Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-30
SHAEEUP IN IOWA COLLEGE
Work Readjusted and Personnel of
Faculty Will Remain Same.
TWO PROFESSORS FAIL TO AGREE
New system Of school Laws IL in
Process of Formation by Mem
bers of state Commits
sion.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

tion which for a time threatened to break
out In big spots in the State Agricultural
college at Ames. has been abated and It is
claimed will be heard from no more. Trus-
tees Of the college express regret that any
Of the friction should have reached the ears
Of the public at all and they declare they
hope to keep all departments working in
harmony in the future.
The friction, such as it was. is described
as something of a tempest in a tea pot,
and yet at times it assumed respectable
proportions. and there are claims that Prof.
p. G. Holden in charge Of the department
Of agronomy, resigned, but was persuaded
to remain by having things adjusted.
The entire trouble is said to have arisen
through the desire of Prof. Holden TO have
unquestioned and sweeping charge Of the
college extension work which Is nominally
under him. This the trustees refused To
do and Prof. c. F. Curtiss who is dean Of
the division of agriculture has supervising
authority.
In the organizing Of the college there are
various divisions, such as the agricultural,
engineering. science, veterinary surgery
and the like. Prof. Curtiss is dean Of the
division Of agriculture and Prof. Holden
is one of the professors under that division.
having charge of the department of agron-
omy. When the legislature made an APP
preparation for defraying the expense of
sending the various professors over the
state TO lecture to the farmers it provided
for the extension department under which
this work should be done. and the trustees
put Holden in charge. but provided that the
extension department should be a depart
ment of the division of agriculture under
Dean Curtiss.
Work Divided.
The friction is said to have arisen be-
cause of the desire Of Prof. Holden. to have
full charge of the extension work without
having to consult Curtiss. Professors from
the other departments of the division Of
agriculture, such as the dairy. animal in
dustry and soils department, deliver lee
lures under this college extension depart
ment. The trustees have directed that the
outline of the lectures to be delivered by
these professors shall be determined by the
professor at the head of the department
with the sanction of Prof. Curtiss. 1t is
claimed that Holden desired to have all
this authority and also the authority to is
sue the bulletins, but the trustees have
given the firal authority to Curtiss. Prof.
Holden is given the authority to place the
/ lecturers over the state and have super
vision of the work in the field.
1t is denied by members of the hoard Of
TRUSTEES that IIOl' IlplueH ever IenQereQ
his resignation. but 1t is admitted that there
was friction. Prof. Holden's career is
unique and invites sympathy. Starting
years ago as an obscure country school
teacher. he began to teach corn breeding.
and his record from that minor position TO
that of head Of the department of agronomy
at Ar1es has been one that has been made
through his own hard. efforts. he has
toured. Iowa and other corn belt states o.
seed corn special trains and has probah
] told more farmers some of the fundamenl
facts about corn raising and seed COZ
selection than any other man in agriculturl
college work. and there is no doubt but J.
has a large place in the affections Of IT,,
farmers OF Iowa
Prof. Curtiss, however, is quite as popG
lar with the people and has the reputation,
of being somewhat broader and moro scier.
tific as an agriculturalist. After the death
of Beardsheer he was talked of for presi
dent of the college, and had many friends
who urged his selection. They express the
belief that the trouble is now at an end
and that the public will, in the future, not
hear as much about friction as the meager
little rumors that have leaked out i. the
past.
Expect New Exhibitors.
One of the interests of the state fair this
year will be the number of new exhibitors
Of stock President Cameron of the State
Board of Agriculture said today that Their,
are more entries in the stock exhibits by
exhibitors who have never before shown
than in airy year in the history of the state
fair. This is one of the things that the
board is very proud of. but it is claimed
to mean that more people are raising pure
blood stock than ever before and that tn,
l new exhibitors are Of the kind that brinl
but one or two animals and not the bis
breeders who bring their stock by carload
though there will be plenty of the latter.
The horse exhibit this year is to b,
helped out by the night show IL the stool
: pavilion, which is in the nature Of a hors,
show and will bring fancy horses from al
/ over the country. The board has deter
2 mined to make this night show take tn,
form of an animal show. While the horse
! will be the chief attraction, it has beei
! determined to use cattle and other stool
e as we'll. Dairy cattle from the dlfferen
i countries will be brought in, accompanie,
by dairy maids dressed in the costumes o
% the different countries, Later the cattl
will be taken out and the dairy maids wi
give u drill, The dairy maids will he tn
: same who gave the drill on the colles
campus at Ames, which is said TO hav
been a very pretty sight.
The horses will be treated about the sam
= way and the sheep will be followed by
flock of trained sheep. The cattle will b
followed by a trained bull, which is sal
to know as much as any trained horse.
herd of trained elephants will also be II
Z, troduced. Tho horse show will be intro
duced by a parade Of horses, the attendant
y to be dressed In the costume of the cour
he try from which the breed of horses comes
and so far 40 possible the horses will /
hitched to vehicles Of the style used in II
country where the horses come from. Ii
n Clydes will he attended by men in the kill
~ of Scotland and so on.
n The show will be an education in itsel
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