Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-05
xaTE TO FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE


NETNIA . ENAAL AlTTe. NInlHlAN
LINCOLN July Especial. For the
second time m the last bienniuni the Cni-
vsrsity Beard u Regents has taken time
enough IN their deliberations % consider
the case OF J. I. McBr1en the former
state superintendent ard present head Of
the university extension work. VINO has IN
the past ben the object Of msioh cr1ti-
ciun beeause OF alleged political activities
IA csnnecti1u with his carrying on u the
work rhfa time the regents issued an
srfict which was promulgated IN entirety
70 Mr Mcss1en 20 the effect that u would
be vel for min 70 employ no outside
spsaksrs Whatever for his work unless tae
ragenfs did 80 themselves Otherwise only
anernbsrs Of the state university faculty
az 20 b. used IN spreading me university
wurk II winch he is tns head.
The action of the board Of regents comes
- . sequel to the attempt Of Senator RIB
bets OF Hastings last winter In the lsgis-
laaure % eiiminats the department al to-
Ezehar The result OF the boards action.
Il IL thought. viii remedy the thing cum
piziusd Of BY Inc senatr. namely. that ex-
public officials. lawyers and partisan pub
lie men had been sent out IN the work and
that Il had been made more or less OF
political hursau since McBrien had as
stunned the head OF the extension depart
msnr.
Successor On Richards.
ne board yesterday filled tEo i'm
partant faculty vacancies. James D. Hoff-
man Of Purdue university was elected pro-
esssor Of mecfanicRl engineerfng. to nli
the Vacancy caused BY the resignation OF
DeMu C. n. Richards The chancellor was
made acting dean Of the college OF sngi-
nesr4na psndinE Enai selection Of a dean-
Assistant Registrar z ~. Ratieige was
appointed acting registrar, vice p J. Ear
r1son. resigned. v. K Greer was appuints6
asafstant ressstsnr
The board considered sketches Of pro-
pnssd campus improvements drawn By Mr.
Hodxd1n u shepley Rutan & cooIidge. and
by sIr. Davis Of Bersiugfiof q Davis. No
action was taken.
n wa voted thax the department OF az
ricultnra1 extension be organised with Prof
c. w PuEslsy IN charge This department
viii have charge OF all agricultural sxtsn-
sion WORK. including farmers Institutes
Rsorsanizafion of the. farm departments in
accardancs with tse creation Of this de-
partmenx was leff to the industrial commit
tes With power To act The new department
IL virturaily q disqualification OF the work
formerly carried on By superintendent OF
Fairness Institutes val Keyser-
View Enwtn~ertaw Head
J. .. Hoffman. the newly elected pro-
fsasor OF mechanical engineering. grad
uated from Purdue university in iasa. being
a class mate of Dean c. R. Richards.
whore place he now takes Prior 70 that
time he had had considerable practical ex-
periencs In sngtnesr1nE work Prof Hofr-
man. tmmediatel ysfter graduation. be-
came an instructor in the shops at Purdue
and he has nsen continuously with that in
Htfcs1tkun ever ,sshce he gradually. 70
ess~ed promotinns until he ID now professor
Of snS1nee4nE design.
Pref Hornan's speciality il heating and
vsnfiIatinE snganesr1nE- In this branch Of
tins profession ne il a Recognised authority
having written a book which has been
cut the country He Is also the author
az text book On machine design which is
used IN many engineering schools inciud-
ing the University OF Nebraska
One year ago Prof Eoffamn was prssi-
dent Of tns American Society OF Heating
and Venrtiating engineers. He Ii also a
member OF the American society OF me-
chanfcAi engineers. OF tins American So
esefy OF asfrtserating engineers and Of the
society for the promotion az engineering
sdzcatiun
e N RutIedge- acting registrar has
bsen assistant registrar Tor four yezrs
He graduated from the university In the
class Of 1sB ~ that bsing the class which
recsirsd degrees at the cluse Of the Isss
summer session. and of which Mr. Rnt-
ledge was president