The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 5

g i i o i oS s e VR ey 3 ‘he livestock features of the North Dakota state fair at Fargo were of unusual interest and excellence. ‘the tour photographs above show: glimpses of the displays and judging. -In the horse department a large number of spectators was constantly on hand .during the judging, shown in the upper left-hand picture. The exhibits were | especially strong in Percherons, Belgians and .Shires and a large exhibit of Shetland ponies was shown, To the right is the first prize’ Duroc Jersey boar in the aged ,hel'd class, the exhibits of which were particularly strong. ' The animal shown is-owned by E. L. Tarr of Waleott. The cattle department ahounded with the hest beef and dairy tvpes. The picture at'lower -left shows E. C. Scliroeder’s 2-year-old Holstein bull, which won. the blue ribbon for excellent dairy points and vigor. Schroeder’s farm is at Moorhead. The picture at the right shows Jerseys of the two-year-old helfer class out for mspectlon i il A chni “from the college ‘was “reached on : ‘sultation with men from outs:de of ‘the of the lnghest quality. LANS for the reduction of the North' Dakota State Agricultura] college to a ‘mere trade and farm . school, eliminating practically all professional and technical courses lead- ing to degrees, have been completed by the state board " of regents, the new )govermng body of the state educntion'al institutions. It only remains to make thls decision 'efiectlve and that will be done as soon as possible, according to announcement ,of Seécretary Brewer of the board of regents during the meeting of the board last week in Fargo. Indications are that every effort will be put forth by the regents to accom- . plish ' the changes they have decided upon before' next January, when it is expected the - new farmers’ legislature wil take a hand in things concerning the educational institution in ‘which the farmers of the state are most interested. REGENTS RIDE ROUGH SHOD OVER PUBLIC OPINION One of the. important features: of ‘the contemplated action of the regents in reducing the Agricultural college is that it has been . decided upon without any consultation’ of public opinion or con- sideration for the wishes of the farmers, who, above all others, are interested in the welfare of the Agricultural college. Those individuals and-papers that have * . expressed the . farmers’ vxew on the mstter hzue been 1gnored - and “professional éeuréés state composing a so-called survey com- mission, which has been busy “survey- ing” the educational situation in North Dakota. .Dr. Craighead of Montana and employes of “the department “of - educa- tion of Washmgton, D. G arq, on- the' : survey commxssmn. No effort was made to oot It;he farm- Regents Adhere to Aim to Reduce Rank of College and Punish Farmers’ Friends the farmers’ college only industrial and vocational courses. Questioned as to what this meant specifically, Mr. Brewer said the survey commission and the regents had decided to dispense with four of- the four-year professional courses at the Agricultural college which have been strong features of the department of engineering and physics under Dean E. S. Keene. These courses are mechanical and civil engin- eering, ~architectural engineering and architecture. Short courses in these subjects, not leading to degrees but merely preparing students for trades, will still be given at the Agricultural college. “COLLEGE” JUST TO TRAIN ] - MECHANICS AND FARMERS The statement that only “industrial and vocational” courses are to be left at the = Agricultural college means that little except agriculture, animal hus- bandry and short term courses to pre- pare students for trades will be taught. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE S. LOFTUS A great man is gone. A tragedy has ended. I believe I realize as well as any man in the northwest the. tremendous ability and personality of the man. He had the most active brain of any man I have ever known. His wonderful memory for details was with him to the Iast. Just a few days ago I had a very pleasant visit with him for about an hour. His brain was as alert as ever. He had kept in close touch with the business. It was really wonderful to see how he’ dealt with the details of his plans for the success of the Exchange, and ‘the very last request.he made of me was about a matter he considered of vital importance to its success. * He surely made a. wonderful fight for what he knew to be nght. : No one will eyer. be able to take his place. In the things he was élandered on, we “must remember that he never was accused of bemg on the side of Big Business. - His death has been sufficient answer to his traducers.. ‘He will live for years in the - -memory. of ‘the: farmers of the northwest whose true friend he was and his last, request was that the Eqmty boys he loved so well should bury him. - T feel that I should not pass -without a word about the noble httle woman who stood by lum s0 bravely ‘during the long months of his illness. ' No.one can ever know the hardships she endured, the long vigils she put in by hxs bedside. “True this was lightened to a great extent by his cheery dxsposmon—-through all his-long illness he was the same cheerful George—but she has been a true. helpmeet and a lovmg w1fe. May God bless her and the fam:ly in The Jerseys at the fair were numerous and C. to Be “School for Peasants” The higher branches of study in these lines, except agriculture and animal husbandry, will be taught only at the university in the future. This means that the farmers’ school will lose most of its identity as a college and will be in fact merely a farm and trade school, The regents say they intend to expand and develop the trade school idea at the college, making the institution all that could be desired in that line and in agriculture, but the higher, professional _courses will be dropped. The Agricultural college has already gotten out its catalog for the season of 1916-1917 and this contains announce- ment of the courses as they have been in the past, including announcement of the courses to be dropped by order of the regents, but Secretary Brewer says this will not interfere with the regents going ahead as soon as possible in the plan to reduce the scope of the college. He " says, however, that students who have not graduated in the courses to be dropped will be taken care of at the college 'till they graduate. But there will be no new entries for these courses. Coupled with this plan Secretary, Brewer announced the intention of the regents with regard to the School of Science at Wahpeton and the School of Forestry at Bottineau.. These schools are to have their scope entirely rear- ranged and to ‘a large extent, it is believed, will detract from the prestige of the Agncultural college. The school of Forestry is to be made a school for a two-year course in sgricult\n'e, with the forestry feature taken away and added “-to the forestry department at the Agri- cultural college. This: school will dupli- cate the short term agricultural courses at the Agncultural college. It will give two full "years in agriculture, the most that most students desire, but if any ‘want to pursue the subject further they can-go to the Agricultural college. In this way, Secretary Brewer said, it was hoped to ~make this “institution: g “feeder”. for the. Agricultural college,. : WAHPETON SCHOOL TO DRAW PUPILS FROM FARGO “The School of Science at Wahpeton, ,the, secretary = said, at present is regarded by the regents as a mere high . being, as it should be, 'a state ‘schoo school ~ for - Richland county, withont - wing studenta from all over ‘the e : s et rz