Arizona republican., 1902-04-08
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
General Information Regarding It
 Home Support Is Lacking.

| There are few people within the ter
 ritory who really know and realize the
 status of the university of the terri ! tory and the advantages it offers, for
 which they are paying their money, and
 from which they are reaping such scant | benefit. It seems to be the rule that 1 those of our citizens who are able to
 send their sons and daughters away
 from home to receive a college educa-
 tion take pride in transporting them 1 somewhere outside the territory They
 will not patronize the institution of their own make but leave it to struggle on, supplied with students drawn near i ly wholly from localities near Tucson. ] If the big men of the territory would
 grant us each just enc short hour of their time and influence in behalf Of
 the university it would be but a short 1 time indeed until the institution would l become to the whole territory a pride
 known and felt in every locality. We 1 have at this place an institution the plans and scope of which the public | knows little about. which is as yet small and only the promise of better . things to come, but which is grounded we'll The course. although as yet
 marrow in scope compared to like col l leges. is thorough and complete in it.
 self, and its results, in so far as it goes, l high class Our graduates enter | Berkley, Stanford, Michigan. Colorado. illinois and in fact nearly all the stand ard colleges and universities in the | United States as seniors. with not quite
 q year of work to accomplish to obtain
 a degree. In all branches which are here treated, credits of any student are | transferred with full allowance on the books of these other schools.
 The manual training department is the best equipped in the west. without | exception. In it there are accomm0da- tions for thirty students in each of the following branches: wood working dra ughting, machine work. carpentry
 and forge work in iron. These branch
 es have not only the stationary ma chinery ample to accommodate the
 above number. but have complete
 outfits of small and large hand tools
 of every description for the use of each student. The draughting room has
 adjustable tables and revolving tables, with an adequate stock of models and
 materials for free hand and mechanical draughting. The course includes h.
 wood work designing. designing of min ing machinery. such as steel gallows, not blast furnace, gold mill, etc The wood working section has seven Iathes. with power and hand tools for each.
 and covers a course in plain and orna- mental wood turning. modelling of ma , chinery parts and building materials, and all descriptions of practical appli- ances. The carpentry branch treats , of all parts of the trade, and each stu dent has complete set Of tools, all of best make. This course covers sloyd and engraving work. furniture con- struction. etc, house and public build , ing construction, and pays particular attention to the usages in the mining industry with regard to milling and shalt buildings and mine timbers. The machlnery course gives q full know ledge of all types of machinery, and in cludeS practical work in tool and pat tern turning, machine construction and manipulation. and properties of steel
 and iron materials. The forge shop offers full knowledge of smithing and , iron working with special reference to it's use in working mining tools and in . building and machine construction. . The power room is supplied with steam from the large horizontal boiler which supplies light and water and power t9 the whole university, and is equipped . with two engines. a dynamo, and d blower and exhaust for the tWenty-four down draft forges of the forge depart ment. The machinery consists of
 three engine lathes. for iron work. of / best pattern, and one 5000 engine lathe
 of latest model, drill press. :; shaper. ] lItt.
 tWenty-four inch drill. with grind
 stones. vises and small tools for iron
 and steel working. The wood workin,.
 machinery consists of four machine
 lathes, circular saw, band saw. univcr-
 sal wood worker. and planer. This
 department is the best equipped at the
 university, and is made so by donation,;
 by the Copper Queen of Bisbee and by
 government appropriations.
 The other departments are fairly well
 supplied with apparatus. but are sadly
 lacking in funds for current expenses,
 which greatly crirples them in their
 work Our library is the best in the
 territory and is to have d building of
 it's own soon. The museum contains
 the best collection Of southwestern rel
 ics and specimens of all kinds. miner-
 als. birds and antique articles. in this
 section, but little is made of it on ac-
 count of lack Cf funds. As you know : this is q territorial museum and d valu- ! able one Gas many of the articles can never be replaced) and description of ? it's contents would likely be of interest | but the other day when l went to ob- tain a record of the same Professor [ Blake informed me that there was nd r such record in existence. as this terri tory does not make an allowance ol