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University, to be used in the World's Fair
exhibit.
The Misses Myers of last year's '95 were
renewing acquaintances last week. The only
thing lacking was Summers, '95, to complete
the trio.
There will be one or two changes in the
Agricultural department in July, consequent
upon the retirement of Dr. Billings and Pro
fessor F. W. Taylor.
Miss Elizabeth Wilder of Topcka visited
her sisters, Anne and Kate Wilder last week.
Miss Wilder has charge of the Latin
department in the Topeka High School.
The chorus is practicing the cantata,
"Tonggerburg", by Rheinbergcr, for the
commencement concert. They are also pre
paring an anthem for the address to the sen
iors. Last Wednesday evening . instead of or
chestra rehearsal, a reception was given to
the members of the orchestra by Mr. and
Mrs. Menzendorf at their home on Twelfth
street.
The Chemical and Botanical departments
are doing work on wheat, which will appear
in Bulletin No. 30. Dr. Billings has No. 31
nearly completed and it will soon go to the
printer.
A recital was given Friday night at Ash
land by Mr. Menzendorf's class in music.
Mr. Lehmer and others assisted. Mr. Men
zendorf has been teaching there for the past
three years.
A. W. Wigglesworth, graduate this year
from Cornell Universitr, comes soon to
take a course in Analytical Sugar Chemistry
as applied to factory control, under Prof.
Nicholson.
Mr. George B. Frankforter, '88, who has
just finished with great credit a three year's
course in chemistry at the University of
Berlin, Germany, will take Prof. Lyon's
place during his absence.
Mr. T. L. Lyon, instructor in Agricultural
Chemistry, has been granted leave of ab
sence, and will sail about June 1st for Europe.
He will spend a year in the laboratories at
Halle and Gottingcn, Germany.
The Chemical Department is making care
ful preparation for the experimental work in
the sugar beet industry for the coming season.
During the vacation just passed, over three
hundred fifty beet analysis were made.
James McCrosky '91 spent a couple of
days visiting friends at the University. He
is now employed as an expert by the Wcst
inghouse Electric Company, at Pittsburg.
He will have charge of that company's ex
hibit at the World's Fair.
The base ball manager has received fa
vorable replies from K. U. and Baker Col
lege in regard to the base ball trip south.
Washburn college is yet to be heard (rom,
and if the reply is favorable, the team will
make the much talkcd-of trip.
Professor G. W. Buflrun of the University
of Wyoming, at Laramie City, was a guest
of Professor Ingcrsoll while looking over our
University and its work. Professor Buffrun
was enroute to Chicago to install and care
for the exhibit of his own state at the World's
Fair.
W. L. Stockton, 92, has been appointed
superintendent of the Evansville Street Rail
way Company of Evansville, Ind., to succeed
F. G. Daniels who leaves for New Haven to
construct a road there. This certainly speaks
well for the department of Electrical Engin
eering. The following, clipped from "The Sugar
Cane", published in Manchester, England,
certainly shows the recognition which the
work of the Nebraska State University re
ceives .'ibroad :
"We notice that the Nebraska Sugar
school, in connection with the State Univer
sity at Lincoln, (Neb., U. S. A.) commenced
its second session on the 27th of January.
The success of last year's proceedings has
encouraged the managers to include instruc
tion in all the most important operations
connected with the beet sugar industry.
?Jlc.rc. arc " cJlargcsfor admission or tuition.
This is somewhat ahead of anything we have
yet arrived at."
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