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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS
University of Arizona (Tucson)
Oct. 21.- Alumni and home
coming day at the University OF
Arizona this year, November /.
will witness one of the most ex
tensive programs of entertain.
ment ever planned.
Faculty and students of the
state institution are cooperating
to make the day of the football
game between the varsity and
Pomona college an exciting event
on the fall calendar.
Outstanding features of the
program include a parade, organ
ization banquets, class reunions
and the game. The entire Stu.
dent body is backing the plans
for the parade and house enter.
tainment and committees have
already begun to have daily
meetings.
The day will begin with re.
gistration for the alumni in the
new coffee shop at the university
com mons. This place of regis.
tration will be the general head.
quarters for the former students
and an information bureau under
the direction of the alumni secre.
tary will be maintained through.
out the day.
After a luncheon for the differ.
ent classes, there will be parade
through the business district.
The parade will consist of floats
that will emphasize the funny
side of college life and will in.
clude several musical organiza-
tions. In addition to the floats
and bands there will be decorat.
ed automobiles representing stu.
dents and merchants.
The parade is to proceed
directly to-the stadium arriving
there shortly before the game.
Last year Pomona defeated Ari.
zona at Phoenix. 1913. That
victory gave Pomona 3 games
compared to 2 Arizona victories
IN the last five contests.
Appointment Of Donald B. Ell.
mes as an assistant agricultural
agent at Yuma was announced
today by P. H. Ross, director of.
the agricultural extension service
A new agent at Yuma has.
been made possible, Mr.. Ross
stated. through additional funds.
made available by the U. S. de.
partment of agriculture. Special
funds are available under the
provision made for governments
reclamation projects.
Mr.. Elmes is a graduate of the
Iowa state agricultural college
at Amos. Iowa. He is q special.
ist in farm management and re.
lated studies.
The appointment of an assis.
tant agent under the govern.
ment plan is the first to be made
IN Arizona. The Yuma area is
the only project within the state
that is under the government,
recla nation service. Mr.. Elmes
is now resident of Phoenix.
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Choice of two Arizona stu.
dents to represent the state in
the competition for the Rhodes
scholarships available in the
! Arizona district is to be made
this month according to an an.
nouncement released by DR..
Homer Leroy Shantz, secretary
of the committee of selection in
the state.
Four Rhodes scholarships for
the year beginning in the fall of
1881 are now available in-the
Arizona district which includes
fsix states. Under the new provi.
sions of the scholarship state
nominates two candidates each
year and these com pete with
candidates from six other states.
Out or the twelve candidates.
four are chosen to go to Oxford.
Thus for the first time Arizo.
na may either place two students
at Oxford next fall or none at
all. The candidates now living
in Arizona or attending Arizona
colleges include ]. r. McCul.
lough, Tucson; W. G. Avery.
Prescott; Charles Hitch, Boone.
vile, Mo Robert Kruse. Rock
River, Ohio, and Carl Miller,
Tucson.
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