. A half century of Minnesota as territory and state; a concise account of the principal events in the period of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and during the half century of territorial and state government . each has served for one-half theperiod. President Northrops conduct ofthe university has been most rapid growth of the state during theeighties made great demands upon the ed-ucational institutions, and the legislature,realizing the importance of the university,made liberal appropriations. From threesmall buildings the imiversity has grown dollars. Through the org
. A half century of Minnesota as territory and state; a concise account of the principal events in the period of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and during the half century of territorial and state government . each has served for one-half theperiod. President Northrops conduct ofthe university has been most rapid growth of the state during theeighties made great demands upon the ed-ucational institutions, and the legislature,realizing the importance of the university,made liberal appropriations. From threesmall buildings the imiversity has grown dollars. Through the organization of its univer-sity, high schools and grammar and dis-trict schools in one complete and con-nected system, Minnesota became the firststate to offer to its young people a freeliberal education from the primary gradesto post graduate university work. Other State Institutions. Closely allied with its public educationalsystem has been Minnesotas public pro-vision for instruction of defectives, its cor-rectional work and its treatment of the in-sane. From the founding of the peniten-tiary in territorial days, the establishmentof the deaf, dumb and blind institute atFaribault in 1868, and the creation of the. 42 A HALF CENTURY OF MINNESOTA. St. Peter hospital for the insane in 1866,the institutional system has gradually de-veloped until it is reasonably three hospitals for the insane at St.
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