The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-03-26
''OPBNI HOUSE"
ATTRACTS MANY
The s. s. s. at Work Proves an
Interesting Sight to All Of
It's Visitors.
"SEEINC Is BELIEVING"
And Some Of the Quests Are Aston.
ished at the Revelations Their
Eyes Behold.

According to announcement
yhe State School of Science kept
open house. last Thursday eve
ming, and large number of the
citizens went out to see the school
at work. OF course, it was i'm
possible for the school to present
all It's class room exercises. but
all the laboratories and shops
presented some of their exercises,
and the recitation rooms and en-
tire plant were open to inspection,
and every visitor was expected to
go the rounds. There were so
many things to be seen that many
visitors did not get to all there
was to be seen.
In the main building the bio
logical laboratory attracted it's
share of attention. Here there
were compound microscopes and
slides for any who cared to see
some of the minute studies of an
Imal and plant life and several
specimens for geological study. In
the basement laboratory of the
agricultural department. the stu
dents of the class were showing
the method and results of the
Babcock test of milk. others were
Judging corn by the official rules,
another group demonstrated the
test of seed corn and other seeds,
and several other matters of in
terest to the prospective farmer.
In the physics laboratory a
group of students were showing
some electrical experiments. such
as the generation of electricity by
The hand dynamo and were Civ
ing out free shocks to any party
who wanted to try the sensation.
\ specially beautiful Geisslel
tube was lighted and turned on a
,wlllrling apparatus, and several
other illustrations of electric test
ing were on display. The feature
sthat seemed to attract most at
tcntiOn in this room was the X
ray machine and nearly EVERYONE
took the opportunity to see what
their own hand looked like when
they could see right through the
flesh to set the outline of the
bones.
Across the hall in the electric
laboratory Professor Todd was
kept busy explaining the wireless
telegraph station. Groups of peo-
pie would come in and hold the
professor to almost complete
lecture on the apparatus and ask
questions about the numerous
parts of the assembly of instru-
ments and hear the demonstra-
tion of sending out the Kisses and
spats that were supposed to make
up word to be caught by some
other operator perhaps hund-
red or more miles away. Anyone
had the privilege of putting ON
the head harness and listening i'm
for talk by other operators. but
there was too much moving a.
round and other noise to allow
one to hear distinctly.
In the mechanical drawing room
there were many things to see.
especially the specific gravity
Tests, the apparatus for general
ing gases and the liquifaction of
air and gasseS. An item of spec
ial interest here was the process
OF water analysis. and the COM
parison of the city water before
distillation and the product of its
distillation. The water distilled
showed a clearness quite in con-
trast to the appearance of the
water taken from the hydrant fo1
the last few days.
In the machinery hall there
was a great variety of work in
the four or five departments in