Show STUDENT LIFE In a letter written during- the rummer to the commandant General V II Bisbee acknowledges with thanks the compliment paid him by the cadets in naming their first annual encampment in his honor As predicted in the last issue Sergeant Downey's nose has recovered from the effects of night atIt is tacks and rear guard duty now as good as new The services of one of our most efficient sergeants is lost to the d partment on sunshiny days because Coach Campbell insists on members of the football team preserving their complexions intact for the trip to the Pacific coast - The military department is indebted to Mr Porter and several associates for a number of very good views of Camp Bisbee which now adorn the walls of the armory and serve to remind old cadets of a pleasant and instructive period in last year’s work Riter was seen on d the some days ago with a critical eye for mistakes or improvements He thinks the military department has not yet recovered from the loss it sustained when he withdrew from active service in the ranks He also indulged in the prognostication that if Sergeant Hillman succeeds in landing the shoulder-strap- s his head will certainly burst Gleed also took a look Ex-Corpo- ral drill-groun- Ex-Lie- ut 27 around but left the field promptly when Capt Styer offered him a squad to drill Our military adjutant still has n confidence in his power to please the ladies It is rumored that he at times even aspires to exercise his arts on fair members of the faculty well-prove- Agnail rural Notes Agricultural students lament the loss of Prof Hutt but are living in hopes that his place will soon be filled by one as efficient Awaiting the arrival of a new professor in horticulture the students in Hort I have organized a horticultural society and discuss various subjects relating to fruit growing The experiment station has been working hard to bring before the people the fact that thousands of dollars mav be added to the aggre- gate wealth of the state by the scientific farming of the arid lands which comprise 37000 square miles In connection with the station are a number of experiment farms on arid lands Results of experiments conducted upon these farms show conclusively that arid farming may be made a success in this state The exhibit of the station at the State Fair this year comprises samples of a number of cereals and grasses grown without irrigation |