Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-09
Wisconsin Is Shown"

MADISON. WIS. April 5.-To d.nor-
s'ra'e TO tho citizens Of Wisconsin III.
most significant work of practicallv
cEcrF school. college and department
~ 'heir stat" university was tho fupc
uon OF the University Exposition nhich
ihH Just closed. It took 10000 sou,r.
rect or moor space in the university,
"rnory and the gymnasium adjoining
clRhty-hve exhibits. valued at S75.oO0
i"oVo te"t Of bunting. 5000 feet of
iu"ineT ana weeks and months OF prep
iration on the part OF the students who
made up the various committees to
stage the university in miniature
The armory is an immense place I'm,
II was none too large for the crowds
OF townspcoplc. out-of-town visitors
anu students that throngcd IL through.
out The three days Of the exposition.
indeed IL seemed almost too small to
contain the crowds aud the exhibits
which were arranged In booths around
IN" sides and down the center OF the
room, and which presented to the ewes
or the spectators the activities Of all
departments OF the university.
IL seems like large undertaking to
compress. even into area OF 40. 600
square feet of floor space, the doings
OF great university. hut somehow, il
had been done. From the booth of the
department OF military science and tao
tics, In which daily weather reports
were received by wireless from Wash
inEton. TO the stalls in the basement
whore do2cd the sleek. well-fcd cattle
from the university farm. the life OF tho
institution went or III miniature. A
little train. completely equipped with
an electric headlight, self-opcrating
switches. and set OF tiny electric sta
ton lights that turned on and OF as the
train moved around its elliptical track.
AL under the care of the students OF
structural engineering. was a neigh
boring aud rival attraction OF the wire
less station.
In an adjoining booth. lizards drew
their Shiny bodies around the sandy
floors of their aquariuIns and sleepy
hullfross eyed the visitor curiously
from their glass cages. They We're part
Of the exhibit of the department OF
graceful lake trout. soft shelled turtles.
and other queer beasts, domestic and
foreign.
There were skeletons and weird X-ray
pictures in the medical students booth,
together with instruments that show
cd the beating of ones heart, and told
tales about his Indulgence in the
o tobacco.
The physics booth displayed the pro-
cesses OF boiling liquid air on ice and
freezing various articles in liquid air.
Near il and in contrast came the CLASH
cal language section, and In spite OF
the fact that the task Of making an
attractive classical language display
seemed n hard one, the booth. with It's
walls decorated with lists of English
words OF Greek and Latin derivation.
drew its share OF attention.
Two hand presses printed papers for
the visitors. one operated by the Jour
nalism department, the other by the
students of agricultural journalism. and
nearby was model law office. com
pletc in every detail, even to it's cases
Of law books and IT'S railroad map
There were dolls playing tennis In
the women's athletics booth, and others
taking baskets OF food to suffering Eu-
hope In the section devoted to the
Young Womcn's Christian Associations
exhibit. The music school furnished
ment demonstrated various tests for
pure and adultorated foods. The school
of darying even made buttermilk,
which was supplied to the visitors. Tho
horticultural department exhibited q
complete fruit farm with trees in every
stage of growth. and windmill that
ran mcrrily. supplying water for the
most improved system of overhead ir-
r1gation."
Sleepy eyed rabbits, dozed In their
cages in support of certain theories OF
incredibly, and guinea pigs, the friends
of experimental science, looked out with
bright questioning eyes at their un-
usual surroundings.
In places, the soun- reminded one of
a county fair with the cackling of
chickens. the mooing Of cows, and the
Grunting of well-fed. comfortable pigs.
In another corner, an electric drill sent
out shower Of sparks and a deafening
din. and blending more or less harmon
iously with this, came the purring OF
al no
wheels, as various mechanical devices
revovcd churns or generated power
One of the most popular exhibits was
n model fve-room cottage. furnished by
the home economies class. The attrac-
lively furnished rooms were Irresistible
in their appeal. and yet n carefully pre-
pared table OF expenses gave the entire
cost as less than 1915. So, in charts
and machines. in growing plants md
living animals. the University OF Wis
consin exhibited itself, on small scale,
to the visitors at the exposition.