Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
UNIVERSITY, SILENT PARTNER
OF THE STATE.

vice work of that institution Just
completed by the board of regents.
The survey shows that the depart
ment of engineering and the depart
ment Of chemistry have the greatest
amount of work to their credit under
the new order, but every department
is extending its efforts and influence
in Kansas affairs. Here are some Of
the activities of the engineering de-
partment:
Investigation for the state bank
commissioner under the Blue Sky
Law" to determine the merits Of
schemes by different companies for
the sale Of stocks
Physical valuation Of railroads for
the public utilities commission. The
entire time of one Of the faculty of
the engineering department is de-
voted to this work.
The testing of Kansas brick; the
testing OF gas meters and the testing
Of cement.
A study of the gas supply in Kan
sas for the public utilities commits
sion.
Advice on flood preventage and
drainage plans.
Testing Of Kansas stone for use in
road building.
The installation and inspection of
municipal electric light plants.
Work for the state board of health.
A member Of the faculty of the de-
partment Of engineering is by law
the engineer Of the heakh board 1t
is his duty to investigate and report
upon all matters pertaining to the
water supply of the different cities,
and the sewage systems. This work
has proved Of such value to the cities
that am assistant engineer has been
added.
The department OF entomology was
one of the first Of the University de-
partments to get into the game" in
the matter Of extension work. Its
early efforts to cooperate with the
farmers in the determination of
chinch bugs and different kinds of
bugs injurious to wheat and corn and
other grain, has been enlarged upon.
That department is actively engaged
in the inspection of nurseries and in
showing the farmers how to manage
and to care for orchards. The pro-
fessor Of entomology is a member of
the chronological commission of the
state and the department operates in
harmony with that commission.
The department Of chemistry not
only works in conjunction with the
state board Of health in making an
analysis Of all food supplies in the
state, but it makes the same analysis
for cities and counties when called
upon to do so. 1t renders the same
service in the matter Of water or
food supplies for school boards, pri-
vate individuals or for the doctors in
the state, or for corporations.
The chemistry department is en-
gagged in forty-one different activities
OF interest to the industrial life Of
the state, ranging from the chemical
analysis Of Kansas salt and Kansas
coal to testing vinegar for the Kan
sas housewives.
The school Of pharmacy also is CO.
operating with the state health
board and the people of the state.
For the farmers it is continually en-
gagged in the investigation Of poison
Gus plants, and for the best remedies
for insects which ruin orchards. In
the analysis Of drugs the School Of
Pharmacy is engaged with the health
board in inspection work, and its SER
vices are in constant demand by man.
Ufacturers, for professional men and
for the public. It's microscopal work
relating to adulterated cereals, flours
and breakfast foods has been notably
successful.
The college Of liberal arts and
sciences is doing a special work of
interest, particularly that Of sociol-
ogical work in the penitentiary and
state reformatories; of sending out
university athletes to the high school
of the state for assistance in athletic
training and in making a study of
the clays Of the state with reference
to ceramics and art pottery
The School Of Education Is listed in
the survey as accomplishing the fol-
lowing results for the schools Of the
state: High school visitation, constl-
tuting a service bureau for the bene-
fit Of the schools; certfication Of high
school teachers; fork for defective
children; recommendation and plac-