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Vol. VIII. No. 10.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908.
Price 5 Cents.
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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
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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.
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