Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-12
Agricultural COllege'l Notes

Agricultural College, N. D., May ~.
The Convocation Hour Of last Man.
day was devoted to a Musical Pro
gram given under the direction Of the
Department Of Music, and during the
hour DR.. Putnam gave an interesting
talk on the Tend ncies of Modern
Music The following Is the pro-
gram rendered:
Quartette- spring Song Pinsuti
Misses Grasse and Crest, Messrs.
McArdle and Putnam.
Voices of the Past, Greene
Misses Evans and Thompson
Piano Solo2d. Mazurka GODDARD.
Miss Mabel Bowers.
Duett Passage of the Zirds Lamont
Miss Grasse and DR.. Putnam.
Baritone Solo Absent, Mr. John Hall.
Last evening very pleasant recep-
ton was given the students Of the
college BY the college faculty. a very
fine musical program was rendered
and general good time had. toward
the end OF which light refreshments
were served.
On Tuesday, the fourteenth, the
members Of the Boys Debating Club,
have an open evening for the young
ladies of the Minerva Debating Club,
and the following program has been
arranged: s
! Address Of Welcome to the Miner
va Club Mr.. Oliver Dynes.
/ Address College Patriotism, Mr.
Keith McGuinn. 3s.$ @
Debate - Resolved, that There
Should be an Educational Restriction
to the Right Of Suffrage.
Affirmative Mr. G. /. Guinness and
Mr.. j. AZ Faust.
Negative Mr. W. p. Heath and Mr..
v. c. Parker. 81. .s5 ~
Vocal Solo Miss KKathryn Crest.
Address-Farewell to the Seniors,
EMr. Arthur F. Murphy
i In the Inter-Society Contest last
Saturday evening the Philomathians
were victorious by q large margin,
winning by z TO q Naturally, as they
were the challenged party, they are
Egetting a good deal Of satisfaction
out Of their victory.
Professor Waldron was at Aber-
rcrombie last Saturday to advise in the
laying out Of the national park that
is to be established on the site Of old
Fort Abercrombie.
The Board Of Trustees Of the Col
Islege was In session last Wednesday
and all the members were present
The appointments Of Professor Min
Lard at the head Of the Department Of
English Language and Literature and
of Mr.. Arland D. Weeks as Associate
Professor in the same department
were confirmed and Mr.. Alfred e..
Arvold was elected Instructor in Eng
lish and Oratory. Mr. .Arvold is a
graduate Of the University OF Wiscon-
sin and since his graduation has been
teaching in the High School at Eau
Claire, Wis, where he has greatly
built up the work in Oratory and Pub
lie Speaking. He comes to this school
with the very best Of notices and a
considerable revival in oratorical
i lines is expected III this college dur.
ing the next school year.
Another one of the Farm Mechanics
1 Contests has been heard from, Mr..
i Martin B. Johnson Of Edinburg having
4 been declared winner in the Incubator
i Contest and has been awarded the
4 Incubator offered by the Cypress In
cubator Company, Of Buffalo, N. 7.
Much interest is centered In paint
matters IN the Chemical Department
4 just at present. During the week Mr.
T. =. Blood. Of st. Pail, spent part Of
a day in the laboratory looking up the
matter Of labelling in paints.
DR. Hughes. Of the Pitcher Lead Co,
of Joplin, Mo, was also a visitor
a spending considerable time in the la
boratory lokking up methods Of analy-
isis and studying the character Of the
work done at the institution.
The two new fences being construct.
ed for paint tests. each one hundred
feet in length and divided into Ave
a section. are fast approaching com,
pletion. Under Professor Holley d
large number of paint tests viii be
made representing an types Of paint