The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-09-27
CRUSH At THE UNIVERSITY
OPENING AT MADISON, HOWEVER,
TAME COMPARED TO FOR
MER YEARS
NO FOOTBALL TALK.
Rents Are Higher and Freshmen Are
Having Trouble Getting Ac-
commoda tons

MADISON. Wis. Sept. "a S0ccial J
To-day the University of Wisconsin he
gan its fftysixth year. The registration
this morning was heavy, as is usually the
case on the opening day. Preparations
have been made to accommodate 100 stu
dents more than attended the university
last year the estimated increase III at
tendance The increase in the college,
of engineering will be especially large.
To those who have been in Madison
during registration days OF former ytais,
today's opening was tame ata,t, In
former days tht first question which the
old student asked on alighting from the
train was How is the team doing And
before he went to the registrar ) ciECc
or paid a visit to the trea surcr. he spent
an hour watching the boys in the mole
skins.
No Football Talk.
The freshman formerly had detailed
knowledge of the football doinCS, gath
cred from the newspapers, before Nc
struck Madison. which gave hlm a COM
mon interest with the older students.
But this year it is all changed. There IS
no football team, there is no football
talk, as far as the university students
can surmise. there is not even a football
in Madison The lower campus, the
arena Of athletic activity Mt the opening
of college in the Olden days, is now de-
serted, except for an occasional yoatn-
full freshman who wishes to take front
view of the historical library. There
is some talk among the sophOmores about
making the campus sacred ground, and
forbidding the freshmen to set foot upon
it until after the class rush.
Sophomores Are Quiet
The soph0morcs this year arc models
order and prOpriety. They are looking
wise and waiting. 1t is said that they
have few plans up their sleeves and
are going to execute them upon the ar
rival Of Charles Stecn, the husky lad
from johnson Creek. who last year bore
tho title of Freshman King. Mean
while the graveyard aspect of Madison
is not disturbed
There is Il practical question. however.
which does disturb the freshman, and
that is a scarcity of rooms In the stu
dent section. fhs is especially true for
the girl students who, through lack Of
room. have been unable to secure places
at ChadbOurne hall. As a result of the
congestion in the Latin quarter room
rent has advanced So to 50 month.
Changes in University.
While the students have been away
on their vacation the university regents
and facuty have been making prepara-
tion1 for the accommodation of the ex
pccted increase in the number of stu
dents and for the better instruction of
those who will return. There are five
new buildings on the campus either com.
plctcd or in the course Of construction.
Six professors have been added to the
faculty as well MS twcnty-three instruct
0rs and twcnty-ninc assistants. Many
new courses have been added to the cur
ricuhm and various departments have
been materially strengthened. Three of
the new buildings will be occupied at
once. and the other two will be ready
for use n the end Of the first semester.
The new hydraulic laboratory is com.
plptcd and ready for occupancy by stu.
dents Of hydraulics and those engaged in
special investigation in water power and
water supply. The building stands on
the shore of Lake Mendoza near the en-
cheering building 1t is constructed Of
reinforced concrete and is three stories
high, IS by 9S feet. The new north
wing Of main hall is nearly completed
and will soon be ready for use 10y the
students in the college Of letters and
science.
Eminent Professors Secured
As the new buildings are sign OF
physical grOwth of the university, so
the addition of six new professors shows
the continuation Of the policy of the
president aud the regents to strengthen
the different departments by increasing
the iustructonal force with capable men.
DR.. Joseph ErauEer has been called
from nm associate profcssorship Mt Johns
Hopkins to the chair of physiology,
where he will aid in building up pre-.
medical course, department which is