Bachelor of Arts degree certificate for Ole Edward Rolvaag awarded by St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minnesota on June 13, 1905. Signed by J. N. Kildahl and J. O. Hougen. A cut several inches long goes through the top center of the certificate. Document was removed from its frame just prior to scanning.
In an oral history conducted by St. Cloud State University Professor of History Calvin (Cal) Gower on April 21, 1982, John Derus explained his family and educational background. Derus was born in 1940 in northeast Minneapolis. His family lived in the area for five generations, though they were originally of Irish, German, and French ancestry. After graduating from DaLaSalle High School, then the University of Minnesota on a football scholarship for a year before quitting in order to work to make money for his family. His father, along with one of his sisters, died in a plane crash, leaving the family financially strained. Derus mentioned his reasons for choosing to attend St. Cloud State University. He explained the good things he heard about St. Cloud, as well as his desire to work with children and help those who were in trouble. Derus chronicled his time in St. Cloud, attending classes when he could but also working more than full-time, both at the St. Cloud Children's Home and as a bartender. He discussed his favorite teachers, such as Herb Goodrich and Henry Goehring. In addition, Derus mentioned that he enjoyed the smaller class sizes, as compared with those at the University of Minnesota. A interesting aspect of the interview focused on Derus's description of the culture for young people in St. Cloud at the time, including living arrangements, and what he called a subculture of ""workies,"" college students who were forced to work in order to put themselves through college. Derus described his involvement in extracurricular activities at St. Cloud State, including one play and intramural sports as well as campus politics. He graduated from St. Cloud State in 1967 with a double major in Psychology and Sociology. He also addressed his post-graduate experiences, including his work with the Peace Corps in India, where he taught English for two years. Upon his return from India, he decided to get involved in politics, landing a position with Hubert Humphrey. He was elected as alderman of the 4th Ward in Minneapolis and later as Hennepin County Commissioner in 1974. Derus detailed the way that the community of St. Cloud and the University helped him get his life on track at a time when it was not going well at all.
Class of 1901, Mankato State Normal School: Lottie Nott, Fannie Jacobs, Gertrude Keeley, Nellie Coughlin, Benj N. Zeiske, Emma Thornquest, Mamie Ericson, Anna Jerdee, Ella Billington, Bonnie Andrews, Irene Newton, Cathrine Byrue, Bertha Sandstrom, Florence Pond, Loiuse Braafladt, H.I. Pettis, Lillie Stohl, Margaret Davis, Ruth Jones, Dorathea Schneider, Rose Foley, Bernita Booth, Leo Carney, Bertha Paine, Hattie Gilmore, Jessie Woodbury, Minnie Nelson, Lena Rinkel, C. Rosenmeier, Mabel Sherin, Gertrude Sherman, Florence Odjard, Alberta Ackerman, Lucy Gainer, Nellie Sheldon, Margeurite Madden, Katherine O'Grady, Lillian Paff, Isabella Boyd, Ella McCarthy, Adelia Monson, Ida Geske, Didrick Oleson, Florence Pierce, Edith M. Pinney, Frances Hammer, Bertha Bradley, Montie Sutton, Mary Griffiths, Minnie S. Leavitt, Grace Hurd, Guy Robinson, Edith Phelps, Marie Schrepel, Laura Torston, Hilda Hammer, Edward Gugisberg, Rose Sahr, Sigurd Pederson, Winifred Lawrence, Eugene W. Bohannon, George E. Partridge, Defransa ASwann, President C.H. Cooper, Harreit McCarthy, Francis Hill, Henry Detamore, Ethel Jones, Pearl Murphy, Rances McBride, Harriette Marlowe Webb, Emma Scheiderich, Grace B. Clork, Alice V. Robbins, Jessie Spencer, Ida Mabel Basterdes, Martha V. Collins, Helen Ronald, Frances Cook, Eva Boegen, Lotta Larson, Della Grill Hattie Austin, Frederick Lyle Searing, Kate H. Sparrow, Ulysses O. Cox, Achsa Parker, Helen M. Philips, Dora Schram, Edith Hoagland, Lina Hensel, Helen Upham, Ida Stevenson, Louise Meile, Carolyn M. Robbins, Minnie Sweetland Parry, Charles F. Koehler, Fred L. Holtz, Charles E. Olson, Ressa Paschke, Nora Howat, J.K. Parker, Eliza Tenney, Anna Attenburg, Alice Williams, Cora A.N. Carney, Edith Horr, Caroline Christman Minnie Crist, Josephine Woolson, Mary Forsberg, Mamie Smith, Ella Lowe, Francis Wills, Harriet Weir, Lillian Smith, Emma Griffin, Elizabeth Stevens, Auguste McGonagle, Frances Powell, Laura Baumhoefeuer, Gertrude Yates, Ida H. Braadladt, Cleora Ramsdell, Herman Froehlich.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Group photograph of students, faculty and staff in 1924, Mankato State Teachers College in front of Old Main. Faculty and staff are in the front row, with President Charles H. Cooper in the middle.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Group photograph of students, faculty and staff in 1928, Mankato State Teachers College in front of Old Main. Faculty and staff are in the front row, with President Charles H. Cooper in the middle.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Group photograph of students, faculty and staff in 1926, Mankato State Teachers College in front of Old Main. Faculty and staff are in the front row, with President Charles H. Cooper in the middle.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Group photograph of students, faculty and staff in 1929, Mankato State Teachers College in front of Old Main. Faculty and staff are in the front row, with President Charles H. Cooper in the middle.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Group photograph of students, faculty and staff in 1925, Mankato State Teachers College in front of Old Main. Faculty and staff are in the front row, with President Charles H. Cooper in the middle.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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