The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-18
COLLEGE NEWS
OF THE WEEK
"CAT SEASON" IN ZOOLOGY DE-
PARTMENT NOW IN FULL
SWING
STUDENTS TAKE SPECIAL WORK
In This Department-CoIIege Students
Win Prizes as Letter Writers
for Live Stock Exposition

The cat season in the Zoology De
partment of the State college is now
in full swing. During the ours OF
the winter it is expected that dozens
of felines will be sacrificed at the
altar of knowledge, under the direc-
ton Of Professor Shirley p. Miller,
head of the department of Zoology.
To allay the fears of the kind hearted
the Professor states that all cats are
c~hloroformed and pronounced dead
before the boys and girls begin dis
secting. Students in advanced ZoOlo-
gy, popularity known as the Cat
Course of "Catology," as a rule
leave the State college upon gradua-
ton to study medicine. All students
in the course in pharmacy are regis
tered for this work in Zoology. The
course is an excellent preparation for
the study of medicine and also for
the teaching Of this branch of science
in high schools and colleges.
Another course is being offered by
Professor Miller, called General FOOL
ogy, a course which is given in very
few schools as it is here. 1t is made
pre-eminently practical, taking up
the principles Of heredity, etc. In
addition to the regular class work the
department is making a special in
vestigation of the development of
fish, and in a few weeks will begin
special investigation Of the incuba-
ton of hens eggs.
There are probably few depart
ments of zoology in the west better
equipped for this work than the State
college. The apparatus includes
everything that is needed in the way
of collections of bones and skeletons,
a large collection of microscopic
specimens, embryological specimens,
and a very up to date equipment in
microscopes, including owe forty
Leitz microscopes, two investigation
microscopes, etc.
Over forty students are taking spe-
cial work in this department. The
kind of work done is beyond Ques-
ton. The credits received at the
State college are accepted for their
full value at Harvard, and other large
universities. 1t is the usual thing for
graduates of small colleges when they
enter upon advanced work in zoology
at Harvard to repeat one or more
elementary courses in zoology no
matter what they have taken in col
leges. Last year Orlando White went
to Harvard with two credits in zool-
ogy from the State college and these
were both accepted and Mr.. White
was allowed to enter Immediately up
on advanced study. This exceptional
case demonstrates the efficiency of
the work done at the State college.
The International Live Stock Ex-
position has just SEN $25. 90 in prizes
to students at the State college who
were successful in a letter writing con-
test. These letters were sent out by
the State college students some time
ago and emphasized to the recipients
the importance of attending the Chi
cago Live Stock Exposition last De-
cember. Nine stud,nts were awarded
cash prizes as a result of this con-
test, in the following order, Arthur
Lynch, Thos. Stracham, Jens Boland,
d. L. Keck, Chris Gurslee, Ernest FL
lerman, Alex Culhane, Miller Pilmer,
CARROLL Iverson.
This comes as a pleasant sequel to
the stock judging contest at Chicago
at which Russell Jensen of the State
college won highest honors owe all
competitors.