Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-08
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE I

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There is now but one week It'll the
opening of the school year and even
now, although so much has been go
ing on at the college during the sum
mer months in the way OF erecting
new buildings and remod elling old
ones, everything seems to be in read
mess for the beginning of school.
The repairs in the administration
building have been completed and
the executive force is once more back
in it's offices after having been shift
ed, from pillar to post nearly all sum
mer. In the armory all the carpenter
work has been completed and the
last coat of paint has been given to
the interior. . =&.1
Work on the new engineering build
ing has not been going on so rapid
ly, the college board of trustees hse-
lieving it better to allow plenty. of
time SO that no fault in construction
may arise through hurried work and
it is now expected that the building
will not be ready for occupancy be-
fore the middle of December--in am
pie time to relieve the crowded con-
ditions that have prevailed hereto
fore during the winter terms. At
present the roof is nearing compile
ton, and, as the work progresses, a
fair appreciation of the size and ar;
chitecture of the building lis becom-'
ing possible. A large building and of
splendid design and proportions, it
is the best addition to it's building
equipment that the college has yet
received. .. ~ d.
The erection of this building aris-
es from the great demand that has
been made on the college for train
ing in engineering lines and especial
" in civil engineering and the COM
plstion of the building will mark a
great stride on the part of the col
Iege towrad the consummation of it's
mission. . s. .. 70 =
Professor Laid has selected DR.. H.
p Bassett of New Jersey as instruc-
tor in Physiological Chemistry and
Toxicology, and to take charge of
the experimental work being con-
Quoted with wheat, fours and milling
products. ~
DR.. Bassett is a graduate of the
Kentucky State Agricultural College,
from which Institution he received
the degree of bachelor Of science and
after one years. work as assistant in
the department of chemistry for the
same institution, and original re-
search work, he received his masters
degree. The. following year he en-
tered Johns Hopkins university for
post graduate work, taking his Phi.
D. After graduation he remained
one year as Carnegie assistant in
physical chemistry at Johns Hopkins
university. When elected to the posi-
tion in the A. G.. he was chemist in
the Dupont Powder Works. He is
thus especially weTI trained In chem
istry and should be valuable ac-
qusitfon to the department.
Experimental work in the new
-four mill is now progressing and al
ready several samples OF wheat have
hserr miIled and chemical and baking
tests have been made of the -four
produced. Mr.. Perry L. Wing of Ar
rington, S. D., is assisting in the
milling work and as soon as the new
steamer is installed, "a number OF
experime tests will be made with
macaronf wheat.
/ During the summer considerable
work has been done in the chemical
laboratory in the analysis of soils
and an examination is being made
of the soils representing different
sections of the state and especiauy
from the demonstration farms where
the experiments are being carried on
lie is believed that the data gathered
/ as the results of thhse investiga
lions will prove very valuable. and
during the winter months it is plan.
ned to test these same soils in poi
experiments in the greenhouse.
] The chemical department has recent
| ~ received large consignment oil
apparatus and supplies perpetrators
to the opening of the school year
1 Several new pieces Of apparatus have
4 been added, including an electric
centrifuge to be used in the paint
! testing laboratories.
/ During the past week the pure
/ food department has been buoy il
baking Investigations and visits have
q been made to jamestown, earring
ton, Bismarck, Washburn and inter
Vening points. A large number O
| samples have been gathered and ar.
now being examined in the labora
J. tories.
Il MA Professor Ladd who IL nras;d -.