The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-29
WASHINGTON LETT l.
Chatty Gossip About Prominent .rmy
and Navy Officers, College
Presidents, Etc.
(From our Regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, 3, c., Nov. 20, II,

(trom cur Regular correspondent
wAsHINGToN, 3, c., Nov. 20, l1
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admil
Benham and Ramsay are taking thrs
muci easier than they did while D
Schley inquiry was being made, rn
that they hav9 settled down to h
work of sitting testimony taken dunn,
eight weeks. They two rooms il al
office build ng, one for themselves lnc
one for their cleric.1 help, a1li Q
statwart sergeant marines keeps parC
at the outer door to see that the. 4 bg,
of the court, which are seortt are
not disturbed by inquisitive ralIerS,
The court holds one session a daily,
from 10 to 1880 o'clock. ADMIRAL
Dewey says the cour intends to make
Its own abstract Of the testimony taking
the conclusions of no one. and that it
will naturally require considersbeitime
to separate the wheat from The ehaff
BY the way, Adm raj DeweY's ,uburan
residence had narrow esfSD6f from
a forresu fire IN that vincinty lNe md
Mrs. were not in the house d. tts time
as they had moved into their city home
so.oe days before. Mrs. Degeyiis not
well, She is not confined TO net house,
but has been unable to shdke off the
effects of an attack of the gip.l
There has been a gathering Of army
officers in Washington this month that
will arose the interest Of thd Sc who are
fond OF looking at men OF Rr0nlnence,
and most of us are. The Secretary of
War has ordered the FOLLOWING officers
Of high rank 10 convene in Washington
on the 25th, ms as a bbard to on
slider several millitarym alters, includ-
ng the selection and locat lon Of army
post: Lieut.. Gen. Nelsbh A. Miles,
Maj Gems. John r. Bgloke, Elwell
5 Otis, S. NJ. B. You, and Author
MacAuther, and Brig. n ems JOIN c.
Bates, George NJ 4andall, and
William A. Kobbe. n boaro vii
include practically all general off
GERS of the army on al e duty in the
U S, and if its slit were public,
which they will not ID would draw as
arg: an audience as b. SchIey Court
Of Inquiry did, alth Kbsh the interst
would be in the indiN pal members OF
The board end not in NIproceedings.
Among the numer s college presi
1enls who are atted d1Ing the am ual
convention of theN Association OF
Agricultural Colleges and experimen
stations, now sitting in Washington,
are Dr. w. 0. ThoAbson. of the Ohio
State University, ana Dr. Joseph Swain
IF theI indiana UNIVERSITY. in an in
.ersting conversatioiI on the extra
growth a technical or in
1ustrial education, DE. Thompson said:
The demand for Engineering talent
exceeds the supplSj | do not believe
Nere is a single idnd graduate of our
Institution at Colun bus, We have 200
students this year in our agricultural
College alone, AND they find employ
nent at salaries Banging all the way
rom $500 TO I,5qb. That nay seem
ike big money tok bay a skilled farmer
out there are manY Yownerof bread acers
and breeders of Aock on an extensive
scale who are gal to avail themselves
Of well-informE III man, capable Of
taking entire chN ge of valuable prop
critics of such tharactor. We teach
our young men bout the breeding OF
stoch, the valu4 Of different kinds Of
food, the natur} of soils, and other
subjects with EhIch one must be
familiar who q dnducts !mmencs agri-
cultural propeties. The gre with OF
mining indust5e 5es has increased the
number OF inq{ fries for mining engineer