41.05.75

Print, Photographic

1951 Approximate

Southern School of Agriculture Aerial View; SSA Aerial View; University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca Aerial View; University of Minnesota, Waseca Aerial View; UMW Aerial View; Southern Experiment Station Aerial View; Southern Research and Outreach Center Aerial View; SROC Aerial View. New Southern School of Agriculture West Aerial View. 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" black and white photograph, an aerial view looking west, of the new Southern School of Agriculture built adjacent to the Southeast Experiment Station. It offered a high school curriculum with emphasis on agriculture, graduating its first class in 1951, and its last class in 1973. It became a part of the University of Minnesota, Waseca in 1971, overlapping with high school classes for two years. UMW's first college graduation was 1973, and its final graduating class was in 1993 when it was closed.

In August 1912, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents purchased 246 acres of land half a mile to the south and west of Waseca on the edge of the city limits. The Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station began operations in 1913. In 1925, the Southeast Demonstration and Experiment Station became the Southeast Experiment Station. In 1941, with an additional land purchase, the station totaled 598 acres. Land was set aside for the Southern School of Agriculture (SSA) which admitted its first students in 1953. In 1969, the Southern School of Agriculture evolved into the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca then it was renamed as the University of Minnesota-Waseca (UMW), sharing land with the newly named Southern Experiment Station (SES). In 1992, UMW graduated its final class and then the UMW campus buildings were sold to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 1999, the Southern Experiment Station became the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC).