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THE SANjFRANCISCO CALL,. TUESDAY, MAY:23, iDC5. ' ' .< "^ ^ *' " ^ ^ ^ UNIVERSITY ADVANCES STATg){ ! Si! "'" s ,__________________________________________ a\ . ` * ^ '*X I M)s^^r * !&3 !in view and to meet !ocai conditions !Hr^ 3yjl. f. * * * ] ^ ' — t ^ " \j)gAS \S) ixy the course of study was made to differ --------- ' the birth of agriculture and manufac- * ] " X ' `V '* . ^ * *** -\,' ^ iW * from similar courses in Eastern States. One year ago the university passed tures have given rise to serious prob- ! * .. . , * \ \ , N°*^ example, the student in this school H the thirtieth milestone of its existence !ems in ore treatment, transportation Y ' . ' -J ` ^ i ^ X- ' ' " ^ . MH ^rveying H tne tnirnetnm center of and power, the study of soils and soii - f offered by the Schooi of Civil Engineer- as the highest educattonai c products, hydrographic measurements, I . , ' ^ ? , -* \ . ^ * "C s ^ grounded in the Nevada and the seventeenth year ot tts ^ protection of frhits, the care of the y i . ' **y. '/ *', ' . ^ -, ,. ^ "r YA .t,___^_^________________________J. fundamental eiements of electrical en- university career. Born in poverty but ranges, the breeding of cattle and the // . i.-f* ^ ,'. J* ' ^ ^ gineering. H rich in the faith of its founders, it has problems of construction.' V , ^ ^ ^ ^ *y a.. - -*'A..' A manently established. In the meantime in the purely mechanical engineering struggled upward against the declining The technical problems of mining. ^ T Gh^.r- the United StateB Reclamation Service his time is devoted to the study of ma- fortunes of the State and maintained mechanical and civil engineering^ and j <M ^!ed^a/°smnts^'^any^of^the°e young h^o/power pian?^puwe/'.gtneration H tions of the Great Basin and the region ^e university leaders', in^these branches. j ^ H F uates of the schools of mining and me- and heat engines, including gas. gaso- greatdst depression, for throughout this ture!^stock"raising, dairying and fruit ! J s ` L^-iwWhi!e the Nevada men are doing very ery. ipciuding centrifugal and turbine H trying period neither the regents nor growing by patient investigation and ! * 1 1 ` i-Mi j creditabie work, thev wouid have been pumps, air compressors, compressed air H State Legislatures have ever failed to ^mal conferences throughout the ! much better prepared had they gradu- and its applications, appliances for the respond to the increasing needs of the gtaAe with ranchers and stockmen. At ! ated as students in civil engineering. But hand)ing and transporting of materiais. university as it developed under the present time, the inauguration of Bl ^ untii auite recently there was little de- and to a fair amount of experimental masterful leadership of President ^e new irrigation law'is being ass<sted Hi mand for civil engineers. Since then, engineering. Stubbs. by the taking of hydrographic meas- H * ^- T ! however, the demand has Increased so The establishment of the railroad Therefore, though transferred from „rements in collaboration with the . H) %3^^<S8SMh rapidly that the university has estab- shops at Sparks will aiso affect the H - Elko to Reno in 1887 and compelled to gtate Engineer. H ` lished a school of civit engineering with schooi. The Southern Pacific author]- - start anew, since that time the untver- n-TTw-MeMur wnnK B regular courses, which although stiil very ties have authorised the erection of a sity has grown from two preparatory Bi-mmawm wvssas. Y) young promises to compare favorabiy building to bo fitted with drawing and H teachers to a faculty of twenty-eight This earnest endeavor to advance the jr ^ with such departments in other universi- lecture rooms. Here the employes wiii men and women, and from an unfin- material interests of the State is bai- ties. f*o given instruction in mechanical ] t tshed building and lonely hilltop to a anced by a similar earnestness on the. / yLJYl Besides the United States Reclamation drawing, machine design and such tech- campus of thirty-five acres and eleven part of the Schools of Liberal Arts a,nd ^WYT8H*v f4f) , \ Service there are openings for civil engl- nicai subjects as pertain directly to H buildings—a plant valued at the present General Science to advance anA* enrich . y gW. I neers in the service of the railroad com- their work. H time at 8300,000. Its courses of in- the intellectuai life of the pedple. To . WMSY 7^rLy?^%/%^' panies now constructing in the State. It will be a form of university exten- B\' struction also have been increased this end, not only are courses in Ian- ^ <* - , .* Railroad construction will continue as the sion work and under the direction of ^*'^l^om a high school course and a short guage, literature, art, history, ethics, /!r t c^gtu)!k W\ " State develops and will cause an increas- the School of Mechanical Engineering cOurso in assaying to a fully developed sociology, eepnomics and pure science 8 . ' %y - VSBlwMK -^ . ' . . *^^!SBaHsHSa3^\ VIA j„g demand for professionally trained of the university. It is hoped that the H university having schools of Liberal given to the students at the university, . T -^ # /Bt)H)r ! t33SHHHSnSn V\\ tnen. estabiishment of this railroad schooi, Ha. Arts, Generai Science, Engineering, but, a system of university extension — . /y ^ , ' " s\\ The State wiii also bui!d more electric besides being of be**eat to the raii- ^-A. Agricuiture. Domestic Arts and Eduea- lectures aiso has been inaugurated . # fBHHHHS ^V\\ street railways, for th^ avaiiabie water road men. wiii aisc< move valuable to H tion and a University High and Com- t,trough the generosity of the raiiro^ds . . *"-# \\\ power is great. This again wiii offer a those students whg} care to deovte H merctai schooi. The library has grown of the State< to br<ng the university to ^ f\\\ ne- fie'd. Then too. the establishment themseives to rati^d work, by giving from a sheif of books to 10,000 volumes the peop)e. !To these may be added the --------------—------------------—:-----------------------'-1- /i; -*M\ of m w business plant's wiii give One op them the oppe rfu.'ty of^ooming into H smd a humbieiaboratoryTias given way speciai !ectAres on literature and. art „. .. . - ] M .3)B .. '—rtmtlties to. the Avti en.-hieof in e?n ! *'oc- contact TdSh mMt wnh toadoseniaboratoriesdevotcdtoprac- being g'ven at Reno by distingu^hed PrMident Stubbs b.^me t^e head ot .i ^ strucHon work. The devet.pm;nt of the the practical side cf the motive power ^ a)t/the better known sciences guests und-.t the auspices of ,the Eng- the University of Neva<^ in I8M. He was i ^ L State means aiso good highways, more department of a gWt railroad. 'pure Xnd technical. The dormitory H'h Club, and the ann,-ai course of ec- graduated from the Ash and (Ohio) H^h ^ FJ bridges, good sewem and g&bd water sup- ____________________________i ^Tr-riviieges have been improved from a tures in Christian ethics made, possib)e School in 18^. and from the Ohio wesiey- iv< 'hi p,,es These questions are now being T*m [ ^F*ACThJ row of pinO staiis over one of the reci- by the generosity of a univbrsiiy friend, an U^versit^n^. He ^eh ^tended IV I much discussed by leading citizens and VV!LL. L?MCLfl H fatten halls and the woodshop to the Of spec.ai interest to both ciUsens the Drew w. JuS A some probiems bearing on these subjects H commodious structures known as Man- and students wiii be the course of iec- which he was.gtadmtted in m3 He sub- ii wiii have to be sttied very soon. Here. MC*\*F T AMr\ H sanita and Lincoin halls, while the tures on foreign travel now being was preMdent ^a^w)n Urn A JHHSgnHH! too. the competent consulting engineer ilE. W stru^lo with nature to reclaim the planned by tne faculty as the central vers;ty .at Berea, Ohio, president or tne n j —be in urgent demand hiiitop wiii dnaiiy end in a park to feature of the weekly genera! assembly ' )H ^^ W The temptathm to the young men of ---------*--------- H Which both students and citizens wiii during the coming co!!ege year. This ^sobiatio^^ericamA^cuitur^ Coi ^1 ^ this State to go out and engage in actuai r-t ^ , . . ) to resort. ^ Atlh^.d or,nth. tiding camps ^gSerVatlOQ tS DISTD..UISHE. ALUMNI. ^My!wh^Vis f^^iq^in^ cLrg^han of the Methodist Epty=opai M f i t^"^ige^pJdl t^"^n!ng \j , ^ . , The best evidence of the university's the first coiiege assembiy dstab!ished church. This recapttuiation affords an Hi M ^ nw,mcti)m is not as NO\A/ f*^f] H success, however, is in its output of on the Pacific &ast to promote the gen- idea of th(i Extensive preparation that M // areiarge. *YVW A&U. H suceessfui graduate, and students, era! cu!ture of the students. President Stubbs had for hi. present im- M J - ^ ----------*--------- During its thirty year, of existence The Schooi .f Education is engaged portant, post. S\ // ^ exAAi r. „ ^ ^ , H over 1400 students have be^t in at- in creating a corps of resourceful and ---------*--------- M /J ^ . no One section of Esmeraida County that tendance and 433 students have been ambitious teachers to be centers of ih-, — —, , \\ /Af - 's bssenUM and that theory is has large and rich mineral deposits and graduated from the coiiege schooi.. Huence and intei!eetuai life in the' ^1 SCHOOL \\ WMHHHHHM F f^ very fertile lands for agricultural and H Since 1891 238 baccalaureate degrees sparseiy settled communities, where aii t*^ ^ \\ // theory coupied with experience wiii hnai- stockraising purposes has never been a H have been c..f.rr^d-a high percent- advantages, except those of boundless MIMCC % ` M . V !y m^tAli<^M en^r portion of the pubiic domain. It iiea in ago of students and graduates consid- nathre, are almost whoi!y denied. iYHF \A /Ml ** northwest portion of the county ering the population of Nevada and * \\ /W ' ^ - e po o ^ the counties of California adjacent HIGH SCHOOL. --------e--------- , ^ V, /W I-sr*S^*\O! T—*HC* known as the Waiker Lake Reservation. ^^hereto. In harmony with the spirit of serv- - r^rAvDHI.VVl^ Th's section was set aside by the Gov- ^^^f the graduates from the Schools of ice, the university has also established ^**#V\^rhOO \WSB vJ}K)!A ^33^ ^ ___ eminent years ago for the use of the H^i Arts, General Science and Edu- a University High Schooi, where stu- ! AI&J m`&L-I IV-A ^SBCr jT Indians ^Lpne is the Representative of dents whose homes are not situated <* v y ) ^ IwAB I \JT r ^yWWtLr\ white the weed, ef Une)e Sam wilt HAL, Congress, another is Su- convenient to high schools may find Of ValUC. ^ White the wards of Uncle S^n wIH ^)^e of the State, eight have tne opportunity to continue their sec- vl 11 G4IwAv, ^ ^ /7/TL, A`s 1) - * ----- to a certain extent tiii the rich soii and to college professorships ondary education as an end in Itself ,_______ ' ?lBA '\R\ % # BBM , devote a certain portion of their existence Hiher States, while a larger or as a preparation for college work in \ F !* OU6St)OnS on this reservation to raising stock, they H^heen coiiege assistants the atmosphere'of university life. This #y /*#OffMO# GfO#6f iOt/WC, N$N \ # ** have no propensity for scouring the One has been State school, though a heavy burden on the % y y—- y—. 1 I mountainous sections-taquest ofmlnerai- Pubiic Instruction faculty, wiii be continued until increas- A/Myen of 7f Or flCyAl/A. CO Lj6 O A M 6 Q * bearing lodes. ^Attained high rank ing popui&tion makes possible the es- —---- '* For several years the pnblie has e!am- Still others are tab!ishment of strong county high The mining department of the uni- ------- e ----- * ored for the throwing open of the m!n- ^Mhool principals, schools in the more sparsely settled vers'ity has always, occupied a leading nn<if reeno r r ofCCC/yr eraitzed zone of this section. The de- ^^pvemment serv- counties of the State. niace in the hearts of the people. Com- [ of rf7OrcooOn &. r. ottoo/Irv, mands have been so urgent and repeated ^^ofiaw. medi- Closeiy aiiicd to the university are mto birth through the excellence of 4------------------------------------——--------------------------------------- - ^^ ^^ T f/#/yf^^/7*)' Of /Iff/dAM. upon the Government that Congress dur- ^Bspearly one- the Nevada Academy of Sciences and & ^tnI,. it PRESIDENT STUBBS. THE OFFICIAL HEAD OF NEVADA'S LEADING EBU- ______ ]ng the fifty-seventh session passed a grammar the State Historical Association, whose her mines and ever am g ' CATIONAL INSTITUTION AND VIEWS OF UNIVERSITY HALLS OF LEARN- , ,. biii which the President has since signed K state are one aim is to perform for Nevada what is not strange that the peopie should INd IN WHICH YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN ARB TAUGHT. In common with aii questions re!at- ^!,lnad. a iaw auth.rizhig the open- School of is being done by similar societies in take pride in their part of the State --------:--------------------------- ' - — i ——v ing to the industrial development ot Waiker Lake Reservation, to ^ other States. The former has under- educational system which relates to this ^ ... devoted sources of the State answered. Nevada Nevada, the power probiem has not ,nciude aii iands. however. The biii pro- H?s of En- taken to determine the feasibility ofq-e- ^dnstry and should seek to provide ^!^^f preparftiomTnd Giif is not,) hus no sJch hurLu. but by statute, aii been given the serious consideration it. v,ded that every Indian who was th. excep- foresting the denuded slopes of the ^6 best educational facilities for their sumcient unless the facilities for in- i work of this nature has been done by importance wouid seem to justify, and heaa of a family on the reservation wouid Hy tion enguge!f^^^^^B]]Hgi work Sierras and to obtain high mountain might desire to foiiow this struction are such aa to admit of the the mining department of the universi- just where its ultimate solution lies is be given a certain number of acres of HV from San Francisco to York observations qf temperature and pre- sons wn. migni o. , most embient use of a student's time; ty. This work aiso in the past has therefore stiii uncertain agricultural iand; that the reservation H and from British Columbia to Jth. cipitati^. The latter has under^ken by such an environment ^Ms ^he ^fst wJi-k harder,and to been done un&erconstderabi.diiHculty. T^ dfte the development of water must be surveyed and Indian allotments [- isthmus. wh i. in South Africa the task.fc.i^thig materiais for a tP' UPpect that a iarge better advantage his predecessors but with th. increased facilities more uo^.r c^iPhid with io^P distPnceliec- made before th. pubiic wouid b. aii.w.d F nx x,"i.?rfj'sx" "r7i'° ^ °*""" ".X! ?s. <xx—' ;r T?xs;,"s. --r;,..,-,..,, ...... ..- ^.ri^l!mp.rt.....f th.tr St.t.,.d .fuhvrtM.nfa.tp^e.ylthth.m. Or.r hi,t.f "'w,,h ^.^?h*Xlh",Ximphr,hnr. of t,h... h,,,,,d. hi th. work ..r.r.d by f.r.thl).n.c.nP...hl.ctt.-,Vy university and hoid positions from Some features the university wiii be ^ students of the university are mining the peopie have come to a reai- thq United States Geological Survey, is -,,,,-ggtullv with this power but it is devolves upon the Geological Survey. ,, more humble mine surveyor andsam- compcned^^^odi^ngtheimme- ^bing the mining course at the present ization of the importance of the Schooi imperatively demanded by the mining bardiy to ^b7 expected that the !ow of the Department of the Interior. \ pier of ores to resident manager of diate future, such as schools of Law, *t & Mines Immediate steps have been Interests of the State. The mining de- jl.. ,*r -^hich the qtat. .The engineering work for the con- some of the larger properties on the Medicine. Pharmacy and Dentistry. u-.-edintr the present mining revival taken to eauln and place the school partment of-the university, untii such t.nnn which its substan structing of the great Government \ Rand at salaries ranging from ;i.,.O. In the schools aii^ady founds, how- ,^^[^r^. !he.mi^pg sc^Jf w^ A .^h a ^.uPg as wiii eni^l. It time a. the v.ium. of this work nec.s- ^"rnm'in^ inZ^r7wiii d^p^ wm cana! ffr th. carrying of water, for rt D) *IS.<MO per annum. Many of the ever, strong undergraduate courts are ^^^tAnd.r many d!fHcuities and to property car. for th. need, of the states a separate State bureau, must ^J^rked PPtB a cheaper PPw.7 is the reclamation of th. arid iands, th. I T graduates aiso hoid positions in the being given and some provision made ^"" fardshiM on the oart of students miiUng students. aiso supply this vacancy. *><= worked untii a cneaper power is g^t,,t undertaking of th. Western h ^flh^AdL^ffrSchool of ^ru^e^ty^d^he^nity t^r ^ ^gf^^dyAgL^ ' ^rgas^n.^d L mAgrtcuitur. ... is.ngagedindairy- pr.perposRh,n in th. world of science it may be safely said afforded th. student for studying^- B!G WORK bte#pectedM^kt"heead tion iands have not been surveyed and BL ^\ng, some have gone into mining en- on the other. „ no one of them but is amnies of mining nractic. and equip- ^ -------- opened tor pubiic entry. H gineering. two are engaged in business. _____* ^^ ___ taking a place for himself, if not in menu both upon a small and a grand YMJ \ 7! F \A7 n,<fh f'his ^nrk bc the adv?^biiity A Supreme effort is being made by the and ono has gained ^ A DC*CTO the mining industry, at least in some scale/ Modern machinery equipment; M !ELWn <,f establishing central stations for Government ofHcia!s to get ^ task ^ distinction in war. \Jr branches Mon- ncw^r m,mni.^ ventilation and hoist- ofsurveyingtheseiands, which, when Others of^rs^d^ts have entered (^i^ia, Nevada. 3rltish Co- Sg plants; ^11 prospects and deep —accomplished, wiii permit the General Cadet Corps and PRESIDENT lumbia. Central America, South Africa mines; complex and simple geological ^ electrical energy throughout a mining Commissioner at Washington to Of m"^'^ct service to the State * *Y***^*'^^^'* * * t and other ioceiities cam give testimony conditions, ore deposittonat Steamboat (Ji Vi! tl 00! 066^)00 d'[^W^^sh) i^ng donf with _<:osi f designate the aiiotted iands and then g- !\! , ^ f ^ , , ' to the worth of these men. Truiy the and other !ocalitiea-a!i these are open ^ .t rnt,.ZTi, near TonoDah That this "* A date for th. opening, which wiii uat^,^nd studM*trwh<r^vc s^tU^d ,, — . struggi. for the*, education in the to the student The stimulus which PrnW!c>m<S w^iUd bl i happy solution of th. power be published In advance throughout uates ana stuaents wno nave setuea TT face of the many obstacles has de-}comes from the study of these exam- A^n small onerators there is the country. !]C!S tLXD6ri6MC6 veloped ail that is good and whoiesome pies is of inestimable value to the stu- ^ sma!i doubt. ^ ^ present time no *M* man is their efforts to the improvement of I r in these graduates and has sent them dent. Many examples of metaliurgicai * . other generators that have been sug- aiiowed on the reservation without a per- ccboobrof°Agrh'uHure *M!ning^nn<l ^forth prepared for the hard &ght which practice may also be studied here. Dynn/irree/iDn s rv*A 1/t*FF/y/?F gested are the steam turbine, soiari"'lt' *" order to secure such his sch.oi.of^Agricuiture. Miuing and Oj WlQe^CODe. .very young man must make before he Milling, concentrating and cyanldtng A. f/C/ftl't/f/fr, g^d are tne sr^m ruroin^^mr,^^ must booiBciai. Rnwctors m ^f"i^ruct!^^Jri^ld'bymca^of"n , receives substantial recognition from plants are in operation a half day's Of MEV4ZM. of the lai^e quantity of water required] have occasionally slyly slipped Into the H "* ..ruction, assisted by means of in * the engineering world- Some of the journey from the schOoL . ,h- condenser and in the 1 c6veted section. Upon being discovered th^SUUe's ^t<^u/nliMd tefh^^li Edward Stubbs, the president of cnrdlt Tor their suocess must be given The new districts of Tonopah and profession of civil engineering has gen/Htio!i*f steam for th. turbine by the Indian poi)ce their outats have interests the University of Nevada, Is one of the the university, but the principal share GoidHeld are distant bnt a short day s y^^n^y ]ts attention strongly drawn ! itself, the use of the steam turbine Is been conCscated and themselves escorted AfAnn-wTr nntcAr S- most eminent of educators. The success to the natural ability, environment and trip, and here the development of a new ^ State of Nevada by the opening practically prohibited in many mining off the reservation. H -C - Of th. university over which he presides courage of the men themselves. mining camp "*7 ** '** up .f a new field of resources, which for districts of Nevada. Government .mclala report thatth. Thus has the university been held targe degree to his unwearied DEMANDS ON STUDENTS. phases. Summer schools and Ce!d tr pa pa,n,^nency will far surpass the mineral Such are the problems of power and time Is not distant for entry. When ^ unswervingly to the plan conceived by Is due m targe aegree to ms unwearied " ^ , bring tbe student into close touch with l^_ , . Slate Bv this I mean of newer transmission that wiii engage lhat time arrives a big rush wit! be Its nrst .resident. LeRoy D. Brown, to efforts and to his executive ability. Men Th. problems .n the education of lining work. ^Hcuitu^e Ld man^cttn^s tL^ught^^rm^han c^ eh^nefn mad. to secure avaiiabie lands. While H" keep th. university in close sympathy who have achieved prominence in profes- mining engineer, have become more " TO MINING. have ^ b^ht ^ thf ^shoid .f The o.erUng up of ^ ^^ng d^tricUi the agricultural ground Is most d.,lr- H with the idea), of th. State and in sional and business lif'e recognise their comp!ex. th. demand, upon graduate. RELATION TO MINING- hvth.utii^ation ' Ind de-LonmentTf de.oW:veimin- abie.7here is a vast army of prospector. H faithful -service to their needs. And indebtedness to him. During a series of more numerous as time goes on. The Apart from the education side. th. realization in Nevada by the uUUzaUon and the development or deep ^vei mtn - ^ ^ among the first to get now when the State is once more years he has led higher education in Ne- ednoation of ten years ago is not sum- Schooi of Mines bears another impor- ,ofthe pent up energy of its streams. ing in the wiii ***\h!f ^u^Mty, miners) bearing iand If one can "t^dh^g at the threshold of oppo^t^ vada. Th. work to him has been a labor cent for th. students of to-day. Th. tant relation to th. mining industry. ,< There is at present urgent need for dvii wh^th. redemption.fttm desert wBi f"f. In nity fh. unlversUy! m.id"dand of i^vc. Much of th. reputation that th. mining a<;b..I of th. present must be Many of th. mining State, of th. West engineer, on account of the important bccAne } ^^i^aiind^bri/Lfr^th.?.ec" strengthened during ^this period of university has abroad has come from prepared to train its graduates to go maintain, at iarge expense, bureaus irrigation work being done by the Gov- piping stations and UMstmrtat)on in j ,*,!?t that some of -reparation, is ready to aid in mas- President Stubbs' work. Promising stu- into any mining Held In the worid and where the peopie interested in mining eminent in this State. This work, which which the **°"bt* ,,L„, mines in the State will be tering the problems bef*re her. These dents come annually from distant States to Hnd a place; the curricuium must may secure any desired information re- has recently been inaugurated. Promises less P'^y^YCi*y im^rtMt part. Hund on Waiker i^kc Reserve tion after 1 omhiems concern not *)one tha ma- and countries to Mcurq the advantage be broad enough to cover many reiated lating to th. valuable minerals, and hot oniy to continue for Mverai years. in establishing the^lmot of Meehan- found on Waik^ i^kcI^r^UM after \ HB teriai but th. intei!eetuai welfare of resulting from receiving a mining eduea- branches of engineering In addition to h-Y. questions c<mc.rni^ mining and /butt, create a iar^HeidfOrin^gsHoh ^ n/^^fth^"su!t^ wtrl 'k"iR ii^tl H the State. The revival of mining and j[ tion In a leading mining State. mining. In most mining schoois of the metallurgical work and the mineral re- j engineers when tbe system has been per JYhe needs of the State were kept ever j locate upon it-