THE COURIER.
by comparative experiments. Thus tbe
laboratories and the professions are
crowded with young men who were
bora on a farm and who delight in an
out door life but who refuse to deaden
their minds and bodies by leading an
existence made up of monotonous
routine without hope of change or an
adequato reward. When the product
ive value of the farm and dairy is
doubled by scientific methods and the
farm laborer has a horizon as open and
as susceptible of infinite expansion as
that of any other ecientist the joucg
man will stay on the firm in health aud
presperity long to live.
The faculty of the experiment station
includes doctors of agriculture and
ed subjects, as horticulture, ento
mology, chemistry, veterinary science,
etc.
Within the past few years thousands
of letters have been received and
answered by the Station staff, bearing
upon the farming intereEti of the state.
These are n quests for information in
regard to new crops, particularly forage
crops, and the norsaccharino eorguuis,
some of which huve been found so well
Euited to our state, while inquiries per
taining to every ph&s) of the sugar beet
industry have kept pouring in. But by
far tbe most striking feature of the cor
respondence is the gieat number of
inquiries as to the methods of soil til
lage. Tbe importancof proper tillage is
just now becoming fully appreciated by
the farmers, and they naturally look to
the station for advice. This is a prob
lem that demands much further study
'both by the station and tbe farmers, as
upon its solution depends the prosperity
of the commonwealth. Every detail of
farmiug is touched upon in tbe numer
ous letters, and a more cr lees connected
correspondence dcalingwith farm affairs
-is constantly maintained with a large
number of persons. Inquiry on any
eubject is referred to tho specialist who
b devoting himself to tut bianch, and
his counsel solicited
AVith the beginning or the present
college j ear the school of Mechanic Arts
was first opened, and tho people of the
state were given an opportunity to ob
tain systematic instruction in the vari
ous lints of mechanical woik. In i's
inception the school was intended to do
for tbe manufacturing interest of the
state what the school of agriculture is
coing for the farming interests. In or
ganizing the schcol of egriculture the
jjoard of RegentB desired to offer the
'assistance of the university to the vast
agricultural interests which we now
possess; and in organizing the school of
mechanic arts they desired to awi't in
the upbuilding of other industries,
which though at present undeveloped
will eventually stand side by side with
our prreent resources.
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The history of every state will show oratory (in this cas3 the shop) in which
that after the agricultural pursuits were the student is brought into actual con
well established, attention was given to tact with tools, and at the same time
the development of the manufacturing shown the proper method of mechanical
industries, primarily those which utiliz0 construction.
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instead of shipping tbeso productB to
he east and receiving iu return the
various commodities manufactured frcm
them, the state is made now nearly in
dependent, and its excess of m mufact
ured articles can be shipped away to
enter into direct competition with tho
products of other places . it is tLrn
possible to build up a diversity of in
terests in a state, so that the failure of
any one of them will not so completely
crip 1; the whole of the peo pie, as hs
been our exje.-ienco for the paBt few
years.
We believe that what has been done
elsewhere can be douo in Neb-aska, and
we further believe that the surest and
the quickest way o! attaining this de
sired result is by the education of our
people to a better understanding of the
scientific' principle governing manufac
turing optritionF.to nibke them familiar
with tools and their use, and with shop
methods and management and to give
such other instruction as is necessary
for tbe successful pursuit of mechanical
work.
In the older states with their wide
spread manufacturing interests, the
value of technical training is ie:ognized
and every possiLli aid is given to the
furtherance of such training. If 6iieh
instruction is necessary there, how
much more necessary is it here with
our undeveloped resources,
Then the school of mechanic arts
came into existence, a two years' course
of practical instruction. Like all other
modern scientific work the technical
instrecion is largely given in the lab
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ine elementary instruction is given
by means of a systematic course of
exercises, showing the use of the various
tools acd at the saiie time as many de
tails of construction as possible. Being
instructive, there is but little complete
constructive work done, the general
idea being to require as little repetition
of work as possible, an inevitable result
if the attempt were made to build com
plete things. The work in the shop
includes bench work in wood, wood
turning, pattern-mrkicg, moulding
ind casting, blacksmithing, filing and
chipping, machine work in metal and
machine construe i n.
At the present time the university
possesses two well equipped shops; tho
wood shop with accommodations for
forty two students nt a time, and the
forgo shops with accommodations for
twenty-four students.
During the two years of tho course a
series of lectures run parallel with the
work in the 6hop explaining and elab
orating the work done therein. Mechan
ical drawing is taken throughout the
course to give proficiency in the con
struction and interpretation of draw
ings. Practical mathematics' English,
physics, political economy and lectures
on steam and elactrical machinery are
required because of their direct applica
tion to mechanical woik or affairs of
life.
It will be seen that the course is thor
oughly practical and that tho attempt
has been made to fit it to the needs of
tbe mechanic while having the entrance
requirements as low as possible, a com
mon school education being;! that is
nesessary for admission
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Second pub. Dec' 20.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
NOTICE IS IIEREBY GIVEN. THAT
by virtue of an order of sale Issued by
the clerk of the district court of the
Third Judicial district of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county. In an
action wherein Ward S. Mills is
plaintiffs, aud Aaron K. Scip. et al
defendant 1 will, at 2 o'clock p. ra.,
o the 10th day of January, A. D. 1897,
at the east door of the court house, in
tho city of Lincoln. Lancaster county,
Nebraska, offer for enle at public auction
the following described real estate to
wit: Lots nine (9). ten (10). eleven (11),
twelve (12) and thirteen, (13)' in block
one (1). Lots two (2), three (.1). four (4),
seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10),
eleven (11) and twelve (12), in block
nine (9) and lots eleven (11) and twelve
(12). in block eleven (11), of Mill's addi
tion to University Place, Lancaster
county. Nebraska.
Given under my hand this ICth day
of December, A. D..1S96.
John J. Trompen,
Jan. 16. Sheriff.
Aa.e:aLfl?iii.-e
-A. Rcd-Li6tt6r Year FOF
1897.
THE ENTIRE NOVELTY" of many
of ths plans for 1897 is noticeable.
For instince. the series devoted to
"London as peen by Charles Dana Gib
son." Mr. Gibson has not before ap
peared as a writer. He visited London
last summer for Scribner's Magazine,
for the purpose of depicting with pen
and pencil those scenes and types which
the huge metropolis presents in endless
variety.
Of like novelty is the first consider
able
Novel by Richard 'Harding Davis,
"Soldiers of Fortune." The hero is one
of the most vigorous men that Mr.
Davis has drawn. Illustrated by C. D,
Gibson.
-The Conduct of Great Bu3ines3."
A .beautifully illustrated sariea of
articles of which the following are al
ready completed:
"The Great Department Store."'
The Mmagemsnt of a Great Hotel."
"The Working of the Bank."
"A Great Manufactory."
"Undergraduate Life in American
Colleges." A series of articles touch
ing upon the life of our olJer univer
sities as represented by the doings of tho
students themselves.
Judge Henry E. Uowland writes on
Undergraduate Life at Yale."
Mr. James Alexander on "Princeton."
Robert Grant and Edward S, Martin
on "Harvard."
'Japan ana China Since the War"
will be a most interesting group of arti
cles richly illustrated.
jrhe Unquiet Sex." Under tho title
of -The Unquiet Sex." Mrs. Helen
Watterson Moody will write a series of
articles: "Woman aud Reforms." 'Tho
College-Bred Woman," "Woman's
Clubs." and "The Case of Miria" (a
paper on domestic service.)
W. D. Howells's "Story of a Play." In
this Mr. Ho wells gives us the best novel
he has ever produced in his delightful
vein of light comedy.
George W. Cable. In addition to the
fiction enumerated there will be a serie3
of four short stories by George W.
Cable the only ones he has written for
many years.
How to Travel Wi3ely with a min
imum of wear and tsar must be regard
ed as an art little understood. Mr.
Lewis Morris Idlings, in two articles,
will offer a variety of useful suggestions
and data on "Ocean and Land Travel."
This will be happily rounded out by an
article from Mr. Richard Harding Davis
on "Travellers One Meets, Their Ways
and Methods," The illustrations by
American and foreign artists will be
highly pertinent.
It is impossible in a small space to
even mention the many attractive
features for 1897. A beautiful illustrated
booklet has been" prepared, which will
be Bent, postage paid, on request.
Scribner's Magazine $3 00 a year
25 cents a copy.
Charles Scribner's Sons,
153-37 Fifth Avenue, New York. '
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