Show STUDENT LIFE i:u We are pleased to note the interest taken in agriculture in some of our sister institutions It is an encouraging sign ed to the equipment of the dining room The dining room floor has been greatly improved by being planed smooth and oiled A number of new improved gas burners for the D S laboratory and twelve dozen glass stoppered bottles for the food museum have arrived and are now in use Several winter course students-haventered to specialize in cooking and sewing About sixteen guests are now being served daily by the manual training and winter course girls Miliraru Instruction in guard duty has e Agriculture The Farmers Institute workers who have just returned from a successful tour of the southern part of occupied the attention of the new cadets during the month and nearly all have now a speaking acquaintance with the General Orders of a sentinel on jost This most imbe portant duty of a soldier willsumpractically performed in the mer encampment which it is hoped will materialize this year Preparations for the annual military ball are well under way It will probably be held on Februapr The special drill 22nd as usual in squad is somewhat handicapped drill-hall not having the use of the but will give a good account of itself with a few weeks’ more prac- the state report a very good time Prof Northrop was much encouraged with the prospects for orcharding in the state Land tice g suitable for Among other activities may may be the signal squad and the purchased for seventy dollars an The former has acre and made to bring $400 an bugler bunch learned the alphabet and will soon-bacre in return sending wireless messages in The winter course opened very The favorably with a good class of words of one syllable or less needs students During the course there latter is heard daily and all it is time to blow the roof off the will be three special lectures a week main building Several of the proa number of outside speakers havfessors are trying to invent a sounding been engaged Dr Frederick begins his free less trumpet for use The result of the recent engageclinics Monday Jan 8 for the benefit of the winter students The ment in which the captain of “B” work will be continued the remainCompany figured so prominently der of the year a large class of justifies the good opinion that always had of his judgment in' regular students having registered d apple-growin- e in-doo- rs we-hav- e |