Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-21
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
ADDRESS CITIZENS
Dean Scrusham and Professors Mack
and Knight Make Interesting
Dscourses

DIR. y. W. Hendrick, president of the
state university. and Professors
Scrugham, Knight and Mack. address.
cd fair sized audience at the court.
room last night on the aims and work
Of the university and its desire TO
serve the people of the state by dis
Scminating useful and practical infor-
nation to the housewives. farmers.
stock raisers and miners of the state
free of cost.
The tiIst speaker. Prof. Scrugham,
spoke along the lines OF enginecring
and what that department of the uni
verSity proposed to do in the way of
assisting in developing the under
ground water supply. He outlined
briefly the work the university could
and would do in assisting the farmers
OF the state in developing the under
ground water supply. providing such
assistance was needed and asked for.
His talk was interesting throughout
and well received
Prof. Knight of the agricultural dc.
partment outlined the work of that de-
partment and its desire to cooperate
with the farmers and their wives in
every possible way TO raise the plane
OF farm work and to make the farms
more productive. He spoke of the
work already done in the field of home
economies by Miss Norma Davis. He
spoke of the benefits the state was
sure to receive from the university if
the people would show the proper
spirit of cooperation. His depart
ment was ready and willing to fur
nish useful and practical information
to the farmers and their wives when
ever called upon. but the department
could do but little without the CO.
operation and assistance of those in
tcrested. lie received close attention
and made an excellent impression.
DR.. Mack of the bacteriology de-
parlmcnt spoke on infections diseases
of livestock and the work that depart
ment was ready and willing to do in
stamping out disease in the herds and
iiocks OF the state. lie said such dis
eases as hog cholera could be easily
stamped out with very little loss and
expense if the owners would cooperate
with the university and accept the as
sistance it was ready and willing to
give. lie said the most of the infecti-
Gus diseases of stock were prevent
able if proper precautions were TAX
On. He incidentally referred to the
South Fork horse disease and frank.
ly stated that he did not know what
ii was or how il could be successful
ly treated. lie had gone as far as he
could 20 i'm his investigation OF the
disease. He stated In conclusion that
the department was ready TO answer
all calls from livestock owners for as
sistanCc and that competent man
would leave Reno on the first train aT.
ter the call was received. In con.
ClusiOn, he said the department was
anxious to serve the stock interests of
the state, but without the hearty CO.
operation OF the people Interested but
little could be accomplished. He urg.
ed this cooperation as matter of
great Importance to the livestock in.
dustry of the state.
DR.. Hendricks was the next speak.
or lie discussed the aims and ideals
of the university and its relations to
thc people Of the state lie quoted
figures to show that the faculty OF the
university was not too large to do Of.
ncicnt work and also 10 show that
the state had not been cxtrayagant
In its treatment of the university. Dur
ing the last 2S years. the government
of the United States had given the
university nearly 100000 more than
the state had appropriated for It's sup
port. He spoke of the character of
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