Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-30
FARMING THEIR FAD.
Missouri University Students
Make 1t a Social Feature.
AGRICULTURAL PARTIES THE RAGE

The "shorthorns.- Composed of olu
Students, Gave One Recently TO the
NevcomerS-CO-eds From st. Louis
to Learn Butter and Cheese Max
ing, and OrientaIs Come to study
Scientific Husbandry.
Agriculture is 1.-The ri ge'' ut 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 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 Il series of social en-
tertainments TO be given this year and
will be known as agricultural parties"
Recently Il party of girls from the St
Louis swell set arrived at the univer-
sity to enter the dairy department. \
few days ago the students adopted an
agricultural yell, and the other day at
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. \ 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 its development into Il 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. \ social
innovation was introduced during the
evening in the form of n magic lantern
lecture by c. 7. Hartley OF the bureau
of plant industry at Washington, who
went TO Columbia for the purpose. The
lecture was on corn breeding" the
speaker detailing the most improved
methods. Refreshments We're served by
the dairy girls. assisted by the 'hOrti-
cultural co-eds.''
All the goods in the agricultural
call themselves girl farm
crs." They make up about % per cent
of the students and rival the short
horns" in agricultural spirit. \ major
ity prefer dairyinE, 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
such ability in this line that
their class grades equal those of the
boy students. \ special feature of the
dairy department is cheese and butter
at which the young women
easily SurpaSs the young men.
The students of the agricultural de-
partment recently adopted Il class yell
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 EN-. fatten 'em, make EN- thrive;
Agriculture-l9-5