, 1901-12-26
UNIVERSITY NOTES
PROF. KNIGHT PUTTING BONES OF
A MONSTER SEA SERPENT
TOGETHER.
The Serpent Was Sixty Feet Long and
the Largest Swimmer Known
Fossils Soon to Be Moved to New
Science halI-Miss Morse Enter
tains-New Bulletin Board a Work
OF Art-lamb Feeding at Expert
ment Farm.

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Of Art-Lamb Feeding at Expert
ment Farm.
Prof. Knight is happily engaged in
putting together the bones of a sea
serpent which he discovered i'll 1895.
At that time he took out a portion of
the skeleton, but a man from the east,
learning of the discovery, took out the
rest. Prof. Knight got track of the
bones INT after working SIX years has
succeeded in getting them back to
Laramie. The hand of the paddle of
this animal is fifty-two inches long and
serpent has four paddles, II of which
has five fingers. The animal was sixty
feet long and has a lateral eXpanse of
t~wenty-feet between front limbs. The
serpent lived entirely on fishes aud
was the largest swimmer known. The
university own the type of species
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most valuable specimen in the collec-
ton. Prof. Knight hopes soon to be-
gin moving the fossils to the new mu-
scum.
The evening of Christmas day Miss
Morse entertained at a %crokonole party
cow, 80 thn N,tnf tnwn ctrlnpty u-hr
were obliged to spend Christmas away
from home. The following were pres
ent: Messrs. Carlson. Rigdon, E. c.
Smith, George Sellar, Parker, Eugene
and Lewis Tidball, Taylor. Earl and
Merl Wolford and Miss lie Hew and
Miss Margaret Lothian.
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The bulletin board at the university
designed by Mr.. Derr is indeed a work
of art OH the margin. Mr.. Derr, the
designer, has drawn the picture of a
prospector leading a burro up the trail
of a snow-clad mountain. In the lower
left-hand corner Is the picture Of a
l dtlleSIldhc. lnCSC icplS oChldlioh
are, of course, symbolic of the miners
life.
The many friends of Miss Bennett
will be pleased to learn that she has
recovered from her sickness and is
able to be around again.
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The basket ball team is making ar
engagements to begin practice as soon
as the new tern opens. A meeting will
be held shortly at which time a cap
tain and manager will be elected.
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There will be no vesper services
during the vacation, but w. M. Daucer,
secretary for the Y. M. C. A. OF Colora.
do, is expected In Laramie on the 18th
and will speak at vesper services on
that day.
Several of the type-writers belong
ing to the business college have beer,
sent to Denver, to be repaired and set
in better order during the vacation.
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The j%anitors at the university are
busily engaged in giving the building
q thorough cleaning.
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Mr.. Sigman, foreman at the expert
ment farm, has been having trouble
al the farm on account Of snow inter
fering with the feeding Of the lambs.
Thus far nine have died.
Mr.. Flemming has gone home on 8
visit to Logan, Utah. For the last six
weeks Mr.. Flemming has been at work
in the irrigation office at Cheyenne.
He will be back shortly to meet the
new professor.
Many former university students are
visiting in Laramie. Among them are
Glen Scott, Frank Holiday, John Fra
zee and Wilkie Collins.
Mr.. Thompson, janitor at the univer-
sity, will leave the first OF the year on
a visit to southern California. The
assistant will move into Mr.. Thomp-
sons rooms at the university.
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Profs. Knight and Slosson have pre-
pared a bulletin on alkali. This bulle-
tin is at present in the press.
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Miss June E. Dowuey, instructor in
psychology. has received a valuable
instrument from France.
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Mr.. Clifford Sawyer. who has been
at work at the experiment farm. will
attend the university next term. He
will be a great addition to the basket
bali team.
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Miss Hebard left yesterday for
Cheyenne to spend her Christmas va-
cation. She will visit in Fort Collins
before her return.