The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-10-15
AN INTERESTING EVENT
Home Demonstration Agents Meet.
ing at the University of
Florida

The conference of "home demon
stration agents." which had been in
progress at the University in Gaines
vile during the week has been from
the first an unqualified success.
The meeting was formally opened
on Tuesday morning at the chapel
exercises of the university. Occupy
ing the seats of honor at the right
of the platform were the special
guests of the occasion, among whom
were Prof. O. B. Martin of Washing
ton, D. c., head of the tomato clubs,
or home demonstration workers as
they are now called for the United
States; Mrs. McKimmon, head Of the
same work for the state of North
Carolina; DR.. NJ. N Straughn of the
bureau of chemistry, Washington, d.
c., an expert on jellies and pre-
serves; Mr.. Flohr of the parcel post
department, Washington, D. c., and
Miss Agnes Ellen Harris, with her
assistants and thirty or more coun-
ty agents and demonstrators.
President Edward Conrad, of the
Woman's College in Tallahassee, sat
on the platform at the right of Pres
ident Murphree of the university, and
gave the chapel address.
The university orchestra, so COM
petently directed by Miss Mary Con-
nor, was seated at the left of the
platform and the music furnished for
this occasion was nothing short of
wonderful. One could not help but
| recognize In this music rendered at
every morning chapel service a great
eleyating and refining influence on
the several hundred young men
gathered there each day. The splen-
did singing of the hymn "Onward
Christian Soldiers" joined in, it
seemed, by every person present was
indeed an inspiration and was re-
marked on by all.
! After the reading of the scripture
lesson and prayer, President Muir
phree in few forceful words well
4
coined the visitors and then introduc-
ed President Conradi of the Wom-
ans College, who made the response.
DIR. Conradi was greeted by round
after round of applause from the
/ young men, to which he replied thar
he appreciated very much indeed the
ovation they had given the girls. He
| said that it was something new to
| him to look into the faces of SO many
young men, that he was accustomed
to looking into the faces of some
four hundred young ladies each
morning and that he knew every
young man present would give 3
great deal for just one four hun.
dredth part of that pleasure, but i
they would come TO Tallahassee ht
would give them much larger part
After few other bright remarks
DIR. Conradi then referred to th'
reading from the Bible which wa
taken from Paul's Epistle to the Cor
inthinians and made one of the mos
. inspiring talks it has ever been on
privilege to hear. Only. those VIII
know and have heard DIR. Conrad
could gain by few words here writ
ten any idea of the impression hi
; remarks make on his hearers. Tn
people of Florida are to be congrat
ulated on having two such Christia
gentlemen and men of such knowl
edge and force of character at tn
head of their two highest state edu
cationaI institutions.
: After the chapel exercises, tn
, home demonstration agents gathere
:. together again for their discussion {
: the various phases of their work. D
: Murphree again made a short az
e dress of welcome, which was RESPOND
a ed to by Prof. Martin of Washington
Prof. Martin emphasizes the soci'
4 logical and missionary phase of ii
work and indeed more practici
method of expressing the missional