Arizona republican., 1902-04-16

phuric acid was not forgotten in the tour. Altogether the trip was com- plete success and the source of stores of good and valuable information to the members of the party. Abundant opportunity for the personal inspection of this kind is offered the students | here, as numerous trips are made each year by the head of the geological de- partment to different localities throughout the territory for the pur pose of reporting on properties. On | nearly all of these he takes members of his classes and lends them the value of his experience in answering ques tions and offering useful hints and sug- gestions.
 A new course :n practical ore dress ing and stamp milling practice is to be added to the course of mining next year. The mill is to be moved and re- modelled for this purpose. This course will include mill work in the prepara- tion of raw ores for subsequent treat ment; practical instruction in the stamp milling of gold ores and the cyanidilg of tailings. The mill will be fully equipped with stamps and cyanide vats to do small custom work and the students will do all the work under the supervision of instructors. Expert mental work in the teaching of copper ores will also be carried on in the lab oratory. The spring class in astronomy has just commenced it's session and will soon be cut star-gaZing with the large telescope.
 The new uniforms for the cadet bat talion have just arrived and the com panies look like an adobe fence at a distance, owing to the color of the suits. They lend but lilly to the martial appearance of a body but during the coming warm days will offer a deal of comfort to the boys.
 The April number of the University Monthly will be out this week and will ! be somewhat of a departure from the regular form as hitherto presented. It will be reduced in size of sheet and in creased in the number of sheets to nearly twice the present contents. The binding will also be in book form, sim- lar to the monthly public magazines This issue will contain a number of in- 1 teresting articles on topics of interest to the general public, as description of the mines and plant at La Cananea and an article on the geological forma- tion of the Tonto basin in connection with the proposed plan for a water storage reservoir at that point and nu- 1 merous others of like import. The issue 1 will be profuse with illustrations half tones and local news of interest and copies of the same can be had at the rooms of the board of trade at Phoenix.
 The matter of a debate between the university and the normal school of Tempe which has been under advise ment by committees from each insti- tuition the past two weeks, has been settled upon. The debates will take place annually between teams Of three and shall take place alternately be- tween Tempe and Tucson, the first one being billed to occur in Tempe about the 18th of the coming May. The ques- ton decided for this debate is, Re solved that legislation has more to do with a nations welfare than educa- tion.' The normal takes the afiirma- tive and the university the negative Judges will be chosen by each institu- tion from different parts of the terri tory. The debate is for an individual medal to be given by MT. Mouer of Tempe to the one presenting the best composition and delivery, as well as for, team and school supremacy. The cb- Ject is to create greater interest in these matters in educational institu- | tionS throughout the territory and to bring these institutions in closer touch with each other. In other localities where the country is more thickly pop ulated and the number of colleges greater these meets are of frequent oc- currence and create great interest out side as we'll as within educational cir cles and it is hoped to start the ball a-rolling in this arid land.
 l would say a word in regard to the occupation of students during the sum- mer months. You would be surprised at the large number of students at tending the university who are support ing themselves almost entirely by the fruits of their labors during the sum- mer months. The mining districts is the region sought by the weary student at the spring closing where as rule he gets on and hits a drill or pushes cars or does most anything which will bring returns for three months. In this way lie collects some surplus which is nearly sufficient to see him through another school year. Thus he is a means of self-support as well as a valuable and profitable help to his employer as he is able to use his acquired knowledge to the benefit of himself and boss Elm ployers looking for hands to take thu, place of the transient miners who drift ncrthward during the hot months will : do well to look this way for men to take such places. We have also men famil- far with milling and smelling methods as well as competent assayers who can fill places of trust in these lines while the present men take their vacations, etc. There is no rest for the wicked student and as soon as the spring exes are over you will hear from the boys all over the territory
 LESLIE A. GILLETT