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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

cles. The station bulletins are highly esteemed both by practical and scien- tific men Number of students in ag- riculture, 125
 Second-The department of botany is supplied with an excellently ap- pointed laboratory provided with mi- croscopes work tables, photographic apparatus and other modern appli- ances. Experiments are also conducted in grass culture, and other valuable lines of research. A full course of study is offered. Number of students, sixtythree.
 Third-The institution boasts the first biological laboratory worthy the name established in the South. It is complete in all it's appointments It is a notable fact that the four profess sors have been invited to similar chairs in the first universities of the land, one to Cornell University, two to Co., lumbia University and one to the Uni versity of Missouri.
 The department of veterinary surg cry is one of the most practical and widely and favorably known in the college It is housed in an excellent building and the hospital arrangements are up to date. The students and pro- lessor perform clinics every Saturday morning, and the patients are here by the score from miles around. Number of students, eighteen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

influence of technical colleges, one must not omit this vast army of youth who have been carried in part through this modern industrial training. The graduates of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are scattered throughout the length and breadth of Alabama, and, indeed, throughout the South, as civil engineers, electrical engineers, me chanical engineers. mining engin> >ers, architects. manufacturers. chemists. food inspectors, mine superintendent3, instructors and professors in technical and scientific colleges.
 The high rank occupied by many of these graduates is indicated by q few positions taken at random. Altogether there are IS graduates of Auburn who fill chairs of science and engineering in the leading colleges and universities of the land follows: Professors of Chemistry, CD University of Floridi, @ Auburn. (3) Tulane University (su- gar chemistry, G University of Ala bama, (5) A. and M. College, Missis- sippi Experiment Station, the latter being also director of the station; (6) Professor of Railroad Engineering, Uni versity of Wisconsin; CD Professor of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Its Location is Ideal, Auburn Being Over
 800 Feet Above Sea Level.
HiGH AND HEALTHY.

The college at Auburn is now in it's thirty-third year. being established in 1872. It has over 800 graduates, and over 6,o00 students have attended its courses of instruction. Last year there were 4so students enrolled. There are fifteen laboratories and workshops.
 Seven regular degree courses are of- fered in CD civil engineering. (2) elec- trical engineering and mechanical en- gfneering. (S) mining engineering. N matallurgy, t5) chemistry and agri- culture. (6) pharmacy. CD Latin and modern languages
 From its foundation the institution has increased in patronage. expanded in departments, and strengthened in equipment, until 1t stands to-day the equal of any college of applied science in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Graduates.

An institution is known by its gal. uates, and the high position taken Dy the Auburn graduates in the various pursuits of life seems to justify fuIly the policy pursued by this institution. As stated, there are nearly 900 tall graduates. and of these 65 per cent. go into strictly technical professions, while the 5000 who have not completed their college courses have returned to the life on the farm or maybe to tho various professions touched with tn, spirit of scientific education. and tra,n- ed in the accurate methods and pro-, cesses of carpentry, forge and foun:ry work, machine shop, drawing, the nat ural sciences, etc. In estimating the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Purposes and Standard.

The original Federal act of 1862 do- hating the lands to the several col- ieges set forth the purposes of the col- lege to be for the endowment, sup port and maintenance of at least one college. where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical subjects. and including military tactics. to teacn such branches of learning as are related to agri- culture and the mechanical arts" This as a broad charter for a great school of science, and this charter the trus- tees of Auburn have kept steadily :. in view.
 While distinctly emphasizing the sciences and the practical, industrial side of education, the college has pro- ceeded wisely, continuously. and there fore successfully. Tho laboratories are extensive and highly equipped. No school in the South has better in sev- eral departments: the facilities and appliances of these laboratories Gem zines, dynamos, apparatus. etc.), being rated at about 10000. The laboratory method of instruction prevails in every department of practical work. and the instruction is under the supervision of an expert. Yet, while this is all true. the institute has never lost sight of the fact that it is a college: that is an establishment for higher education It has not been mere trade school; 1t has not been content to teach only the rule -of-thumb method of doing work: It has aimed at giving its stu dents a broad foundation of education, knowledge of the principles, the why as we'll as the how of the natural sciences and the industrial arts. It has sought to turn out captains of in dustry, who can lead and plan and ex- ploit the resources of the State. rather than wage-earners, or mere artisans, who though ever so skillful and ever so laudable, are not the leaders and promoters of great industrial under takings. Neither has the college ig-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

outfit of transits. Jewels. plane tables, compasses, models of bridges, equal to any equipment in the leading colleges of engineering. Many of the grad uates of this department have taken the highest rank in their profession. About nineteen of these young men are engaged in various branches of engineering, civil, mining, architecture etc. in the mineral region of Alabama In this department great interest has been developed in the subject of road building. Number of students in civil engineering, 47.
 Second-The ELECTRICAL labora- tory Is well equipped with modern ap- pliances for instruction in electrical engineering. It occupies three large rooms. The department is equipped with eighteen different styles of dyna- mos. generators, motors, arc machines, etc.
 A beautiful new fifty-horsepower en- zine has recently been put in place. Three of the motors were built by stu dents. The course covers two entire years, embracing fifteen hours a week in laboratory work and lectures. There were last year sixty-one students in this department
 hird-MECHANICAL engineering Is installed in large buildings and ann pie laboratories. The equipment in- cludes thirty work benches in carpen- try with full kits of tools; thirty lathes, forges foundry, cupola etc; a 45-horsepower Imperial Cross com pound engine; 25-horsepower liar riss- -Corliss engine; horsepower Westinghouse engine; two 9-horsepow- CT engines constructed by students; a 4-horsepower gasoline engine, air pumps, indicators, testing machine, ap- paratus for testing heating value of coal etc. Number of students in this
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Equipment.

The main building which stands on the site of the old college destroyed by fire in 1887, is one, of the most impos- ing and impressive public structures in the State. A cut of this handsome edifice Is given herewith. Nearly dozen other separate buildings have been erected on the campus and the experiment station grounds. The en- tire plant is valued at about $240, ,0OO Langdon Hall contains the spacious au- ditorium on the second floor and the wood shops below. Adjoining are the power house and electric building. (See illustrations.)
 Instruction is given in 15 well-equip- ped laboratories, no instruction in any science being regarded of value with out the practical applications in the workshop. These laboratories are as follows: CD civil engineering, (2) cleo trical engineering. (3) mechanical en- gineering, (4 mining engineering (5) mechanic arts, (6) mechanical drawing, CD mineralogy. S) physics, (9) phar- macy, 10) botany. CID biology, G2) chemistry, (13) veterinary science, G) horticulture, G5) agriculture. All of these departments have proven highly successful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Faculty and Omcers.

charles Coleman Thach, M. A. Eresldent and Professor of English and Political Economy
 otis David Smith, NJ. A., IL. D. Professor of Mathematics.
 James Henry Lane, c. E., M. A, Ph. O'' LL. D-Professor Of Civil Enp,- neering and Drawing
 George Petrie M. A, Ph. D-pro-a sor of History and Latin.
 pehnett Battle Ross, M Sc.-Pro- 1essor of Chemistry and State Chemist John Jenkins Wilmore, M E.-Pro- lessor or Mechanical Engineering. "A Enaries Allen Cary, B. sc, D. V. M. nary ScIence.
 emerson B. Miller. Phar. M, M sc- Professor of Pharmacy.
 John Frederick Duggar, M. sc.-Pro. ressor of Agriculture. Arthur St. Clair Dunstan. M Fl ~ E.-Professor of Electrical EnRineer. ing. e e'Aeer- John Edward wiatt. M. A.-profes- sor or Modern Languages.
 Boiling Hall Crenshaw. M. E.-Asso. ciate Professor of Mathematics.
 James Powell Cooke Southall M -Professor of Physics.
 Guwaro Mead Wilcox A. M, Ph. D. Fro1essor of Biology and Botany.
 noser sherman Macintosh. B. Arr -Professor of Horticulture.
 BenJamin Sweat Patrick. M Sc Commandant and, Acting Professor oP Military Science and Tactics.
 George Nathan Mitcham, c. E.. M E Professor of Geology and Mining En- gineer '1''- Michael Thomas Fullan, M. E.-As- sistant Professor of Mechanic Arts.
 Clifford LeRoy Hare, M. Sc.-Assist. ant Professor of Chemistry.
 Arthur McBryde Ransom, M. Sc.- Instructor in Chemistry
 William Oscar Scroggs M. Sc-Li- brarian and Instructor in English.
 Reuben David Webb, M. Sc.-Instruc- tor in English
 William Welch Hill, F. & M E.-In. structor in Mechanic Arts.
 William B. Stokes, B. Sc.-Instructor in Mechanic Arts.
 William Watson Davis, NJ Sc.-Act ing Librarian and Assistant in English Thomas Bragg, M. Sc.-Instructor in Chemistry.
 James T. Anderson. M. &c., Ph. D. Associate Chemist to Experiment Sta. tion.
 C. M. Floyd-superintend of Farm.
 N C. Kew. M Sc.-Instructor in Anil nal Industry.
 Harvey owen Sargent, M Sc,-As. sistant Horticulturalist.
 E. T. Glenn-Treasurer J. H. Drake, M. D-Surgeon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Location.

Auburn Is town of 1,500 inhabi- tants. situated in the county of Lee, in the eastern portion of the State. The place is easily accessible, being on the line of the Western of Alabama Rail- way, fifty-nine miles east of Montgom- cry. Through trains between New York and New Orleans pass this point daily. The central object of the town Is the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. There are no large business houses. no outside attractions, no saloons. The town Is but an aggregation of resi- dences and small business houses more or less connected with the life of the college. Over 800 feet above the sea level. the town is entirely free from malarial diseases and is exceedingly healthful. The climate Is equal to that of many summer resorts. The people Of Auburn are a democratic, church. going community and stand for eyery- thing that is elevating and good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
The Experiment. Station.

CD agriculture, (2) botany, (8) hor- ticulture. (p biology and diseases of plants. (o) veterinary science may ho conveniently grouped under this head, though much of the work done pertains also to the regular curriculum of the college work for students.
 Ffrst-Agricalture Is taught both theoretically and practically. There Is an experiment station of 2l6 acres for the double purpose of experimentation and student instruction Here are ex- hioited all of the operations of cotton and corn culture, orchard culture, vine- yafa growing grating. truck farming dairying, etc. The high order orswork done by the staff of this department has been of vast service to the far. mers of Alabama and has Eiven tho Institution a high rank in official cir
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

Electrical Engineering. Clemson Coll lege. South Carolina; (S) Professor of Agriculture. Mississippi, A. & All. Col lege; (9) Professor of Physics, Georgia School of Technology; (10) Professor of Entomology. Maryland A. & M. Col lege (now on expert cotton boil weevil commission, United States Department of Agriculture: CID Professor of Elsc.
 trical Engineering. Auburn; CPD Bot anist. Missouri Experiment Station; G3) Professor of Physiology. Alabama Medical College; U4) Professor of Physiology, Vanderbilt University; (15o Assistant Botanist, Massachusetts A.
 & M. College; (16) Assistant Agricul- turist, Clemson College: CID Assistant in Electrical Engineering. Clemson Col 1ege; (1S) former Director of Arkansas Experiment Station. The chairs of chemistry G9) and engineering (2o) of the University of Louisiana have been held by Auburn graduates. (21) Professor of History. University of West Virginia. .-.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
State Laboratory.

In the State laboratory are made the analysis of commercial fertilizers soils, waters. coals. cokes. iron. gold and other ores. according to the require ments of the State law The entire time of four expert chemists is re- quired throughout the year for the work. For this the college receives one-third of the so-called tag tax" or about 10 cents out of 30 cents--the amount barely covering the expenses of the department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
College Life.

Athletics flourish vigorously at Au- burn. The student body is fine look ing set of healthy, robust young men. Football. baseball, tennis. basketball
 track athletics. all forms of whole some exercise. are praoticed. And ev- erybody knows Auburn's record on the grldiron. Yet. no Southern college has a moro careful control and oversight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Best Equipped Technical School
 in the South.

iored the value of those long-tried stu dies that go to develop culture. impart the principles of good citizenship, and touch upon the moral character Be hind the profession is the man; above all intellect, and skill Is character" The high positions taken by its grad uates in the various pursuits of life fully justify its policy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
The Library.

The library collected within the last twelve years numbers about 1S.00O vol umes, and Is a most admirable collec- tion of books. In history, the natural sciences, and all the branches of engi- neering, 1t is perhaps unexcelled in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Geology and MineralOgy.

There is an extensive geological mu- scum and collection of minerals. By law the State geoloGist deposits ia this museum a duplicate of all collections made by him, The mineraloFical labo- ratory is well furnished for analysis of minerals. etc. Students in geology. forty; in mineralogy, thirty-six
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
General Departments.

The department of English. mathe- matics, Latin, history, French and Ger man are all under competent and we'll known instructors. Their work, being familiar features in the curriculum of every college, needs no special atten- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Growth.

For the last several years the at- tendance has averaged 440 students, the enrolment for 1903-1904 being 4S0 students, representing fifty-four coun- ties in Alabama, ten States and three foreign countries-Cuba, Nicaragua Honduras.
 The faculty consists of seventeen full professors, two assistant professors and fifteen instructors and assistants. Roundly, the increase in patronage has been about 230 per cent, the increase in faculty and experiment station staff about 240 per cent. This is showing of which the State may be proud.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Fraternities.

There are seven Greek letter frater- mites: the Kappa Alpha owning a very cosy club house. There are two liter ary societies and a fiourishing Yo'ing Mems Christian Association. All stu dents attend morning prayers, and, un- less excused on application of the par- ent. every student attends church on Sunday morning.
 The students board in private hon .s. and are thus trained in the habits and principles of correct and gentlemanlv conduct and learn to practice self-con- trol.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Chemistry and Metallurgy.

The chemical laboratory is a beauti- full building, O. and 1t is thoroughly equipped for all kinds of chemical work and chemical research. Instruc- tion in this department embraces CD general chemistry. CD industrial chem istry, (3C metallurgy, (D agricultural chemistry, it5) laboratory work in all courses.
 The number of students last year in general chemistry was 112, industrial chemistry, metallurgy. assaying, etc.. '72
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Military Life.

Great interest centers at Auburn in military life, and the college has req son to be proud of the brave careers of its graduates in the Philippines. During the Spanish American war the college of Auburn furnished thirty-six commissioned officers to the army It ranked second in this particular among all the colleges in the United States. being surpassed only by Cornell Uni versity. There are about fifteen of these officers retained in the regular service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Engineering.

There are four divisions of this great department: Civil, electrical, me- chanical and mining. First. a flourish ing department of CIVIL ENGINEER ING has existed in the college since its foundation in 1872. There is full
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Expenses.

Tuition is free to. residents of Ala bama; twenty dollars for non resident students. Good board may be obtained at prices ranging from $95O to s15.oo per month. Fees for the year-Inci- dental. Surgeon and Iibrarv-,ra twelve dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Pharmacy.

This department occupies the second floor of the new annex to the chemical laboratory. The work is thorough and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Gymnasium.

first rate gymnasium with all nec- essary appliances has been supplied f3r physical culture. It is under the coa. trol of a regular instructor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

the standard is high. The department has proved highly successful. All of the graduates readily pass the eXami- nations of the State Board of Phar- macy and secure good positions. The instruction in this department is in tensely practical: it includes the. man ufacture of not less than 300 prepara- tiors and the compromising of not less than fifty prescriptions. Number of students thirty-fve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Physics.

The physical laboratory occupies two rooms. The course of study em- braces full laboratory practice. Num- Der of students, 274.
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Young Men Thoroughly Trained for the Scientific
 Mechanca! and Literary Professions of Life

over athletics. No institution allows a smaller number of intercollegiate games.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-27

into which the natives enter are for a
term of three years, and according to
the Act the whole of the laborers may
be compulsorily deported back to their
islands at the end of 1906. Arrange
ments have been made for the safe re-
turn of these laborers, but 1 am not at
liberty at present to say what the ar
rangements are. The return of the ma
tives, however, will in all probability
be entirely under my control"
Approximately how many Solomon
Island natives are there at present in
Queensland to be returned to their
homes?"
about 5000. I do not think the Act
for their compulsory deportation at the
end of their engagement will be enforc-
ed, and no doubt an effort will be made
to amend the Act in the direction of a
continuance of the traffic. At any rate,
the Queensland people may be certain
of one thing, and that is, if it is ever
intended to relax the regulations
against the employment of Pacific ISL
and laborers the planters will have to
look somewhere else than the Solomons
for the supply. All the available ma
/ tive labor in the Solomon Islands is re-
quired to develop TIE trade, which 1
have already said is growing rapidly"
Asked if the nativ~ pastime of head
hunting in the Solomons was still in
dulged in, Mr.. Woodford replied
"One is now as safe in the Solomons
as in Sydney. The head-hunters of the
past inhabited several small islands in
| the New Georgia Group, and they de-
scended at intervals upon the unfor-
| tunate natives of the island of ISABEL.
The wretched natives in consequence
fled to the interior, where they led a
nomadic existence. Ysabel was almost
depopulated as a result of the head
hunting expeditions but since the prac-
tice was stopped by the action of the
British the natives of YsabeI have left
the interior, and HAYS come down again
to the beach. Head-hunting may not
have been entirely stamped out, but it
is practice now seldom engaged in
Ysabel, Choiseul, the Shorthand Group.
and the Lord Howe Group were coded
by Germany to Britain in November.
1900"
In concluding the interview Mr. Wood
ford said that everything was quiet, and
! prosperous in the group, and he had no
news Of sensational character to re-
late. There had evidently been a vol
canic eruption somewhere in the South
/ Pacific recently, for since the beginning
Of October large quantities of pumice-
stone had been cast on to the beaches,
not only in the Solomons, but also in
the New Hebrides Group, and at Nor
ok and Lord Howe Islands. The
source of the stone, however, had not
yet been ascertained.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-27
BYAUTHORITY
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

On Friday February 18th, 1904, at 70
o'clock noon, at the front entrance to
the Judiciary Building, Honolulu, T.
H., there will be offered for sale at
Public Auction a License for a period
of fifty (5O) years, for the privilege of
entering upon certain public lands on
the Island of Hawaii, Territory of Ha-
wall, to confine, conserve, collect, i'm
pound, divert and sell all the Running
Natural Surface Water, and power pro-
duced therefrom, Subject to existing
vested rights of private parties in such
water and to the rights of the United
States therein), upon and from all the
said public lands situated on the ISL
and of Hawaii, in the Territory of Ha-
wall, within the following area, to wit:
Boundary. Bounded on the North by
the sea, on the East by Waipio VAL
ley, on the South by Waipio Valley,
the Puukapu-L aupahoehoe boundary
until such boundary line reaches an
elevation of 1920 feet, from which
point the contour line of 1920 feet ele-
walton shall form the balance of the
South boundary, and on the West by
| the Honokane-Awini boundary as
shown by green border on the sketch
plan subjoined to license, the whole of
such area being hereafter called the
Kohala- Hamakua Water Shed.
Stated Annual Fee $4,000.
Upset, 21a per cent of Gross Revenue,
but in no event after expiration of 2
years from date of license, shall the
revenue received by the Government
through this clause amount to less than
$500 per annum,
Any bid other than on percentage of
Gross Revenue will be rejected.
Upon fall of the hammer the success
full bidder will signify his acceptance
of the license and of all the terms
thereof by his written endorsement
thereon, and the payment of the first
Five Hundred C$5OO) Dollar fee.
For full particulars, in regard tc
conditions of said license, apply at the
office of Commissioner of Public Lands
Honolulu, or at the Office of Sub-Agenr
of Public Lands, Hilo.
JAS. w. PRATT,
Commissioner of Public Lands.
Honolulu, T. H, Jan. %, 1904.