Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

A new feature of student ond fac
ulty activity was inaugurated at the
Idaho Technical Institute last week
which promises to promote school spir-
lit and assure a clean campus. The
assembly on Wednesday declared a
holiday for Thursday afternoon and
organized the school into working units
which were under the direction OF
faculty leaders. Because there are
many returned soldiers in the school,
the organization took military form
naturally. Professor r. K. Miller was
sisted by Miss Esther Smith who or
ganizer the girls. A qnartermaster's de
partment was created to provide and
care for tools and equipment.
Seventeen squads of boys took care
of the football field. the tennis courts,
walks, drives and hedges.
Eight squads of girls aided by dig
ging dandelions and raking leaves
while the largest squad assumed COM
missariat duties.
After the squad work, a big bonfire
was built to complete the work and
celebrate the occasion, as well as to
provide a place round which to dis
burse the feed which the commissariat
squad and tho dining room force had
prepared.
An enthusiastic rally with singing
leader and yell master in the lead con-
Guided the celebration of the Techs
first Annual Campus day.
The Athenian and Century Literary
Societies at the Tech are reorganiz-
| ing for the coming year. The cam
paign for new members will be on next
week. Election of officers will close
that phase of their activity after which
plans are afoot for active participa-
ton in the Better English Week plans,
for contest work in debate and oratory
and for trial dramatic work which will
! later be organized into the annual
Stunt Night performances.
The literary societies of the Technf-
cal Institute have a tradition to uphold
and even property rights to maintain,
and their work is a vital part of the
school.
Professor N. B. Addison, who was
appointed by Governor Davis as mem
Der of the tuberculosis Relief Com
mission, is travelling with the Commits
sion and with their expert during the
past ten days. They are studying sites
and locations for the sanatoriums that
the state Is to build.
! President G. r. Frazier will give two
lectures Monday for the joint insti-
tute being held at Twin Falls. The re-
naming four days of the week he will
lecture daily at the joint Institute be-
ing held at Rexburg.
Professor c. N. Bowman, of the Fed
eral Board for Vocational Education,
visited the Technical Institute Friday
and arranged to have this institution
; made a reservoir" for men who have
been assigned for vocational training
: some of whom will remain here an6
others sent to other institutions tC
} study dentistry, medicine, pharmacy OIL
courses not taught by this institution
/ The Tech football team is steadily
. working into form and is playing thu
{ game as all lovers of the sport knew i
; In the good old days before the war
! The team has had only one real warm
ing up in preparation for the game
Friday with the u. A. c. Freshman
team. 1t played Idaho Falls a nothing
to nothing game on Friday, October
2, at Idaho Falls.
The lineup, subject to change, is:
Rom Kennedy, Captain.
Lair Finley Paul Hill. C.
Brown Kennedy, Richard Sutton. re
Jack Keane, TT.
Ed Norby, Aetna Gallup, re-.
Lawrence Cowman, DIT.
Budd Bliss, lie.
| H. c. Sautter, OBJ.
Bryan Hardinn, RIB.
The winter semester at the Tech will
open November 8. The courses offere,