The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-06-16
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
PLANS FOR SUMMER SESSION.

Prof. Latane to Succeed Prof. Reinsch
in Summer Work-Other Non-resi-
dent Professors Chosen.
The appointment of Prof. John IL.
Latane of Washington and Lee univer-
sity, Virginia as professor of political
science in the summer seson, com
pletes the arrangement for the eighth
summer session of the University or
Wisconsin, to- be held June 25 to Aug.
4. Prof. Latane, who is distinguish
ed student of American diplomacy,
fills the vacancy caused by the ap-
pointment of Prof. Paul S. Reinsch as
delegate to the third Pan-Amerlcan
conference at Rio, a position which
will occupy Prof. Reinsch during the
entire summer. The courses offered
by Prof. Latane include a series OF
lectures on the larger problems of di-
plomacy, including such timely sub
jects as ''The Hague Court and the
Worlds Peace Movements" Chinese
Exclusion and Trade Relations,
"Forcible Collection of International
Debts" and 1.-THE Present Status of
the Monroe Doctrine.
The addition of Prof. Latane COM
pletes the list of nonresident profess
sors who have been engaged for the
summer session, which consists OF
Miss Jane Adams, Hull House, Chi
cago; Prof. Gilbert A. Bliss, mathe-
mates, Princeton; Prof. Albert Perry
Brigham, geology and natural history,
Colgate; Prof. Louis II. Burch, manual
arts, Western Illinois normal school;
Prof. Henry r. Fairclough, Latin, Lee
land Stanford, Jr., university; Prof
Edward J. Lake, art and design, Uni
versity Of Illinois; Prof. Thomas K.
Urdahl, political and social science,
Colorado college; Prof. Claude H. Van
Tyne, American history University OF
Michigan; Prof. William H. Williams,
mathematics, Platteville normal
school. Besides these nonresident
professors a large number of the regu-
lar members of the university faculty
will give courses in the summer ses-
sion, including Professors Munro, Bar
deem, Ely, Harper, Hohlfeld, Pyre,
Slovenian, Trowbridge, Voss, Kah-
lenberg, Daniels, Elliott, c. E. Allen,
Laird, Lathrop, Frost, McGilvary,
Slichter and Tressler.
The program is also complete of the
public lectures of a more or less pOpu-
lar nature given daily throughout the
session by the various resident and
nonresident professors.
Preparations have likewise been
completed for the weekend scientific
excursions to points of geological and
photographic interest in Southern
Wisconsin. Devils Lake, the Dells,
Blue Mounds, the Baraboo ranges, the
driftless area, and other portions OF
photographic interest are included III
the program just arranged. These
trips are to be in charge of Prof. AL
bert Parry Brigham, author of a stan
dard textbook in physical geography
and a we'll known authority on physi-
ography, whose experience in United
States geological survey work all over
the country makes him well qualified
to direct the field work The schedule
also includes excursions to points of
biological interest for the study of BIZ
ology and botany in the field, and for
collecting material
By new regulation just adopted,
provision is made for teachers and
other college graduates who desire to
secure the masters degree without in
terruption in the pursuit of their pro-
fessions. It provides that students
who perform stated work in three
summer sessions, and pursue regu-
lar course of study at home during the
intervening months, may obtain this
higher degree. The purpose of the
university is to encourage teachers
and graduates to carry on advanced
work and thus equip themselves more
thoroughly for their professions. All
departments offer special courses for
teachers Emphasis is TO be laid upon
work especially required by ambitious
high school teachers who desire to
broaden their scholarship or to in
crease their inspiration for the impor-
tant work they have to do in the com
munity.-W.
County Half Century Old.