, 1902-02-26

lar. The state university grounds il,
Clude large athletic fields which hereto,
fore have been used only for football
and military drill. Some interest has
been apparent over tennis, and during
the past year more particularly over
golf, which eliminated in a contest be
tween Cheyenne and Laramie. the lat
ter winning. Miss Hebard. secretary
of the board of trustees of the univer-
sity is at present state golf champion.
An old debt has handicapped the
football association during past year.
nut by means of the university fair,
recently held, the athletic association
has cleared its debt and has paid also
the debts of the two literary societies.
besides making possible, liberal dona-
lions to the college Young Mems
Christian Association. and to the bas-
ket ball teams, besides leaving a bal,
ance of something over one hundred
dollars in the Athletic association
treasury. Football will therefore UNI
doubleday be revived next year and
some good games are looked for.
Laramie is, moreover, quite II cen
ter OF education and culture.
The University of Wyoming is young
and therefore but n small institution,
yet considering the fact that it was es-
tablished in 1887. it is confidently ex-
pected that not many more years will
elapse before it will be very much more
widely and %favorably known than at
present.
A college of liberal arts, Offering
classical, literary and scientific
courses; an agricultural college, in con-
nection with which is a United States
experiment station; d college of peda
gogy; colleges of mines and mechani.
cal engineering, aud a business college,
are the departments that make up the
university.
The corps of professors and assist
ants in each of the different depart
ments is excellent.
The equipment of each college is the
very best possible. The present small
number of students affords to each the
peculiar advantages OF more careful in
dividual instruction, and the greater
use of more apparatus and appliances
than are possible at a larger universi-
ty.
The country and hills Immediately
surrounding Laramie afford opportuni-
ties for the study of geology and miner
alogy and for the practical application
Of principles learned in these and
kindred studies that can hardly be
found in such close proximity to any
other institution of learning in the
country.
There is a hill less than five miles
from town due east that seems an ideal
place for an observatory. Such an OBJ
servatory would have the distinction
OF being one Of the highest in the
world. The advantages peculiar to
such an altitude and to the consequent
rarity and purity of the atmosphere are
apparent. It is the hope of the scien,
tifc men that the observatory will be
built in the near future, which would
help wonderfully toward giving the
University Of Wyoming prestige in
scientific and astronomical research.
The university grounds are beautiful
and amply large for the erection Of all
other buildings as their needs devel-
op, and the state a afford to vote
the necessary appropriations.
The graded public schools of Lara
ME are excellent. A well attended
night school, conducted as an adjunct
of the regular public day schools, has
a large number of pupils. Besides the
library of the state university, there
is a free public library of over 1000
carefully selected volumes.
So much for a brief summary of Lar
annie industries, its sports and its edu-
c%ational institutions. 1t is now the
second city in Wyoming. With the de-
velopment of the natural in
the vicinity and with the engagements
of its rolling mills and other manufac-
tories it is certain to continue to grow
and to be OF increasing Importance.
c. H. C.