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?rI?Bfrp'r v f " ,7svr''Tr,rT'jr " .t"' jrr " ' ,r'ii - r ' r Vol. VIII. No. 10. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908. Price 5 Cents. ' n FL IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT MANY NEW BUILDINGS ERECTED AT 8TATE FARM. CAMPUS APPEARANCE BETTER LARGE AMOUNT QF MONEY SPENT DURING PA8T YEAR. Two Quadrangles to Be Formed When Buildings Are All Completed New Drives and Cement Walk's Being Built. During the past summer the School of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska has been taking remarkable strides towards a fully developed and finished looking institution. Many new buildings have been erecteJ, the campus has been improved in appear ance, and everything Is bein gmade ready for the. opening of the fall term of school. The Improvements which have been made In the campuB are very exten sive, and promise to make the State Farm, when they are fully completed, as beautiful as any similar institu tion In the west. The improvements thus far completed are only a part of a definite plan to be completed when additional buildings are erected. Tho campus is to be divided in two quadrangles, the west one being now nearly completed. On the west quad rangle are located Experiment Station Hall, Agricultural Hall, Home Econ omics' Hall and Horticultural Hall. The new building of agronomy and animal husbandry has been placed so that it will be a part of the east quad rangle. Cost of Improvements. The Improvements which are now being made to the campuB are esti mated to cost at least $7,500 when they are completed. New cement walks have been laid connecting tho different buildings, and a permanent gravel driveway with cement gutters has been laid out, so that its curves add a great deal to the looks of the campus. Trees have been set out In many places and the ground in the new quadrangle is being prepared for the sowing of grass seed. . Character of Buildings. The now buildings which are being built at tho Btate farm are typical of the beBt American school and college buildings. The rooms are largo, and have ample light. . The buildings are finished In hard wood and have every latest convenience. Iron lockers, sim ilar to those In use in the gymnasium havfl been Installed in the different buildings for the use of the students. The total value of Improvements made at the state farm during the last year Ib about $120,000. The new building put up for animal pathology cost $12,500. Since the legislature last met two yeare ago $35,000 have been spent In completing the woman's building. The steam plant, which has now been in use for several months, was built at an original cost of $35,- . 00. The newj judging pavilion for agronomy and animal husbandry cost $30,000. Although this building is called a judging pavilion, It is in real ity a substantial building of brick and contains class rooms just as the other buildings do. The Woman's building or home economies' hall Is almost a college in Itself. Accommodations are given here for roomfng in the building, and a dining room is also provided for the i)se of the women staying in the building. This building, is one of the ' taost.jsubstantlal on the grounds and is. located near the foot of tho west qiiadrangle. ' Where the east quadrangle will ul timately be are now a variety of cat- tir barns and shedB. It Is tho inten tion to remove theBe nnd place the'm where they will not bo prominent. It was originally intended to do this during the laBt summer, but for sev ( ral reasons this could not be carried out. One of the most Interesting things about the campus is a model barn. It it about ten feet high and fifteen feet long, and is supposed to be a exnet representation of what a scientifically perfect barn should be. In tho lower floor there are accommodations for a large number of horBes and cattle, while above there Ib an Immense hayloft. UNIVER8ITY BULLETIN. OCTOBER. Saturday 3. Football, Nebraska vs. Peru at Antelope park. First university dance at Fraterni ty hall. Friday 2. Reception to Catholic stu dents in Music hall, Temple. Tuesday 6. Convocation W. F. Morris, recently federal judge in Philippine Islands, "Tho Philip pines. Friday 9. Informal dance at Fraterni ty hall. Saturday 10. Football, Nebraska vb. Orinnell, at Antelope Park. Tuesday 13. Convocation, Professor Games." October 20. Convocation, Dean Chas. E. Fordyco, "The Teachers' Col lege." Palladlan Reception. The 38th annual reception of the Palladlan Lieterary Society will be given tonight in their hall on the third floor of the Temple. A short program "will be given. Among those who will speak are Mr. A. L. Weaver, presi dent of the society; Mrs. C. T. Borg, Prof. Stuff, and Prof. FoBsler, all of whom are alumni members. Music will be furnished by tho Palladlan quartette, Miss Ethel Dunn and Mr Tyndall. The hall has been appro priately decorated and Ice will be Berved to the viBltors. All university students and members of the faculty are cordially invited. FORTY CR088 COUNTRY RACER8. Young Bryan Among Candidates fqr Comhusker Team. The men interested in crosB coun try work hold a meeting in Dr. Clapp's office Thursday morning. Between thirty and forty men were present and they were very enthusiastic about the prospects for a good team. There is a good deal of first rate material to draw from. Mr. Bauman, captain of the team Is the only old man back this year. Gable, is in the university again and out for track w.ork. Two years ago Gable was one of the two milo runners on the track team. Trunk, George, Amberson, and Campbell are also good men. Wil liam Jennings Bryan, Jr., is out for track work. He was on the track team at Culver Military Academy. The main work this year will be to develop a good team. The material Is good, but has had but little ex perience. Many of the men who are out for track workare not trying to makojhe team. Track worlds one-of the best forms of exercise and Dr. Clapp de clares that twice as many men ought to be out simply for the benefit of the exercise. Two Nebraska graduates, P. W. Me llck, 1904, and F. K". Nellson, '1902,' will be the official referees this sou son' for the George Washington uni versity football team. The George Washington eleven will play the "West ern Maryland team, which Is coached by a Nebraska alumnus, William Q Mouck, 1904. The game will take place at Washington National league baseball park October 3. SCRIMMAGEYESTERDAY LA8T HEAVY WORK THI8 WEEK BEFORE DOANE GAME. COACH DEPLORES CROWDING Spectators Are Requested to Remain On the 8lde Lines to Avoid Crowding the Players. Yesterday afternoon Coach Colo as sembled somo thirty or forty of his trusty football warriors for tho last scrimmage before tho Doane game next Saturday. It was expected that the final Bcrimmage would bo fiorco and accordingly thorp was a generous attendance of faithful rooters, but they woro doomed to more or loss dis appointment To begin with four "N" men were absent from tho llno-up in the Bcrimmage; theso were Johnson, Collins, Chaloupka and Harvey. Tho latter two, Harvoy and Chaloupka, were on the field in suits but took part only In signal practice watching tho scrlmmago work from tho side lines. Neither Collins nor Johnson appeared at all. One would naturally aupposo that, with theso four men misBlng from tho regular lino-up, tho scrubs would bo up the ranks of tho varsity. Instead of this, however, tho scrubs failed to show up the aggressive spirit which they have exhibited heretofore this week, and they failed to show up as well as thoy did on Tuesday and Wed nesday nights when tho varsity ranks were complete. Tuesday night espe cially thoy mado great gains through the varsity lino, but last evening those occurrences were comparatively few. Soveral times, however, the scrubs mado good gains around tho varsity endB. Tho regulars seemed to play erratically In this respect; at times they would broak up tho atompted end runs of tho scrubs and down tho runnor for losses, while again thoy would permit the scrubs to make con siderable distance around their ends. It seems to have boon a characteris tic feature of the varsity's play all Boa son that It should be erratic and un certain. Occasionally they put up a first class exhibition, combining speed, teamwork and the other essentials which go to mako up good playingf and then some one makes a break and, to use tho slang term, "tho stuff Is off." However, this difficulty appears to be growing less noticeable all tho time and by the seventeenth, when Coach Cole will send his pupils up against tho Minnesota Gophers, they will doubtless be working together like the parts of a perfect machine. Rusty on Rules. The men on the squad are quite rusty on tho nicer points In tho rules and every night of scrimmage sees someone penalized for breaking a rule in one way or another. Last evening the full-back for the scrubs hit the line for a good gain. After he had got ten clear through someone fell in front of him and in attempting to get over him he jumped Instead of stepped and was 'accordingly penalized for hurdl ing. At another time a varsity man lnrunning down tho field after a punt jumped and struck tho ball toward tho scrub's goal after it had touched the griund. This, too, brought forth a prompt punishment frlm the referee. However, Coach Cole takes advantage of every iccuranco of this kind to make a sort of object lesson of it so that it will not be repeated in a game where' a penalty might have serious results. There has been one prevalent char acteristic of the spectators at practice this season which causes both the Coach and the players considerable an noyance and that Ib their persistence in crowding onto the field and up close to tho team Tho coach Hkos to boo a lively Intorost manl fsoted a Uvoly Intorost manifested in tho squad and their work by tho studontB, but thoro Is such a thing aB abusing a prlviiogo and ho doesn't liko to boo tho prlvllego abused. If tho spectators at practice will hereaftor romaln on tho Bido IlnoB or In tho stands instead of crowding onto tho flolj they will asaist tho coach materially in his work of dovoloping a winning team for Nebraska. GREAT ADVANCE IN FORE8TRY. Nebraska Leads' Many 8tates In Work of Late Years. "In tho laBt ten ycara," Bays the Yearbook of tho Department of Agri culture for 1907, "forostry has ad vanced In this country from an almost unknown science to a useful, grow ing profession. In that tlmo tho num ber of technically trained foresters has Increased from less than a dozon to over 400. Ten yoarB ago thoro was not a single forest school in the country. Now thoro are several pro fesBlonal forest schools which rank with thoso of Europo, and a score more with courses In olomontary for estry whoso usefulness Is steadily growing. Forest lands under man aagemont have grown from ono to two tracts to many, aggregating 7, 503,000 acres, Bcattored through thirty nine states. Tho national foroBts have incroasej from 39,000,000 acrea, practically unused and unprotected, to 165,000,000 acres, used, guarded and Improved both in productiveness nnd accessibility. Tho number of states which have state forests has increased from one to ton; and of thoso which employ trained forostors from ono to olovon. 8ho member ship of forest associations has in creased from 3,600 to 15,800. Increase in Nebraska. "That forest planting is Increasing )s evident from tho increased demand for planting material. Ono nursery man last Bpring shipped 400,000 jack pine seedlings to Nebraska alono. Ono order for 10,000 waB for planting in tho vicinity of tho Brunner plan tation in Holt county, an example of successful forest planting which has been of high educational value. Tho government nursery at Halsey has also been most helpful In determining tho adaptability of conifers for plant ing on sandy soils In Nebraska and adjacent states. "The jState University of Illinois, at Urbana, has an interesting experi mental plantation, and tho State Nor mal school at DeKalb has more re cently established ono. "Nebraska has begun to reap tho fruits of early forest work, and tho past year has manifested that many of the apparent failures of former years were in reality Important les sons In tho selection of proper species and methods of planting under pecu liar conditions. The number of stu dents In the different courses of for estry in the University of Nebraska shows a healthy growth. In addition to the regular courses a special course is given for public school teachers, and during the year a course for advanced students tfnd courses of lectures on silvics and state forest policy have been Inaugurated, The permanent equipment of ' the depart ment of forestry has been enlarged, and now includes, among other addi tions, a forest herbarium, a large col lection of wood 'spocimens, and a portable sawmill for practical demon strations upon the timber grown by provident farmers of that vicinity. Work at Iowa., "In Iowa the professor of forestry at the .state college carries on ex periments and state work. Among the .problems now under consideration are the improvement of planted (Continued on Page 2) EILL rtlE RESERVOIR HUGE R 8TREET TANK FINALLY HOLD8 WATER 8UPPLY. HAD TAILED ON PREVIOUS TEST University Buildings Will Be Protected From Fire Danger By Large Reserve Readily Accessible In Future. Aftor twjco baffling the offorts of tho onglneorB who built and later re modolcd it, tho big rosorvo rosorvoir on It street south of tho library is nt Inst holding water. The hugo tank was filled Monday to a depth of three feet. Observation made dally Blnce that tlmo do not phow the leakago of a single drop. An adltlonal fourfoot of water was ad mitted to the tank yesterday an.V whother tho cement and stone walls will hold to full canaclty will bo known in a few days. Tho It street reservoir was built in Hie fall of 1907 to provldo a largo ro fccrvo wntor supply in caBo of Borlous conflagration on tho campus. Tho coat was borne by tho unlvoralty and by tho city, tho work being done by con tract. In tho original specifications n flint stone was ordered used. When tho contractor placed his order thoro was no such stono on tho market and accordingly n stoftor limestone was need in the belief that it would prove .sufficiently Impervious to the water Completed Last Year. The reservoir was completed during tho falj of last year and was submit ted to a preliminary trial. At that time practically tho entire supply of water leaked out in a few days. Con tractor and other engineers wore myBtlflod by the leakago and. 'a care ful investigation was mado. No cracks or bad spots woro found In tho walls or conduits of tho system and It was decided that tho leakage must bo due to tho natural porosity of tho stono used in tho -walls. A second tost proved as disastrous aB the firat and tho need of somo radical treatment was seen. Work was begun early last sprint? toward lining tho Inside of tho big tank with qement and tho present test is tho first made since the cement coat was put on. The tank Is 110 feet long by 20 feet wide and 12 feet deep. It holds over 190,000 gallons of water and every filling coats In the neighborhood of 30. The fact that an engineering work of such magnitude should at first fail so completely has attracted at 'different times considerable atten tion from persons not fully acquainted with the circumstances. The univer sity authorities and the contracting englneoid will be glad to have the1 enterprise prove successful without further trouble. Danger of Fire. With nearly 200,000 gallons o water thus stored in close proximity to the university campus, the danger of the serious fire is considerably les sened. Engines could be directly con nected with the reserve supply and ' tho emergency" aid would come very opportunely to the aid of the fire fighters. The University of -Nebraska 'has been very fortunate in respect to fire losses. . Large educational institu tions have not" infrequently been se riously damaged by ravaging flames, but the Lincoln institution has never yet been in serious danger. Yet this continued immunity does not mean that u conflagration is Impossible or even unlikely and the university authori ties mean to be prepared. Pies like mother tried to make. Baked fresh every day by an tapert woman pie baker at The Boston Lunek. l M 4
