NOTES. 



Delaware College. — Howard T. Ruhl, State leader of boys' and pirls' clubs, 

 resigned January 1 to become professor of agricultural education under the 

 Federal Vocational Education Aid Act and was succeeded by Theodore T. 

 Martin. 



Idaho TJniversity and Station.— 5ree(7ers' Gazette announces that Dean E. J. 

 Iddings has been appointed head of all agricultural activities at the institution, 

 including the station and extension work. 



Purdue TJniversity. — A four-weeks' course in dairying has been offered to 

 women to prepare them to fill positions in factories manufacturing dairy prod- 

 ucts. This course included the testing of milk and dairy products, the making 

 of soft cheese and ice cream, dairy bacteriology, general dairying, and lectures 

 on food production. 



Maryland College and Station. — The resignations are announced of D. G. 

 SuUins as associate animal husbandman to accept a position on the extension 

 staff of the Connecticut College, S. E. Isacson, D. V. S., as animal pathologist 

 in charge of the hog cholera serum laboratory to engage in commercial work, 

 G. H. Cale as apiculturist to accept a position with the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, C. E. Leathers as assistant botanist to become county agent of 

 Dorchester County, J. M. Arthur as assistant plant pathologist to go into the 

 Army, and O. C. Bruce as professor of soils to accept a commercial position as 

 tractor demonstrator. L. W. Erdman has been appointed assistant in the soil 

 laboratory, and Wliitney J. Atcheson, assistant agronomist. 



Minnesota University and Station. — The new beef cattle barn, to replace the 

 structure burned last summer, is practically completed. It is 60 by 120 feet 

 with a wing 36 by 120 feet. The portion to be used as a stable is built of hol- 

 low tiles with reinforced concrete. Above this, wood with stucco finish is used 

 for the portion intended for storing feed and hay. Two hollow tile silos ad- 

 join the stable, and the wing contains a laboratory for class work and demon- 

 stration. The total cost is about $25,000. 



Arrangements were made whereby students wishing to leave college prior 

 to the close of the second semester could take double work in certain subjects 

 up to April 15 and receive credit therefor. About 50 students registered for 

 the special work thus provided. 



The name of the division of economic zoology has been changed to that of 

 entomology and economic zoology. Dr. William A. Riley, professor of insect 

 morphology and parasitology at Cornell University, has been appointed pro- 

 fessor of entomology and parasitology and chief of the division beginning Feb- 

 ruary 1. A. G. Ruggles, associate professor of entomology and associate ento- 

 mologist, has been made associate professor of entomology and station ento- 

 mologist. 



Three new courses in agricultural education are announced, beginning with 

 the second semester. These deal respectively with agricultural statistics and 

 graphic representation, the history of agriculture, and the visual presentation 

 of material. W. H. Bender, associate professor of agricultural education, has 

 resigned to become State director of vocational agricultural education in Iowa 

 and secretary of the board of vocational education. Percy B. Barker, head of 

 the department of agronomy at the University of Arkansas, B. M. Gile, and 



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