NOTES. 



Florida ITniversity and Station. — O. W. Weaver has been appointed agri- 

 cultural editor. 



Indiana Station. — D. F. Mattson has resigned as assistant in creamery in- 

 spection to become inspector in marliet milk work at the University of Wis- 

 consin, vice A. C. Baer, whose resignation has been previously noted. 



Maine Station.— William R. Rich and Walter W. Webber, assistant chemists, 

 have resigned to accept commercial positions. Elmer R. Tobey, formerly assist- 

 ant chemist, has been reappointed to that position. 



Maryland College. — Plans have been approved by the building committee for 

 the new agricultural building, for which $175,000 was appropriated by the last 

 legislature. A three-story and basement structure, with a front wing 200 by 

 68 feet, connected by an enclosed bridge with an auditorium seating about 

 1,000 people, and this in turn connected with a rear wing of the same dimen- 

 sions as the front, is contemplated. The front wing is to be used for offices and 

 classrooms and the rear wing for stock judging and exhibitions and experi- 

 mental work. It is hoped that the structure will be ready for use next fall. 



Evening courses in various branches of agriculture are being offered, includ- 

 ing special work in bee keeping, poultry raising, and fruit growing for sub- 

 urban residents of Washington, D. C. College credit is to be given for these 

 courses so fai as practicable, with a system of certificates showing all work 

 completed. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — Rudolph W. Ruprecht, Ph. D., resigned 

 as assistant chemist in the station December 1, 1916, to engage in commercial 

 work. Arnold 1*. Sturtevant, Ph. D., assistant in veterinary science, resigned 

 on the same date to accept a position in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and has been succeeded by Dr. A. C. Edwards, whose time will be divided 

 equally between the college and station. John B. Smith has been appointed 

 a?'Sistant chemist in the section of foods and feeding, beginning October 1, 

 1916, and Miss Grace B. Nutting, curator in the department of botany, be- 

 ginning .January 1. 



Minnesota University. — Dr. George E. Vincent has resigned as president to 

 become head of the Rockefeller Foundation, beginning May 15. 



Harvey M. Bush, farmers' club specialist in the extension department, died 

 December 15, 1916, at the age of 33 years. 



The school of agriculture at Crookston is offering two scholarships at $100 

 each and 10 at $125 each, four of the latter scholarships being awarded as 

 prizes to prospective students in contests in corn and potato growing, bread 

 making, and pig raising. A special loan fund for students is also provided by 

 a committee of citizens of Crookston. 



Missouri ITniversity and Station. — E. R. Spence, extension assistant in 

 veterinary science, has resigned to become superintendent of live-stock experi- 

 ments at the Texas Station, and has been succeeded by Dr. John S. McDaniel, 

 previously assistant professor of veterinary science in the Michigan CoUega 

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