The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-03
N. D. Agricultural College


| Miss Jean watt Donaldson has
been elected as assistant in home
economics to take the place OF Miss
Edith Fowler who has lately re-
signed that position. Miss Jessie
professor of home economics states
that she comes with high recommen-
dations. She was educated in the
Wisconsin university. Later she took
additional work at the Columbia uni
versity where she specialized in do
nestle science and received her B.
S. degree there in 1909. Miss Dom
aldson has taught domestic science in
the Highland Park high school in IL
linois and also in settlement work
in New York city. The special line
of work assigned her will be dietetics,
| sanitation, textiles and fabrics. The
growth of the home economics de-
| partment shows that young women
are interested in making study of
the home and it's different activities.
| The criticism so often made that wo-
men are losing the love of domestic
| life was due to misdirected education
| The faculty Of the home economics
department of the North Dakota agri-
cultural college consists of Miss M.
Hoover, dean of women and profess
scr of home economics; Miss Alice
G. Haggart, instructor in home nurs
ing, hygiene for women and director
of physical training for women; Miss
Nellie M. Thompson, instructor in
domestic science; Miss Jean Watt
Donaldson, instructor in domestic sci
ence and domestic art; Mrs Serene
| B. Ash, instructor in domestic art The
college course in home economics
starts Sept. 20.
Prof j. H. Shepperd has just re-
turned from Delhart, Texas, where he
attended the Dry Land Farming as
| ISOLATION. In the absence of the presi-
dent and vice president he was called
on to make the presidents address.
/ w. o. Whitcomb of the Williston sub
station delivered the leading paper on
| soil moisture and tillage. Messrs.
| Waldron and Clark, of the Dickinson
sub station gave a paper on alfalfa.
The following were also from North
Dakota: j. C. Thysell of the Dick
inson station, o. A. Thompson and
Clarence Plath of the Edgeley sub
| station. There were representatives
| there from thirteen stations that the
u. S. government is cooperating with
| in the western states and also repre-
sentatives from the u. s. department
of agriculture. The government is con-
| Quoting cooperative work on the
Dickinson, Winiston and Edegeley
sub stations, and Prof. Shepperd has
succeeded in getting the government
to cooperate with the state at the
Hettinger sub-station. In this coop
erative work the u. S. government
furnishes considerable expensive
equipment and also stations men
there. This is a big advantage to the
state. as it gets all the benefits of the
results worked out On the return trip
several stops were made at several
Of the stations that are carrying on
this kind of work. The u. S. govern
ment pays the expenses of the men.
r. III. Slocum, professor of civil en-
cheering, and Miss Edith c. Fowler, |
assistant in home economics, were
married Thursday evening at Geth-
semane Cathedral by Bishop Mann
After the ceremony they left for the
Twin Cities. Arthur Rueber, coach
at the A. c. acted as groomsman and
Helen Fowler of Winnipeg as maid
of honor.
E. j. Thompson of Nameolxi, ILL.,,
comes to the North Dakota agricuI-
tural college as assistant in animal
husbandry. He is a graduate of the
Illinois agricultural college.
Prof. w. B. Richards spent several
days at New Salem this week going the
rounds of the breeding circuit. He
states that fine progress is being made
with the number of pure bred Hol-
stems increasing. The half -bloods
are quite an improvement over the
scrubs and the farmers are very much
pleased with the work. u ]. Downey
who is in charge of the work is hand
ling ii In fine shape. He is well liked
by the farmers and is securing good
results Eighteen head of Holsteins
Will be exhibited at the Mandan fair
from the New Salem breeding cir
cult.
The scarcity of teachers in agricul-
ture is very marked. The Holtville,
Cal, high school is in need of teach
er of agriculture. They have sent out
mimeograph letters to the agricultural
colleges in hopes of securing such a
teacher. There are few lines in which
it is so difficult to find men who are
qualified at the wages they are paying
Registrar Parrott is very much
pleased at the way applications are
coming in for admission to the college.
He also states that there will be nine
high school scholarship students en-
tering this fall. These scholarships are
only available to first grade high