The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-10-26
COLLEGE NOTES.

Falls Press and president OF the SiOuX
Falls Commercial club addressed the
students of journalism Tuesday at the
weekly ~convocation exercises. Mr..
Dotson spoke from a practical knowl-
edge of his subject and brought many
new ideas before the students. He
described the method of paper making
in detail from the tree to the finished
product ready for the newspaper press.
Mr.. Dotson spoke of the responsibility
Of editors and their place in life. He
expressed the opinion that students
of journalism in the State College
should have only the highest aims In
their study and that their ideal paper
should be on the style of the leading
sane papers and nc Of the sensa-
tional and socalled yellow" press.
Mr.. Dotson enlivened his address with
numerous good stories.
Before leaving ~Brookings Wednes-
day morning, MI. Dotson on behalf OF
the Sioux Falls commercial club, in
vited the students of journalism to
visit that city INC spend a day or
two studying city business methods,
and especially the editing of morn
ing and evening daily papers.
Frederick j. Pritchard Of the bureau
of Plant Industry Of the United States
Department of Agriculture, who has
been doing special experimental work
at the State college for some months,
has just published a very important
paper on rust in wheat. Prof. Prit-
chard has been making some tests
and experiments in the laboratory Of
Prof. Olive at the State college re-
garding the subject Of rust and some
very important discoveries were made.
An examination was made OF last
years crop in the Brookings eleva-
tors; wheat grown in a dry year and
comparatively free from rust. 1t was
found that the wheat was sufficiently
infected with rust to carry over to
another year and thus carry the
disease. Prof Pritchard also learned
that the rust fungus p~enetrates the
i~ntercellular spaces and cells Of the
seeding, and after termination passes
into the spaces between the leaf
sneaths, where it grows rapidly and
attacks the tissues at various points.
THE obvious remedy for avoiding
the ravages of this fungus" says
Prof. Pritchard lis the use Of clean
seed. 1t is quite evident that only
seed from a crop free from rust
should be planted" The use of chemi-
calls to destroy the rust fungus is
of very little value because the fun
gus is so thoroughly protected.
A new course on the Typographical
methods of the United States Geolo-
gical survey will be offered by the
State college this year, four weeks,
next spring. This instruction will be
given primarily for students in geolo-
gical and civil engineering and will
include a. considerable amount of
field practice. Similar courses are
offered by the University Of Chicago,
University of Michigan, and Harvard,
and are considered Of great import
ance.
The course at the State college will
be given by II. H. Hodgeson who
graduated from the college in the
class of 1898, and who for several
years has been engaged by the United
States government in the Geological
survey. The other schools mentioned
above which have this course get
men from the United States Geologi-
cal survey to give the lectures and
the practical field work. 1t is ex-
pected that a great many of the young
men who are students in the engi-
neering department of the State col
lege who are looking forward to re-
numerative service for the govern
ment will be entered in these courses.
Mr.. Hodgeson is a recognized author
ity in his line and will bring a great
deal of practical experience to his
classes.