Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-03
AMES STUDENTS pEFENn BRO.
FEssoR AGAINST
ATTACKS,
TWO HUNDRED At DEs MONIES
TO IMPRESS STATE BOARD
Kennedy Declares Hs Has Anta0onize cd
Agricultural Papers Because He Has
Shown Up Stock Food Franciscan
sation Sprung When Testimony is
Produced Regarding Entries.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 3.-Prof. w. J. Ken
nedy of Ames, is strongly backed by
the students in his department, and
200 of them came to the city yesterday
to boost for him while the investiga-
ton was under way as to his manage
ment of the department.
Professor Kennedy told of what he
had accomplished in the department
and how it had grown from a depart
nent of about thirty-tive students
when he went there to the largest de-
partment of the college With $50 stu
dents. He also told of the fact that
there are now in the department stu
dents from nine foreign countries alo
nineteen other states. He told also of
the investigation made by the Univer-
sity of Edinburg and the fact that that
university is now sending its studel-ts
for postgraduate work to the animal
husbandry department at Ames in
stead of sending them to Germany.
The department has furnished twenty
states with heads of their animal nus
bandry departments.
The testimony of Professor Kennedy
in regard to Shamrock III was as SEN
sational as that which had been given
before. He produced all the cores
pondence with ?. j. Donahue In regard
to the purchase Of the steer and It's
breeding, in which Mr.. Doaahue rep
resented the steer as grade animal
Professor Kennedy never knew any
different until last month when he saw
q copy of the Homestead containing
the expose of the fraud. His testi-
mony In regard TO other animals ana
the Judging class work was in COM
plete denial of the testimony given
against him. Donahue refused to at
tend the hearing.
In support of the position of Ken
nedv two students of the judging team
of 1901 testified they We're members of
the team and did not receive any in
struction as to the alleged hoof marks
on the horses.
Wallace is 1eard.
During the hearing Yesterday Henry
Wallace made q strong statement in
regar,! 20 the reasons for the protest
of the farm papers of the state in ask
ing q change at the college. and based
it upon general complaint which he
said was we'll known to every one. Of
the mismanaeement of the animal nus
bandry department and the lack of
confidence If the people in Professor
Kennedy and his work, He made no
specific accusations but indicated the
general feeling of dissatisfaction which
exists and the reasons why the agri-
cultural press of the state Is unwilling
to boost for the college long as
present conditions exist.
a sensation was sprung at the hear
ing yesterday when Charles Escher.
member of the legislature from Shelby
county, was called to testify and he
identified the pedigree of an animal in
the catalog of the last International
stock show as that of an animal he
sold to Professor Kennedy for the col
lege last fall but he did not recognize
the name. The animal was a pure
bred but its name appeared in the cat
alog as grade.
The general impression is that the
board of educa ton has before it about
the hardest problem of its career in
deciding what to do with the Kennedy
case, and it is regarded as very embar
RAISING