The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-04-13

amount to about 100000 acres at So
to $40 an acre, according to quality
location and timber.
To Teach Young Men Business.
We Badgers are all interested in the
foundation of school of commerce in
connection with the university. Pro-
fessor Slicter says:
'"There is little doubt that several of
the great universities in the MISSISSIPPI
pi valley will soon establish schools
similar to the great commercial schools
of Germany. The University of Wis
consin would have no difficulty in sup
plying, for the new courses, the broad
est and strongest foundations in his
tory, economics and languages. In
fact, young man cannot secure bet
ter preparation for the highest type Of
commercial life, or for q career in the
consular service of our country, than
by taking the courses in American his
tory that are already offered in the
University Of Wisconsin"
The Future of the Mississippi Valley.
Professor Slicter cites some facts to
suggest the destiny-freighted future of
the Mississippi valley.
''There are the best deposits of iron
and copper in the world. Further
south, in the region from Ohio to Ne
braska, there exists, just below the
surface, one Of the greatest deposits of
power-fuel yet known. The surface
itself is one Of the greatest food pro-
ducing areas in temperate climate
Then there is the system of lake water
ways, bringing the natural meeting
point of the iron, coke, copper and
pOWer-fuel at the southwestern shore
of Lake Michigan, and at the same
point tapping the great food supply OF
the valley. The Atlantic coast must
lose it's relative Importance CONNER
cially as it has already lost it political
ly."
$4,000 Year Will Support 1t.
All foreign schools Of commerce are
supported by three corporations, viz,
by the state, by the cities where such
schools are situated, and by the boards
of trade of these cities. The average
annual cost of each of these schools
is $4,000, and so valuable have they
proved that Belgium has a law and
Germany is considering one which will
require all foreign cOnsuls and consul
lar agents of these countries to be
graduates of these schools. The extra
cost of a school Of commerce at the
University Of Wisconsin has been esti-
mated at $4,000 a year.
New Boundary for Campus.
The next new building on the cam
pus will be the Engineering building,
and Dean J. B. Johnson, the new head
of the department "a st. Louis man,
and by the way, one who is making
a strong impression on Madison as al
all-arOund man of affairs. Dean John
son writes that it will probably be the
most ornamental building upon the up
per campus. It will be built of gray
hydraulic pressed brick with Bedford
stone and tile trimmings. The win
dOws in the east and south fronts are
all of plate glass. The building will
be placed on the north side Of the up
per campus facing south towards the
Law building There will be an audi
tOriurn, seating some $50 persons, with
a raised platform and sloping floor.
Around the walls of this room there
will be arranged museum showcases.
The first and second stories are de-
voted to recitation rooms and offices,
besides the reading and library room,
and the auditorium. The third story
and the attic are devoted entirely to
drawing room purposes, the latter De-
ing lighted wholly from the ceiling and
the former by windows in the upper
parts Of the room. The earth removed
from the site will be disposed on the
lower campus, east of the new Library
building, thus raising this low ground
nearly two feet. 1t is expected that the
laboratory appliances now in the base.
ment Of Science hall will be moved
into the laboratory during the month
of September, before college opens, So
that everything will be in working or
der at the beginning of the next SEM
ester. ORLANDO BURNETT.