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nitrogen fixation researcii; and Edward F. Torgerson and Henry DeWeiilf, 

 soil pliysics. 



Iowa College. — C. E. Brasliear, assistant in animal husbandry at the Missouri 

 University and Station, has been appointed assistant to the dean of the college 

 of agriculture. 



Kansas College and Station. — A bequest of $20,000 in memory of Davies 

 Wilson, who took a prominent part in the location of the college at Manhattan, 

 has recently become available through the death of the donor, Mrs. Wilson. 

 The money may be used either for the erection of a building bearing his name or 

 for the establishment of a permanent endowment " for the promotion of education 

 in the arts and sciences." 



Over 100 inmates of the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth and the state 

 penitentiary at Lansing are enrolled in the correspondence courses of the college. 



Recent appointments include the following : Miss Margaret H. Haggart, for- 

 merly of the New Mexico College, as professor of domestic science; E. N. 

 Wentworth, of the Breeders' Gazette, as assistant professor of animal breeding 

 and assistant in nutrition investigations; Mrs. Rebecca Bartholomew and Miss 

 Nellie McClurg, assistants in domestic science; Miss Marion P. Broughten, 

 assistant in movable schools in home economics ; Alfred L, Clapp, superintendent, 

 agronomy farm ; P. L. Gainey, of the Missouri University and Station, assistant 

 hx bacteriology in the station; Miss Marian Harrison and Miss Florence Hunt, 

 assistants in domestic art ; William P. Hayes, assistant in zoology ; Miss Stella 

 Mather, assistant in home economics in farmers' institutes; Frank E. Mixa, 

 assistant in poultry husbandry ; R. B. Wiseman, assistant in farm machinery ; 

 E. M. Tiffany, correspondence assistant in extension ; Miss Olive Sheets, in- 

 structor in domestic art ; Miss Addie Root and Miss Louise Caldwell, assistants 

 in farmers' institutes; and Ross M. Sherwood, assistant professor of poultry 

 husbandry at the Iowa College, exten.sion lecturer in poultry work. 



Kentucky University and Station. — S. C. Jones, assistant professor of soil 

 physics and assistant agronomist, resigned November 15 to become assistant 

 In soils In the Indiana Station, and has been succeeded by P. E. Karraker, 

 research assistant in soil physics at the Michigan Station. 



Maine University. — Alexander W. Lurie (Cornell, 1914) has been apix)inted 

 Instructor in horticulture. 



Massachusetts College. — A steam-operated wax-rendering apparatus has been 

 installed for the service of beekeepers. A nominal charge of 5 cents per pound 

 of rendered product is made, and considerable interest is being manifested in the 

 undertaking. 



Missouri University and Station. — ^The stock-Judging pavilion provided by the 

 last legislature Is now in use. The outside dimensions are 90 by 160 feet, with 

 an arena 50 by 120 feet, and a seating capacity of 1,500. It is also equipped 

 with offices, practicum rooms, locker rooms, and shower baths, and will be 

 utilized for short-course gymnasium work. It is said to be the best lighted 

 pavilion of its kind in this country and cost about $25,000. 



The enrollment in the summer school of agriculture exceeded 200, or double 

 that of the previous year. Many of the students were teachers desirous of 

 qualifying under the Wilson law, which went into effect in September and pro- 

 vides state aid to high schools maintaining agricultural courses given by 

 teachers of approved preparation. The enrollment in the four-year winter 

 ttourae of the college of agriculture is 535 and that of the first term of the two- 

 year winter course in agriculture 199. 



The department of agronomy has been divided into departments of soils and 

 farm crops with M. F. Miller in charge of the soils work and 0. B. Hutchison 

 in <^arg« of that of farm crops. 



