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Minnesota University and Station.— John D. Schofielrl, one of the committoe 

 of three members of the Pomona Grange of Hennepin County largely responsible 

 for the establishment of the school of agriculture, died September 18 at the age 

 of 87 years. Recent appointments include the following: Alice M. Blister as 

 assistant professor of nutrition ; Philip S. .Jordan as instructor in animal hus- 

 bandry at Morris ; J. T. E. Dinwoodie, as assistant veterinarian ; L. V. France 

 as instructor in bee keeping; D. O. Spriestersbach, as research assistant in 

 agricultural chemistry; D. D. Valleau as research assistant in horticulture; 

 Frank J. Piemeisel as research assistant in cereal rust studies; Roswell P. 

 Ingram as seed inspector ; and Anna S. Olsen as assistant in homo economics at 

 Crookston. W. P. Kirkwood, editor in the station, has also been appointed 

 associate professor of journalism. 



Nebraska University. — Contracts have been awarded for the new biology 

 building, which will house the departments of botany and zoology and will 

 bear the name of Bessey Hall. The structure will consist of a 3-story and 

 basement main building, 235 by 75 feet, with a short wing at each end and 

 attached greenhouse and vivaria, and will cost approximately $200,000. 



The new agricultural engineering building is to be a two-3tory and basement 

 structure, 180 by 70 feet, with a one-story annex 140 by 90 feet. 



C. L. Burlingham, extension specialist in dairying has resigned to accept a 

 position with the Dairy Division of this Department, and has been succeeded 

 by D. H. Propps as extension a«>sistant professor of dairy husbandry. L. M. 

 Gates has resignetl as field expert in entomology to engage in farming. Other 

 appointments include the following: JM. E. Dickson as assistant professor of 

 poultry husbandry, beginning November 1 ; P. L. Gaddts. as assistant professor 

 in agronomy : R. E. Holland, assistant in instructional agronomy ; K. F. Warner 

 as extension specialist in animal husbandi-y ; Miss Emma Ort as extension 

 specialist in home economics; and E. G. Maxwell as extension instructor in 

 dairy manufactures. 



Nevada University and Station. — The state hygienic laboratory has been 

 separated from the department of bacteriology and veterinary science of the 

 station and now occupies quarters in another building. Sheds and a corral 

 have been erected on the waste land at the north end of the station farm for 

 the study of the possibility of developing an anthrax serum. Plans are being 

 drawn for a field hospital for the study of animal diseases, to be constructed on 

 the station farm. G. G. Schweis, assistant in entomology, resigned August 1, 

 and August Holmes, assistant in chemistry, about September 15, the latter to 

 complete post-graduate work at .Johns Hopkins University. 



New Mexico Colleg^e and Station. — Fred C. Werkenthin has been appointed 

 professor of botany and station botanist, vice J. M. Mann, resigned. Dr. I^ouis 

 Allen Higley has been appointed station chemist and professor of chemistry, 

 vice Dr. R. F. Hare, who.se resignation has been previously noted. L. R. 

 McNeely, assistant agronomist, resigned .July 1 and was succeeded August 20 

 by James T. Barlow. R. L. Stewart, assistant animal husbandman in the 

 station, has been transferred entirely to instruction work. George W. Kable, 

 assistant irrigation engineer, resigned July 1. 



Cornell University. — The registration in the college of agriculture is over 

 1.600, an increase of more than 50 over the previous year. Arrangements have 

 been completed whereby five members of the 1916 class may obtain experience 

 in teaching agriculture by serving for one term as assistants to teachers of 

 agriculture in the high schools of the State. They will receive a compensation 

 sufficient for expenses and will be given three credit hours for the work. 



Alice Gertrude McCloskey, a 1908 graduate and assistant profes.5or of rural 

 education, died October 19. Recent appointments include the following: Albert 



