The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-02
OPENING OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY

, on the University campus. The upper
classmen are nearly all back and
wearing their dignities with a proper
degree of unconsciousness of the awe
I they inspire among the lower class
men. The Juniors are wearing broad
smiles because their hereditary pro-
teges, the freshmen, this year are so
abundant and husky looking. The only
group wearing anything like wor-
ried look are the Sophs., who are ap-
palled at the outlook for trouble on
| their hands in dominating the Fresh
! les.
Last year the present Sophs. were
greeted, on their arrival as Freshies,
with a terrifying sophomore procla-
nation, surmounted with the skull
and eross-bones, and informing them
| in scathing language where 10 head
| in. The results were momentous and
/ for a considerable time eclipsed the
struggle between the European pow
ers in local interest.
With all the serious problems of
class supremacy and prestige to be
maintained at any cost there is fine
| spirit this year on the campus. The
students seem to have the true col
| lege spirit and sense of loyalty to the
University in a far greater degree
/ than ever before There is fine body
/ of young men and women this year
| on the hill, and all indications point
to the largest attendance and the
most successful year in the history
of the University.
New Faculty Appointments
DR.. Frank Marion Russell, a grad
uate of Stanford University and later
of Columbia, has been appointed pro-
fessor of history and political science
in the University. DR.. Russell is an
able man in his department and comes
with strong recommendations from
President Wilbur of Stanford and also
from the members of the history de-
partment of Columbia University. He
took his A. B. degree in law at Stan
ford in 1912, and his A. NJ. in history
in 1913, and his Pm. ID. at Columbia
in 1915. He has taught as assistant
in the department of history and eco
Monies at Stanford from 1912 to 1915.
His work in the University will be
particularly along the lines of politi-
cal science and government
DR.. George II. Allen, who for years
was professor of Latin in the Uni
yersity of Cincinnati, has been ap-
pointed to a position on the Univer-
sity faculty as assistant to DR.
Church Mr.. Allen was an ex-Fellow
| in the American School of Classical
Studies at Rome and student of the
| University of Berlin. He will be a
strong addition to the faculty of the
University, and. as he is a much trav-
eled man and very charming lee
turer should be greatly enjoyed by
the townspeople.
Mr.. c. p. Campbell, for the past
year assistant professor of electrical
engineering, has been granted leave
of absence for a year. and his place
is to be filled by Mr. Henry Martin,
Jr., who is a graduate from Brooklyn
Polytechnic Institute.
Miss Elizabeth Kempton of Spring
field. Massachusetts. has been appoint
ed to the position of mistress of Man
zanita hall and supervisor of the
commons. Miss Kempton is a young
woman of exceptional training and
ability along housekeeping lines, hav-
ing had a wide experience in the or
ganiZation and conduct of the house
keeping of both boys and girls
schools. Miss Kempton graduated
from Taconic school in Connecticut
and later spent FIVE years as the
housekeeper for this school, From
1914-1f16 she was the housekeeper
for Loomis Institute. Windsor, Con-
necticut. Miss Kempton will have
full charge of the life i'm the girls
residence hall and of the University
commons, and is of such pleasing
personality and sterling character
and possessed of such organizing
ability as to add very greatly to the
attractiveness of college life for the
Young men and women who are resi-
dent students at the University.
Course in Concrete Molding
The mechanical engineering depart
nent of the University is offering a
course in concrete molding, which is
listed as Mechanic Arts g. The course
covers the making of concrete forms
FOR pottery, decorative panels, etc.
IL is especially planned for teachers
and was given for the first time dur
ing the summer session. The course
appealed greatly TO the rural teachers
who were here during the summer
and il has been decided by the depart
ment to offer the course regularly to
the University students.
DIR, Louise Fargo Brown will give
two courses in history the coming
semester, American history and Eng
lish political history.
Rhodes Scholarship Examination
Candidates for the Rhodes scholar
ship will find the schedule of the ex
animation much simpler in the future