Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-13
ESTABLISHMENT OF LAKESIDE
LABORATORY AT okoBoJl "A
HUGE UNDERTAKING
VARIED STUDY COURSES FOR
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
Instructors in State University, As
sisted by Others, at Head of Move
ment-Eotany and Zoology to Be
the Main Studies Tausht-Public
Lectures to Be Feature.
snecia, TO Times-Republican.


Iowa City, March 1S.--With a strong
faculty and excellent courses OF study.
the new S. u. l.. Lakeside labortory to
he established on the shores of Lake
! Okobon this summer by the alumni
promises to be highly successful IN
maintaining the highest scholastic
standards from the very beginning
The faculty is collection of the
best scientific authorities iH this state
and in some Instances the professors
are recognized national authorities In
their subjects. One of the members
with more than a state wide reputa-
ton is Prof. Thomas Huston Mac
Bride, ,,who will he the director and
head professor of botany in the new
school. The other faculty members and
their subjects follow:
Samuel IS. Calvin, head professor OF
geology; Bohumil Siimek, professor
of physiological botany, physiology
and ecology); Robert Bradford Wyile.
professor Of smorphological botany
j (mophology); george F. Kay, pro-
5fessor OF economic geology GmineralosE
and petrology); b. II. Bailey, professor
I of zoology in Coe College; a. @. Thorn
as. fellow in geology jim the University
of Iowa s(nineralogy yanf petrology)i
Irn1a Uhde, assistant in bontay, Unl-
syersity of Iowa (morphological bot
any. and Roswell Claire Puckett,
senior iii University of Iowa College
of applied science (mechanic ond en-
igineer).
Courses Of Study.
& The courses in study will be along
the general lines of botany, geology
and zoology. All possible aid will be
extended to those engaged in research
or in the collection of material for
University credit will be
given to those students who compete
the work assigned.
Course one is in n1ycology, being Of
fered by Professor MacBride and con-
.sisting of study, in the laboratory ana
field and OF the local fungal flora rms
will he five-hour course. professor
Wylie will have comes. number two on
9.sThe Biology of Aquatic Plants he
will likewise offer course OF i've hours
a week ingsThe Nature OF Plants,
course designed to supplement ele-
mentary considerations and to afford a
viewpoint in the teaching and study OF
botany.
4 combination course by Professors
Macbride and Wylie will be given as
No. A. 1t will be special Individual
work for advanced students, credit be
ing given according to the Work ae-
.complished.
Professor Calvin will have a two and
a half hour course in geology, the
name being ''The Photography OF
Iowa The Saturdays of each week
will be devoted to field work in con-
nection with this course. If the weather
permits three excursions will be tax
en- for the study of glacial phenomena
in which the lake region abounds.
Professor Kay's course will be in
tended to familiarize the student with
the common minerals and rocks and
the methods by which they are ide,n-
titled In the laboratory the physical
characters Of the common rock MAX
ing minerals and of the ores of iron,
copper, lead zinc, etc., will be studied
IN the field, collections of the common
rocks will be made and the origin and
classification of these rocks dis
cusSed.
The Second Term.
J. The second term from Aug. 2sto Aug.
% will be in botany under Professor
Shirnek.
Public lectures illustrated by a
stereoptfcan will be given on Monday
and Friday evenings of each week.
These lectures will be given by the
staff of instruction. Students in the
school will be admitted free; others
will pay nominal fee and course tick
cts will be sold.