institution has pro-
vided for the Physical Education
building, Mems Residence hall. Prac-
tice house. Agricultural building, wing
on the Science hall, and the remodel
Ing Of the armory into Festival hall
for general gatherings. Other build
ings on the campus include Francis
hall (school Of pharmacy. Chemistry
building. Engineering building, IL
brary, Ceres. hall lwomen's dormt-
tory. Veterinary building. Dairy
building, mill and flour testing labor
atory. music hall. greenhouses, farm
buildings. heating plant, etc.
A&,,&AS - N.>
struction graduated 233 students, the
largest class In its a wears Of exis-
tence. Figures for the fall and win
ter terms Of this year show an In
crease Of over 60 students, bringing
the present enrolment to over 400
and indications point TO- steady gains
IL the next two years.
On the teaching staff ut the present
time are some IS instructors with
many Of the regular staff loaned ia
other institutions Or for government
projects, or on leave Of absence fol
the college. Resident instruction L
offered In agriculture, chemistry, edu-
cation, home economies, mechanic arta
Gall phases Of engineering. pharmacy
md applied arts and sciences, mod.
ern languages. English, public dis.
cussion, social and economic sciences
history and mathematics.
Alumnae records show that students
from this institution make enviabll
records in graduate work, and thai
they have positions In all parts d
the world. Il has been estimated
that q large percentage Of the grad.
. ustes 60 into farm management
! work-l0,000 occupying farms In thu
northwest ut the present tin1e. rol
4 number Of years the work In chem.
tstry has been recognized Throughout
the United States as preparing tn
best type Of paint chemists.
Engineers All Over
Engineering graduates have fount
places In all industrial fields; Will,
students in home economies have gonl
Il increasing numbers into the fiels
!. q dietetics.
with five substations ct Dickinsou
] Cdeeley, Hettinger, Lansdon, and WI