The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-19

The ~ShOrthorns," Composed Of Old
Students, Gave One Recently to the
Newcomers-Co-eds From st. Louis
to Learn Butter and Cheese Maxi
ing, and Orientnls Come t. study
Scientific Husbandry.
Agriculture is "the rage" ut the Uni.
versity Of Missouri, says a Columbia
(Mo.) dispatch to the Kansas City Star.
Since last September this department
has advanced with such strides that it
has surpassed all other studies in popu-
larity. Members Of the faculty are en-
rolling themselves as students in order
to enter the poultry department. Stu
dents calling themselves "~Shorthorns"
have inaugurated a series of social en-
tertainments to be given this year and
will be known as agricultural parties"
Recently a party of girls from the st.
Louis swell set arrived at the univer-
|sity to enter the dairy department. A
few days ago the students adopted an
agricultural yell, and the other day at
a mass meeting preparations were COM
pleted for an agricultural journal, con-
Quoted solely by students, and an ed
itorial staff was elected.
In the last three months letters have
been received from Egypt, Turkey,
Scotland, Canada, Mexico, South Amer
lea and other foreign countries from
prospective students notifying the uni
versity authorities Of their intention
to enter the agricultural department
next year. A colony of students is
coming from Egypt. The party will
be accompanied by two Turkish stu
dents, who will enter the agricultural
department. The popularity Of the
Missouri college in Egypt is largely
due to the efforts Of Cobra Salem, an
Egyptian student from Alexandria, who
recently entered Missouri university.
He has been sending circulars broad.
cast throughout Egypt advising his
countrymen to come to the University
of Missouri. Their object is to intro
duce American methods of scientific
husbandry in their native land.
An unexpected result Of the agricul.
tural rage is it's development into a SO
cial factor. An agricultural party" by
the students last week was an innova'
ton. 1t was by the old students, known
as "Shorthorns," to the new students
who recently began the winter term
The "Shorthorns," assisted by the girls
of the dairy department, received in the
state horticultural building. A socia:
innovation was introduced during the
evening in the form Of a magic Lantern
lecture by G. I. Hartley of the bureau
of plant industry at Washington. VIII
went to Columbia for the purpose. Th'
lecture was on ''corn breeding" thu
speaker detailing the most improved
methods. Refreshments were served b.
the dairy girls, assisted by the "horti
cultural co-eds." 2,
All the "co-eds'' in the agricultural
department call themselves "girl farm
ers." They make up about 25 per cen.
Of the students and rival the "Short
horns" in agricultural spirit. A major
ity prefer dairying, and this depart
ment has the largest enrolment of girl!
in the agricultural school. The "co
eds are also interested in stock judg
ing, and several of them have already
manifested such ability in this line tina
their class grades equal those of TIL
boy students. A special feature of tn
dairy department is cheese and butte
making, at which the young wome1
easily surpass the young men.
The students of the agricultural de
partment recently adopted a class vel
which is decidedly unique. 1t is called
the agricultural yell" and is as fol
lows:
Horses, cattle. sheep and hogs,
Turkeys. chickens, ducks and dogs;
Feed 'em, fatten EN-, make 'em thrive
Agriculture-19-5.