The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-13
COLLEGE NEWS NOTES.
From Agricultural and Mechanical
School at Saltwater.

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Saltwater. Okla, Feb. PA wire
less telegraph station is being install.
cd by members of the senior class
under the supervision of Prof Little.
The equipment has been purchased
from New York and Chicago compa.
nics with the exception of some auAn.
iaries. which viii be- made by the stu.
dents The tuned, or sciectiyc" sys-
TEN will be used with the double re-
tc'ver which is used by the L. S.
Wireless Telegraph company and by
the navy II Is expected with this
equipment that messages may vv
transmitted about fifty miles, and be
received from distances of several
hundred miles. 4 portable station with
a twenty or thirty foot aerial will be
used in the vicinity of Saltwater for
making preliminary tests. Two mem
bers of the senior class are making
N'oAo VI Ailt nll'ttSo Nol n de II lufhlSs
DR.. Miller and Prof. Moorehouse are
sending samples of selected corn 10
boys and girls OF Oklahoma with di-
rectiOns for cultivation and selection
of seed. More than five hundred sam.
pies were cultivated In this way last
year, and valuable results were OBJ
tanned. The names OF the applicants
desiring these samples should be sent
through the secretaries of the County
Farmers Institutes.
A new college barn will be erected
shortly at a cost OF $4,000. DR.. Con.
nell. Prof l.inklater and Prof Chand-
Ter have chosen the probable site. n,.
work of construction has been con.
tracted byMr. Johnson ofOklahoma
City, who is also building the concrete
steam heat tunnels
4 shipment of tools and material is
on the ground ready for the WORK
on the new heating plant and tun.
nels The new plant will be located
Just north OF the creamery The sur.
veying for the building and tunnels
has been completed by students Fish
er and Pochel. These improvements
will add greatly to the convenience
and comfort OF the college In general,
as the present heating system Is some
what overloaded
The varsity basket ball team mau,
an unsuccessful trip last week. They
lost the score at Norman fairly.
The plans for the proposed green.
house have been completed by w. II.
Worthington. The building will be con.
crete, ~ feet by sc feet 10 inches.
The roof is in three sections. A pot
ting shed 10 feet by 80 feet will also
be made in connection with the build
ing. The roof of the entire structure
Will be supported by iron pipes. The
latest design Of drainage. heating ana
other necessaries will be used. These
pans are to be considered by the
Board of Regents February 2ith.
The Teachers Institute held in Still.
water recently was attended by a large
number OF the students taking the
work in p dagogy Prof. Seldomrias.
gave the reading RIP Van Wrinkle"
which was a delightful entertainment
to all. DR.. Bowers lectured on THE
brotherhood OF Man"
President Connelrs niece, Miss Mary
Connell. is visiting In Saltwater.
Assistant Station Chemist X. c.
Baird is preparing special test for
proteids in a number OF different
kinds OF poultry feed.
The faculty and their wive, wei,
entertained in the west reading room
by Prof. Pots and other members OF
the college faculty boarding club, on
Tuesday evening.
Dean Pittuck has gone TO Guthrie
and Oklahoma City upon business.
From there he will so to western Ok
lahoma to buy live stock for the use
OF the district agricultural schools.
Five thousand dollars has recently
been appropriated for the purchase
OF live etDc6 for use a. the collase.