The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-21

the Dickinson substation, is spending
few days at the college, getting data
for the building of a seed house. He
reports that crops are doing very
nicely and, that the frost did prac-
tically no damage there, either to
trees or fruit.
r. H. Slocum, professor of civil en-
cheering, has been elected an active
member of the western society of en-
gineers. He is the second one from
this state to be thus recognized.
The agricultural college is to carry
on some tests in the oiling of roads.
Crude oil will be used and about a
quarter of mile of road will be ex-
perimented on.
The school garden has been planted
on the college grounds and in addition
to the ordinary flowers and vegetables
plots have also been planted to the
varieties OF millet, clover, alfalfa,
bangles and rutabagas. Teachers over
the state are planting similar gardens
with the idea of interesting school
children in them. The object of grow
ing the farm crops Is that they may
become familiar with the varieties of
clover alfalfa and millet.
Thfrty-two counties have entered for
the corn contest, 5000 pupils having
put in applications, as compared to
the 5000 of last year.
An experiment is being conducted
at the agricultural mill as to the rela-
tive power required to grind blue stem
and durum wheat.
Many applications are coming in for
summer school of traction engineer
ing, which opens June 6.
Ground has been broken for the
new chemical building. The erection
of this will be pushed as fast as the
work can be done.
President ]. Fl. Worst was at Lid
gerwood on Friday and delivered
talk to the farmers on Cooperation
Registrar PARROT leaves for Law
renee, Kas., Saturday, where he will
attend the 10th annual reunion of his
class. From there he goes to Clay
Center, Kas, where he will take par
in a family reunion. He will also visit
the Universities of Missouri, Nebras-
ka, Kansas and Minnesota to study
their systems of registration and also
to interest these institutions in the
national meeting OF registrars and ac'
countants, which is to be held at De-
troit Mich, in August. This Is new
organization that has been proposed
by Registrar PARROT and Secretary
Yoder, the object being to bring abou
more uniformity in methods of regis
tration, or counting credits, and IL
accounting, which will save mucl
trouble when students go from on
institution to another, and will alsC
make the statistical data that is sen
out from the institutions more com
parable.
DIR. w. B. Bell has recovered suf
ficient1y from his operation to begil
work. He met his classes on Wednes
day for the first time.
The agricultural staff held it's reg
uIar meeting on Tuesday. They ha,
the seniors invited as their guests. Tn
meeting opened with banquet. Whel
the banquet was over, Mr.. Hoversta
as postmaster called on several O
those present The subjects of in
vestigation, college extension wor
were discussed. Dean Shepperd CAV
very interesting talk on his recen
trip to Washington.
At the interhigh school track NEE
held here Saturday, Fargo receive
81 points. Valley City so and Lang
don 10. The state record of 4 minute
46 1-5 seconds for the one mile ru
was reduced to minutes 43 As sec
onds by Cruickshank, while the stat