University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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Buildings. The building formerly occupied by the members of the United States Agricultural Experiment Station Staff was burned on Sunday, August 26th, IQOO. It has been rebuilt and refitted to serve as a mining laboratory,and it is now occupied by the professors in charge of the departments of Mining and of Geology, of Metallurgy, Surveying and Mining Engineering. The building formerly known as the Mining Building has been refitted, equipped with a new steam-heating plant and will be used hereafter as quarters by a part of the Staff of the Experiment Station. Professor McDowell and Dr. Kennedy will have rooms upon the first floor and Professors Doten and Frandsen on the second Hoor. 1 The President's house is built in the colonial style of architecture and stands at the south-east corner of the grounds. It is a modern building of twelve rooms, with hot water heater and electric lights, for the accommodation of the in I President and his family. It is a decided addition to the architecture of the University buildings. Its windows afford a pleasing View of the town of Reno and the adjacent valley. V The Chemical building, for which an appropriation of twelve thousand dollars has just . gzglvg g been made by the State Legislature will be built in a style of architecture nearly like the Me- ' -... chanical building. It will stand almost on a line between Stewart and Lincoln Hall. On the first floor will be the qualitative chemistry laboratory, with accommodations for seventy r, 't,'.'ss ssr. . students, and the quantitative chemistry laboratory, with accommodations for forty students, a T - - - -1' t store room for chemicals, and in the annex at the rear, a lecture room accommodating one hundred and fifty students. This lecture room will be built on the amphitheater style, VV1tl'1 operator's desk, equipment for experiments and arrangement for stereoptican views. It will PRESIDEN'r's COTTAGE. be the most modern of all class-rooms upon the grounds. The second floor will be the laboratory for the chemical department of the United States Experiment Station, with laboratory for general study, dairy room, grinding and crushing room, dark room for photographic purposes, and general store-room. This building will be of great value in the future development of the University. Its needs has been felt for a number of years and it will relieve the over-crowding that is now going on in other buildings. I9

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6799 University Extension -9.0.0 THE COMSTOCK ,CLASS INSTRUCTOR, HENRY DYE D. A. MCDONELL, Prefidefzt HALLIE BULMER, Serretary R. C. HEINSCH, Trmfzzrer M. A. AVERILL, G. MCM. Ross, GUSTAV SIELAFF, W. A. BURNS, Exerzztiw Committee 6 .2 .0 pST different times attempts have been made to carry on, during the college year, courses of study in the towns near the University. 'X T Classes were organized in Carson, Reno and Winnemucca and the Work pursued With varying degrees of success. Most of' these attempts ,mfs have been given up, for the professors, fully occupied with their regular duties, had not the proper amount of time to give to outside classes. There is, however, at the present time in Virginia City a class Whose work thus far has been very successiil and whose existence is largely due to the efforts of Mr. G. MCM. Ross. Several years ago While a resident of California, Mr. Ross made his first attempt in this direction with the University at Berkeley. Realizing that there are many Worthy men who by some force of circumstances are kept out of' college and who would yet, gladly obtain a degree, Mr. Ross asked of the University of California that any person who could pass the ex- aminations usually required of regular students be given a degree whether he had ever attended the college or not. The request was refused. Some time after this Mr. Ross became a resident of Nevada. One day last summer While he and Dr. Stubbs were engaged in con- versation, this same subject of conferring degrees upon men not students of universities, was brought up. Mr. Ross, after expressing his views, asked what concessions would be made along' this line by the University of Nevada. The reply Was, in substance, that degrees would be granted to any persons who had proven themselves Worthy of the honor, and moreover all possible aid would be given to any who were 21