Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-21
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
Several of the Faculty Have Not
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SeverRI Of the Faculty Have Not
Yet Returned from Europe.
The rhetorical department OF the Unit
versity Of Nebraska will start the semes-
ter with at least part OF the de-
partment missing. Prof. T. NJ. Buck. jr,
is probably on his way across the Allan
tic now. but will not arrive in time for
the opening Of class work. In the offices
OF the department nothing was known OF
the whereabouts of Profs Gass and Frye,
both Of whom we're I'm Europe at the out
break OF hostillties. Assistant Prof. Nc
Phee. Miss Helen Mitchell and Searle
Davis will conduct all class work until
! the arrival of the missing professors
Miss Mitchell arrived I'm Lincoln a few
days ago. after spending two exciting
weeks in Paris at the beginning Of the
war.
! The botany department will suffer some
what from the war. according to Or.
! Bessey Already the German botanical
publications have ceased coming. mum
Der Of fine microscopes and apparatus
that were ordered some time ago have
failed to arrive, and are thought to have
been held up indefinitely in passage A
| special Photographic apparatus for micro
|
missed from the work of the deartment
| this year.
The motion picture films of the state
Conservation and Public Welfare commits
sion are to be in extensive use during the
fall term Of county fairs. For this week
| DR.. Condra is arranging 70 FIJI three en-
gagements On the 22d he will be at Nell
son; at Alma on the 2Sd, and at Loup
City on the oath and 25th. other engage
ments are scheduled for later in the
month and next month.
! DIR. Bessy has received box Of Ameri-
| can grown dates from the director OF the
| Arizona experiment station at Temple,
| Ariz. The dates are fully the equal of
| any foreign grown dates, according to DR..
/ Bessey, and grow remarkably well IN the
hot climate Of that particular part of
Arizona.
| The work of the annual student hand
book is being pushed to early completion
this fall. Published under the auspices
OF the Young Mems and Young Women's
! Christian associations, the book will be
edited by H. G. Hewitt, rs The publica-
ton Is expected TO appear several weeks
earlier than it has in the past.
| In the soil survey course XIII, a num-
| Der OF assistants who have had special
training are to be used this year Mr..
Meyers of the government soil survey,
and Prof Bennington and Mr., Skinner of
| the department, will be on hand. Mr..
Ruby, who has been In the government
Topographic survey in Wyoming. will ar
| rive soon TO assist in the work OF topog-
raphy.
| j. T. Tate and A. O. Tool, instructors
in the department Of physics, are ma
rooned in Europe and have not been
heard from since the war broke out.
Prof. r. J. Morrill, reports that the reg
istration in the department of forestry
will be approximately what 1t was last
year number of the men who have
been in the field this summer will not re-
turn until October, but the work of the
department goes on regardless
F. ]. Pipai. A. B. 'O7. A. NJ. II. is beins
lauded as the savior Of large part of
the Indiana crops. following OF his dis
covery of successful method of destroy
ing the pernicious wild garlic. He is
demonstrating for the Indiana College OF
Agriculture.
Or. and Mrs Fordyce spent ten days
during the first part of September hunt
ing and fishing in the Big Horn noun
tains.> They returned in time for regis
tration, and Dean Fordyce reports that
the registration in the teachers college
will exceed that OF last year by con
siderable number.
A. r. Sylvester, who has been secured
in the place of c. c. Reynolds as gym
nasium instructor, arrived in the city
yesterday, He is a Princeton student
holding the same position there as he will
have here,