The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . f Min-nesota since the date of the admission of thestate to the Union in 1857, together with theirrespective terms of service: Henry S. Sibley,1857-58; Alexander Ramsey, 1858-63; StephenMiller, 1863-65; William R. Marshall, 1865-69;Horace Austin, 1869-73; Cushman K. Davis,1873-75; John S. Pillsbury, 1875-81; Lucius , 1881-86; Andrew R. McGill, 1886-88: MINNESOTA—MINTO IOC William R. Merriam, 1888-93; Knute Nelson,1893-95 ; D. M. Clough, 1895-99; John Line), 1899-1901. See also Minnesota, Vol. XVI,
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . f Min-nesota since the date of the admission of thestate to the Union in 1857, together with theirrespective terms of service: Henry S. Sibley,1857-58; Alexander Ramsey, 1858-63; StephenMiller, 1863-65; William R. Marshall, 1865-69;Horace Austin, 1869-73; Cushman K. Davis,1873-75; John S. Pillsbury, 1875-81; Lucius , 1881-86; Andrew R. McGill, 1886-88: MINNESOTA—MINTO IOC William R. Merriam, 1888-93; Knute Nelson,1893-95 ; D. M. Clough, 1895-99; John Line), 1899-1901. See also Minnesota, Vol. XVI, pp. 475-77- MINNESOTA, University of, a co-educa-tional institution for higher education, located atMinneapolis; maintained and controlled by thestate of Minnesota; founded in 1851 by territorialstatute, and confirmed by the state constitutionadopted in 1857. The school really was startedunder the charter of 1868, and opened in 1869. The institution is under the control of a board?of regents, consisting of nine members, appointed•by the governor of the state for six years, and. LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. three members ex officio,—the governor of the?state, the superintendent of public instruction,and the president of the university. The endow-ment of the school originally consisted of 202,083acres of land given by the Federal government, toibe used or sold; the productive funds amounted in1901 to $1,307,000, which, supplemented by an-nual legislative appropriation, gave in 1901 an in-come of $351,672. There are faculties of science,literature and the arts; agriculture; engineering,metallurgy and the mechanical arts; law; medi-cine, dentistry, and pharmacy. The geologicalsurvey of the state has been intrusted to the uni-versity since 1872, and through the state highschool board the high schools are being affiliatedwith the university. In 1901 the library con-tained 83,000 volumes, the student body num-bered 3,550, and there were 256 instructors. Alldepartments are c
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