Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-31
Engineering School at Univer-
Sity to Pay More Attention
to Ore Work.
PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
Prof. TerriII Of Columbia University
to Have Charge of the New De-
partment.


the University of Kansas have been
finished, according to an announce
ment by Dean P. F. Walker of the
School of Engineering the other day.
An additional professor, Arthur c.
Terrill, from Columbia University, has
been added to the departments
faculty. Professor Terrill will have
charge of the courses in ore dressing
and mining. Heretofore the head of
the department of mining engineering
has had only the rank of associate
professor, but with the coming of Mr..
Terrill the head will be a full pro-
lessor.
This step has been taken after the
decision of the board of administra-
ton several months ago that the work
in mining engineering had become so
important that an enlargement of the
course was necessary said Dean
Walker. THE lead and zinc indus
tries of Kansas are of great impor-
lance and since the beginning of the
war the demand for both these pro-
ducts has greatly increased. We in
tend to turn out graduates from this
department who will be able to go
into these mines and apply the most
economical and modern methods to
the mining and refining OF the ores"
Hit by Foul Ha1i.-forace Lemon,
80 years old, official scorekeeper in
the Twilight League, was struck on
the head by a foul ball in game be-
tween the Olathe fire department. and
the OIathe Cubs. The blow produced
a conclusion of the brain and he has
been unconscious ever since. Paysi-
clans say he may not recover, as his
spine is also affected.
Pittsburg Banker Dies.-John R.
Lindburg, president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Pittsburg for twenty
eight years, died recently in Denver.
Mr.. Lindburg. accompanied by Mrs.
Lindburg, had left for a vacation in
Colorado. He was in good health
when he left.
Shotgun Killed chiId.-valirea, the
young daughter of V o. Harvey,
farmer in the east part of Pratt coun-
ty, was killed recently by discharge
from a shotgun that had been left in
a wagon in which the girl was playing.
Fine Cattle outiookeNot in many
years. according to Chase county cat
tlemen, has the outlook in the cattle
business been so favorable as at pres
emit.
Free Aged Woman convict.-The-
resa Rath, 50 years old, convicted
in Usage City of the murder of her
sonin-law, has been released from the
state prison under the provisions of
the new 'Truskett Bill"
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Rural Leaders SchooI.-A ten days
course in special instruction for rural
leaders opened at the state agricul-
tural college recently, with lecture
by ]. NJ. Gillette, professor of sociol-
ogy at the University of North Dako-
ta- One hundred persons are enrolled
in the course which is the fifth the col
lege has conducted in connection with
its summer school
Baker Gets New Professor.-Prof
C. H. May of Urbana, o., has been
chosen as the head of the Greek de-
partment in Baker University in the
absence of Professor Elbright.
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Gave a SchoIarship.-A scholarship
in the school of milling at the agri-
cultural college at Manhattan has
Deen given by the Kansas Flour Mills
Company. which operates eight mills
in the state. The money will keep one
student a year in the school. Pro-
visions of awarding the scholarship
will be made and governed by the
college faculty.
Made Bomb of Beer Keg.-Tony
Skerbinek and Victor Zinnie of Ringo
decided to celebrate independence
day with some noise. They filled a
small beer key with powder, inserted
a fuse in the bung and then held a
match to it Something went wrong.
the powder exploded prematurely and
as a result Zinnie is near death in a
'hospital at Girard and Skerbinek is
at home badly burned.
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Minister Dies.-The Rev. Thomas
Penick, II years old. died suddenly at
Wellington of cerebral hemorrhage-
He had been prominent in the minis
try of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church and had held pastorates in
Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas.
Lightning Burned Depot-The Mis-
souri, Pacific depot at Washington was
struck by lightning the other morning
and burned to the ground The storm
was one of the most severe electrical
disturbances in years. The residence
of H. C. Hill was also struck and Mrs.