Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
DR.AUCHTER NAMED
DELEGATE FOR U. S.
To. Attend Three Big Plant
Meetings Abroad-U. of M.
Enrolment Starts.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, June 2s.--
DR.. e. c. Auchter, advisory head Of the
department of horticulture of the Uni
versity Of Maryland and principal hor-
ticulturist in charge of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has
been appointed official representative of
this country at three international
plant congresses In Europe during the
Summer.
His first. meeting will be the Inter-
national Congress on Subtropical Agri-
culture at Antwerp, Belgium, late in
July. Then he will go to London where
he will attend the International Horti-
cultural Congress from August z to IS
and where he will present a paper, by
request, entitled, American Expert
ments in the Propagation of Decidous
Fruit Plants by Stem and Root Cut
ting"
DR.. Auchter also will be in attendance
at the International Botonical Con-
gress at Cambridge, England, from Au-
gust 16 to %.
DR.: Auchter also has been appointed
by the United States Government as
the American representative on the
executive committee for future interna-
tional horticultural congresses.
Although 1t has been less than three
weeks since President Raymond Allen
Pearson OF the University of MARYLAND
presented degrees and diplomas to
nearly $50, the Old Line school already
Is busy with the enrolment for the
1930-3l term.
A great majority Of the students for
the incoming freshman class like to
get In their credits early so that II
there should be any complications thev
may be Strengthened out before the
yearlings" report on September l6.
Many names are on the list In the
registrars Office and the applications
are reaching College Park steadily.
Last years freshman class was a
record-breaker, but 1t is probable that
the one reporting next Fall will ex-
coed it.
In the meantime the university will
have held the rural women's short
course, conducted six weeks of Sum-
mer school and entertained the All
Club boys and girls. With the last
named completing their visit on August
IL, there's hardly time left to do the
necessary renovating and cleaning up
before the regular term begins
Maryland's new library, which also
VIII contain the Offices of President
Pearson, H. c. Byrd. assistant presi-
dent, and other administrative officials
is expected to be occupied when the in
stitution reopenS.
Facilities to be added in the near
future include an addition to the enpi-
neering building, a control heating
plant, horticultural structure, dormi-
tories Tor men and women and other
improvements.
A field house. to include a small in
door stadium for playing basket ball,
Is the leading addition planned for the
athletic facilities, which now are among
the best in the South.
Figures just compiled by the chem
lstry department of the university show
that the class in cumulative ANALYSIS
met an unusual test during the l929-3O
term.
Part of the final examination for each
student consisted of the ANALYSIS of
samples Of commercial steel and iron.
When the student reported the result
he obtained they were compared with
tne results found by the United States
Bureau of Standards.
Paul M. Ambrose of Ieeonier. Pa
whose average results differed from
those obtained by the Bureau of Stand
ARDS by only n-thousandths Of l
per cent. was the outstanding member
of the class
The following table gives the results
obtained by other members of the class
with the difference from the Bureau of
Standards:
F. P. Veitch. College Park. O.0l5: A.
D. Bowers. Hagerstown, O.010: Wilhel-
nina Knoll, Washington, 00l5: Oscar
Spencer, Washington. 0.017: Thomas
Jackson, Hyattsville, 0.021; Albert
Heagy, Washington, 0.026; John P.
Allen, Baltimore, OOPS; Marjorie Glass
Clarendon, Va, 0.055 Mary Rooms,
College Park, 0.040; William, Crentz,
Washington, 0.068, and william P.
Hartge, Galesville. 0.o7O.
The elements determined were man
ganese, chromium, nickel, copper, sill
con, phosphorus and arsenic. None of
the students had had any previous in
Struction in cumulative analysis before
entering the class. The method was
adopted to eliminate any guesswork on
the part of the instructor as to the
students ability.
DR.. L. B. Broughton is head of the
chemistry department and DR.. r. C.
Wiley Is in direct charge Of cumulative
chemical analysis.
DR.. e. c. Auchter, head of the de-
partment of horticulture at the uni
versity. has been elected president of
the Sigma XII Fraternity, with DR.. w.
B. Kemp OF the department of agron-
omy and genetics vice president and
DR.. M. M. Haring of the department of
chemistry secretary-treasurer.