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from anj' of the objections which might arise should the raw sewage be 

 distributed upon the fields. The main problem in connection with the 

 designing of the sewage disposal plant, furnished the material for the 

 graduation thesis of two students of Purdue University, Messrs. Beuhler 

 and Armstrong, who graduated in 11)02. Their thesis worlv was done 



Agiir Plate, showing oolonies of bacteria in 1-500 cu. centimeter of sewage as entering Septic 



Tank. 



under the direction of Mr. C. V. Seastone of the Civil Engineering De- 

 partment of the University, and the writer. The lines for the sewers 

 w(>re laid l)y another student of the T'niversity, Mr. Alva Baynes, who 

 spent a large part of his summer vacation on the grounds. When it came 

 to actually do the work it was foiind advisable, for one ;'eason and another, 



