The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-03
CLOSE Of THE WINTER TERN.
DEPARTMENT. OF STATE UyIyER-
srTY IN GOOD CONDITION.
G0eiency of Laboratory Inereased
by View Apparatas-Addftio to
College Lfbrsry-Interest In
AfhIetSes-Now for the Orators.

ard the faculty and students vii nov
enjoy weE earned rest, until the be-
ginn.Ex OF the spring term next Monday
DuIIns the fersgs just ended oser 80 rega-
lar students we're egEsresi. besides q
barge number Of specials. including those
taking the minerg' course which make
I'll. tolA. number registered somewhere
over D.. FROM the standpoint OF WORK,
3he term AAs been most successful and
the outI ok for the new term lie very
bright. President r. r. Graves Is still Ia
Olympia locking after iae nfiiversity's n
esrests and Prof. e. r. Reeves, the dean.
g. conducting the institution ia his sb-
oeFlce.
Prof r. e. Doubt the head Of the de-
partment OF physics, has had his lanora-
toryss efficiency much Increased during
the year by The addition os some maca
needed apparatus Among The new pieces
- q balance for heavy weighing up 10
about three kilograms ami accurate 10 the
One-thousandfh % gram, Ecyies apoa-
eatus for determining the cosnpressaoility
q gass. mercury pump for obtaining
q vacuum a. high as the one ten-nl.laogth
Of al atmosphere. a lioEe¢ screen Tor
work with X ra}s, inter pump Tor pro-
daclnx exhaustion. made by Prof Doubt
hIgase.., a mercury Etii akso made D.
Prot Doubt. Lam.uer- Erodhan, when
determines the intensity OF gas and e.ee-
tfle llsnt and AL other lSnts 70 WITHIN
ose-eixfsth OF per cent. "a stanoatu Lsha,
the amyiacetate, which IS the most ac-
cssEate vi all IEGts. tie ~ aeAIstole
briusea an apparatus for measuring TIE
e.oct4igs1 RESISTANCE OF wfes, APPARATUS
Tor measuring the eapansissi oil rl*lasS' a
pair OF 8If4e Tour maine p3atsSs W4iaGn ~ise"
the eifsess III polar .zatsCn, for use III TIE
laboratory ard lecture Eooni PiaIis prs
matte spectrum; dark room villa s-nh
aud many other conyeEi.sncss iof STUDY
III phyacs has been fitted Up.
Hectares ON Chemistry.
Pro-. Doubt believes in practical work az
well a. theoretical and tor this reason has
eosue Of ais students working On an Ola
snotor rewlnaing H. Tne department mas
yet many very great needs, especially N
the battery, where twice as many Cells are
Required Tor work Ia electrical engineering,
ct. Ae@ apparatus. toe ~ needed IN TIE
szlop.
Prof. Doubt has three post graduates Ia
his department. one Of whom Is Frank u.
Frazier, az Vi. A. Of Princeton.
Dr. ii. &. Myers. professor OF chemistry.
has arranged for thG following series OF
lectures uur.ag TIE coming terra by mem
beers of his advanced class III inorganic
chemistry: "iha Diamond It's Chemistry.
History. Geology aud Crystalline Form.
'"Ihe AleaemIst, HIS Methods aad Aims,
1.-The Development OF Mende.eJef Periodic
Law. .Caili saitpeter. IL Geology anu
Cseg,' THE Feidspar. Clay, Naoln and
Pottery" The Recovery ard Y SEES OF Com
mon SALT 'sThe Technical Use of Air
'"Ine sulphur and Sulpaide Industries,
.~fhe Aikailas In Nature AID illuminate
ting Gas and By-Products." Several new
ana complete technical works IN German
and English have just been purchased ht
Dr. Myers for the use of the industrial
chemistry class. The publications are The
rnost complete and reliable works on the
subject that havc appeared IN print. and
represent the latest Investigations or Ger
man and American chemists.
Prof. A. II. Fuller, the head OF the en-
Ei;eering department. which IS now In It's
49, Szs. ss4at t.-nf n1 i- 20 owe
OF his department. Quite a large number
% students are working In H. and are nc
comprising most successful results. Next
term there will be O class In heid work.
20 which tae coming engineers are look
1ng forward with eaSerness.
Prof. II, II. CoGey. of the philosophy
and edueatton DEPART ent will lecture next
Friday at Saohorn!sh. where be iectured
time aGa with brilliant success. lie
has n0w recovered from his recent inais-
position and Is greatly pleased with the
work III kts department during the closing
term aud has great hopes for the coming
one.
MI the other departments have been do
Ing equally well. and have the same favor
abe prospects for the new term.
Trevor ktncnid's New Project.
Trevor kincsid. the naturalist. Will begin
wulk soon on a project he has had la III cd
sor several years He desires TO awaken
Interest Ia natural history among the
schools Of the state, and he viii collect
Quantities Of marine specimens, such as
efah=, stsrfissi. shells, sea~urchins. etc,
ena from these typ ral collections viii be
formed. illustrating tie natural history or
cse state. These collections VIII b. turned
over "a the high schools. To DO this wei
require much labor and time on Mr.. KIN
caia's part.
Ae,.u. ~ volumes have been added 10 the
college library during the last term aua
nueh Increased its efficiency IN general
Athletics have had a creator hold Of the
e~s,iese than ever before. the victories ef
nofh he meas ard Goods track teams
s.'ew9ue snat ne RisltaA9a Is slfenE "a
spoft. ~ tffe meeting 0f The mess assc-
citation last week she emblem award cen
nltteN. Wblca Is composed 0f .ke executive
coeimitfee 81 Tire aszoeia i0n, az advisory
committee From tas faculty sgd = commit
tee fsx.nl hs aiumui CT the asscc. atgeu. was
completed ~ tiau election of Ipr ] 4
seiss. IN. :. t lleghdolt and Prof A. ri
kuAisf. as Use ssst .s9fy 'tt'frtft So aEa u.
a Fasd. 81, Il. II. Nichols, 81 and Hay
k&4r. -. As sne 1fumni CDmu15ttes. The
executive committee Is composed ~ L. -
Nsser. III. T.. Reese ard J. n Caeheg tr
Tae iafee .onaissi'tsf combined VA awara
tie has Wy t5r en.nenee IN athletics 20
these deserving it
TIE Women A5h,esie Association Ia
tiHNanf over its business Ike ssiaGaaers,rrl n
OF sAe Victoria ussot, All expenses having
h-er Siwarea
The oeasers are ceiulus ,nta prominence
again. an1 "a sSars the regular ser,ng ~ a
togi@sl e0Hgesfz There " ll3 81, a debate with
ths Washington Agricultural college,. THE
preliminary sssg1teSs WA hs held t,s.ss.ah1s
TAX Neea ena th,. wins egS VIII tef,,fxtfttlfe
NJ 1. ~ " team.
ahe nnfy Blalue Lard Ca.nnsnv has
esfefsd 60 So - Siis.i am * tso~o win
,AiiE as preliminary contest The ofef
has slraaiy gtoaavet excellent results
f73r nttszs eF& 1r IFN session e,tss ave -
eeiVea thfig 0sts p'us tnom The hast rhe
ss.d horde. y ~ 3he lestsrs e. ~ " : "a
tav te'1ffLs ass4 tas nNfo'~-. '4- a. he
hoksaua Fse $s1sTs&ss Ae@e}0hts p III .7.fsssst
ri - kaH 3A Is t~.fS ag tte agteeTs ~ =
go IL the sra Pc SO tae stair N as s4gs.s (! m.