, 1907-09-04
FOR
BUSY YEAR
UNIVERSITY BEING PLACED IN Elk
cELLENT CONDITION FOR
THE COMING SESSION.
Old Penitentiary Building to Be
Changed to Meet the Needs Of Ex-
pertinent Station, Dairying to Be
One Feature Of the Work-Do-
mestic Science Work.

closed on August 3. The regular col
lege year begins September "a. The
university, however, has not ceased tc
be a busy place, although there are nc
students in attendance. Much is being
done to prepare for the next college
year. Buildings are being renovated
and needed repairs are being made
Perhaps the busiest place is the ex
pertinent station farm. The second
crop of alfalfa has Just been cut, the
harleys are ripe and in process of har'
vesting, and the wheat will be ready
for harvesting before many days.
South Wing for Wool.
Plans have been adopted for the re
pairs upon the old ~penitentiary prop.
erty, and the contracts will soon be
let for the work. The south wing of
the building will be devoted to the
~wool-scouring plant and rooms for con.
Quoting the experimental work in wool
to determine the relative strength of
the fiber of wyoming wool, as com
pared with the wool of other states,
and to seek means OF increasing the
strength of our Wyoming woods.
Teaching DaIryins.
The north wing Of the building will
be devoted to a thoroughly up-to-date
cattle stable, and work will probably
be done in the teaching of dairying to
meet the needs Of the state in this fast
developing industry. Other portions of
the building will be devoted to rooms
for feed, and the large room formerly
used as a chapel will be fitted up for
an agricultural museum Some of the
barns will be repaired and others torn
down. The new members of the staff
of the experiment station, with the e.
ception of the animal husbandman, Mr..
Mcconnell, are already on the ground.
The director, PROS Towar, and the
agronomist, Mr.. McWethy, are hard at
work.
Domestic Science Department.
Prof. Minnie A. Stoner, who is to in
troduce the work in domestic science,
has arrived from the University of
Ohio. A laboratory for domestic sci
ence and domestic art will be fitted
up in the general lecture room of
science hall, n Institutional work in
this department will begin with the
opening of the fall term, September "a.
This laboratory will be moved to the
new. woman's building when that build
ing is completed. The general plans
for this new building were adopted at
the last meeting of the board Of trus,
tees, and as soon as the plans and
specifications are completed, contracts
will be let for the work.
A Modern School.
This building will contain all the
modern facilities for the teaching of
domestic science and domestic art and
will provide an almost ideal home for
girls attending the university. Miss
Stoner will be in charge of the hall
when it is completed and will be a
general adviser for the girls of the uni,
versity. Laramie is being canvassed
for suitable places for the young wo'
men to live and there will probably be
no difficulty in finding comfortable and
satisfactory places for all who attend
Faculty Kept Busy.
The faculty have not been idle dur
ing the summer. A large number of
them taught six weeks in the summer
school. President Tisdel, in addition
to teaching in the summer school, has
taught in the Sweetwater and Uinta
county teachers institutes, has made a
trip to Converse county in the interests
of the university, and, in company with
Prof. Nelson, intends tostake an ex.
tended trip into Natrona, Fremont, Big
Horn and Sheridan counties before the
opening of the college term. They will
be in Basin City at the time of the Big
Horn county fair and give an illus
trated lecture upon the university,
showing about sixty or sixty-five stere
opticon views, illustrating the equip.
ment and work of the institution. Prof
Nelson also was the conductor of the
S~weetwater county institute and is at
present in Uinta county on business
connected with the board of horticul
ture.
Chemist Home From North.
Prof. Knight attended the meeting
of the National and State Food and
Dairy department at Jamestown and
has Just returned from an extended
trip through the northern part Of the
state in connection with the work OF
the food commission. He is now in
Uinta county on similar business
Prof. Gilkison has been spending the
summer in North park and looking
out for the interests of the university
in that direction. MI. w. H.. Reed has
been in the field in Carbon. Converse
and Natrona counties, and has found
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