Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-17
CRAIG I0 QUIZ A|kE9|
Eminent Professor Of Horticulture
at Agricultural College Goes to
Cornell University.
Trustees Meet and Elect His Success
sor and Transact Other In
portaAt Business.
Contract For New Engineering Hall
Awarded and Other Minor
Deals Made.

Des Nfoines, Aug. 1.-THE trustees
of the State Agricultural College at
Ames, at its meeting Thursday. accept.
ed the resignation of Professor John
Craig, OF the chair of horticulture, and
elected j. I. Schultz to that position.
Professor Craig goes to Cornell College,
where he gets an advance Of $1,000
over what the Iowa college could pay
him and the professorship in the chair
of horticulture and university extern
sion. He will be associated with the Ia
nous Professor L. II. Baily in this
work. The horticultural department at
Cornell University is the biggest in the
world. Professor craig is particularly
adapted to this work. and he will make
the department al Cornell even more
distinguished than 1t already is IN the
educational world. Ames was fortu-
nate in holding his services for the
short time he was connected there and
lowed him to go.
Professor Schulte's selection is for
tunate. He is an alumnus of the insti-
tuition and familiar With 1T. He took
graduate and, postgraduate work In IL
and elsewhere. He has been connected
with the department two years as as
sistant but has been connected With
the agricultural bureau work under
Secretary James Wilson for the last
two years. He has spent his time IN the
west in this work and has acquired that
practical experience which will make
him at once an authority He Is at
present in charge CT the United States
horticultural display at the Paris ex-
position.
The contract for building the new
engineering hall for which the last
Legislature appropriated 100000. was
let to Schuetter, of Chicago, for $1b4,-
500. The bids ranged up to s1ss,0Jo the
lowest being taken. The work will be
begun soon and the hall will be finished
by year from October, 1t is believed.
1t will be the finest building at Ames.
The trustees were very fortunate in Sc
curing the contract at the price.
A contract for charging the hospital
at the college was given to Cushman,
of Omaha, at $3.50 Contracts were
also let for the completion of the agri-
ttl.d liz Slitoi
of the creamery.
The board of trustees also made ar
engagements for a school of conference
to be held this winter for the purpose
of instruction in judging of live stock.
The leading stockmen of the state Will
be invited to take part and the confer
ence is expected to result in much bene-
fit to them in an exchange of opinions,
as we'll as to the students In agricult-
ure, who will have an opportunity OF
attending all the sessions The school
Will be in session about two weeks and
will come at a season Of the year when
|it will not b. difficult for the men in
terested in stock to leave home. The
fact that large number Of experts in
stock judging will be present will make
rhe meeting one of great interest. Only
the preliminaries We're arranged at the
meeting Thursday, hut the matter Will
be taken up and everything possible
done to make it a success.
President William NJ. Beardshear was
in Des Moines last night.