Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-21
SCHOOL And COLLEGE WORK
Nebraska School Of Agriculture at
Curtis Opens Finely.
HEAVY REGISTRATION THE RULE
All state schools Report Unusual
Number OF students IN Attend
Rncc-GeneraI Notes of
the Week.

The Nebraska School OF Agriculture To-
Gated at Curtis, is beginning its second
year Of work with an enrolment for
the first week of few more than 100.
1t is expected that there will be large
increase over last years attendance. II is
not. by any means, school in
tended for boys alone. Almost as many
GIRLS as boys have been registered. New
towns and counties are represented on
the register, showing that the influence
Of the school has spread over a much
wider territory.
A big squad of men are being
put through testing fire on the gridiron
plate, coached by Prof Wilkinson of the
department OF mathematics, who came
here this year from the Norfolk High
school. Competition is brisk for places
on the regular team for II Is a ques-
ton of the survival OF the fittest.
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ter bsek Of the Doane Tfeers and brings
with him valuable experience as aid TO
his work of putting together a winning
squad
Prof. r. Il Moore, who has taken
charge of the department OF farm me
tDdHItSt mas OEkdhANu MS hNBdt eAANiiN
for work on broader lines this year. lie
! starts his work this year with finished
building Mr.. Moore comes from the de-
partment of farm mechanics at the state
farm, Lincoln, and has had several
years experience In his line of work
Miss Irene Dalton of the domestic sci
ence department of the Grand Island
High school last year. has charge Of the
classes in cooking and Miss Grace Rich
ards, formerly of the Lincoln station, is
instructor in sewing. English and Ian
guage are taught by Miss Jane Beams,
who is also adviser to girls. Both Miss
Richards and Miss Beams we're connected
with the school last yeear.
The work in agriculture is under the
direction of Pref Ellis Rail, who is also
teaching his second year here. Dairy
laboratory is conducted by Lee Thomp-
| son. who has charge of the dairy.
Experimental work in agriculture has
been carried on this year at the sugges-
ton of the United States Department of
Agriculture. Results obtained from ex-
periments in forage crops this last season
have been very gratifying. 1t has been
proven that feterita and dwarf hegira
do better in a region of this sort than
any others of eleven varieties of Kaffirs
and sorghufns that were experimental
with this year Sudan grass has shown
itself to be good forage and is a good
forage and is a good substitute for hay
and carbohydrate forage for both cattle
and horses. This region produces two
tons per acre. Horses prefer 1t to the
| hest prairie hay, and It's food value will
likely make it a most important forage
crop for western Nebraska Fall seeding
in plats for crop rotation series work has
been done at different times during the
last month. Hairy sand vetch is being
! experimental with as legume that is
( strongly urged in semi-arid countries as
substitute for alfalfa.
The N. s. A. Orchestra which did such
good work last year has been reorganized
and enlarged for another years work by
Prof. Hodapp. who also has charge of the
science department of the school Credit
is being offered for work in orchestra,
as 1t has been put upon a school basis.
A lecture course of five numbers, and
| backed by the Curtis Commercial club,
lie to be a part OF the program for this
year, and the Williams Literary society
has begun its semi-monthly sessions.