Evening star., 1924-04-06
DEAN AT MARYLAND
TAKES UP RESEARCH
P. W. Thompson Granted Years
Leave for Plant Work at
Yonkers, N. Y.
BULL GETS STATE POST
Cotton Pickers' Annual Minstrel
Is Successful.
BY a stan Correspondent.

DJ c'dii correspondent
COLLEGE PARK, Md. April g.
Dean p. W. Zimmerman of the College
of Agriculture of the University of
Maryland has been granted a leave
of absence TO engage in advanced
work in plant research. He will be
away from College Park approx
mately a year. Most of his leave will
be spent at Thompson Institute for
Plant Research at Yonkers. N. Y.
During the absence OF Dean thinner
man, Profs. J. F.. Metzger and w. f.
Kemp will handle the executive work
of the College OF Agriculture. Mr.;
Kemp will be in charge of analrs OF
student business.
DIR. Il. c. Auchter has been elected
president of the Honorary society Oh
Phi Kappa Phi.
Fred Bull of the junior class IN the
College of Agriculture has been ap-
pointed temporary assistant to county
Agent A. d. Radebaugh OF Cecil county.
Radebaugh will spend much OF ms uine
in promoting the tomato INDUSTRY
throughout the state. and Bull will heip
in handling the details of the county
agent work.
Girls Are Entertained
Cabinet members OF the University
Y. W. c. A. recently were entertainsd
by like officers of the "" at Gallauuet
College. After inspection OF tne COZ,
lege at Kendall Green the MarSlahu
girls were guests at tea
c. c. Hamilton. associate state en-
tomoIogist, is engaged IN specla! ,riI "orK
at Kansas Agricultural College. he VIII
return in couple weeks.
O. w. Ande rson, graduate or Ciem- :
son College, and a graduate student at
Maryland University. has been appointea
assistant county agent of Harford
county. He succeeds CT. r Shuntz, noW
county agent of Charles county.
Dean A. ~ johnson of the engineer
ing college attended meeting OF the
board of directors of the American
Association of Engineers in chicago
the early part of the week.
Members of the extension service or
the university attended a recent meet
ing in Baltimore to discuss with rep
resentatives of the American Bank
ers' Association the possibilities
which Maryland bankers have to as
sist in a constructive agricultural pro-
gram for the state. Prominent bank
present. Among those from the uni
versity were DR.. T. r. Symons, DR..
F. 3. Bomberger, DIR. IL j. Patterson
and f.. J. Jenkins.
+. o.. Sanders OF the university is
spending some time on the eastern
shore conducting spraying tests and
Investigating the potato tuber en-
emies.
Or. f. c. Auchter is the author OF n,
bulletin just published by the eN-
tension service, entitled importance
of Proper Pollination of Fruit
Yields" 1t is q reprint of an address
given by him before the Peninsula
horticultural Society last November.
Walter d. Bromley of Pocomoke e
City. Md. has been elected president
of the Collegiate Y. NJ. c. A organ
lied at the university recently. Fred
L. Bull is vice president. Wilton A
Anderson is treasurer and Howard
w. England. secretary. About forty
signed as charter members.
Aubrey Wardwell and Walter
Bromley will represent the seniors
Southern Federation of College Stu
dents conference at the University of
North Carolina, April 10, IL and IL.
They were elected Wednesday at the
student assembly.
Dr. l. E. Cole, chief of the bureau
of animal industry of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
dinner and smoker in the dining hall
Thursday niGht. His subject was.
What Genetics viii Mean to the
Animal Breeders"
The Cotton Pickers, student min
streIs, coached by Untz Brewer. for
mer foot ball star, gave their third
annual performance Thursday night,
before a crowd that filled the audi
torium. Jimmie Naylor. speciality
a string quartet from the Capital
city gave their assistance. The show
far exceeded the average college
production.