Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-22
OPEN HOUSE AT
STATE UNIVERSITY
Faculty and Students Entertained
Guests in a Clever Manner.
MANY WsIroRs wERE pREsENT

They Were Shown Through All Build.
Inss and the Experimental Farm,
Where Professors and Assistants In
Various Departments Explained.
The open House" at the University
and Experiment Station on Friday,
March 20, was a great success and re-
fleets great credit upon the committee
who had It In charge. A large number
OF people were present, and this In
spite Of the threatened storm.
Conveyahces decked In University
colors ran at frequent intervals from
the court house square to the campus.
These bsSan to run at about seven
o'clock, the Student Brass Band play
ing few selections on the square be-
fore the first left
The visitors, found sentinels in full
uniform at the gates, and guards,
stationed wherever II was thought ad.
Wsable, to give full directions At
the cadet barracks the ladies were re.
celved by Captain Cox and Mrs. Grow.
At 7:45 the trumpeters sounded the
Call to Quarters" which gave notice
that the students were in their rooms,
and that everything In the barracks
was open to inspection. In few
minutes large numbers visited the
students roomA II surprised most Of
the visitors TO find what good taste
the students have, and how attractive
the rooms are. u
At $3.50 the Tumpeters sounded the
Release from Quarters" whereupon
all the other buildings we're thrown
open, and conveyances began to make
trips around the grounds, Most Of the
visitors went through the grounds and
buildings Systematically, beginning at
the end OF Thomas Hall, occupied by
the Offices OF the president. auditor
etc.
The second floor OF this section Is
the private quarters OF Mrs, Swanson,
and here she received her friends,
The floor above Is used for the
museum. Most OF the visitors we're
especially pleased by the large col
lection OF birds.
Entering tho next section the guests
were shown through tho kitchen 'and
pantries, and then through tho dining.
hall. These were shown aB they APP
pear IN daily use, Here one was most
impressed by tho neatness and orderly
arrangement The second aoor OF this
section ia occupied partly as stock
room for the library and partly as
classFooms for Dr. Yooum and Or,
Schmidt, Or. Yocum was on hand to
give Information about his depart
ment The door above h used as a
readingroom and classroom for Or,
Banks. The readIng'room also
serves as library, The visitors noted
that the departments OF EngliSh, His.
tory, and Political Economy were quite
rich Most Of the well,known Ameri'
can periodicals were 10 be seen, q
large number OF newspapers and
magazines.
The next section gave entrance To
the chapel. which had been tastefully
decorated for the occasion with potted
plauts and bunting. On the second
and third floors were found the rooms
Of the Mechanical Engineering Depart
mcnt,
All the sections were open for In.
spectlon. Great interest was shown
by the guests In the Department OF
Physics. where Dr, Benton explained
the use of some Of bis apparatus,
Experiment station.
ON the lett OF the entrance into
the Experiment station building, the
chemical laboratories OF Prof, A. W.
DlAir were open 10 visitors, Here
might be seen In operation various
chemical processes. such ~ the az
paratna for TAT extraction " which
the percentage OF TAT In Ncl' 81, beans
was being determined There we're
also shown the operations Tor dctcvmin,
Ing time aud nitrogen aud che proecss
ot ashing agricultural products In a
munro furnace, In another MON were
sho~n che machines for grinding sam,
ples Of seeds. etc, and Tor palrlns
fruit ard vegetables. extracting their
tuire determining their sugars 3, the