Forty years of the University of Minnisota

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FORTY YEARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Preface

The clnsc of tlic ;l(linillistl-;it inli of I'l-csidclit Xol-tlll-op is a lirtillg tiiiu- to Itriiiii toiictlu'i-, ill a xoliiiiic siicli as tiiis, tlic material a\ailalile to show tlu- oi-iiiiii ami pvojircss of tlic I'liivcrsitv. \\v arc sntliciciitly near the oriiiiual sources of the history to lie alile to (leteriiiiiie \\itli a fair (legree of accuracy the facts and to have the iieuelit of the word of month information from those who participated in the events which have liel]ied to make the I'liiversity what it is to-da.w

The disadvautajie of proximity, which does not allow of a innper wei^hinu of e\'ents in the liiilit of sul)se(|ueiit years, is more than offset li,\- the availaliility of material. Some day the history of this ]ieriod of the I'niversity will he Avritten h_\- someone \\ ho will have the adxantajic i<{ perspective, hut, we trust that \\iien that time conu's, the one who writes \\\\\ find in this volume the ureater ]iart of the information which he will need to livt the jirojier values for his pen picture of the period covered l).\' this \o|ume.

ArTIIilKITIKS.

The material from whicli this histor_\' has heen c(niipiled has lieeii j^atlu'red at odd times throii^li a jteriod of more than twenty _\-ears.

The chief sources oi information have been ollicial puhlicatioiis of the University — oatalof^ues ami reports of the hoard of rejicnts, snpjileniented hy re]ioi-ts of the ]iroceedini;s of the letiislatnre (hoth state and territoi-ial I, and the newspapers, especiallx the St.. Anthony Ivxpress; also the laws of .Minnesota relatini; to the Tniversity.

Amoin; various other ]iul)licatious that haxc heen consiillecl are: —

'I'he series of <i(»]iliei-s,

The Ariel,

A speech li.x' rjovernor I'illslmry before the alumni in 1S!):{,

\ rep<H-t of the ])roceediii^s at the nn\('ilin;L; of the l'illshur.\ Statue in Septemher 1!M)(I.

Several reports ]irevionsl\' compiled by the author after many nmnths of painstakini; reseai-ch.

Some fif till- most valuable material has been uathered b,\ word of nioutli from the men who lived the history, and no small jiart of the events clii'onicled in this histo7-v ha\e taken place iiiidei- the direct observiition of the author himself.

Aiiioiii;' the pel-sons who have aided by iLiivinn inforniation based upon personal obserxation are: ('olonel .lohn H. Slevi-iis, Kevereiid Elijah W. .Merrill, Covernor .lohn S. I'illsbiiry, I »r. William Watts {•'•dwell. I'residenl Cyrus Xoilhrop. .Taniiaiv L*.".. 1!M0. The Author.