Arizona republican., 1920-09-28

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tue son, Sept. 26.-The university opened Tuesday, September 21, with the larg est enrolment in its history. Enroll ment for new students was held Fri day and Saturday and for old students Monday. Such numbers of students crowded the agricultural building that it was impossible to finish registration on these days. Registration will con- tInue throughout the week. University authorities announce that there will be total of fourteen hundred students when complete registration figures are available. Thursday night about nine hundred had registered with an aver age of twenty new students coming each day.
 The housing situation is much more serious than ever before. With Mari copa hall, the magnificent new wo- mems dormitory, finished it has still been necessary to use Pima hall again and to find rooms for many students in town. Guy Harris, the I. NJ. C. A. secretary on the campus, has requested that anyone having rooms for rent near the campus list them in the presidents office. and a house to house canvas has been made by a committee ofSstu- dents through the entire university community. Plans are now peIng made by Dr. Jameson, dean of women, to take a house near the campus for the girls who are forced. to live off the CdInpuS- The elgnL fraternity houses are overflowing also.
 Because of the unprecedented in crease in the enrolment fifteen new professors have been added to the university faculty this year. At the first assembly of the school year in the auditorium Tuesday morning President von KIeinSmid introduced them to the student body.
 Colonel Epes Randolph, chancellor of the university and president of the board of regents, and the other mem bers of the board attended the as sembly and were introduced. They are Tim Reardon. food director for the state during the war; c. o. Case, sup erintendent of public instruction and ex-officio member of the board; MT. Compton, secretary of the body. and MT. Hudson of Tempe, who has ren- dered great service in establishing the colt industry of the state.-
 sIt is always a great happiness said the president, ito present to the student body men and women who come to us for the first time" Dr. J. O. Creager, ex-president of the North ern Arizona Normal school, comes to the university as director of the school of education.
 After three years of absence in war work at Washington, A. O. Neal re- turns to his old position as registrar and in addition as director of exten sion work in the state. Professor E. R. Riesen, who acted as registrar dur ing Professor Nears absence, will de- vote his entire time to teaching this year.
 pr. F. P. Daniels comes highly rec commended from the school of mines of Missouri as assistant professor of TO- nance languages.
 Assisting in the department of social science is Professor R, M. Howard from the University of New Mexico and formerly of the school of com merce, Oregon Agricultural college.
 Miss Julia Atkinson, acting principal of the Tncson high school last year and later assistant principal, comes as assistant professor in mathematics.
 Howard Estill, who has distinguished himself as a student here and at Har- ward, where he has been studying the past year, comes back to serve his alma mater in the chemistry depart ment.
 Dr. K. w Jameson, the new dean of women holds the degrees of A. B. and A. NJ. from Ohio Wesleyan. She comes to Arizona from the Montana state university, where she has been dean of women for several years.
 To the department of domestic science comes Miss Helen Hahn, who has been serving the state at large in the establishment of vocational Work, and Miss Louise Lacey.
 After a years leave of absence studying in institutions. in other parts of the country, Miss DeEossette Thomas returns as head Of the depart ment of home economies.
 R. B. Thompson will have charge of the poultry husbandry department. and Miss Edna Oakley will assist in the de- partment of romance languages.
 Not new to this state and born In this vicinity, is Colonel C. C. smith oi the military department. Colonel Smith holds the congressional medal of honor for his services in the Indian uprisings in the Dakotas in the early nineties He has also been military attaehe Tn Colombia and Venezuela, and governor of the Lake Lanac province, Manitoba He saw service in Europe during the World war.
 Mrs. R. J. Adams. wife of the late R T Adams of the Steinfeld Grocery company, will be in charge of Marico- pa hall the new women's dormitory In charge of Pima hall is Mrs. Ellis from the University of Colorado. MT and Mrs. Neal will live in South hal and Mr. Ehle will be the bead resident . of Arizona hall.
 University Notes
 Mrs T. R. Blair, has returned iron her former home in Illinois where sh' has gone because of sickness in he family.
 Misses Genevieve Cope and Helei Casey of Phoenix arrived ThursdaI
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