Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25

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 $15O,0O0
| 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, if it
were practicable, President Van Hise
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 al 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 a structure would
cost not less than 100000 Temp -
arily, to meet the pressing need, two
short wings could be added to the pres
ent engineering building at a cost OF
$4,000 each and the new mining lie
partment could fird temporarily labc-
ratory accommodations in the old cen
trial 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
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 a number of years |!
there have been very numerous re |
quests for instruction in poultry, it |
has been impossible for the college of |
agriculture to give this instruction, ne !
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-
vide for this much needed line of work. |
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
should be much enlarged for the stu
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
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
~"
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 new scale of salaries.
There is no question that we must
advance in our standard of salaries to
meet competition says President
Van Hise in conclusion. ITO pursue
any other course would degrade the
University of Wisconsin to a second
rate institution. Buildings, apparatus,
and books are the shells of the univer-
sity. The men who constitute its
faculty are it's living force. If these
men are not of the highest grade, how