was ever sweetened with the milk of human kindness, and who consistently placed the development of noble manhood and womanhood above the mere acquisition of knowledge. In the forum and on the athletic field-in all student activities tending to prepare for a useful citizenship and a cheerful life your heart and spirit have been with the students. Through your kindliness you have won the affection of both your colleagues and the students, and to those who have gone out from the University with your "God bless you" following them, your chapel talks will ever be reminders of high ideals, unselfish and pure living. We are grateful for the support you gave to as well as the support you received from him whom we affectionately call the Father of the University-John Sargent Pillsbury. And we affirm that so long as the University shall continue, your years of service and his will continue as golden threads from the fabric made into the fabric in the making. In evidence of our gratitude to and affection for you, we would give you the assurance that we shall not weep over the desires not realized, but, rejoicing in the encouraging prospects you bequeath to us as alumni, shall strive to do what we can to blend the glorious past into a still more glorious future, believing that by so striving we shall demonstrate an active faith in the high ideals you have held before us. In token of our appreciation and grateful acknowledgment of all you have been to us, to the University and to the state, our Board of Directors hereunto subscribe their names. SIGNED FOR THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, HENRY F. NACHTRIEB, '82, PRESIDENT. FRED B. SNYDER, '81. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LEROY CADY, '07. FOR THE COLLEGE OF LAW, HUGH V. MERCER, '94. FOR THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY FRANK C. TODD, '92. WILLIAM I. GRAY, '92. THOMAS P. COOPER, '08. WALTER N. CARROLL, '95. SOREN P. REES, '97. FOR THE COLLEGE OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY, ALBERT E. BOOTH, '99. FOR THE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, THOMAS B. HARTZELL, '93. FOR THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, TREASURER. FRANK E. MOODY, '96. OSCAR BLOSMO, '07. EDGAR C. HIGBIE, '07. PREFACE The close of the administration of President Northrop is a fitting time to bring together, in a volume such as this, the material available to show the origin and progress of the University. We are sufficiently near the original sources of the history to be able to determine with a fair degree of accuracy the facts and to have the benefit of the word of mouth information from those who participated in the events which have helped to make the University what it is to-day. The disadvantage of proximity, which does not allow of a proper weighing of events in the light of subsequent years, is more than offset by the availability of material. Some day the history of this period of the University will be written by someone who will have the advantage of perspective, but, we trust that when that time comes, the one who writes will find in this volume the greater part of the information which he will need to get the proper values for his pen picture of the period covered by this volume. AUTHORITIES. The material from which this history has been compiled has been gathered at odd times through a period of more than twenty years. The chief sources of information have been official publications of the University-catalogues and reports of the board of regents, supplemented by reports of the proceedings of the legislature (both state and territorial), and the newspapers, especially the St. Anthony Express ; also the laws of Minnesota relating to the University. Among various other publications that have been consulted are:- The Ariel, A speech by Governor Pillsbury before the alumni in 1893, A report of the proceedings at the unveiling of the Pillsbury Statue in September 1900, Several reports previously compiled by the author after many months of painstaking research. Some of the most valuable material has been gathered by word of mouth from the men who lived the history, and no small part of the events chronicled in this history have taken place under the direct observation of the author himself. Among the persons who have aided by giving information based upon personal observation are: Colonel John H. Stevens, Reverend Elijah W. Merrill, Governor John S. Pillsbury, Dr. William Watts Folwell, President Cyrus Northrop. January 25, 1910. The Author. |