Arizona republican., 1917-06-18
The Umiversity Of
 AylzOm0 amd the War

which, while valua ble, often extends
 over periods of years, has been al
 most entirely laid aside for the inn
 mediate need and the work of many
 of the men of that department de- voted to the problems confronting az ricultural extension service.
 Many have been the changes, ad- ditions and improvements in the az ricultural extension service during the past few months. Helping the fam fly to raise more food and helping the housewife to use it more eco- nomically. A special act of congress has allowed the placing of more
 county agricultural agents, and there will be one in practically every agri cultural county in the state of Ari zona, whose duty it will be to make the farmers problem his problem; to assist the farmer in his machinery
 selection, his labor problem, his crop problem. There are also two women county agents who will both preach
 and practice the elimination of waste. under the efficient direction of l.. . S. Parke state leader of boys ano girls clubs, this work has grown to i almost enormous proportions, for to- day the labor of two thousand boys and girls of the state of Arizona is utilized in canning clubs. poultry clubs, pig clubs, grain clubs, and clubs of every description This work is most important in that it's results
 are far reaching. It not alone in-
 creases the productive labor of the
 state but it stimulates an interest in
 the problems of the farm. It de- velops an ability on the part of our
 boys and girls to a keen and whole some competition.
 The food survey of the state being undertaken at the instance of the 1 State Counsel of Defense, is very closely connected with the university and the agricultural extension service. much of the actual survey work be-
 ing done by the county agents. In
 very short time it will be known eX-
 acty how much of each and every
 kind of food that this state may be
 depended upon to produce, and what
 is more important. it will be known just now much of the state that is not now productive may be made so. A problem of very particular interest to the farmer is being solved by the labor survey, which will be under the direction of farm labor specialist who
 will be detailed to Phoenix by the United States department of agrlcui- ture in cooperation with the unlVer- sity. Probably no industry IS up against a more real problem than the
 
 { a lot of labor for short periods, and by J the establishment of a central agency much of this trouble will be opviated The state pure food laboratory To- cated at the university is doing anotn- CT important part in the food conser- vation work. Miss Jane Ryder is now ! touring the state of Arizona enllghten- 1 ing the Women's clubs on the chemls- try of foods, the proper use or suDsu- ! .tl, ha n . a 1 lasting benefit from this great work on ] the study of food conservation, for even l though the war may end tomorrow. | much of the waste heretofore prac- , ticed will be stopped for there is no 1 dsputing the fact that the American 1 people have been a wasteful nation 1 The state bureau of mines has so i altered it's work that it is devoting ! practically its entire attention to the 1 problems of the war. The production | and metallogy of what are known as i the war minerals is receiving paruc- ! ular attention This state is capable Of 1 producing large supplies of tungsten, ! vanadium, and molybdenum which are 1 greatly needed for war purposes and { which exist in quantity in this state Tn ! more or less refractory form Research
 work is going on in many parts of the ] state under the direction of the state ] bureau of mines, tending toward so- 1 lution of the problems Occasioned by l these metals.
 The safety department Of the Arl-
 zona state bureau of mines Will devote 1 great deal of it's attention to Red
 Cross training work and health conser-
 vation for sickness in this time of need 1 is an economic loss which may possibly ] be avoided.
 Plans are under way for the devei- l, opment of a three year course doing ] the work that is now dcne in four ! years in enc less year by the addition 1 of a summer session. This is the uni versity's answer to the request to speed up production. This plan offers sever | al practical difficulties for course must be arranged without duplication 1 which may be taken in either three or | four years for such a large part of the 1 students of the University of Arizona l are self supporting and so dependent upon some occupation that they would 1 have to utilize the summers for the
 recovery of depleted purses.
 | Many ask what the indications are 1 for the university for next year. It is highly probable that owing to the fact l that practically every senior and junior
 is now in government service, that ] there will be a decrease in the upper | classes among the men students but 1 the realization that women are more needed than ever will probably cause an increased enrolment of women in | the upper classes. The fact that the | university of Arizona is one of the | cheapest schools in the country to at [ tend. yet as efficient as any, and the l fact that many people will be looking 1 toward-a conservation of their finan- | cial resources next September will | probably mean the entrance of many | Of the women students from other and more expensive colleges in the Univer- l sity of Arizona.
 | In the freshman and sophomore | classes it is anticipated that there will 1 be a greatly increased enrolment for 1 the students of these classes are gen. l orally too young to go directly into | government service yet the true Amer | ican spirit of our young manhood of 1 today will cause them to prepare for | government service even before their ] age of enlistment The eIsity does 1 not want men who should be in nation i al service. The university is no refuge | for "slackers" but is does desire every, i man in the state to be in the place of | his great possible service. If that l place be the army, the university | wishes you there, but if that place be I the scientific laboratory that is the l place you should be.
 | Yet with all the changes that the university has had in the past fey | months, it is the slogan, Business as usual" as it's by-word. War work | is in addition to the regular routine. 1 For there would be nothing more detrimental to the stability of the in-