Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-25

Agriculture is ''the rage at the Uni versity of Missouri, says a Columbia .(NIo) dispatch to the Kansas City Star. Since last September this department has advanced with such strides that. 1t has surpassed.a Il 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 "Shorthornsp have inaugurated a series of social en- tertainments to be given this year and will be known as agricultural parties Recently party of girls from the St. Louis swell set" arrived at the univer- sity to enter the dairy department. A fevs days ago the students adopted an agricultural yell, and the other day. at q mass meeting preparations were com pleted for an agricultural journal. con- ducted 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 ica and other foreign countries from prospective students notifying the uni yersity authorities of their intention to enter the agricultural department next year \ colony Of students IS coming from Egypt. The party will be accompanied by two Turkish stu l dents. who will enter the agricultural 1 department. The popularity of tue l Missouri college in Egypt is largely 1 due to the efforts of Cobra Salem, an ] Egyptian student from Alexandria, who 1 recently entered Missouri university. i He has been sending circulars broad- 1 cast throughout Egypt advising his 1 cnuntrymen to come to the University ] of Missouri. Their object is to intro i duce American methods of scientific l husbandry in their native land.
 ig An, unexpected result of the &gricul- 1 tuTal rage is it's development into a so- 1 cial factor. An "agricultrral party by ] the students last week was an innoya- 1 ti0n. It WAS by the old students. known 1 as 'Shorthorrls. to rhe ueNy students. ] who recently began the winter 1ern1. l The ''Shortllorns.' assisted by the girls 1 of the dairy department. received iii the l state horticultural building. A social 1 innovation Was introduced during the 1 evening in the form of a magic lantern ] lecture by C. T. Hartley of the bureau Of plant industry ar Washington. who
 went to Columbia for the purpose. The 1 lecture was on corn breeding. inc l speaker detailing the most improved 1 methods. Refreshments were served by
 the dairy girls, assisted by the ''horti- ] cultural co-etls.'' 1 All the ''co-eds' in the agricultural 1 department call themselves girl farm
 CTS" They make up about 25 per cent ! of the students and rival the 'Short-
 horns" in agricultural spirit A major Eity prefer dairying, and this depart
 ment has the largest enrolment of girls
 in the agricultural school. The '''co-
 eds are also interested in stock judg-
 ing, and several of them have already
 manifested such ability ill this line that
 their class grades equal those of the
 boy students. A special feature of the
 dairy department is cheese and butter
 making, at which the young women
 easily surpass the young men.
 The students of the agricultural de
 partment recently adopted class yell
 which is decidedly unique. It is called
 the agricultural yell'' and is as foi-
 lows:
 Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs,
 Turkeys, chickens, ducks and dogs;
 Feed 'en. faften 'em. make 'ern thrive Agricuiture-I9-5.