Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-05-30
COLLEGE

g3f FTOIGSSOr WlllaTQ W. ucllVSTSut SIHc
chapel address last Monday, on some
of the practical aspects of the study
Of physical geography in North Da--
kota 1t was necessarily a large sub
ject, covering over $4,000 square
miles Of territory in which there is
a wonderful diversity of landscape
and variety of soils The professor
illustrated his lecture by drawing a
rough sketch Of the state on a small
blackboard so as to show the loca-
ton Of the valleys and lake beds
that he inended to talk about. 1t
is a fact that very few Of the peo-
pie that travel over the state in rail-
road trains actually see what they
look at. Why don't they see it?
Perhaps no one has told them. The
speaker illustrated his meaning by
drawing a very clear word picture
of a trip from Fargo through Val
ley City, jamestown and Bismarck.
For the first twenty-five Of thirty
miles there is practically no change
in the landscape, simply a fiat plain.
However a comparison Of the soil
of this region with that Of the Nile
delta shows that the soil here is
fully as fertile as that on the Nile. 4
As soon as the beach Of the old
Lake Agassiz is past the country be-
comes more interesting but the land
is not quite as good nor as uniform.
Some very interesting facts were
learned in regard to the Cheyenne
and James river valleys. The trains
going west have to descend over
two hundred feet in less than five
miles just before Valley City is
reached. The professor is very in
teresting in his talk and the lecture
was very much appreciated.
A number of schools and coll
leges are making use of bulletin so
as text for class work upon weeds
and weed eradication. The depart
ment of agronomy Of the Wisconsin
university has lately applied for a
sufficient number of copies to supply
the long course class in that insti-
tution-thirty-five in all. Three
superintendent of schools in the
state Of Minnesota have made sim
liar application for this bulletin.
superintendent Hoverstad will be
out almost continually on institute
work from now until July /. Sew
eral institututes will be held in the
southwestern part Of the state on
the line Of the Milwaukee extension
in Hettinger county.
3 Mr.. A. M. Satire, one Of our grad
yates who went to Washington, d.
C., about a year ago, has been pro-
noted to the position Of grain In
spector in Duluth with a $500 raise
in salary This is another instance
of the value of an agricultural edu-
cation.
# Mr.. G.. r. Davies. principal of the
Armenia schools, has arranged to put
in his summer vacation studying the 1
work at the college station. He in
tends to fit himself better for teach
ing elementary agriculture.
The annual commencement con-
cert will be held in the chapel June
5, at. 81 p. m. This affair has been
arranged with much care by the de
partment Of music.
The baccalaureate exercises will
be held Sunday, June z, at p. M,
in the chapel. The following is the
program arranged:
Doxology;; invocation; anthem, by
the college choir; scriptural reading;
prayer; Hymn, responsive service;
gloria patri; anthem, by the college
choir; address by Rev. Mr.. Mont
g6mery, "John Ruskin, the Voice Of
a New Age" hymn; benediction.
Most of the classes will begin a
review of the terms work at the
beginning Of next week. The exam
nations will begin Friday, June 5,
and end Monday the 9Th.
The commencement exercises will
be held on Tuesday morning, June
70, at 8 a. M, in the chapel. The
program has been arranged as fol-
lows:
Prayer; music by college choir;
Commencement address, sThe De-
mands Of Modern Education" by
Judge g. r. Amidon Of Fargo; mu-
sic; comforting Of degrees; music.
The alumni banquet Will be held
Tuesday evening, June 8.
Professor Weeks will speak at a
teachers institute at Cando. Towner
county, June 4 h. 8S
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