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resigned as instructor in bacteriologj-, effective July 1, and Paul Gerlaugh, as 

 instructor in animal liusbandry, effective August 1. 



W. W. Farnliara has been appointed instructor in landscape gardening, be- 

 ginning Marcli 19. Miss Etta J. McCoy. Miss Elsie Noble, Miss Edith Hershey. 

 iind Miss .Jeanette Bliss have been appointed instructors in home economics 

 extension, be.^'inning June 2.5. and Miss Mary V. Dick, beginning July 1. 



Tennessee University and Station. — A bond issue of .^l.OOO.UOU has been 

 authorized by the State legislature for buildings and other improvements, sup- 

 plemented by the proceeds of a half mill tax. estimated to produce about 

 ?83G.OOO per annum at present and to be used for maintenance. About $100,000 

 may be used for the construction of buildings at a substation in middle Ten- 

 i.essee, to be located on land provided by the county .securing the institution. 

 I'rovision will also be made for a large central administration building, a 

 building for the College of Agriculture, an auditorium, and other buildings. 



As the result of unanticipated lindings in the lysimeter studies on lime and 

 magnesia, begun in July 1914, the problem of sulphur conservation is to be 

 laken up. This involves an additional equipment of 22 lysimeter tanks of the 

 hillside equipment type, previously described (E. S. R., 32, p. 719). 



W. A. Ilukling has been appointed assistant chemist. 



Utah Station. — An experimental dry farm to investigate problems of high 

 altitude has been established at Widtsoe in Garfield County. 



Tracy H. Abel, M. S.. has been appointed assistant horticulturist, and A. O. 

 Larson, B. S., assistant entomologist. 



West Virginia University and Station. — The recent legislature granted an 

 additional $75,000 for the agricultural building, thus making it possible to com- 

 plete the entire structure during the summer and fall, whereas otherwise an im- 

 portant segment \vtjuld have been left uncompleted. The legislature also ap- 

 propriated !?2o.uO0 for buildings on the new farms, and made a small increase 

 for operating expenses and a si)ecial emergency appropriation of .$Ut,(^>0 to meet • 

 the alinormally liigli price's of apiiaralus, chemicals, etc. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — Special exercises were held during Com- 

 mencement in recognition of the twenty-fifth anni\ersary of the conferring of 

 the Ph.D. degree upon Dean lius.sell and his cumi'letion of 24 years of service 

 at the university. In connection with the occasion, a compilation of the pub- 

 lished results of the bacteriological work carried on during this period, aggi-e- 

 gating some 2.000 pages, was presented to him. 



Wyoming University and Station. — Dr. C. A. Duniway has resigned as pre.si- 

 dent to become president of Colorado College. Colorado Springs. Dean 11. G. 

 Knight was granted the degree of doctor of philoso[)hy by the University of 

 Illinois in June. T. S. Par.sons. agronomist, has been given a year's leave of 

 absence for graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. W. A. Alhrecht has 

 been appointed acting agronomist for the year, and Joe Robinson has been ap- 

 pointed assistant agronomist. P. T. Meyers has resigned to become county 

 agent for Campbell County. 



Federal Board for Tocational Education. — Nominations to complete the mem- 

 bership of this board were transmitted to the Senate by President Wilson on 

 June 29. The nominees include Arthur E. Holder of Iowa as a representative 

 of the labor interests for a term of three years. Charles A. Greathou.se of Indi- 

 ana as a representative of the agricultural intere.sts for a term of two years, 

 and James Phinney Munroe of Massachusetts as a representative of the manu- 

 facturing aiy.1 commercial interests for a terra of one year. These appointments 

 were confinned by the Senate July 17. 



Agricultural and Home Economics Instruction in Utah. — An act of the 1917 

 legislature of Utah creates the positions of State supervisor of agricultural 



