Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-01-07


ment Of anatomy now in science hall.
This wing for the accommodation Of
the college of medicine will cost not
less than $3.50, 900.
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 800. 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 at least
100 students of engineering. In con-
sideTatiOn of the other very pressing
needs of the university, howe er, it
hardly seems possible to construct an
adequate engineering building imme-
dIately, since such a structure would
cost not less than 100000. Temper
arily, to meet the pressing need, two
short wings could be added to the pres
ent engineering building at cost Of
S25, 900 each, and the new mining de-
partment could find temporarily labO
ratOry accommodations in the old CEN
trail 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. It is GER
tain that the eXenditure Of money for
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, be-
c. use 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
stations; extension courses at county
agricultural schools and elsewhere; as
we'll as nursery, feed, fertilizer, and
stallion inspections
amy appropriations which the leg
islature may make for these lines OF
agricultural extension work go direct
Iy 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
ly."
/ 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-
tons where the increased cost of living
has already been recognized as the
basis of a new scale of salaries.
There is no question that we must
advance in our standard of salaries tc
meet competition, says President
Van Hfse 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