Wgrw& iJI 4-' . , , 'V v -'S'FTi -T sW8&fiF"- --rr--afc.-1"' y-.r V , " i s 1 Gbe Balls Web r ae foa n fr- fc , r. ?, . . w . 1 i?; e- . . j ,v ' h- n . ; tn Tho Year in tho Dopartments. (C'cint liiurcl fiom page f.) In t lio ;oiTHtiy work next year an early crop It Ih assured that tlio hiironii at Washington Ih looking with much fa voi on tho Nebiaska depart ment, and (insiders It one of tho best. The now coumc In forestry Is practical ly under tlic direction of the national bureau. PiofcsFor V K Miller having been nominated by the huioau and from among the men In the bureau ItHelf This Ik the Hint time that any thing of the sort was ever done In America He l a graduate of the Uni versity of Iowa and will noon take h is degree In foreHtry from Yale. UchiiUh of special investigation liave proved veiy satisfactory Professor Messcy lias an aitlcle now In the hands of I lie prlntei on "Structure of the Lower Fungi. " including a description of many of the moles, some parasitic and some that live on decaying mat ter. Professor Metcalf's thesis on "A New Disease of the Sugar Peel." pre sented fac ts that were absolutely new to the scientist. Professor Sheldon's thesis was on ' Infection and Parasit ism In the Urecllneae, Studies of the IIubIh of the Carnation. Asparagus and the Inrasltlsni of Darluea Fllum." TheHe fungi were already known, but the thesis collects matei lal and pushes the Investigation much further than It was ever carried before Professor Clements has published a list of plants that contributes to geographical bot nny. and it has been well received all over the world. He also published. In the University Studies, a paper on the use of Greek and Latin names, that at once attracted wide attention in this country. The paper suggests a revi sion of the naming of plants. The work In plant pathology by P. .1 O'Gara and Geo L Miles has proved that bac terial rot Is of small com men In Im portance, and what lu,w V..-eii called root-gall ''. r. .raska Is haimlcss rfKp M The Famous 4 4 Varsity ' ' The "Varsity" styyle as first produced and as continued this season by Hart, Schaffner & Marx. Is rdmitted to be the most stylish, snappy jj sack suit in the market. It is particularly a young man's style; has W the Jaunty, "snappy" effect prized so highly by youthful men. What we mean by youthful men is that vast army of men between the ages U of 18 and 30 years. With these men the "Varsity" is particularly adapted. They possess every point of style that thc3e particular, even tJK fussy, men demand. The tailoring and shaping of these garments is r) as carefully done as if they weie the result of custom work. Prices $12.50, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00 Armstrong: Clothing Co. I 1221 to 1227 O Street Lincoln, Neb. Mathematics The work of this depaitment is in charge of Professor Davis, Assistant Professor Hodgman. Adjutant Profes sors Candy, Chatburn. and Morltz. Mr. Engberg. Miss Franklsh. and Miss Puffer. Dr Mm it, returned at the be ginning of the present school year after having been abroad a year, tak ing his second doctor's degree at Strassburg Miss Puffer was also add ed this year, and granted a fellowship, i here are fourteen courses offered, which are practically the same as last year, with the exception of Dr Davis' courses In higher mathematics, which me chanced fiom vear to year One new course was also added, and taught. In connection with the department of botany by Mr Engberg A number of papers have been furnished for va rious periodicals "The Mathematics of the Theory of Evolution." was pub lished in the current number of Uni versity Studies, and a paper concerning Dr. Sherman's statistical methods in literature by Dr Morlt.. will be pub lished in the next number of the same Two papeis by Dr. Davib on "(i roups in Logls" were published In the bul letins of the Mathematical society, and one by Mr. Fergusen on "Problems in Projective Geometry." Professor Candy Is working on the abridgement of his Analytic Geometry, and upon a work on Solid Analytics. To render the work of computing in biometry possible, a Bruhns Vega calculating machine has recently been purchased. In conjunction with the engineering lepartment On the whole, the work of the past year has been most satisfactory. ffl History The department of American his tory has this year been growing at a rapid rate, and those who are con nected with the department have made valuable discoveries as a result of careful investigation The total en rollment reaches about 400. an Increase of fifty over that of last year, and eighty over that of the year before. The courses offered in American his tory have been the same as were given last year, but some changes are now being made for next year's work. About 100 lantern slides have been se cured, Illustrative of the history of our country, and will be used in the lec ture voom. Other slides will be added to the number as opportunity offers. A large number of illust rathe maps and diagrams have also been prepared during the year The library, too. has been increased by the addition of se- eral hundred olumes, duplicates being secured in several Helds in which large classes were at work. These duplicate books have been purchased in part by the University, but mostly by the classes themselves, who liberally do nated the same to the department. Along the line of special investigations several Interesting discoveries have be"cn made. The seminar in the study of Nebiabka hbtory obtained, primari ly through Mr. Sheldon, a large num ber of letters, documents, and other papers of the first governor and sec retary of the territory or Nebraska Hint and Cuming. Many of these have never been published, and throw considerable light on the early history of the state. New material has also been found bearing upon the Kansas Nebraska bill. Investigation shows that one of the motives for making two territories arose in a struggle be tween Chicago and St. Louis for the tprnitniis of the overland railroad. Chicago contended for two territories, and St. Louis objected. This upsets the old theory that slavery was the sole cause of the trouble. Commercial reasons were an Important factor. The seminar on statistical study of the negro problem has also made impor tant discoveries, which appear to clear ly indicate that the future outlook for the negro is none too bright. The death-rate in the black race Is fuund to be about twice that ot whites, due principally to consumption and other functional diseases. These facts rather point to the (Inal solution of the negro problem in this country. Hesicies tnese discoveries, the early history of claim clubs in Nebraska has been thorough ly worked out. It has been found that all lands taken up in the state between '54 and "57. just previous to the survey, were under the control of these clubs. B v carefully tabulating historical facts, the students in American history 20 And that important new Issues taken up by the two leading political parties have almost invariably been taken from the platforms of the third party and incorporated in those of the older parties; from which the conclusion has been drawn that the third party is a more valuable factor in American political life than It has been thought to be v.v-r-.-?--?-?. ! : -w!sfr--fr-t-I-$ Y Farmers and Merchants Bank 15th & O Sts. -t Transacts a general banking business. Get i one oi their steel nome DanKs. HHH-H'H ! ! ! HH' Nebraska Business and Shorthand College Boyd's Theater Building, Omaha, Nebraska A. V 0NG. A. M.. LL. B.. President A. J. L0WRY. 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"A business training is absolutely necessary." John Wanamaker. "Some of our students, not yet out of their teens, are making more money by shorthand than the principal of the high school." John S. Hart, Prln. Philadelphia High School. "I ad'isc parents to hae their boys and girls taught shorthand and type writing." Chas. Reade, in The Coming Man. THE SELECTION OF A SCHOOL WILL LARGELY DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS IN LIFE. Apply for a catalogue bound in alligator, the finest ever published by a business college. V i M -'4 fi - c 1 , J ,J L hi .f. " " V