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1ltniutfnity of :!Iinutnotn
atrnnkstnu tuursnta.

1911

@Jrninr Annual
CLASS OF 1911

HalTett, Elsie

Lindfors. Olga Claudia

Julia

'\fcDonald, \\' il111ifred Cecil

Coul ter, II elen II arriet

).[isner. \ Testa [ .. ouise

Erlandson , II il dur Louise

) LllCllcl-. . \ngelin e

Eklund, Carl Custar

)! elson,

C;unness, )[ae

Sentlm, X ottor

[ledin,

II arry

Peter

Thork elson, John

J ohnson, \ Yietor Eugene

Tonrend. Silas

Hcnjamin

CLASS OFFICERS
President
\ Yice President

",\1 ae

Cl1nness

Secretal-Y

Otto Senu111

Treasurer

CLASS MOTTO
"Prepared,

Yet Just Begun"

CLASS FLOWER
White Rose

John Thol'kel soll

\\"illl1ifred

".\lc D onald

STATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AT CROOKSTON.

The Northwest Experiment Farm, located one and one-half miles north of the City of Crookston, Minnesota, was
established in 1895 with the object in view to study the agricultural conditions of Northwestern Miimesota. The farm has
640 acres, most of it is tile drained. In 1905 the Crookston School of Agriculture was established. It is under the direction
of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. The school aims to give a practical education to farmers' boys
and girls. The enrollment has increased from 31 in 1906 to HI. A Short Course enrolling 113 additional students was held
during December.

10

]. Girls' Dormitory; 2, .\dmin istration Building; 3, Superintendent's Cottage; 4, School Building; 5, Stephens I-Iall; 6, Farm House; 7 J I-J orse
Barll; 8, Poultry House; 9, Industrial Building; 10, Dairy Barn. Hog Barn , Slaughter I-louse, Sh eep Pen, e tc., to the right of No. 10.

Qlnmmrurrmrul Ifrrk
l\larch nineteenth to twenty-fourth , nineteen hundred e leven.
School of Ag ,-icul ture.

BACCALAUREATE SERVICES.
Sunday,

nineteenth, three o'clock .

. Sermon by Rev. E. \\T .

First Presbyterian

CLASS
vVeclnesday,

). farch

DAY

Church, of

Crookston.

EXERCISES .

twenty-second, seven thirty o'clock.

PROG R AM .
Music-Selected
Class Essay-" Prepared But Just Begun"
Address-"Thc Drainage Problem"
Essay- "'For What Have I
Education"
Music-Selected
Paper- "The Dairy Cow"
Essay-" The Four Course Dinner"
Demonstration-":Milk Testing"
Address- "Co-operation l\mong Farmers "
Class Song-Words by
Paper-" Crop Rotation"
Class History
Class Prophecy
Class \ Vill
l\[usic- Selected

School Chorus
Winnifred McDonald
J ohn Thorkelson
Elsie Barrett
Quartette
Silas TOt'vend
lIi ldl11' Erlandson
Vesta :M isner and Peter Ne lson
Carl Eklund
Harriet Coulter
Otto
Senum

Mueller
Harry Hedin
Gunne ss

School Chorus

C OMMEN CEME N T EXERC I SES.

Thursday, ::\Iarch twenty-third , two-thirty o'clock.
Invocation
Th[usic-Selected
Victor Johnson
'-Farming in Northwestern 1\linnesota"
Julia Bruun and Olga Lindfors
Demonstration-" Draughting a Skirt Pattern"
Music-Selected
Honorabl e . \. O. El>erhart, Governor of :\1innesola
Address
Nlusic
University of ::\Iinnesota
Dean . \Ibe,:t F.
Presentation of Diplomas
School Chorus
IIail to Thee

',-,;'"- '!!'

A L U MN I R E U N I ON
Friday, J\larch twenty-fourth, seven thirtyo'c]ock.
Stephens I-Iall Parlor.
Officers:

Robert Erlandson, '10, President; Emma Petct-son, '10, Vice President;

Chades Graves, 'la, Secretary; Lewis Fossbakken , '09, Trea surer.

DR. CYRUS NORTHROP

President of University of !\Iinncsota.

DR. GEORGE E. VINCENT

Presidentelect of University of Minnesota.
I

DEAN ALBERT F. WOODS

Department of Agriculture, University of niillnesota.

of i\grirulturr. 1!tuiurrnity of iliuurnota.

at Q1rookntou.

By Dean Albert F. Woods, Department of Agriculture, University of

Minnesota.

The School of Agriculture at Crookston was the first of the type of

the ce ntra l sc hool at St. Anthony Park to be c:s tablished as a separate
unit away from th e central organization.

Like the central sc hool in all

res pects, in plan and organization, and part of the great University, it
gives a training in the technical and practical busines of agricul'ture and
the arts of homemaking.

It exercises an incr easing infi'uence in the bet-

tennent of agriculture and country life, in the improvem ent of rural

schools, in 'the br oa dening of the high sc hool to include ag riculture

111

an

effective way and in many other \\"ays it is doing its part in bringing
about co-operation, organization and tea m-Kork throughout our ed ucationa l sys tem.

This type of sc ho ol fills a plac e in our educational sys -

tem not possible for any other type of sc hool to effectively occupy.

It is

a sc hool where agriculture as a business and profession is made the domi nant note.

It trains for the farm and the country hom e, and the improve-

m ent of rur a l conditions.

It ha s its expert faculty of speciali st s, its

broad fields, he rd s, barn s, laboratori es a nd ot her equipment necessary

for the most effective training, aiming an d succeeding in se nding its
back to the farm

views of a n ew country life, of profit

and pl ea sure, and th e kn ow ledge of how to live it.

There have be en

many difficultie s to overcomc, in lea rning how to drain and get the b est
re sult s fron1 th e unfavo rabl e soil on which the farm is located. Bu't these
difficultie s which are being rapidly overcome, are among its greatest educational assets.

The successful result of the struggle with adverse con-

ditions is pointing the way to success in thousands of similar location s. I

pr<>dict a bright future of great usefuln ess for the school and th e station .

w4r lituturrlitl1 of fIiIltuurlotu

Cyrus North rop, L. L. D., President

il'pnrtml'ut of J\grirulturl'
Albert F . Woods, Dean.

C!!roohltou

of Agrtrulturr

nub NortqWl'st iExpl'riml'ut J;tathm

c. G. :=;elvig, Superintendent
Crookston, Minnesota.

FACULTY,' 19101911, CROOKSTON SCHOOL OF AG R ICULTURE.

Powers.

Bilsborrow, Slade, Selvig, .M cLaren, Dan ielson, G. A., Schwartz:

Danielson, H . R ., Arrivec, Fossbakken, Paddock, Drown .

SCHO O L
SELV I G
DAN I ELSON
BR OWN
DANIELSON
POWE R S
N. E. SCHWARTZ
]. D. BILSBO RROW
AGNES E. ARRIVEE
MUSA S LADE
RITA McLA R EN LEWIS FOSSBAKKEN
MEDO R A PADDOCK
C. G.
H. R.
C. E.
G. A.
II. H.

I1ACULTY , 1910-1 911

Superintendent
Farm l\1echanics

- Poultry Husbandry
An imal and Da iry HusbangfY

Horticulture, Agricultural Botal)Y

Farm M:athcmatics, Preceptor
Agronomy, .1 \gricultural Sciences
Domestic Art and Science, Prcceptress
English, Physical Training
Assistant in Domestic Science
Assistant in Farm Mechan;cs
Registrar and Librarian

NORTHWEST EXPERIMENT STATION

STATION ROLL, 1910-191 1

C. G. SELV I G H. R. DANIELSON
C. E . BROWN G. A. DAN I ELSON I-I. H. POWERS

J. D. BILSBORROW
CORA PAULSBERG

Superintendent
Farm Foremtn

Poultryman
Dairyman

Horticulturist and Gardener

-

Agronomist

Bookeeper and Stenographer

HISTORICAL SKETCH.
Harry Hedin, '11.
The Northwest Experiment Station is
situated one and one-half miles north of
Crookston. The land was given to the
state by HOll. James J. Hill in 1894 for
the purpose of starting an experiment station. It was not until 1895 that any great
amount of work was done.

The land is made up of black clay

loam, very hard to work. It is low, making it necessary to install a drainage system before the land could be used. Thero
is on the farm two miles of open ditch
and nine miles of tile drainage. By means
of this the combination the soil has
been changed so fair crops can now be
grown.
Vvhile a11 breeds o'f stock can be maintained at the farm, the scheme is to adjust it so as to keep on hand, for class
demonstration, representatives of the leading types in each line of stock. For in
stance, in the poultry department are

appropriated $15,000 to establish a branch

school of agl-icuiturc, at Crookston, few
realized what an important step had
been taken or how much would hinge on
that action. There were three reasons for
establishing the school. First, the parent
school at St. Anthony Park had grown torather an unwieldy size; second, the dis
tance there is so great as to discourage at
tendance frOtn the ninth congressional
dishict. Last but not least, soil and clio
matic conditions in the Red River Valley
are radically different from those of the
remainder of the state,
The six years of school already held
have demonstrated fully the need and the
value of such an institution. The school
was taxed to its utmost capacity the first
year. The second year, it was necessary
to turn away students for want of room.
To remedy these conditions,
the legislature of 1907 made a second appropria
tion for erection of Dormitory and In.
dustrial Hall. The Dormitory known as
"Stephens Hall," is a beautiful threestory
cream brick building with brown stone
trimming, and is a model of comfort and
convenience.
It will accommodate one
hundred students without any cl'owding
and can hold one hundred and fifty if
necessary. The first school building, which
was made up of dormitory, dining hall, office, parlor and class rooms, was redecor.
ated and partly refitted and, under the
new name of Ladies'
Hall,
made
an
ideal home for the young ladies of the
school. The Industrial Building is a small
but well equipped building. It contains the
blacksmithing and carpentry shops, stock
judging room, dairy room and two laboratories and two class rooms.
In Januaiy 1910, Supt. William Robert
son died suddenly from heart failure. The
shock to the school was a severe one. In
July Prof. C. G. Selvig was appointed
superintendent of the Agricultural School
and Northwest Experiment Station.
During the summer and fall of 1910
great improvements were made.
A new
Ladies' Hall was built also an Admil1istra
tion Building. The Ladies' Dormitory is
a three story brick building. It will ac
comomdate seventy-five ladies.
It is a
model home for the young ladies attending
the school.

T. A. I-IOVERST.\D
Superintcndent N. W. Experiment Station,
Farm, 1897 to 1905.
kept the special laying breed of White
Leghorns and the general purpose fowl,
Barred Plymouth Rock.
In swine the
Duroc Jerseys are kept, as good illustration of the lard type; and the Improved
Yorkshire as a bacon type. In cattle, the
ITolstein-Fresian is kept as a repre senta
tion of the special dairy type, and tht:
Shorthorn to represen t the general purpose animal.
T. A. I-Ioverstad was
superintendent
until 1904 when Prof. William Robertson
took charge of the farm.
'Vhen the Minnesota legislature of 1905

The Administration Building is a large

three story brick building. On the first
floor is the office for the farm and schoot
library. reading room, lockers and bath
room for th.e boys also a small lecture
room. On the second floor is the g)tlTlnasium, which is a model place for all
kinels of sports. Basket ball and indoor
baseball are played a great deal. The
chapel room has a large stage and a gallery.
The seating capacity is four hundred people. Plans for the futme call for
a central heating plant.
In six years this school has grown
from a school with one building that would
accommodate only thirty students to a
size that 'yill accommodate two hundred,
when additional class room, work shops
and laboratories are provided.
The faculty has grown from four memo
bers to ten. Under the present adminis
tration the school is rapidly progressing.

RonERTSON
Superintendent, School and Station,

CLASS HISTORY, 1911:

Angeline M. Mueller, 'II.
Should you ask me of these classmen,
Of the girls and boys who finish,
I would tell you of them truly,
Truly, and in detail.
But to tell you all the story.
I must go way back to l\{ythlancl,
To the land, of ancient legelld.
With the day all bright and sunny,
With the sky all blue and cloudless,
Came they to the school of Agriculture.
Came they so they might discover,
All the depths of agriculture,
All the details of the dairy,
All of breeds, and some of English,
For this, came they to the S. of A.
Of Miss Gunness, I will tell you,
Of her class, she stands the foremost,
Foremost, in her studies and the office,
Of her class, I say, the foremost.
Legend tells us when she came here,
She was young and very buxom,
She was youthful, she was bouyant,
To her the world looked rosy.
llright as the day were her views of life.
From the country school she came here,
Came to us with courage ample,
And more too, the legend tells us,
She has been a good example,
Do you ask me "Did the legend,
Of he .. looks tell anything?"
I would answer, answer you sincerely,
Of her looks, it much did tell.
With the surrey came the maiden,
Old and low as surreys made were,
And with much was the surrey laden,
vVith the man and trunk and maiden.
As to colors I would tell you,
Of bright yellow was her garment,
}\ nd of gray the 0 her part.
And a pan-cake hat was resting,
was sitting so securely,
That the wild winds of the prairie,
Co'uld not shake it,
Could not budge it.
This blue hat the maiden wore.

Then the legend speaks of "Sunny,"

With his smile of joy and gladness,
With his ever beaming countenance,
Of his voice, the legend tells us,
It was deep as' ocean caverns,
With a changing trembling range,
lIe could speak and make the walls ring,
He would throw you in convulsions,
In convulsions with his SpeaKing,
Then his coat it was a strange one,
Should you ask me of the short sleeves,
Of the trousers, and that little brown hat,
I would answer,
I would tell you,
FJ"Om the legend I would tell you,
Oh, his coat it was a strange one,
Small and short and rea<;hing heavenward,
As his soul, was "Sunny's" coat.
.
He could write, this lad I speak of,
Re could write so well, indeed,
That the class made him the one,
To wr ite down each word and deed .
The next was strong in brain and muscle,
He could wrestle with the north wind,
Of great feats took little notice,
So they made him sergeant,
Sergeant, at their pow-wows,
Of the class meets, he was seqreant,
Victor, the mighty, Victor, the brave.
Oh, ye people of this school,
Oh, you school mates tried and true,

Listen, listen, I will tell you,

Of this class as a whole.
Hooks and legends and traditions,
Have been written many, many,
But I can't tell all,
For of the time we have so little,
I-Iarken now unto this story,
To this legend from the north land,
Yea, with heads too heavy,
When you struggle with your work,
Take a lesson from their joys and sorrows,
your duty never shirk,
..
J repeat it as I heard it,
And from legends do I tell it,
That from out the wood and pines,
Came these sixteen to their efforts,
Efforts true and efforts earnest,
Came they to their three years' work,
Came they on that first day, .
Long ago, and in the past,
Came they to the School of Agriculture,
Came they to the seat of learning.
On that first night in the hall,
They found tables numbering six.
All were quiet, all were strange,
All were thoughtfnl, all engrossed,
J n thoughts of home and loved ones,
Oh, those days of pain and longing!
Days of thought for home and friend!
I would pass them over quickly,
Pass them over, everyone.
Lest my theme be incomplete,
[ will tell it most in part,
Tell it to you, as it was.
Oh, that awful siege of hom<;:sickness,
Of the change and new duties,
\-Vho can reckon what it cost them,
Both in tears and lonely hours?
But the class they organized,
Organized for working;
Chose a color, and a motto,
That would be theirs till the end.
\-Vhite they chose for pureness,
Olive green for constancy,
Then they had in mind the bible,
\Vi th reference to the color,
Where we hear of olive being given,
Given to the victor,
vVho the race so nobly won.
they had in mind each class mate,
Who would be a victor in the end .
So you see the colors were sym botic,
Of true worth they were symbolic,
Should you ask me of the year 1910,
I would tell you, tell you truly,
Of the ghostly midnight parties,
With the parlor dark and gloomy,
''''ith the marshmallow toasts to aid them,
With lights extinguished and with fear,
And with trembling, lest some wo:nan,
Forgetful of her school days,
Should appear and send them room ward.
Then the field day with its honors,
Came to this same senior class,
For the leaping and the s .. lpping,
Came the honors and the glory,
Came to them more honor, truly,
Than had ever reached another,
Since the history of this school,
Then they came to be called seniors,
\Vith the name came honor, praise.
They were held in greatest reverence,
Reverence, for their skill in learning.
And much more the legend told me,
nut the fates have dealt, unkindly,
lfave almost destroyed the last part,
And I cannot tell you,
Tell you fully,

lUore of the class that's next my heart.

This I know, I tell to you.
That a better class there was never,
It was loyal to the school,
Loyal to its noble precepts taught,
And when it left the portals gray;
And took up the work of life,
'"' ork, which might be pleasant, might be
. happy,
.
They made us e of all they lea rn ed there,
In that same S. of A.
And I, your class hi s torian,
Say to you who love the haunts of nature,

Love the s unshine on the green,

Love the shadow of the pine trees,
Love your honored Alma l\iater,
Love the days you spent at school;
Put in practice what you learned,
B ecause yOll came that yOll might discover,
All the depths of agriculture,
All the details of the dairy,
All of breeds and some of English,
For this came we to the S . of A.
'-1'hus we say, "Farewell forever 1"
Say, "Far'ewell, dear Freshmen day s,"
Bid adieu to Sophomore pleasures,
Sighing say, " Farewell, Farewell."

FROM THE STATION HERD.

CLASS OF 1911.
Thorkelson., Lindfors, Nelson, Coulter, Eklund, Erlandson , Senu11l
Johnson, Misner, Torvel1d, Rat-rett, Hedin,
Drl1un
l\f r. and Y[rs. C. A. Danielson, )1.a e Gl1nness.

INCIDENTS OF GIRLS D O R M IT O RY

LIFE.

Hildur Erlandson, 'II.

"l-Ialy of HoJies," the "Dormitory," the
"Dormedary," "Lady Hocks," "Bedlam
Castle,"-call it what you like. It is the
home of the C. S. of A. girls and the
naln e matters littl e.
When the school year of 1911 came, it
found the girls of the C. S. of A. en
camped on the third floor of Stephens
Hall. During the tim e the girls lived in
Stephens Hall , IIallowe'en with its usual
pranks came.
After study hours had begun that night,
suddenly a piercing and shrieking noise
was heard down the hall. It was from the
girls caused by a goose that was trying to
walk down that broad, slippery floor. That
eve ning's frolic came to an end after a
lunch of hot coffee served to the boys by
themselves in the domestic science room.
The only other interesting thing that
happened while in Stephens Hall was the
time V esta tried to demonstrate her ability
to fly down the sta irs instead of using the
steps.
It e nded very
happil y
because
Vesta's good nature is always in evidence.
lV[oving day was cold. Never-the-Iess, a
train of trunks, trave ling bags and band
boxes proceeded all day from Stephens
Hall to th e dormitory.

In the new dormitory the girls olten

had spreads amon themselves. The study
table served the purpose of dining table.
Fancy dishes were in mos.t cases: scarce,
but a good time was always reported.
Ghost story parties often occurred after
s tudy hours. Sometimes the girls took
their pillows and squatted down on the
floor in some room, and told ghost stories.
Afterwards they had a lunch.
Parlor meetings were not very common.
nut when the preceptress said that they
would have one, they all knew there was
something coming, usually good advice.
To you who are left may come another
year or two of dormitory life. Make the
most of it, girls. Take your scoldings and
have some fun . We leave; our thoughts
are with you.
"A little work, a little p1ay,
To k eep us going and so goodday!
1\ little warmth, a little light
Of love's bestowing and so good-night!
A litt1e fun to match the 'sorrow
Of each day's growing and so goodmor
row!
A little trust that when we die
\Ve reap our sowing, and so good-by!

INCIDENTS OF B O YS D O RMIT O RY LIFE.

By C. G. Eklund, 'II.
The dorm itory life at Crookston School
of Agriculture is a life which is certainly
e nj oyed by all the boys, because it is very
home-like and full of interesti ng events.
As one look s back over the time in
school and thinks what it might have been
without dormitory life, it looks blank, indeed. The close fellow sh ip one has with
such a splendid lot of boys, the rules and
regulations that one has the joy of bt'eaking now and then, as well as pranks played
on the more studious, all add to the pleasant memories.
,!'he boys' dormitory is a large one,
and very up-to-date in every respect.
On the first floor, the dining hall is 10'
cated . The other two s tories are used for
rooms for the boys, there being fifty in
all.
'There is an advantage in rooming in a
normitory like
Hall" because
there is always an instructor with the
students. He is willing to help them
with lessons, or in any other way that
the student needs assistance.
At seven o'clock Monday evening the
study hours begin, and the students study
their lessons until ten. At that time the
lights are out.
.
At six o'clock the students have to get
up. Breakfast is served at six thirty.
Then they are ready for the work of the
day.
Several amusing incidents have happened this year. On Hal1owe 'en night a
very interesting event took place at
Stephens Hall. The girls were rooming
on the third floor during the first month of
school , while the new Girls' Dormitory

was being constructed . Some of the boy s

went out and secured three or four geese.
These they took up the fire escape to the
third floor, and left them there. The
young ladies very much enjoyed their new
pets.
Another evening some of the young
1adies managed to give the boys a treat in
an ingenious way. They made some candy
on the third floor. Some of the boys
talked to the gir1s, through the open windows, and asked them for some candy.
The girls were willing to treat, but the
boys couldn't in any way catch it. They
held out a cloth and the girls, from the
windows above, dropped into it some very
delicious candy.
Where there's a will
th ere's a way, always.
The Senior boys remember with
est the visit of the school teachers to their
bui1dings some years ago. It is rumored
that several notes found their way into
the coat pockets of these young ladies.
Noone seems willing to admit the fact
now, but then, all the secrets of dormltory life need not be told.
The students have all the fun that can
be had anywhere, without interfering with
their work. They get together in the par
lor and talk over things of common
interest. The boys, who anticipate coming to Crookston School of Agriculture,
will find that the students are always
glad to meet them, and help them in every way possible. They will ' also find the
home life in the boys' dormitory to be
very pleasant, and a life which will prove
to be the happiest they have ever known.

INTERIOR VIEWS OF SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS

1. Boys' Parlor in Stephens' Hall.

Library.

2. Room in Girls' Dormitory .

4. School Auditorium.

3. Reading Room ,

5. Corner of Gymnasium.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN

ASSOCIATION.

Silas Torvend, '11.

The Young People's Christian
tion of the Crookstoll School of Agriculture,
was organized
October twenty..
seventh, nineteen hundred seven.
This Association is composed of, and
governed by, the students of the school.
The following were elected OffiCCl"S for
th present year. President, Silas Torvend;
Vice-President, Otto
Scnum;
Secretary
and Treasurer, Mae Gunness.
The object of this association is social
fellowship with moral and spiritual
ve lopment, as well as the pursuance of
tive work along those lines among the
students of the school.
Bible classes are held
Sunday
morning from eight until nme o'clock,.

SILAS TORVEND
Pres ident of Christian Association, 1910-1t.
with the following members of'the faculty
in- charge :- Superintendent Selvig, 1\1iss
Agnes Arrivee,
Musa Slade an 1\1r.
H. H. Powers.
Religious exercises are helel in the
School i\uditOl-iutn every Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock.
Various pastors and bus1I1ess men from
Crookston and other places address the
students at these meetings.
The first meeting, this school yeal', was
held Sunday October ninth. Rev. Akers
cf the First Presbyterian Church in
Crookston, addressed the students at this
tirr.e.
.
October sixteenth, Rev. Asidorian, of
the Congregational church in Argyle,
s poke to the students on Faithfulness."
October twentythird, R ev. Jon es, of

the EpiscopaJian church jll Crookston,

gave an address to the students on "The
Necessity of Developing Mind and Soul in
Order to Live a Complete Life."
October thirtieth, Attorney A. A. Mill
er, from Crookston, spoke on the subject of
"Patriotism."
November sixth, Rev. I-Iodgson of the
lVlethodist church in Crookston, gave an
address, inspiring and helpful, on the subject, " He an Honor to Your Position."
November thirteenth, Rev. Warner of
the Congregational church in Crookston,
spoke about his trip to the East.
November twentieth, The State Conference of Charities and Corrections, met in
the Crookston Auditorium. The students
attended the afternoon program.
Several
lectures were given by prominent speakers among them being Dr. Graham Taylor,
from Chicago.
N ovember
Prof. Bilsborro\v, of the C. S. ofA. spoke
to the students, telling about his trip Ito
Russia and social conditions there, as he
had seen them.
December fourth, Mr. 1. Ball, of Crookston, gave an address on "Aim in Life."
December eleventh, Mr. T. Johnston, of
Crookston,
spoke
on
the
subject,
"Loyalty."
January eighth, Superintendent
Selvig
spoke on the subject of . Making Yourself
Useful."
January fifteenth, Mr. Jinarajadasa spoke
about the "Left Overs."
January
County
Supt.
Thurson, of Polk County, gave an address
on "The Powers of Love in l\ien."
January twenty-ninth, Mr. 1. W. Whcelel-, from the First National Bank in
Crokston, spoke on "A Successful Life."
February fifth, Mr. J. E. O 'B rien, from
Crookston, spoke about ":M:odern Standants."
February twelfth, Attorney W. F. Mur
phy, from Crookston, gave an
address
trea ting of life of Lincoln.
February nineteenth, County Attorney
E . O. Hagen addressed the students.
March fifth, Mr. Charles Loring spoke
on "The Rise of the People."
March twelfth, Mr. 1. C. Sathre, of the
Crookston llusiness Col1ege, addressed the
students.
l'farch nineteenth, Superintendent Selvig
Slave an address on "l'ne \;Yorld's a
School."

CHAPEL EXERqSES.
Otto Senum, .' 11.
l\f ost of the s peakers of note who come
ings from that place, and told of condito Crookston, usually come out and adtions at
as compared with ours.
d ress the s tuclents of the C. S. of A. at
Prof. E. G. Quigley of the University of
chapel.
Minnesota, also spoke that day on the subDuring the month of Uctober, Mr.
ject of "How to Study."
James Gray gave an instructive and interAt about this time the State Conference
esting talk that pleased the student body.
of Charities and Corrections met in
The next speaker of prominence was
Crookston.
Mr. Henry F.
Burt, head
Mrs. Caroline Baltlett Crane, called the
resident of Pil1sbury House, Mipneapolis,
i' T-[onse Cleaner of the Cities."
Variolt"s
came out and addressed the students. He
organizations in the state had invited her
gave a very interesting talk about the
to visit fifteen of the principal cities of the
work among the poor people of the cities.
s tate. In her talk to the students she dis
The student body was very pleasantly
cussed 1argely sanitary conditions of counsurprised one day by having the privilege
try and city.
of listening to Mr. W. C. Massingham
The next speaker of note was Mr.
from Duluth. He gave a very interesting
Higbie, Superintendent of the Agricultural
talk. It was largely about the miners and
at Morris. He brought us greet. sailors of tbe Duluth country. Mr. Mass-

CROOKSTON AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL VIEWS

1. Stock Judging Class. 2. 1910 Short Course Students.

ings. 4. Group of School Buildings. 5. Legislative
School, Feb'y, 1911.

3. Group of Station BuildCommittee Inspecting

ingham also recit-ed some of his own

poems.
Prof. C. Hagen, a Crookston boy, who
has been teaching for a number of years in
the Philippines, gave a very interesting
talk 011 the educational system of that
country as compared with ours. He
showed the faith the United States has ill
Agricultural education, by the fact that
they are operating Agricultu ral Schools at
that place.
In the month of January we had with us
L. P. Harrington, who was for a number
of years a member of the faculty of the
Crookston School of Agricultme. He dis
cussed, at some length, his travels since
he had been at the school. One interesting feature was the story of a visit to the
top of Pike's Peak.
D,-. J. S_ Young from the Department
of Economics at the Universi ty of Minnesota, addressed us in January. He is keen
on agricultural education. His talk was
a splendid one, urging the students to put
into practice what they lea rn ed at this
school, using the talents they have.
February eleventh,
the school was

visi ted by the committee on agricultural

schools, representatives, other members and
senators. Representatives Crane of Grand
Meadows; Holmberg, of Renville; Robertson of Argyle; and Senators L'Herault, of
Minneapolis, and Saugstad, of Climax,
made addresses,
Those present in the
party were Senators Saugstad, Climax j
Bedford, Rushmore; L'Iierault, Minneapolis and Hanson, Ada. Representatives
Aker, Lengby; Borgen, Duluth; Crane,
Grand
Meadow;
Holmberl't.
Renville;
Just,. Rapidan; Lee, Starb"uck; Saggan,
Ceylon; Th10rton, Brickson; Nygren, Lal<e
City; Skartum, Lake Benton;
Sulerud,
Halstad; Sampson, Lakefield;
Petersott ,
Dawson; Herzberg, Good Thunder; Anderson, Lakeland; Robertson, Argyle; Ri ce,
Park Rapids; Holton, Fertile; Nelson,
Perham; Farley, Caledonia; Anderson,
_A lexandria;
Lindberg,
Henning.
Prof.
Andrew Boss of the Agri<;ultural Colleo-e
was a visitor and addressed the students
also_
Th:1arch twenty-first, State Dairy and
Food Commissioner J. G. Winkjer addressed the students.

ATHLETICS AND BAND.

Peter Nelson, '11.
It is now universally understood that
students have to be developed physically
as well as intel1ectually. For this reason
tbe Crookston School of Agriculture has
all kinds of athletics.
The new auditorium was completed
ahout Thanksgiving time, and in it is one
of the finest gymnasiums in the state. It
is equ ipped with Indian clubs, dumb bells,
parallel bars,
punching
bags,
l'unni!1g
track, indoor baseball outfit and basket
ba ll fixtures. The boys' dressing room
opens off the gymnasium, and is furnished
with shower baths and lockers. The girls'
room opens off the balcony, and
is furnished about the same as the boys.
The physical training classes for the
girls are held twice a week. Military drill
for the boys is given o nce a week.
1\1,'. Schwartz has charge of the athletics and has organized three splendirl
basket ball teams.
Tbe first basket ball
team is made up of material that w ill

LITERARY

eventually work into the school team.

These teams were organized shortly befOl-e
Christmas, consequently they have not had
enough practice to have played many
games with outside teams,
-However,
they have ,-apidly worked up a fast
team and will soon be ready to challenge the best of them. There is also a
football team, but considering the short
term of school, and the amount of snow
on the campus, they have not played a
great deal.
Field day with all its running races,
shot puts, pole vaulting,
broad
jumps,
etc.. is celebrated once a yeaI'.
The
Junior class of 1910 carried off the last
year's honors.
The band is comparatively a new
organization.
The boys
practice
times a week, and the enthusiasm that is
put into it, and the tUlles that are h eard
coming from the band l'oom three days
dl1T'ing the week, are someth in g mal'velous,

AND DEBATING
Mae Gunness, ' 11.

The Literary Society work is divided betwee n two societies and a debating club.
The l\gricultural Society, being the olde r, was organized the first year of scchool;
and the Adelphic, five years later.
The society officers, being the students, make out the progt'ams; and those
who are to take part, as fat as possible,
choose their ' own parts,
Some of the programs given are centered around one central theme; for example,- a Scotch program, taking up the
life and works of Burns; and a school
progranl with essays and recitations about
school spirit and school life.
In February the programs were devoted
to Washington and Lincoln.
A "Flantation" program, a "German"
program, and a "Mother" program were
1,lanned.
The Literary Societies hold their meet
ings in the Auditorium every Saturday

SOCIETIES.

evening,
These usually consist of recitations, readings, debates, musical selections, newspapel'S, serial stories, literal-Y questions and
essays,
The aim of the society is to cultivate
ease in public speaking.
The Debating Club is a comparatively .
new OI-ganization having just been started
this year. It is composed mostly of
Tunior and Senior boys and is managed
iargely by themselves. They meet every
Monday ni/lht ancl practice debating and
discuss parliamentary law.
They organized too late in the year to
carryon many debates with outside
schools. However. after receiving a challenge from the "National Business College" of Crookston, they debated with
them and won, After this, comnlencement
preparations took so much time, that very
little outside debating was done.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES, CROOKSTON SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE.

1. C. S. of A. Band.

2. Girls' Basket Basket Ball Team.

4. Boys' Basket Ball Team.

3. Debating Team, 1911.

ESSENTIALS

OF

DOMESTIC

ART AND SCIENCE.

Ol ga C. Lindfors, '11.
' -T he work you fain would do the message
tell-

Do now!-a nd it is well,
The house you think to build some future
day,
Build soon! life drifts away.
The moments you would fill with golden
deeds,
1;'ill now! life has its need s."
T-lome Econom ics is divided into two
classes,
Domestic
Art
and
Do"m cstic
Scie n ce.
In the first is included sewing,
home management and home d ecoration .
J n sewing, the first yeal" the
girls are
ta ught the drafting and making of 111usI1:1
weadng appa r el. At the end of the til-st
yea r a student is able to draft, cut, fit a:ld
make --her own underwear.
The second 3l\..d third years, in sewing
th e J?irl s take up th e drafting and
of g ingham dresses and the mak in g of s ilk
waists. They also make and draft a cit-ess
5 ' -i-I-t and drop skirt.
,1\ thi s has fitted
thr"11 to make th e ir comn-:cnccmcnt gow ns.
The !2ownS must cost less than five dollar'; and a iarR"c part must b-c hand
.. The home li fc is so impol-tant in the
training,--its influe n ces arc .so strong in
forming habits and manners, that cs pecial
attention is given to -th e cukivation of the
atistic scn se within its pl-ecincts.
In home management the expenditur es
llecessary for th e hom e, as well as all
tails in the man agement of it, are ta1. e :l
up.

Tn homc decoration th ey learn th e

blending of c.olors, economy in th e furnishings. cleanliness, sanitation, durabilit y of ftu:niture, li"ghting and heating of
1'001115, in short, all
that will make the
hOlrc more beautiful and
comfortable
for th e famil y, is considered

" \ Ve may li ve withou t poetry, music and

art;
\ 'Ye may live without con sciencc, and Jive
without heart,
\Ve may live w ith out friends; we may live
without books;
Dut civili zed man cannot li ....e w ithout
cooks."
In Domestic Science is included cooking, laundering, hygiene, invalid cookery
and domestic chem istry.
In Domestic Science, the first year th e
girls are taught how to sweep, to dus t and
to build a fire.
They also have cooking of hot bl'cads,
raised breads and vegetables.
The second and third year th ey take
cann ing of fruits and veg.e-tables; also the
making of je llie-s and pres)!c es; and t h e
Iraking of s alads ,.-cooking of meat. and
o f meals.
fancy dishes
and cake mak in g -a1so come dudng t hi s
yeal.
Then, too, in th e last yea r come,,;
invalid
Hygiene is stucr ed w ith
I-cferc nce to effects of th e va ri ous foous on
the body.
Space pI-events my elabo l-a t in g on t hi s
any n-:Ol-e in detail.
Th e professional man leaves s.ch oo l with
an idea of practicing, but h e does not
only practice. lIe stucFes.
lI e stud ies han1. He realizes that n ew
conditions al-ise evcI-Y year,
over hi s way of thinking and working.
lIe adapts these. rle is ever keen to
wha t is most modcnl and best.
\V e have the care of many, dependent
011 our ability to use, and make practical,
what we ha ve learned at the C. S. o f .\ _
[ s not our work as important as that of
th e J)rcfesio nal man?
Ought we not put as much zeal
thought and stedy into it?

CLASS IN COOKING
Crookston School of Agriculture.

THE FIRST ANNUAL SHORT COURSE.

John T. Thorkelson, 'II.
The First Annual Short Course of
Crookston School of Agriculture was held
in the Auditorium December nineteenth
to twenty fourth, ninetet:n hundred and
ten.
During the morning, afternoon and
evening of each day lectures were given
, . by some of the greatest agriculturists of
the country.
Among these were Dean A. F. Woods,
of the Minnesota Agricultural College,
"Agriculture in Minnesota"; Prof. 1\. E.
Chamberlain, Supt. Farmers' Institutes of
South Dakota, who spoke on "Agriculture,
a Science"; Dean J. H. Shepperd, of the
North Dakota Agricultural College, 'Soil
Fertility"; Prof. T. L. Haecker, of the
Minnesota Agricultural College, "Dairying and Dairy Seeds"; Prof. G. P. Grout,
of the Minnesota Agricultural College,
"Dairy Stock Judging"; Prof. F. L. Washburn of the Minnesota Agricultural College, "Grasshoppers"; Prof. D. A.
nitz, of the Minnesota Agricultural College.
'Judging Horses, Hogs, Sheep and Beef
Cattle", J-Ie also gave an illustrated
ture on
Cutting and Cuts of Beef";
Mr. Forest Henry of the Minnesota
ers' Institute, "Silos"-; Prof. A. D.
son, Supt. Extension Division, "Modern
Conveniences of the Farm Home"; Pres.
J. H. Worst of the North Dakota Agricultural Col1ege, "Agricultural Education
:tIfr. G. W. Cooley, Engineer State Highway Commission, "Road Making"; Supt.
A.
of the Northeast Experiment
Station.
Among Farmers";
Supt. C. G. Selvig, of the Crookston
School
of
Agriculture,
"Agricultural
Needs"; Prof. C. B. Waldron, of th e
North
Dakota
Agricultural
College.
"Orchards"; Prof. C. E. Brown, of the
n

Crookston School of Agriculture,

try I-Iouses and Feeds" ; Prof. N. E.
Schwartz, of the Crookston School of
Agriculture, "Farnl Accounts"; Prof. II.
R. Danielson, of the Crookston School of
Agl-iculture, "Cement Work"; Prof. J. D_
Bilsborrow, of the Crookston School of
Agricu lture, "Importance of Seed Testing"; 1Vlrs. Ivlargaret Blair, of the
sota Agricultural College, "Home Decoration", and
Bull, of the
Agricultural College, "Home Nursing and
Hygiene."
Exhibits of all kinds of farm products
were hrought in by farmers from the surrounding counties. The value of some of
the grain brought to this Short Course
may be shown by the fact that two of the
grain exhibits that won prizes at the
Crookston School of Agriculture Short
Course also Wall prizes at the .National
Cor" Exposition at Columbus, Ohio.
Many fine prizes were given to the ex hibitors.
Among these were a cement
stave silo, a cultivator, a gasoline engine,
a cream separator, a fanning mill and
others_
'_
Two entertainments were given during
the week, one by an outside concert company and the other by the students of the
Crookston School of Agriculture.
The number enrolled in the Short
Course was one hundred fifteen. The attendance was good, the exhibits were
large, and the Short Course was a not ..
able success_
Supt. Selvig received many letters from
the students of the Short Course, stating
the benefits they had derived. All urged
a longer course next year. In consequence a two weeks' course will be offered next
year.

CLASS IN CARPENTR Y
School of Agriculture,

AG R ICULTURAL SCHOOL NOT E S.

The school has students frotn thirteen
l\1innesota counties :
Beckel-, Clearwater,
Itasca, Kittson, McLeod, :Marshall, Norman, Ottertail, Polk, Red Lake, Rice,
Roseauand Yellow :\1edicino. The States
of Mississippi (one), Montana (two),
Korth Dakota (thirteen), and vVyoming (one) have sent us students.
Over
three hundred students have attended the
Crookston School up to the present time,
not including more than one hundred
Short Course students.

The school has five brick buildings.

They
are
the
AD:\lINISTRATION
building, containing the offices, library. "
one class 1'90111, gymnasium and assembly
mom; STEPHENS HALL, containing
fifty bed rooms, dining room, and kitchen;
GIRLS' DORMITORY with thirty-eight
rooms; SCHOOL lfUILDI ..... G, containing the kitchen and sewing room of the
Domestic Science department, two class
rooms, and nine bed rooms; and INnUSTRiAL nUILDIKG, contain ing the
dairy room, carpentry shop, blacksmith
shop, stock judging room, and two class
rooms and labo r atories. in which most of
the class work is being done.
The
Regents of the University have recommended the construction of a science

class and laboratory building to relieve

the crowded condition of the Industrial
Building, a central heating plant, and the
enlargement of Irtdustrial Building to accommodate the increased cnl-ollment.
The school offers splendid advantages to
its students_ 'fhe record it has already
made, and its promise for the future, are
promising signs of its efficiency and usefulness_ l\,f ore and more it will come to
rea li ze its possibilities in do ing constr uctive work among the fanners of the great
Red River Valley.

The Crookston School of Agriculture offers a three years course of six months
each begin ni ng in Octobe r and closing in
:M arcll. The expenses are fifteen dollars a
nl0nth fOI' board, room, heat, light and
laundry; five do lJ ars entrance fee; five dollars deposit, ret1.:lrned at close of term; one
dollar each for text rental and reserve
fund each term, The next term opens
October third. The school has a strong
facu lty, good buildings, good equipment
and is excellently prepared to give a practical education to BOys and girls of the
farm.
The school has a band, literary
societies, a lat-ge gymnasium, and other
interesting accessions.

CLASS I ..... BLACKSMITHING

Crookston School of Agriculture.

CLASS IN SEWING
Crookston School of Agriculture.

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