Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
GREAT WORK AT PULLMAN.
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Prof Frank ]. Barnard, superintendent
of city schools, has returned from Pull
man, where he went to attend meeting
of the board Of regents OF the state agri
cultural college, Of whom lie is one. II
was the FIRST meeting Of the board thar
Mr.. Barnard has attended, and also his
first visit to Pullman. He is more than
enthusiastic over the college au3 itspros-
poets.
People Oh this siue of he mountains,
and many other parts of the state FOR that
matter, said lie yesterday have but a
faint conception OF the great work that
school @ay down in The heat Of the Pa
louise country is doing for the young
people Of Washington. The perfection
Of the educational methods Of the institu-
ton is something wonderful As a scien-
tifc and industrial school it would De
hard to ff.d the equal of Pullman
Everything over there is practical, in
tenseiy practical and the boy who gradu-
ates is assured of good position the mo-
nent he steps out into the world. The
records OF the school prove this to be
fact. One year the Northern Pacific Rail
way company employed almost the entire
graduating class of the civil engineering
department at high wages, and l am in
formed that graduates are in demand ali
over the Northwest.
"The best illustration Of the practical
nature OF the training the students at
Pullman receive is the fact that the town
IS well lighted with electricity from
modern power plant owned by the college
and under the entire charge OF the stu
dents of the mechanical engineering de
partment.
There IS not a better school of mines
on the Coast than they have at Pullman.
The students i'll this department learn
the working Of ores by practical expert
ence. The school owns and operates a
modern reduction plant on a small scale
1t is contained i'll a three-storv brick
building On top of the building are the
- 'A'i9' ioIi lllSSC DlIS the ore is
taken just as in the regular mills and
crushed, passing down through the build |
ing to the ground floor. There is a small
concentration and cyanide plant. A
chlorination plant is to be added at once.
The students make working ASSAYS of
all ores submitted free of charge. All a
miner has to do is to forward a generous
sample of his product to Pullman and
have 1t treated. This year the students
III the mining department are to be given
experience i'll practical mining A veal
thy Spokane mine owner has invited the
class to come to one of his mines and
spend the summer there i'll learning how
ores are found and taken out
In every other branch the work of
education is equally practical In the
department of chemistry the students do
a great deal of the work of ANALYSIS of
food products for the state food com
who is by law required to have
all such products passed upon by the
chemist of the Pullman college In the
dairy the students learn all about the
handling of milk, cream butter and
cheese by doing the actual work. The
laboratories, workshops, etc, are marvel
ously complete.
There are now more than 900 students
of both sexes i'll the college Several new
pressed brick buildings of the most mod
ern type of construction have Just been
erected for their accommodation.