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Frank F. Moon, associate professor of forestry, lias resigned to become pro- 

 fessor of forest engineering at the New York State College of Forestry at Syra- 

 cuse University. Dr. Ernest Anderson, research instructor in chemistry at the 

 University of Chicago, has been appointed assistant professor of general and 

 physical chemistry. 



In the station, Director W. P. Brooks has been granted leave of absence, and 

 Vice Director J. B. Lindsey is temporarily in charge. Herbert J. Baker, secre- 

 tary to the director, resigned July 1. C. L. Beals and Howard A. Turner, 1912 

 graduates of the college, received appointments July 1, the former as assistant 

 chemist in the fertilizer section, and the latter as graduate assistant in 

 horticulture. 



Minnesota University and Station. — A new building, 16S by 169 feet, is uuder 

 construction for the department of agricultural engineering, and it is hoped to 

 complete at least the portion devoted to shop work early in 1913. A girls' dor- 

 mitory, costing $50,000, has recently been completed at Morris, and a similar 

 dormitory for boys is to be begun in the near future. A science building, cost- 

 ing $40,000, is nearing completion at Crookston. 



W. A. McKerrow has been appointed specialist in animal husbandry in the 

 extension division, with the rank of assistant professor, to succeed "W. H. 

 TomhaA-e, who has accepted the position of animal husbandman at the Penn- 

 sylvania College and Station. 



Mississippi College and Station. — G. R. Hightower succeeded J. C. Hardy as 

 president of the college July 1. R. L. Shields has resigned as professor of 

 animal husbandry to become professor of animal husbandry and dairying at 

 Clemson College and Station, and was succeeded by Archibald Smith Septem- 

 ber 1. Other appointments include J. K. Morrison as college and station poul- 

 tryman, Dr. C. F. Briscoe as station bacteriologist, and Dr. J. C. Robert as 

 dean of the school of agriculture and professor of agronomy. 



Nebraska University and Station. — O. L. Sponsler, in charge of the forestry 

 work, has resigned to accept the position of junior professor of silviculture in 

 the University of Michigan. R. F. Howard, 'assistant professor of horticulture 

 and assistant horticulturist, has resigned to accept a similar position in the 

 University of Wisconsin, beginning September 1. 



New Hampshire College and Station. — T. R. Arkell, associate professor of ani- 

 mal husbandry and animal husbandman, has resigned to accept a position with 

 the Canadian Department of Agriculture as head of the sheep division. He 

 will investigate for the present sheep breeding and the wool indiTstry in Mani- 

 toba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. 



Cornell University. — The recent appropriations of the legislature authorize 

 the construction of a $100,000 foi-estry wing of the proposed plant industry 

 building, a $91,000 animal husbandry laboratory building, a $38,000 live stock 

 judging pavilion, and a $100,000 extension to the agronomy wing of the present 

 main building. In addition, $265,000 was granted for current expenses of the 

 college of agi-iculture, $50,000 for extension work, $30,000 for equipping the 

 home economics building. $15,000 for equipping the poultry husbandry building, 

 $4,000 for the summer school, $20,000 for additional instruction in physics and 

 chemistry, $20,000 for various additions, grading and improvement of grounds, 

 and $2,000 for investigations of the diseases of the gladioli and other bulbous 

 plants. Excavations are uuder way for the new agricultural auditorium build- 

 ing, which will be perhaps the most imposing building of the university and 

 will serve as a connecting architectural link between the agricultural group 

 and the main campus. It will be one of the largest auditoriums in western 

 New York, seating over 2,500 people, besides affording additional facilities for 

 class rooms and laboratories. The contract calls for its completion November 1. 



