Show DEPARTMENT NOTES Commercial Have you heard Barrack’s latest Klondike yarn? Wanted: An inspiration a sensation or a fabrication The golden rule of business: “Do others or they will do you” Barrack — “ Hello Jo” She — “Miss Munk if you please” Jensen (translating German) — “Throw the horse over the fence a little more hay” “You are so brilliant Mr Farrell” said the Sorosis girl “that we do not need a lamp in the room when you are there” And Farrell agreed Prof Burchell is rejoicing over the final arrival of the new desks for the Commercial Department They came in with the last install- ment of college furniture Stoddard — “Did you ever try to speak Chinese?” Barrack — “No but I’m taking French That’s just as bad” The question confronting so many of us has been simply solved as follows: “The baby rolled upon the floor playing with its feet It put its toe into its mouth thus making both ends meet” Who the subject of their animated conversation is could not be learned but the following fragmentary account was overheard by a chance listener: “Sampson said he didn’t Kerr so long as Parkinson does not Rit-e- r Farrell said that if he were Rich instead of so good and do it Wright looking he would Forge-o- n but he Owens so Lytle he fears he has no show but when he called lie might have Benn-et- t to take her for a straw ride with a Bar-rac- k girls turned their Baxter him then Gleed at his discomfiture” At this point the spectator became disgusted and left so the outcome is unknown “The Law Club of the Agricultural College” is the presumptuous title of a newly organized society of the College The permanent organization was effected October 23 and the club is now meeting regularly on Thursday of each week in charge of the following officers: W C Porter Pres F D Farrell Y Pres W A Jensen Sec S G Rich Treas L B Stod- dard Historian and Freeman Lytle Sergeant-at-arm- s The plan of work for the year as outlined by the executive committee includes quizzes on criminal and civil law debates and trial and the drill thus afforded will doubt-es-s be very beneficial to those participating Engineering The chemistry laboratory was moved to the main building last summer and the mechanical engineers and mechanic arts students now' have full use of the mechanic arts building The interior of the north wing is being remodeled There will be offices a class room a department library and study room and a cabinet making room There are about 100 students in the Engineering Department this year or nearly twice as many as there have been on any previous year This is one of the leading departments of the college and we believe that its students and graduates have done more toward making a name for the college than have those of any other department The future is more promising for it than ever before During the last year there have been a number of changes made The civil engineers have moved from their old quarters to the rooms occupied last year by the Commercial department and two rooms across the hall which they used for office and class room One of the large rooms is alreadj' filled with drawing desks and presents a very busy appearance The other is used as an instrument room The senior civil engineers have been busy (?) for several Mondays trying to make Professor Swendsen believe that they are surveying a canal around the side of the hill west of the college and crossing a cut near the dormitory They expect to get data for designing a trestle across the cut to work on this winter when the weather is bad They have measured Logan River and The Logan and Richmond Canal |