Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-06-13
A BUSY SESSION
OF ". S. C. REGENTS
nr. Ira ID. Cardiff Selected for
Director of the Experiment
Station to Take Charge
July 1

THIS WEEK Win hC6GutS hCSAo0hgy ,
Cunningham and MacGregor in at
tendance. The most important ac-
ton taken was the selection of DR..
Ira d. Cardiff as director OF the Elk
pertinent station, which position was
left vacant by the resignation OF Pro-
lessor II. w. Thatcher and has been
temporarily filled by Professor Elton
Fulmer.
DR.. Cardiff is a graduate of Knox
college, Illinois, and took post gradu-
ate work at the University of Chi
cago. He received a p. II. d. degree
from Columbia University and was
former head OF the department of
botany at the University of Utah. He
also served four years in the same
position at Washburn college and
then went to the University Of Kan
sas, from which institution he was
called a few months ago to accept
the position of head of the botany
department at the w. S. c. He will
assume the position of director OF
the experiment station July /, but
will continue his work as head of the
department of botany.
Tuesday afternoon the board let
the contract for building the new
subway from the mechanical build
ing to the coal bunkers at the foot of
the hin to w. A. Moss of this city,
the contract price being $4,000. A
contract was also let to the Warren
Construction company for the paving
OF Campus avenue to the music hall,
and bithulithic driveway back of
the auditorium building to college
hall.
At Wednesdays session the re-
gents decided to name the new $780,
geo agricultural building, plans for
which were adopted, Wilson hall, af-
ter former Secretary of Agriculture
''Tama Jim Wilson In making this
recommendation to the regents
President Bryan cited the fact that
for 16 years the former secretary
had occupied his important position
in the presidential cabinet and ex-
pressed his belief that during this
time Secretary Wilson laid the
foundation of the greatest agricul-
tLral department among the nations
Following this action the board
made a change in the organization of
the department of agriculture of the
college, dividing it into seven
divisions. as follows:
Division of farm crops, headed by
DR.. Paul ]. White soils, headed by
Professor Clark c. Thorn; animal
husbandry, headed by Professor r.
G. Ashby; dairy husbandry, headed
BY Professor Amer b. Nystrom;
poultry husbandry, headed by Miss
{. l.. Blanchard, and agricultural en-
cheering, headed by Professor Irv-
ing ID. Charlton.
Professor George Severance, as
head of the agricultural department,
has the direct responsibility of all
the divisions enumerated. Provision
was made for an additional instruct
or in elementary agriculture.
For the department of elementary
science new instructorship in agri-
culture and horticulture was estab-
lished. Clare c. Todd was advanced
from the position of associate pro-
censorship of organic and physiolog-
ical chemistry to full professor
ship. Amer B. Nystrom was ad-
Vanced to the position of professor
OF dairying. Milton X. Akers was
made professor of applied electricity.
Brenton l.. Steele was made pro-
lessor of physics and Dean e. Foster
was advanced to the associate pro-
fessorship of mechanical engineer
irg.
A. c. Abel, instructor in mechani-
cal engineering, was given the addi-
tional title of machinist. DR.. f. w.
Wegner was made associate pro-
lessor of anatomy and surgery.
An additional instructorship in
English was established and Clar-
enee b. Hammond of the University
of California and the University of
Chicago was elected to the position.
The position of reference librarian
was established and Miss nez f.
Sachs of Bloomington, Ind, was
elected to the position.
The designations of w. l.. Hadloek.
assistant chemist; W. G. Briefly, in
structor in horticulture. and of Miss
Louise Mcdaniel, instructor in nutri-
ton, were accepted
An instructorship in botany with
special reference to the teaching of
bacteriology was established, also an
additional instructorship in dairy
production. Frank W Allen of Ames.
iowa, was rendered the position of