The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-28
GAINESVILLE.

Gainesville, jan 27.-On January
thN goth, DIR. Farr gave an interesting
lecture on Julius Caesar, before the
Twentieth Century Club of Gaines
Vile
Big Ben" the master clock which
controls the bells governing the class
periods at the university has been
overhauled recently by an expert and
is once more giving excellent service.
The chemistry laboratory has re-
oeived a number of calls for different
kinds Of analytical work within the
past few days.
Richard Miller, OF Baker, Santa
Rosa county, Florida, state champion
corn grower for 1923. spent the past
week in Washington, d. c., as a guest
Of the federal government. While there
he was shown through all the bureaus
and departments of the government.
He, with the champion boy corn grow
ers from the other states in the south,
had an audience with President Taft,
and also appeared before the agri-
cultural committee Of congress. The
boys were photographed with the Sec
rotary Of agriculture and Mr.. KNAPP,
who has this work IN charge. Each of
the boys was given diploma by the
secretary of agriculture under his seal.
The boys are spending this week in
the corn and live stock school in con-
nection with the National Corn and
Live Stock Exposition, at Columbia,
Co
Mrs. G. E. Pyle has been appointed
librarian at the experiment station
to succeed Mr.. w Voorhees,.
DR.. Charles Dawson, veterinary to
the state board of health, visited on
the campus last week.
Professor H. E. Stevens spent part
of last week at East Lake looking
after some of his experiments which
are being carried on at that place.
Professor Rolls made business trip
to the southern part Of the state the
early part of the past week.
The experiment station has sold a
number of thoroughbred cattle to
stock raisers in different parts Of the
state for the purpose Of raising the
grade of cattle in Florida
DR.. A. c. Steevers, of the Federal
Bureau of Animal Industry, Washing
ton, D. c., visited the university in
the interest of tick eradication. He
came to confer with Professor c. L.
Willougsby. the secretary of the Flor
ioa Live Stock Association.
The semester examination began on
Thursday, January, the 23rd. The Sec
ond semester will open Friday, Janu-
any the 31st.
Moot court work in common law
pleading and criminal pleading will be
pushed vigorously after examinations.
Heretofore emphasis has been placed
upon equity pleading. The law library
has recently received q number of new
books that will be especially helpful in
the work of the practice court. Among
them may be mentioned Simpkin's Fed
eral Equity Suit Moore on facts,
Brickwood Socket Instructions, and
Abbott's Civil Jury Trials.
Instruction in the Florida law is be-
ing more and more extended in the law
school. Next semester, course in
damages will be given, based en-
tirely upon the decisions of the Flor
ida courts.
The college OF engineering has dis
patched an order for some ninety ref
erence books to be added to the engi-
neering library.
The department of electrical engi-
neering has recently received gift
of set of the telephone review, from
Mr. S. s. Holden, formerly of the class
Of 1910. Mr.. Holden is now in tho
employ Of the New York Telephone
Company, in New York City. This Is
the second gift that Mr.. Holden has
made to the department, the other
one having been a valuable set Of pro-
weddings OF the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers. for number of
years back.
A letter has beeu receiyad from the
secretary Of the Southern Interco1Iegi-
ate Oratorical Association inviting the
University of Florida to join that as
ISOLATION, and it hoped that the cor
respondence now being carried on be-
| tween the interested parties will re-
suit in such a union.
Professor Takeo KusAao of ~ KS
| goshima Imperial College of Agqscul-