Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
University yofArizona and
 Its Fine Record

ing, Metallurgy, Mining Engineer ing.
 A complete course in stenography. bookkeeping and commercial prac- tiee is also offered. The bookkeep- ing course is thorough in all the details of modern office practice. and includes instruction in conner cial law The object of the stenog- raphy course is to train students so that they may become proficient stenographers and a large amount of outside work is required.
 Offers Two Degrees.
 There are at present two courses in agriculture being offered at the University-a regular four years course with the Bachelor of Science degree, and a special two year course which was inaugurated com rarativeIy recently. Twelve classes are included under the regular az ricultural course, in which are taught the following: Plant cultue. gardening, animal breeding. dairy ing, farm management. irrigation engineering. veterinary science, pouI- try husbandry, feeds and feeding. etc. For the purpose of practical in- struction and demonstration by the department of agriculture the Uni versity has purchased a tract of eighty acres Of rich farm land in the iillito valley, just north of the cam pus. On this land practical farming will be carried on by the students of the University. A modern dairy has heen erected and is now in use. In addition to the regular laboratories in physics, chemistry, etc. a special laboratory has heen fitted up in the University Hall for the use of the students in soil physics. An excel lent seed collection, green houses and tracts for experimentation, and 2 well selected agricultural library are other valuable parts of the de- partment. Live stock is being pur chased and placed on the University farm for work in animal husbandry.
 Helps Homesteaders.
 The Short Course in Agriculture is offered to meet the demands of the prospective home seekers, who de sire to learn something of the gen 1 eral principles of irrigation farming | before engaging in actual farm op- | erations in Arizona. Students are admitted to the Short Course who have a common knowledge of the 1 common school branches of instrue- ton. Students in this course are re i quired to do limited amount of work on the farm, for which they are paid by the University.
 Has Fine Observatory. 1 Astronomical work is carried on at the University under conditions more favorable than at any other place in the United States. The at mosphere has a smaller cloud per centage and a smaller velocity Of wind than any other locality where records have been made. The as tronomical observatory is located at the top Of the Science Building. where a sliding roof covers the tel | escope atnd discloses he horizon in every direction. An S-inch Clark lens and mounting loaned to the Univer- sity by the Observatory of Harvard University are mounted on a cement pier which is supported on the main walls of the building, thus insuring steady images.
 The course in botany which Is of fered at the University is being zs- signed considerable importance and there are now nine different classes carrying on work in this depart ment The biological laboratories are located on the third floor Of the Science buileing and are moderniy euuiDued throughout The collections ! possessed by the department are of mrch value. The herbarium consists Of f2,00O sheets of mounted plants and a larre collection of seeds. The denartment also has fifty cases Of n'onnted insects, articulate and dis articulate hnman skeletons, and pa pier nache models of the imnortant structures o' the human anatomy. of the Carneeie Institution supple ments he facilities of the Universi- ty for investigation.
 Chemistry and metsIIuray.
 TEa first two years work in chemistry as offered by the Univer- sity places the student in a position to take up advantageously the study of mining. agricultural chemistry, or metanurgv. The chemical labora- ] tories usc1 for instruction occupy twelve laboratories. class rooms. etc. and are located on the, second i. end third floors Of the new Science BvilSiug. The laboratories are newly furnished and are pired for both water and gas. The laboratories of the Agricultural Experiment Station are located on the first floor of the main briiding- They are devoted 10