The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-21
University News

educational institution is doing.l
The agricultural school OF the uni
versity opened up Wednesday of last
week with the best showing that 1t
has ever had. All day long Professor
Davidson, principal OF the school. was
busy in the deans room of Uni
versity hall. registering and classify
Ing students. Only one day is given
results of yesterday are indeed graft
flying. Last years registration IN the
first day was thirty-two students and
by the end of six months. which
constitutes the school year in the agri-
cultural department, the number Of
students taking the long course reached
fifty-nine. Wednesday the registration
was forty-seven, a gain of fifteen over
last years opening. Proceeding on the
basis Of last years gain, the number
this year will be advanced to about
e~ighty-five and there Is no reason for
thinking hat the percentage of in
crease will be In any way reduced.
Registration now Is only for the
long term of six months, ending April
"a. and the students are pursuing what
is called the long course, 1t takes four
years to complete this course of study,
which deals in detail with all branches
pertaining to agriculture.
Later in the year. however, a short
term will be opened for students. This
term will open January 3. and close
March z. The number Of students taxi
ing the short winter course last year
was fifty-nine. making the entire regis
tration in the agricultural school 11S.
II the number in the shorter course in
creases this year proportionate to those
in the long course the total registration
figures will reach about 175.
The engineering society held its reg
ular meeting Wednesday evening. No
vember II. and carried out a very in
teresting program. Papers were read
and short talks were made on subjects
that are of immediate interest to cngin-
GERS, and to students of the engineer
ing course.
Mr.. Swaboda ave a talk on "Educa-
ton of the Electrical Engineer" in
which he discussed the principles and
methods of Steinmetz.
l." j. Popisil spoke on What Engin-
eering Societies Ought to be to Engin-
eering Students
An interesting discussion was ON
Quoted by Mr.. Thomas on THE cut
across Salt Lake now being built by
the Central Pacific"
Mr.. Miller, a former student of the
university, was present and spoke to
the society on the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company This company, said
Mr.. Miller. has kept out of the great
trust and is trying to furnish the entire
west with iron and fuel.
The first students recital of the Uni
versity school of Music was held in
Memorial hall Thursday night. Nov.
IL. The following program was given:
Piano solo-SOnata No. |, Mozart;
Blanche Roberts.
Contralto solo--'Sapphic Ode" era
die song" IAN Inner Thought"
Brahms; Flora Steiner.
Contralto solo-"SaviOr Comfort
Me-" Hosmer; Hazel Manrid.
Piano solo-Melodie. OPP. No. 2,
M~oszkodwski: Jessie limerick.
Soprano solo-"Open Thou Thine
Eyes Ma%ssenet; In the Woods" BIZ
zet:, Vera Upton.
Contralto solo-"Night Time" Van
de Water; Alma Wilson.
Soprano solo-"If | Could Know"
Hemingway; Spring Song" Edith
Dick; Elma Marsland.
Soprano solo-"Violets," Ellen
Wright; Rose OF Isphan," VIM. Arms
Fisher; Catherine Agnew.
Piano solo-Chant Polonais. Chopin
List; Cora Herrick.
Burton Christie, of the class of '9s. |
Is now practicing medicine in Omaha
n doing exceedingly well. Mr.. |
Christie graduated here from the gen.
eral scientific group. He then tool a
three years course in the Omaha Med
ical college. which is now a part of
the state university, and received a
medal a scholarship as having the !
best record of his whole class for the |
full course.
The package OF grasses from the
Philippine islands sent by q. A. Bene-
dict, came to hand last week. Profess
sor Bessey has looked it over, and finds
that there are twenty-eight different
species OF grasses, proper, and eleven
sedges. Some OF the species are identi-
cal with those found here, while others |
are very strange looking.
Chancellor Andrews paid a visit to
the library in investigation of student
work within it's walls. He inquired
concerning library discipline and gen.
eral conditions of study in the large
room where so many are gathered for
long periods. He remarked the crowd
ed condition OF the rooms at the time.
The clerks In the registrars of1c %
are filing a list of the names of all the
graduates OF the university. There are
some 5000 of these. which will be pub
llshed, together with their addresses.
Any alumnus or former student of the
university who has changed his address
during the last three years is asked
10 INFORM the registrar of such change.
The geological department has re-
Gently purchased a large number of
typographical maps of the United
states geological survey. These are 70
De mounted and used I'm c~onpection