U niversities of Illinois and Wisc•nsin, for the main - purpose of mUlcin a' study of their lalboratories and enOneeritig wonc, in general, especi lly those parts relat ing to scienti *c investigation and technical exten ion work. One mo li tilve of,his trip, however, was obe present at the dedication of the new engineering and mining buildin s of the University lof Kan's:as. La t fall at this institution, prof Shaad, State '0(), was appointed Peofessoir of El i rctrical Enginelring and is, now lading the foundation for, Marked devlopmetit in his departmelnt The n w buildings in mining .arid engineeri g at Kansas are ii i excel lently deigned and are built of the native st ne to be r ound on the cTM -1365. T ey pro4bly have about one-half he total Joor space of the buildings for the same purpose here at , State. 132 an Jackson was p , rticularly 'm piessed by certain' prominent fea tures in c - rmeCti - bi with th~ vaTilus institutions he vicited Vc,inrthv of mention in eilgineering at the Uni versity of io. is the large l engi neering !atm t ry bui'dmFf, design ed on the — sal - ooth shop plan The edifice itself, ' although of inexpen sive constructioln eves a large well lighted area 'and i well - adapted to meet the requtremettts of the college. In connection wt h thil University of 'lllinois, the vior of the engineer ing experiment st. tion is prob,,at;ly th most striking fe ture. The work dotrethere in inves forced con,crete c fesSor Talbot is of use to ,the engineers ,c,,, t/ Cincinnati, th co operation of to nical education is the predomj ./ mant idea The students work one week as apprentices in the shops, then a week in the college, graduat ing: at the end of six years This system apparently is proving useful in Cincinnati, but it is still a rather doubtful experiment and as yet its value is not fully established. Dean Louis E. teber's work i in Ihio, ' Cincinnati, 14ation of re-in umns by Pro aterial practical g work'. THE STATE COLLEGIAN extension at Wi3consin :s proving to be moat useful to the petple of t tat st Ire 4nd is serving as an object t lesson to the educitional interests\of the whole !country. The spirit and aim of the work is to take the Uni versitv to the people, that is, to en able anYbody who desires to hake the adv-intage - of the facilities and expert advicts of the institution with out gOing to , Madison. In a virord, the scheme is similar, but on a larger scale, to that which is now being adopted and put into practice by our / atchers' Mitts adiOstable paddin7, arran ment and deep holjows ever time. Re , ch lints are used - by such star Gibson, Schmidt, Moran Kleinow, Dooin—in fact iers of the big leagues. ' _ _ itie ea '' h, Ball . The official ball of tip great American i t League in ‘Vorld's Series. Sta d. -.1 with all leagues and le ball usA by the big college and university di s . in eianviionship gun . es 41 The tea h Trade nrlark I at:alit:rice:, satis action a'7d perfect goods ' The .eac a 0 1 tat Babe Ball C.nitie cototatns pavan rnles, schedules, .I%erage.. etc , • - action pictures and istot yorV,u^ al hones in one hook. *cell" It (lea' c.a . 'or by mail. Ready ,bon l NI arcl isn Reach Base 11 A. J. RI reel Il catatogue—FßEE. CH COMPANY. • Lip SL. Ph la.. Pa. Student Build(ng at Dartmouth own college in the cities of Williams port mid Alt ona. • At the d dication exercises at Kansas Presi ent NlcLauran, of the MasOchutsetts Institute of Technol ogy,l lectured upon the iefficiency of academic work - In the evening, a banquet of about eight hundred plates was held,, at which the four hundred and fifty engineering stu dents attended in a,body and made themselves quite evident by their display of spirit and enthusiastic en-r gineering yells. P.UIE NINF K) , , 1 , , .24 , (.1" , 1
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