The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-14
THE FARMERS
INSTITUTE IS
BIG ATTRACTION
BABY SHOW ADDS zEsT TO AN
ENTERTAINING PROGRAM.
THE DECLAMATORY CONTESTS
Competition is Spirited and the Var
ious Numbers Were Well Rend-
cred. All Who Took Part
Are Rewarded.

| cred. All Who Took Part
, Are Rewarded.
! On Wednesday morning occurred
, the first program in connection with
the Farmers Institute at the court
house. 1t began shortly after 10 o.
clock with viii Campbell presiding,
and from that time on a most inter
esting session was held. The court
room was comfortably well filled and
Ian gave the various papers the clos
, est of attention. w. A. Caldwell pre-
, scented the subject of Concrete work
! on the Farm" H. r. Harris present
ed a paper on Fruit Growing in Ia"
and Frank w. Else spoke on The
Farming Conditions of the Present
and Future a summary of conditions
that deal directly with the life and
deficiency of farm work.
All of these talks were afterward
discussed more or less and by an in
Iterchange of ideas, considerable in
formation of value was gained. The
musical features of the morning were
lof great interest and fully enjoyed.
lCarl Campbell's class from Spring
Greek rendered excellent violin mus
JIG and as they were young in years,
their progress and ability was all the
more notable The class comprised
Misses Mildred and Mary S. Camp
Ibell, Wallace Anderson and Frederick
Broerman. Miss Agnes Oakley of
Spring Creek and now a student at
Penn College gave a reading that de-
veloped the story of a wedding in the
poor quarters of London. A piano
duette was also rendered by Eva
Marshall and Lois Busby also of Penn
College.
If the programs presented so far
ara key to those to be yet given,
the Institute will be more than a
success and will be a climax to all
that have been given in previous
years.
The Opening Session.
On Tuesday afternoon the opening
program of the Institute was given
at the opera house by the children OF
the rural schools of the county in a
! declamatOry contest. The contest
ants were divided into classes, B rep
resenting children under II years OF
age and A being between II and II
years of age. These contestants
were all selected as the result of pre-
: liminary contests held in each town
ship so that the best speakers APP
Ipeared. One in Class B and one in
Glass A appeared from each town.
ship and in all there were about
thirty contestants.
Prize Winners in Contest.
| Miss Elizabeth Shcahan, the county
superintendent, presided and l. w.
Cook, Miss Mate Morris and Mrs.
Frank c. Lofand served as judges
/ for both classes At the opening of
the program Rev. f. H. Stranahan,
! the pastor Of the Friends church, Of
! fered the invocation, and a piano
duet was rendered by Misses Pearle
and Nellie Barrowman and during
the speaking the program was inter
spersed with other musical selec-
ItiOns by the Convey sisters in a vocal
quartet, Silver Threads Among the
Gold" and mixed vocal quartet by
Mr.. and Mrs Claire d. Gordon and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Douglas, in The
Song of the Viking" All of these
selections were received with liberal
Applause and were thoroughly en-.
joyed.
All Are Rewarded
Each contestant not receiving
prize received dollar as we'll as the
honor of appearing on the program
and the experience in public speaking
gained thereby. Tho prize winners
in Class r were: LIST prize, $500, to |
Irene Freeman of Madison; subject |
THE Christian Soldier" I'd prize |
70 -,
subject, Her Big Sisters Beaux." |
Sd prize, $500, to Lucille Krizer of |
Adams; subject, Getting Washed" !
4th prize, $500, to Waldo Rice of |
Prairie; subject, Tom, the Hero"
and 9Th prize, $1.OO, to Helen F'leck
of Spring Creek; subject, "IIe Didn't !
Think" In Glass A the prize win !
ners were: LIST prize. $500, to Miss |
Elizabeth Everett OF North Madison: |
I'd prize, $500, to Miss Bernice East. |
burn of Cedar; Cd prize, $500, to
Miss Helen Chapman of Jefferson;
4th prize, $500, to Miss Bernice Kel-
ley of White Oak, and 5th prize, $1.0O,
to Miss Edith Parry of Garfield.
Special Features.
While the judges were deciding on
the prizes, the audience was enter
tanned by a defamation by little
Herbert Klaaren of West Madison i
by Miss Margaret Hunter, one of the
from Prairie township. in
exceedingly wen rendered,
and also by the Misses Ada and Lois
Rice in difficult and classic piano
1uet. All We're well received by the
large audience present, as notwith-
standing the small admission fee the
opera house was we'll filled and the
program took up nearly three hours.
In the various selections rendered
'y the children a wide range was in
,luded and they ranged all the way II
rom the dramatic and tragic to the
aegro dialect and the humorous
There was only one absentee and In 1,
~, Miss sheahan and her corps OF
teachers in the county are 10 be
commended for their dlIigent and
thorough work in the securing of
UGH good results.
Prizes For eSerubs." k
Nv. r. Lacey always takes a liVeiv /,