The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-13

of the states of Idaho, Illinois, Iowa.
Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Ne
braska. North Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota and Wisconsin, called by the
committee of the Minnesota Bankers
association, will bring to Minneapo
lis, October Is and 10, the most
distinguished gathering of the kind
ever assembled here. Governor A,
o. Eberhart will be present and DR..
George e. Vincent, president of the
state university, has advised the
committee that although his inaugu.
ration will prevent his presence on
the opening day, nothing will inter-
fere with his attendance on the Sec
ond day.
o. c. Olsgaard Of Neville, n. D.,
chairman of the committee on edu-
lature and author of the North Da-
kota bill for rural school consOli-
dations: S. f.. Hargis, superintend-
ent of the Litchfield public schools,
and John Monroe, superintendent of
the Cokato associated school Of agri-
culture, are among the practical ed.
ucators on the program.
Bradford Kemp of the department
Of agriculture will come up from
Washington, Professor J. ID. Moore
of the college Of agriculture, Madi-
son, Wis, Professor p. G. Holden
of the college of agriculture, Ames,
Iowa, Professor A. n. Shepard OF
the North Dakota agricultural col
lege, and superintendent E. n. Phil
lips of the state department of pub
lie instruction, st. Paul, are expect
ed to speak. Chicago will send UP
NJ. d. Kelly of Beardsley institute,
who is an authority on vocational
training in the public schools, and
from the Minnesota college of agri-
culture there will be Dean A. r.
Woods, who will speak OH Methods
Of Agricultural Demonstration and
Extension Work. Professor Andrew
Boss, who will talk on organization
and farm management, and Profess
sor A. ID. Wilson, whose address
will be on Agricultural Extension
Work"
James J.. Hill will open the pro-
gram at the Hotel Radisson We'd
nesday, October Is, at 10 a. M, and
will be followed by the governor
and G. G. Schulz, state superintend-
ent of instruction in Minnesota. The
session of Thursday, October 49,,
will open at 10 a. m, at the state eX-
pertinent farm, st. Anthony Park,
and later be transferred to the
Saint Paul hotel, St. Paul, where it
will be called to order at 2 p. m.
The Minnesota Bankers commit
tee which consists of Joseph Chap
man, Jr., chairman; L. A. Huntoon,
Moorhead; George C. Power. St.
Paul., A. G. Wedge, Jr., Bemidji;
w. ]. Prince, Duluth; William e.
Lee. Long Prairie, and Charles R.
Frost, Minneapolis, with President
ID. S. Culver of st. Paul and Vice
President ID. C.. Armstrong. Albert
Lea, assisting, has provided enter
tainment, which includes visits 10
the state agricultural college and
the university. Speakers will be
asked to limit addresses to thirty
minutes, SO that all may be heard
within a reasonable time.
Coincident with the big meeting,
the executive council of the Mime
sofa Bankers association will meet
and it is expected that, with the
leadership of Minnesota in the work
of agricultural education strongly
Endorsed by an attendance of repre-
sentative men, the committee will
propose something new in the way
of more effective or thorough ham
ding of rural school consolidation.
The committee comprises George A.
Du TOit, Chaska, chairman; George
H. Prince, st. Paul; Frank E. Hol-
ton and George F. Orde. Minneapo.
lis; l.. Whitmore. Wabasha: F. L..
Stone, Benson; w. l.. Brooks, Be.
midi; j. FL. McGilvra, Milaca; e. f.
Shepard, Winona; W. d. Willard,
MankatO, and II. w. Putnam, Red.
wing.