River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-24
school departments of physiology


necessities.
While it may be practicable to To-
cate these medical departments in the
biological building temporarily, it will
be necessary in the near future to con-
6truct the medical wing of the biologi-
cal group of buildings in ordsr to give
adequate quarters for the medical de-
partment now in the chemical engi-
neering building and also for the de-
partments of bacteriology and patholo-
gy and for the hygienic laboratory, all
of which are temporarily located in
south hall, as well as for the depart
ment of anatomy now in science hall.
This wing for the accommodation Of
the college of medicine will cost not
less than $4,000.
Engineering College Outgrows Building
The inadeQuacy of the present build
ings of the college of engineering, both
for the instruction and the laboratory
requirements of the many engineering
students, furnishes still further reason
for the extension of the educational
permanent improvement fund. The
present engineering building was con-
structed when there were about 400
students in engineering; now there are
over 900. So rapid has been the growth
in the number Of engineering students
during the last few years that, IL 1t
were practicable, President Van HlSe
believes that it would be advisable to
construct at once an entirely new engi-
neering building which would be ade-
quate to meet the needs of at least
1900 students Of engineering. In con-
sideration of the other very pressing
needs of the university, however, it
hardly seems possible to construct an
adequate engineering building imme-
diately, since such structure would
cost not less than 100000. Temper
arily, to meet the pressing need, two
short wings could be added to the pres.
ent engineering building at cost OF
$25, 900 each, and the new mining de-
partment could find Temporarily labo-
ratory accommodations in the old CEN
trail heating plant when the boilers
! are taken out.
More Land for Pure Bred Grains.
Because the state gains millions of
! dollars a year as the result of the
! growing, on farms throughout WiscOn-
sin, of high bred seed raised on the
university farm, the report urges that
| adequate provision be made for farm
| land upon which to develop these
grains. In the past years the universe
| ty has been able to furnish only q
portion of the amount of these pure
| bred seeds that have been asked for
| by the farmers of the state. 1t is GER
| tain that the exenditure of money for
| a sufficient amount of land to furnish
| all the high grade seed which the
farmers of the state request, would be
repaid to them many fold. There
should, therefore, be available at once
| $4,000 to purchase land for the agri-
cultural department, this additional
| land to be used largely for the raising
of pure bred seed for dissemination to
the farmers of the state.
Poultry and Dairy Needs.
Although for number of years
there have been very numerous re-
! quests for instruction in poultry, 1t
has been impossible for the college of
agriculture to give this instruction, be-
cause the funds available were made
quate to establish this department, and
at the same time conduct efficiently
the existing departments. Additional
income, therefore, is necessary to pro-
|
The rapid increase in the number of
students in the long course in agricul-
| ture has made it very difficult to pro-
vide for their adequate instruction in
| dairying in the present dairy building.
| Within the next year the dairy build
! ing should be extended to the north,
President Van Hise urges, or else the
pavilion west Of the dairy building
Ch ho nn1
dents of the long course.
More Demonstrations for Farmers.
The development of the many lines
of demonstrating practically to farmers
| the more effective means of getting re-
suits in their work and of preventing
needless waste, is likewise dependent
upon the increase in the income of the
university. For studying the peaty
and sandy soils of central Wisconsin,
additional permanent sub-stations,
! President Van Hise shows, are much
needed, and could be secured with the
necessary buildings and equipment for
about $4,000. The demonstration work
which has been so successfully carried
on and which should be continued, in
cludes such important work as, spray
! ing potatoes for blight; spraying and
renovating orchards; plant breeding
work in corn, barley, oats and tobacco;
weed eradication by iron sulphate; the
! discussion of bovine tuberculosis, with
post mortem demonstrations at county
fairs, institutions, etc.; drainage of
| land; butter and cheese scoring eXhib-
| it's; the improvement of the horse in
| dustry; dairy tests; cranberry work;
seed control; northern Wisconsin sub
stations; extension courses at county
agricultural schools and elsewhere; as
we'll as nursery, feed, fertilizer, and
stallion inspections.
ANY appropriations which the leg
islature may make for these lines OF
agricultural extension work go direct
ly to the people of the state" writes
President Van Hise. 'They are not
for the students in attendance at the
university, either directly or indirect
ly."
Increases In Salaries.
| During the past few years, the re-
port demonstrates, the cost of living
| has increased much more rapidly than
the salary scale of the university. Har-
ward, Yale, and the University of Min
nesota are cited as examples of institu-
/ tions where the increased cost of living
/ has already been recognized as the
| basis of a new scale of salaries.
| There is no question that we must
advance in our standard of salaries to
! Drnc don't