. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. s at the conference of1908. A solicitor was appointed to create an endowment fund for the confer-ence claimants and in four years there was raised, in cash and pledges, $138,000. At the same time Mr. William H. White was given entire control of thefunds accruing for the crop raised on the conference land, which he had investedand reinvested until it had increased to $16,000, and it was named The WilliamH. White Fund. At the present time there are 175 regular appointments made to the churchesof the conference in the state, with fi
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. s at the conference of1908. A solicitor was appointed to create an endowment fund for the confer-ence claimants and in four years there was raised, in cash and pledges, $138,000. At the same time Mr. William H. White was given entire control of thefunds accruing for the crop raised on the conference land, which he had investedand reinvested until it had increased to $16,000, and it was named The WilliamH. White Fund. At the present time there are 175 regular appointments made to the churchesof the conference in the state, with five appointments of pastors to special workand college duties. The church membership has increased to almost thirteen thousand, and invest-ment in church and parsonage property has reached $1,018,795, ^^^ pastoralsupport has attained the sum of $160,566, while the annual contributions to thebenevolent causes has grown to $29,645. Wesley College has two fine buildings,the gift of Mr. Sayre and N. G. Larimore, valued at $50,000. Dr. E. P. Robert-son is //a// Group of Residence Halls VIEWS AT Tin: I xi\ i;i;mii hf Ndurii hakuta CHAPTER XXXVI HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA The State University was organized under the provisions of a bill passedby the Territorial Legislature February i6, 1883. By this law it was to be acoeducational institution styled the State University of North Dakota, made upof a combined college of arts and letters and a normal college. It is of someinterest to note in this name the first official use of the words North Dakota, thesister institution in what was later South Dakota being called the University ofDakota. On the same date an act was approved providing for the issuance ofterritorial bonds to the amount of $30,000 to provide for the construction of thepresent main building of the university. By the same act the bond issue wasmade contingent on the gift to the territory of a site of not less than ten acresand a well equi
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