Arizona republican., 1904-02-07
THE UNIVERSITY
A Celebration of Its Thirteenth Anni-
 verSary Last Friday.

| Tucson, Feb. 6. Special Correspond
 ence of The RepUblican)-Mid-y year ex- aminations are finished and the stu
 dents are enjoying a we'll earned rest or four days. The work has been very satisfactory, generally speaking, and considering the high charcter of the | work done the 'flunkers" are very few The mining class leaves Saturday nor nlng for a ten days inspection of the
 Bisbae, Douglas and Cananea mines.
 All arrangements have been complet- ed for an elaborate trip The party will
 be made up of the mining and chemis- 1 try departments and will include four teen students and two professors Pass
 es' have been gratuiously given by the
 Fl Paso & $. w. railroad. also by the
 S. r. and over it's branch line running
 into CanaGea. MT. Epes Randolph. of
 the s. r. system, has favored the uni
 rersity in this way and many others to a considerable extent
 Professor William Phipps Blake A.
 NJ. Ph. B.. who occupies the chair of
 geology, mining and metallurgy in this institution, will soon take his class in geology and ore deposits on trip into the Santa Catalina and Rincon mountains for the purpose of engaging in regular field work in these two sec tions. He is one of the few recognized authorities in geology and during his long life has been a steady contribu
 tor to the literature of mining, geology and engineering.
 The University of Arizona owes more to Prof. Blake than any man that has ever been connected with the institu- tion. During the last few years Le has been untiring in his efforts to build it up. The museum, one of the best in western universities, has been brought to its present standing largely through his aid, and in every way possible he has advanced the standing Of the school.
 His career has been one which he may well be proud of. His first college work was taken at Sheffield college Yale's scientific school. where he re- ceived the degree of Ph. B. Later he attended Dartmouth college and grad uated there with the degree of A. M. As soon as he left college he took up his first active life with ar assistant chemist in the New York Medical col lege in 1852. Later he accepted the position of chemist and mineralogist of the New Jersey Zine company and upon leaving the company he took up the same work on the staff of the Union Pacific railroad, where he edited the. reports to the government of that survey.
 From 1858 to 1860 he was the editor of a mining magazine and journal of geology. From 1862 to 1864 he became mining engineer to the Japanese gov ernment and was the head of the min ing department of the National col lege. In 1866 he was installed in the College of California as professor of geology and mining and in 1887 the government called upon him to take the commissionership to the Paris ex- position. When he was in Paris he edited the reports to the U. S. gov ernment. Later he held the following responsible positions: Chief of staff of scientific research of San Domingo, commissioner from Connecticut to the International exposition in Philadel- phia, chairman of classification com mittee at that exposition, commission CT to the Vienna exposition in 1873, U. s. Commissioner to Paris worlds fair 1878, and secretary scientific commis- sicn, mining engineer from 1879 to 1895. In 1895 he was installed in the chair he now holds at the University of Arizona and is territorial geologist and director of school of mines for Arizona.
 Only those who have worked under him can tell of his strong personality. his skill and ability in the class rooms and his power of imparting his knowl- edge to the students under him. His lectures are so valuably instructive e, nIs T by a man who for fifty-two years has been a practical worker in the worlds field, because his work and his ex- perience is world wide. He has been active in research work in Russia, England. Germany. France. Australia, Alaska, South and Central America, Mexico, Canada, Alaska and the United States. His work in Japan and Hawaii has been spoken of before.
 No student leaves his class room without having been bettered in more ways than one by contact with him.
 The students of the university have enshrined in their hearts the genial man who has always sympathzed | with and worked for them. and all hope that he will remain with them for many years to come.
 A small university like our own is indeed fortunate in having secured man of his stamp and calibre.
 Prof Blake is now supervising and the exhibits which the mining men of Arizona are sending to the worlds exhibition at St. Louis this year.
 Professor R. H. Forhes is making a preliminary survey of the lower Col orado river and the Gulf of California and the adjacent country. This pre- liminary work is being done to see if the country warrants more extensive exploration by the government of the