The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-27

no less than 2,000 of these analyses
 were made in the State laboratory. In
 this work the staff of the State Chem
 ist Is engaged the year round. More
 mineral ores, are frequently made and
 Professor Ross is called upon to make
 expert tests and analyses in suspected
 poisoning cases
 Also a part of the Experiment Sta tion work Is the Department of Bi- ology and Botany under the direction of Professor E. NJ. Wilcox. The work
 of the investigation of this department
 is largely towards finding the cause and symptoms of the plant diseases of
 them. An important study of the Mex lean boil weevil has been made by this department. This department has | always stood high. This is indicated | by the fact that four predecessors of | Professors Wilcox have been called to ] other institutions, one to Cornell, one | to Columbia, one to the University of | Missouri and one to the directorship of ' the Experiment Station of the Repub- lie of Cuba. The present occupant of ] and a graduate of Harvard.
 , The equipment of the Department of 1 Pharmacy is complete in every detail.
 There is hardly an institution in the pharmacy than is Auburn. special | building has been erected for the de- partment. its work and its workers. | The laboratory Is especially well fitted | ough investigation of native herbs is | being made. The men who complete the | course are allowed year off the regu
 lar work of the Southern Medical Col
 The officials at Auburn take a just pride in the Department of Electrical | Engineering. The pride comes primG-
 rily from the achievements of gradu- 1 ates of the department in their chosen | field and secondarily from the excel lence of the Colleges equipment for l latest building on the college grounds | a structure entirely in harmony with
 institutions well defined scheme of ar
 chitecture is power house. The col lege is furnished with two large labo- ratories for this work as well as a large dynamo room. In electricity, Au-
 ming ;n the freshman class. 1nls de-
 partment has been specialized and | made especially strong. It is under | the direction of Professor A. St. Clair | Dunstan, a recognized authority on | electrical engineering.
 Pioneer Electrical Department. | It is the first department of Electri-
 cal Engineering established in any have taken high places wherever they have gone At Auburn seventy eight students are taking the Electrical En-
 The Mechanical Engineering Depart ment and the Electrical Engineering
 Department are so closely identified | consideration. They are practically ln- | separable. A fine and exquisite equip
 ment Is part and parcel of this de- | partment. The head of the Depart
 ment Is Professor John J. Wlllmore. q graduate of Perdue University and an
 excellent director in his chosen field. The Auburn officials, mindful of the l States great mineral riches and of the
 duty of Alabamians towards the devel- | opment of those riches, established
 some time since the Department of
 Mining Engineering. It is in charge of | Professor c. H. Mitcham, a man who has both a theoretical and . practical knowledge of mining engineering for
 after having graduated at Auburn he l spent several years as mine super l intendent for the Tennessee Coal and | Iron Company. New equipment has this
 year been put in for illustrating mining | operations. There are eighteen men Of 1 the two upper classes in the college fit- ] ting themseles to be mining enGinaarA