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First. To determine and establish the correct 

 historical and etymological form of the place 

 names of the state and to recommend the adoption 

 of such forms for public use. 



Second. To determine the form and propriety 

 of new place names proposed for general use, and 

 under the law no corporation, individual or com- 

 munity is permitted to introduce such new place 

 names without the consent and approval of this 

 board. 



Third. To cooperate with the United States 

 Board of Geographic Names and with the United 

 States Postofiice Department in establishing a 

 proper, correct and historically accurate form for 

 all place names proposed as designations of new 

 postoffices. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 Both houses of tlie Minnesota legislature 

 have passed an appropriation bill granting 

 practically everything asked for by the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota. The bill carries items 

 as f ollovcs : 



Maintenance $966,000 



Fuel 120,000 



Special maintenance 462,000 



Special agricultural maintenance 326,000 



Buildings and equipment 639,950 



Agricultural substations 276,500 



Special, certificate-plan, bill 500,000 



$3,290,450 



BucHTEL College, a successful institution 

 of forty years' standing, has been offered to 

 the city of Airon, Ohio, for use as a municipal 

 college or university, according to information 

 received at the United States Bureau of Edu- 

 cation. The corporation of the college finds 

 that the institution has trebled its attendance 

 in the past ten years without sufficiently in- 

 creasing its endovnnent, and proposes to 

 transfer the entire plant and endowment, 

 valued at $400,000, to the city, practically 

 without restrictions of any kind. If the offer 

 is accepted, Akron will have an educational 

 institution of college grade that will meet the 

 community's needs in a distinctly modern 

 way. It will be known as the College or 

 University of the City of Akron, although in 

 the event of the establishment of other schools 

 or colleges the name Buchtel College is to be 



retained for the liberal arts department, just 

 as McMicken College is a part of the Uni- 

 versity of Cincinnati. In making their pro- 

 posal the trustees point out, among other 

 things, that as a municipal institution, and 

 with very slight addition to the money now 

 spent for educational purposes by Akron, the 

 college would offer to all qualified students of 

 the city a college education with free tuition; 

 that the college can be made of practical use 

 in the work of city government; and that the 

 college will furnish an excellent basis for a 

 greater municipal university that shall make 

 ample provision for technical and professional 

 training for the youth of the city. 



To study the methods by which the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin is serving the state in vari- 

 ous ways, a party of fifty public officials and 

 prominent citizens of Philadelphia and other 

 cities of Pennsylvania have arranged an in- 

 spection trip to Madison, Wis., for four days, 

 from May 21 to May 25. The Pennsylvanians 

 are particularly interested in the relation of 

 the university to the state, cities and rural 

 communities through the medium of the ex- 

 tension division's municipal reference library, 

 commercial reference library, traveling pack- 

 age libraries, correspondence study courses, 

 health bureau, classwork among students in 

 extension centers in all parts of the state, 

 vocational guidance and continuation school 

 work. The distinctive work being done by 

 the College of Agriculture through its own 

 extension service, which includes demonstra- 

 tional work on how to grow crops, improve 

 the dairying industry, increase farm profits 

 through the introduction of efficiency in farm 

 management, etc., has also aroused the interest 

 of the delegation from Pennsylvania. The 

 ultimate object of the visit is to develop sim- 

 ilar activities in connection with the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State 

 College. The party will include, among 

 others. Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg, of Phil- 

 adelphia; Owen Wister, the novelist; repre- 

 sentatives from the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Pennsylvania State College and Frank- 

 lin Institute; public officials from various 

 cities; John P. Connelly, chairman of the 



