River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-12-12
AT THE NORMAL


from 5 until 8 o'clock Tuesday p.
m.
ALI of the boys of the Agrigcul-
ture school are attending the Farm
ers' Institute in session at the
Opera House to-day and tomorrow,
no classes being held during the
two days.
The 7th and 9th grades of the
Model School are exhibiting manual
training work in the east corridor
of the first floor this week. Visitors
are cordially invited to come and
inspect the exhibits.
On Saturday morning of last week
about dozen Of the men and boys
of the school met in the gymnasium
and erected "bleachers" for the
accommodation of the patrons of the
basket ball games. The new stands
will accommodate about 200 people.
The first basket ball game of the
season will be played in the gym
nasium to morrow friday after
noon at four o'clock, when Normal
will meet the Ellsworth high school
quint. The price of admission
will be 15c. The Normal first team
has not as yet been definitely decid-
ed upon.
DR.. Winship, editor of the Journal
Of Education, Boston, Mass, will
be here January q All of those
who have heard DR. Winship will be
pleased TO hear him again, while
those who have not heard him
should make a special effort to
avail themselves of this opportun-
ity. Furthur particulars in regard
to the doctors visit will be an
nounced later.
There has been some talk of
flooding the east campus for
skating rink and a committee from
the Athletic Board was appointed
to look into the feasibility of the
scheme. The committee has been
in communication with other cities
where a similar scheme has been
tried and the reports from those
places have been very disCouraging
to the promoters. 1t will probably
not be attempted here.
A Japanese art exhibit will be
held in one of the school recitation
rooms a couple of days the first of
next week, probably Tuesday and
Wednesday. The pictures, etc.,
are sent here by a Japanese artist
of Madison, and are exhibited un-
der fine auspices of the Normal
school Y. w. C. A. Admission is
free and any one interested is in
vited to attend. Students will
gladly direct strangers to the ex-
hibit room.
A NEW ORGANIZATION
A new organization was added to
those of the Normal which may
prove to be of considerable interest
to the farmers of the community.
This new organization is known as
THE AgRiFallian Society,"" of
River Falls, Wisconsin,
The purpose of this society is to
promote an interest in practical and
educational agriculture. 1t is es-
tablished for the benefit of a9ricult-
ural students of the Normal and for
farmers who are sufficiently inter
ested to attend the meetings and CO.
operate with the young men of the
school.
The first meeting was held on
the evening of December 6, at
which time the newly elected off,
icers gave a reception to the pros
pective student members. The
music hall was tastefu1ly decorated
with sheaves of wheat, oats, tim.
othy, pumpkins, and other agri.
cultural products. The eighth
grade girls of the Normal served
light refreshments, after which the
following program was rendered
Address of Welcome by President
Stephens.
The Future of Agriculture" BY
Prof. Mallott.
Piano Solo, by Harry PIERCE.
Reading, Down on the Farm,
by Prof. Kuenning.
Violin Solo, by Edgar Bliss.
Opportunities in Agriculture foI
School Men," by Prof. Welles.
Piano Solo, by Willard Irle.
The affair was one of the mos
unique ever held at the Normal, AM
all present were very enthusiastic
in the praise of this first meeting