Arizona republican., 1902-10-24
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZ jNA
1ncr ssd Attendance, Prospects for a
 Coed Years Work.

1 uUS1 iDdl SdNCTS lGSS OL lIC IsiOC
 course, the college year is well begun, l with flowery promises of a good year
 of successful, serious work. The stu
 dent roll has been increased by a con-
 siderable amount and not only have we
 gained in numbers. but our faculty
 has been considerably increased by ad-
 ditions of some good strong educators
 whose excellent recommendations have
 received our happy endorsement after
 two weeks of intercourse with them
 Prof. B. F. Stacey. A. B., comes to us from Lombard university with three years of post graduate work in the University of Chicago, and will act as assistant professor of sciences.
 Prof. c. M Evans, IL. B., is a grad uate of the University of Michigan and acts as registrar and assistant in mathematics. He is also a candidate for degree of B. Ph. at our next com menCement
 Captain J. M. Patton, A. M, is from the Universities of Virginia and h. diana, in which latter place he was a co-worker with President Jordan of Stamford. He was a professor and commardant at the University of Vir- ginia and has lived in Madrid, Spain;
 
 lessor of modern languages, command ant of cadets. and the boys whisper that he is also a good fellow.
 Mrs. M. c. Stanley, B. A, comes to us from Berkley and is installed as matron of the ladies' dormitory. She will also share the burden of work in the Latin and English departments. | Miss A O. Butterfeld, B. A, is a Stanford graduate and will tarry with us a while as instructor in physical culture and history.
 Prof. J. w. Gorby, B. A. is product of Marietta, Ohio, and last years vic tor in the interscholastic debate for the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He . has charge of the classes in Oratory and takes personal supervision of the literary departments of the different literary societies. As far as the stu dents are committal it seems that rell do. and then have little to spare.
 Miss Fucar. for many years in charge of the department of modern lan- guages and Latin and botany, has been granted a years leave of absence and it is understood that she will write a book on the cactus. She is too well and favorably known in our midst to require comment here. Suffice it to say that her absence will be felt in the class room and in the hearts of all her admirers.
 Miss McGregory, our amiable in structor in oratory, has been granted Q similar leave and may rest assured that it will take a good man to fill her place.
 Messrs. Stacey and Gorby, above mentioned, are also candidates for the degree of master of arts at the June commencement.
 Surely nothing could be desired as an ! improvement on the condition at the i present opening of another school year The quota cf college students is larger | than ever before and. indeed. outruns | our most sanguine hopes of last year | in this respect. Our equipment in all | branches has been greatly added to during the summer months and there should be no difficulty in the way of work pleasure and progress.
 During the vacation period the ar engagements Of chemical laboratories has been changed. offering great inn provements over last year. The mu- scum has been stored away prepara tory to moving it into the new library | and museum building upon its compile ton, and the botanical laboratory is | now occupying a portion of the room | formerly occupied by the museum. This | gives the whole of the upper south | wing of the main hall to the labora- | tories of the mining branch. The | qualitative laboratory has received at | tention by the addition of desks and | outfits to accommodate six more stu | dents. thus making it's capacity | twenty-four students. New plumbing | has also been added to serve this en- largement. The old botanical labora- | tory has been supplied with benches l for twelve taking the course in min eralogy, so that this branch is no | longer crowded into the GUantitative | laboratory Cn the ground floor. Some | much neded apparatus has been added | to the assaying laboratory, which is row fairly complete as far as abso- | lutely necessary appliances are con- Ccrned. The course in engineering. five and six. which deals with masonry construction. dams. bridges and ore dressing and hydraulics, has been made more practical by a complete set of expensive testing machines for test ing building materials, as stone, Ce- ment, lime. etc. In all the new appli- ances nothing but tho very latest and most improved goods have been pur- chased. which is q source of gratifica- tion to those who have the pleasure of their use. A new course in advanced organic chemistry has been established leading up to a degree as bachelor of science in chemistry.
 More interest is taken in politics at the university this year than hereto fore and the ballot we cast this coming November will be Of some little con sequence at least in the Pima county selections. Of course our homes for the most part are outside this county. but we cannot cast our ballots in our home counties without great inconvenience, and moreover. there are some good men running in this county and on the 4th of next month we want to have our say in their election. as nine months of our year is spent among the citizens of Tucson. Nearly all voters are reg istered who reside al the dormitOries and the total was surprisingly large.
 The new mess hall opened at the be- ,f tl, .cI.n cri1- ha