Imperial Valley press., 1909-08-21

Stitute, located at Heber will begin its second years work on Wedens- day, September 22. Its general plans for the ensuing year indicate branching out in many directions and the advantages offered should prove attractive to many valley students.
 The calendar of events for the first term begins with the opening day ad dress and exercises to occur ot 3:30 o'clock on September 22, immediately after which begins the regular work of the first semester.
 The meeting of the trustees will be held on October 5. The week of Oc- tober 10 to'14 is designated Land scape Gardening Week." in which special instruction and addresses will be given by men prominent in this line of endeavor. On October 29 an address is to be delivered by pr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler. H. T. Cory, of the California Development Com pany, will give an address on Novem- Der "A. The Thanksgiving recess will be November 25 and 26. "Horticul- tural Week" takes the time from De- cember 13 to IT, and the first term closes on December P. The other terms offer interesting events all the way through to commencement day which will be June 4.
 The new administration building, a view of which was recently publish in The Press, will be completed and ready for use early in the fall. The main floor will be divided into of fees, class rooms, library and study rooms and an auditorium, and the basement story, which will be half above ground will contain well equipped laboratories. Dormitories will be built as they are needed ac- cording to an appropriate cottage sys- tenn.
 Ihe Imperial Valley Collegiate h. stitute is the owner of 240 acres of fine land, eighty acres of which is the gift of Mrs. A. H. Heber and 160 acres the gift of the Heber Iownsite Com pany In February of this year a movement was started to raise fund of $1OO,OOO for the institute before the close of the current year. Ot this amount one-third has now been pledged and the campaign to con- plete the fund will be taken up with vigor in the fall.
 The faculty for the ensuing years work will remain the same as for the first year. Charles J. Booth is dean; Ralph F. Williams and --. w. Moore house are instructors. Mir. Moorehouse also serves as secretary for the In- stitute.
 The institute has been particularly fortunate in securing the services of prominent educatOjts for occasional lectures and instructions in special branches. This list includes Dr. Ben jamin Ide Wheeler, president or the University of California; Dr. K C. Babcock, president of the University of Arizona; Dr. William Horace Day, president of the Southern California Congregational Conference; Dr. Rob- ert P. Shepherd, Dr. E. E. Chandler, H. T. Cory and Profs. E. J. Wickson, w. T. Clarke, R, E. Mansell and E. w. Major of the University of California
 The Institutes board of trustees is composed of H. T. Cory, Calexico; w. E. Wilsie, El Centro; w. A. Edgar, Imperial; J. N. Patton, Holtville; W. G. Emerson and Mrs. A. H. Heber, Los Angeles; and the advisory board in cludes Dr. James M Campbell, Sierra Madre; Rev c. Ii. Seccombe, Santa Ana; Rev. Stanley Rose Fisher, Los Angeles; Dr. E. c. Norton, Los An geles, and Rev k. L. Glasby, Heber
 The trustees have arranged that free tuition shall be granted to one student from each community in Imperial Val ley for the ensuing year, such stu dents to be chosen according to merit and ability. Other students will be charged a tuition of $700 per term, while dormitory and board charges will be at a slight margin above actual cost
 Much new enuiDmaDt will ha addad