The border vidette., 1931-03-14
UNIVERSITY or ARIZONA NEWS

University of Arizona (Tucson)
Miss Ida Tarbell, eminent wo
man journalist aud author who
is giving a course at the Univer
sity of Arizona this semester. is
making her Office on the univer
sity campus real clearing house
for the solution of co-educational
problems.
Daily, Miss Terbell is in con
ference with young women stu
dents who are seeking advice on
their life work, information on
different fields of endeavor and
solutions as to their college
problems.
The oo-eds from every part of
the state of Arizona and from all
over the union are in truth en-.
deavoring TO improve the gold
en- moment Of opportunity"
This week thirty girls met with
Miss Tarbell at fireside discus
sion at one Of the sorority houses
OI1 Vu0 upUS.
| During the conference it de
veloped that Miss TarbelI and
her college associates of 1877
back in Allegheny college in
Pennsylvania had much the same
problems as the modern coed of
today. The journalist told her
listeners that they had no soror
ity life in those days but that a
group of her congenial class
mates had joined together and
lived unoer the name of the
Pleiades.
During the remainder of her
stay at the university, Miss Tar
bell plans to meet with several
more groups Of girls as we'll as
to hold the conferences at her
Office. She maintains that the
problems of the students of today
are of vivid interest to her and
that being a part Of the life of
an educational institution is
really refreshing.
According to DR.. George W.
Barr, agricultural economist with
the University of Arizona, an
nual planting of more than IL,
600 acres of cantaloupes is not
warranted at this time.
| Doctor Barr has completed
survey of the industry in Ari.
zona and ia the Imperial valley
and believes that average yields
in the early maturing cantaloupe
sections in 1881 and an acreage
Iequal to that of 1880 will likely
result in decidedly lower prices.
| The University economist
| points out that in 1880 the grow
ers of the Imperial valley har,
vested $4,000 acres compared
with 38. 800 acres in 1929. This
was held to be an increase of 33
percent and an increase of Al
percent above that of the previ
Gus five year average.
Ia 1880 Yuma valley in Ari
4 zona produced LOO acres of can.
taloupes. These cantaloupes are
said to arrive on the market in
direct competition with the Tn
[perial valley products.
The survey also revealed that
shipments from the Salt River
valley in Arizona in 1880 total
ed 5,273 cars. The state total
| shipments have been on the in.
crease from year to year.
| DR.. Barr calls attention to the
fact that the severe competition
of many other fruits during the
cantalcupe season prevents any
great quantity of cantaloupes
being marketed at profit. He
believes the only expansion
should come with an increase in
consumer demands and a return
of normal purchasing ability on
the part of the general public.
| ANdtlOu3l StdtlSt t1CS COLu Dll0U
after survey of land grant
colleges and universities in the
United States reveal the fact
that University of Arizona stud
ents are neither light" nor
heavy" readers. They are about
medium.
With an average of nine books
borrowed from the library by
each student each year, the in.
stitution ranks twenty first in
list of thirty-two universities.
The heaviest" readers are at
the university of Wyoming where
each student reads an average
of thirty three books during the
school year. Rhode Island state
college is last on the list with
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