Audubon County journal., 1911-05-11

The Iowa State college is located
at Ames, close to the center of the
state, on the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway. The college farm In
cludes about 1.200 acres, of which 125
Is used for the campus and buildings.
The Iowa State college has the largest
and most beautiful campus Of any col
lege in the west. The trees, shrubs
and walks have been arranged with a
view to the finest landscape effect.
Nearly every kind Of tree and shrub
that will grow in this latitude Is found
on the campus.
The student body OF nearly 1900
is composed mainly Of agricultural
and engineering students, in nearly
equal numbers. There Is also lib
eral sprinkling Of home economics,
sciences, and veterinary students.
A new veterinary building which
has Just been commenced will provide
an equipment for this line of work
that is not excelled anywhere. The
requirements for entering this course
have been raised recently and the
course greatly strengthened.
The girls are provided for in a new
Home Economics building, just COM
pleted A dormitory and dining hall
for the girls Is also provided on the
campus.
The engineering department is well
supplied with buildings and equip
ment Engineering hall, tireproof
h,,il Of
a cost of 100000, is the best engin
eering building west of the Mississip-
pi. 1t is used for Offices, lecture
rooms, and laboratories The engin
eering annex is two-tory freproof
building. 1t contains the dynamo lab
oratory, mining engineering labora-
tories, and drafting and instrument
rooms. A Ceramics building provides
rooms for clay working, kilns, and
for the chemical work of the engin-
eering experiment station. In addi-
ton to these there are a number of
smaller buildings such as foundries,
forge and machine shops, etc.
With the completion of the New Ag-
ricultural hall the Iowa State college
agriculture that is equalled by very
few, If any colleges in the world. The
New Agricultural hall, like the other
principal college buildings, is built
of Bedford stone, and is freproof
throughout. 1t is located directly
across the main campus from Central
hall. and its massive proportions add
oil To nP
agricultural side of the campus. The
total cost Of the building was $780,
900. exclusive of furnishings.
The ground floor is occupied by the
class rooms, offices and laboratories Of
the soils department, the bulletin
offices, the agricultural journalism de-
partment. and the Iowa Agriculturist,
a paper published by the Agricultural
club. On the first floor are the offices
of Dean Curtiss the library and read
ing room, and the offices and class
rooms of the animal husbandry de-
partment. The second floor is occu-
pied by the horticultural and agricul-
tural chemistry departments. The
farm crops and extension departments
the building is a semi-circular wing,
containing an assembly room, with
seating capacity Of nearly thousand.
This will be used for the meetings of
the Agricultural club and other agri.
cultural gatherings, and as a lecture
room during short courses.
With the additional equipment pro
vided by this new building, the col
lege is in position to do even great
er work than ever before in spreading
agricultural education. The superb
ority of the agricultural course Of
fered at Ames is shown by the pres
tige which the college is attaining
in other states and abroad. Students
from colleges in all parts of the Unit
ed States are coming to Ames to take
postgraduate work. The University
Of Edinburgh has made years work
at Ames requirement in connection
with its animal husbandry course
The old agricultural building, now
known as Agricultural Engineering
building, Is now being used by the
agricultural engineering department.
A large dairy building is occupied by
the college creamery and the class
rooms, offices, and laboratories of the
dairy department In addition to
these buildings the college is well
supplied with barns, judging pavilions,
etc. A tract of two hundred acres
about two miles south of the main
campus is used for dairy and poul
try farm.
The greatest work that the college
is doing. however, as far as immediate