, 1907-11-06
GRADUATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SELECTED FOR PROFESS
SOR OF MINING.
Prof. A. c. Dart, Jr, Now Doing Prac-
tical Copper Mining in Utah, to
Succeed Prof. Loyal w. Trumbull
in That Position-lnteresting
Meeting of Executive Committee
of Board of Trustees Yesterday.

The meeting late yesterday afternoon
of the executive committee of the
board of trustees of the University OF
Wyoming, Ia session when The Re.
publican went to press at 4 o'clock,
disposed of a good deal of business OF
interest to the people of the state.
The committee selected Prof. A. c.
doing practical work in one of the cop
per mines, as the successor of Prof.
L. w. Trumbull, professor of mining
and m~etallurgy, who has resigned to
go to California, and Prof. Dart will
be here in a couple of weeks prepared
to assume the duties of the position.
He is 81 years of age, has a wife and
is a graduate of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology at Boston. His
recommendations are quite flattering
and the executive committee believes
it has made a wise choice. Prof.
Trumbull will probably be relieved at
the installation of his successor.
Delegates to State Meeting.
The executive committee decided to
bear the expenses of two delegates to
the meeting of the wyoming State
Teachers association at Sheridan on
December 81 and January / and 2, and
President Tisdel will select the dele,
gates.
The trustees of school district No. /,
who are building a new school house
in the First ward, yer granted per,
mission to tap the private sew lead.
ing from the university.
Will Move Greenhouse.
1t was decided not to operate the
greenhouse at the university this win.
ter, as the boiler for the heating plant
is out of commission and will not be
serviceable. Anyway, the greenhouse
and stable are to be moved in the
spring, to make Dom for the woman's
building, and the greenhouse will be
located lear the central heating plant,
the boilers there being used to supply
heat to the green house in addition to
the other buildings.
President Tisdel was directed to
have printed a large number of cal
endars for 1908, bearing pictures of
the university buildings, for distribu.
ton owe the state for advertising pur.
poses. The order will be placed so the
matter can be provided before the end
of the present calendar year.
Club to Use Gymnasium.
The Benedict club of this city, com.
posed of a number of young men, pre-
scented a petition to be allowed the
university gymnasium for basketball
practice at such times and under such
conditions as the executive committee
deems proper. The petition was grant.
ed. the club to have the use of the
gymnasium each evening when not
used by the students of the university,
between the hours of $3.50 and 10
O'Clock, the club assuming RESPONSE.
bility for the preservation of the prop
erty Of the university and agreeing to
pay the actual expenses of light, heat
and janitor service during their use OF
the room. The petition says:
Encouraging Athletic Sport.
OF wyoming is nan
dicapped in its athletic endeav
ors by lack Of outside competition be
fore match games. A strong basket
ball team in the city would provide
such competition for one line of attn
letics and strengthen the university
team for rival games. Basketball is
the least injurious and most beneficial
Of all college sports. 1t Is the only