The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18
week At THE UNIVERSITY.
pposprcToR-s MINING CoURsE TO
BE OFFERED NEXT TERM.
Library Receives some
Documents-E. r. Cotton, Inter-
national Secretary Of the \. N.
e. A.. Addresses the students.

Prof LYON. OF the School Of Mines OF
the state university, announces that the
prospector's course will begin on becem-
her This course. which continues
through the winter term. Is for the neheii'
Of adults who are interested in prospeci-
ing and mining. Admission Is ~itnou.
examination or special qualifications SAID
Prof Lyon yesterday;
..rbe subiec. are designed for those VINO
wish sufficient information along the lines
of mineralogy, geology and related SUD-
fects to take up practical work In the
field Instruction win CONSIST principally
Of laboratory exercises. although some
lectures will he given. An Of the work
Is as practical and ms helpful as possible.
and the students viii have all the advan-
tsges of the university laboratories ana
libraries
"A considerable addition 70 the extent
OF the courses offered has been made
this ysar. Instead Of FIVE courses we now
have eleven. The first Eve are those
which were offered last year. and are the
more pre-erinently practical ones. They
are qualitative anaIvsis. geology. miner
alogv. furnace assaying and course In
the general METHODS Of mining. To these
have been added courses In advanced min
eralorv. auartitetive ANALYSIS. wet asssv-
ing mining and economIc geology. Inc
IN mineralosv as prerequisites. BESIDES
these we will have series ~ lectures on
the mining laws Of the United States"
A recent addition 10 the library. is a
comniete set ~ the Canadian archives.
hy Douglass Brcjmun. CHIEF archlvist OF
rr,ses the wears from 1852 to 1898, and the
others will soon be added.
The publication corresponds to the an
nails OF CONGRESS- and contains many I'M
portant public documents.
At a recent meeting Of the faculty It
was decided that the library was one OF
the DEPARTMENTS OF the university that
must be brought to sta te of perfection
as soon as possible. II is exrected that
with the appropriation which viii be
secured from the next legislature this can
One ~ the first things that VIII Re
added will he complete set OF periodicals
and Pooie's index for the same. This
hood or 5000 Another addition that win
he made will be to compIete absolutely
the annals Of congress. an important set
Of documents containing much Of the his
This with cost not far from 81 600.
The library now contains about 12.n00
volumes. besides as many or more pamph-
lets. Additions are being continually re-
ce'ved ard many are accommodating, LII
hrarian CofYman and his assistant not
having the time to shelve Them
During the past week the students Of
the university were addressed several
times bv r. r. Cotton. one OF. the In
VI. c. A. On Wednesday evening he smoke
in the mems dormitorv on "Student
foundations the Battle Ground of College
aarss On Thu.sasy ern r. the ssfo5 wor ss
United and on Friday evening on 1.-THE
College Students First Law
On Wednesday evening. the Seattle Y:
". G. A. gave reception In honor Of
Mr.. Cotton. which was attended by most
Of the faculty.
The Somerset "Y" the student branch
OF the w. G. T. IT., he'd charge Of the
exercises at the Wednesday evening meet
ing OF the county convention Of that or
the Brooklyn church duriss the past
week. The PRINCIPAL feature was an adj
dress by DIR. f. W. Colesrcve on THE
Effects of Alcohol on the Brain
A new organization at the university IL
the Girls Glee Club About twenty
young ladies are interested ts and are under
They announce that they will give two
concerts before the end OF the student
year.
The next inportant social event at the
university will he the Freshman Glee,
which. will be given In Ranke hall the
week is the last before the final exam
nations for the first term. The second
term viii begin December s.
Mr. Ben w. Reed. Ca University Of
California. en- route to tho national con-
vention OF the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
at Louisville. KY. spent n few days last
week visiting friends at the university
At this convention It r. probable that
a charter win he granted to the local
fraternity OF Delta Phi, The Phi Deifa
Theta r. one OF the oldest and largest Of
college fraternities. having been founded
In lsss and having about 1900 members
Among IT'S members are ex-President Har-
rison. Hon, A. f. Stevenson. Hon. r. II.
Conger minister TO China. Hon. A. O.
Harris. minister to Austria; Senator
Blackburn and Gen. Funston.
Capt. Corson. OF the football team. has
gone home With symptoms OF typhoid fe-
yer The team Is now cnptained by Cal
houn. the fullback, and Capt Corson's
vacant place at half ls filled By Sterling
Hili, captain OF last years team The
end left vacant by Wright who was IN
tured In practice. II now being played
ter.
Preparing for Rush of Bone
Huildern