Letter addressed to The Honorable Board of Regents from representatives of student organizations, 1918
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Title
Letter addressed to The Honorable Board of Regents from representatives of student organizations, 1918
Subject
1918
Description
Typed letter addressed to The Honorable Board of Regents from representatives of the following University of Minnesota student organizations: All University Council, Board of Governors of the Minnesota Union, Grey Friars, Iron Wedge. The text of the letter is as follows:
"The Honorable Board of Regents:
Gentlemen:
Realizing the vital necessity of the unifying force of a Minnesota spirit, we are concerned that every effort should be made to keep alive that influence in the student body and to foster its development.
With the growth and expansion of our university, the tendency toward separate spirit within individual colleges is increased and the unity of the whole is in the growing complexity of the system. Because of the rapidly falling personnel of the student body, the departure of the older men and women for war service, and the general unsettled condition within the university, we feel that more than ever before Minnesota must be emphasized - made to stand above all else clear.
We believe that the Minnesota Daily is the outstanding factor to be considered in the development of this unity of spirit and that its power is measured by the number of the students it reaches. At present the subscription list includes less than one-half the students, the majority of whom are upper classmen, men and women who are already interested in university affairs. Those people who need the influence of the Daily most are those that it doesn’t reach.
In the face of the departure of the older students, we earnestly recommend that a subscription to the Daily be made a necessary part of every student’s registration; the collection to be made upon registration in the way that the Minnesota Union fee is now collected. Under this plan the subscription price of the Daily could be placed at $1.75 for the college year.
Respectfully submitted,
The All University Council -
The Board of Governors of the Minnesota Union
Grey Friars
Iron Wedge"
"The Honorable Board of Regents:
Gentlemen:
Realizing the vital necessity of the unifying force of a Minnesota spirit, we are concerned that every effort should be made to keep alive that influence in the student body and to foster its development.
With the growth and expansion of our university, the tendency toward separate spirit within individual colleges is increased and the unity of the whole is in the growing complexity of the system. Because of the rapidly falling personnel of the student body, the departure of the older men and women for war service, and the general unsettled condition within the university, we feel that more than ever before Minnesota must be emphasized - made to stand above all else clear.
We believe that the Minnesota Daily is the outstanding factor to be considered in the development of this unity of spirit and that its power is measured by the number of the students it reaches. At present the subscription list includes less than one-half the students, the majority of whom are upper classmen, men and women who are already interested in university affairs. Those people who need the influence of the Daily most are those that it doesn’t reach.
In the face of the departure of the older students, we earnestly recommend that a subscription to the Daily be made a necessary part of every student’s registration; the collection to be made upon registration in the way that the Minnesota Union fee is now collected. Under this plan the subscription price of the Daily could be placed at $1.75 for the college year.
Respectfully submitted,
The All University Council -
The Board of Governors of the Minnesota Union
Grey Friars
Iron Wedge"
Creator
All University Council; Board of Governors, Minnesota Union; Grey Friars; Iron Wedge
Source
Minnesota Daily Correspondence, 1917-1918, Box 1, John Boyle papers, ua00174, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/275657
Publisher
University of Minnesota Archives
Date
1918
Rights
Use of this resource is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Resource is property of the University of Minnesota. Please contact the University of Minnesota Archives for permission to publish. https://special.lib.umn.edu/uarchives
Format
Still Image
Language
English
Identifier
BTP_ua00174_Boyle_Box01_RegentsDailySubscriptionRequired
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper Document
Collection
Citation
All University Council; Board of Governors, Minnesota Union; Grey Friars; Iron Wedge, “Letter addressed to The Honorable Board of Regents from representatives of student organizations, 1918,” Gallery, accessed November 7, 2026, https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/6756.