In 1902, a young Carleton College graduate from New York named Arthur G. Crane accepted the position of superintendent of schools in Minto. Three years later, in 1905, he left to become high school principal in Lewiston, Montana. However, Crane came back to North Dakota to become the superintendent of schools in Jamestown in 1907. Crane was so well respected that when a constitutional amendment was passed in 1910 to establish a normal school in Minot, he was asked to become its first president.