Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-25
Prof. w. H. Lynch Here

Nasi'cA VI WIZ SPatSChNfN "'
NAL. was here Saturday, The
professor had been at Ava where
he had attended a meeting of the
school district presidents and
clerks.
The West Plains Daily Quill
of March Il had the following to
say of Prof. Lynchis recent visit
to Howell county:
The two week schoolhouse'to.
schoolhouSe agricultural cam.
paign being conducted jointly by
the West Plains Commercial club
aud the Yonng Business Mems
! Association under the direction
of Fulton S. White of Springfield,
continues with unbounded inter.
est and enthusiasm. Capacity
houses greet the speakers at ev.
cry place and listen attentively
to the gospel of better farming
in the OZarks.
Mr. White is being accompan.
led on his tour by Prof. VIM. ii.
Lynch, the veteran educator OF
the OzarkS. who because of his
kindly interest in the welfare of
the young girls and boys of the
Ozarks and his teachings of the
inestimable value and beauty of
character, holds an individual
place in the heart of practically
every citizen of south Missouri.
all of whom are familiar with his
work and who always look for
ward to his visits with most
pleasant anticipation.
Saturday nights meeting was
held at Pomona, the hourishing
little city whose tributary land
is titled by progressive and ener-
getic farmers. who grasp every
opportunity to better their
knowledge of the scientific meth
DDS Of making their fields pro
duce wealth,
Almost every seat was taken
in the Masonic Hall, where the
speeches we're made. and the big
crowd seemed loath to leave at
ter the program had been given,
,, Mr.. White answered a great
many personal inquiries of the
agricultnrists about diieren,
:, plants. crops and methods of cuE
/, tiyati0n.
:, Although lengthy, Mr.. White
, speech was received with eager
, ears and his keen humor anC
! philosophy, combined with his
, perfect knowledge of modern
farming, kept his auditors in
, tensely interested.
, Following Mr.. Whites speech
, Prof. Lynch was introduced. He
, delivered a beautiful and impress
sive Grafton on character anC
character building. Every one
in his audience was thrilled as
he pleaded for the moral and ed
ucational uplift of the younger
generation and told of the great
possibilities of the Riddles Of
the Ozark mountains, whose sur
roundings are more pleasant and
whose lives are happier than
those of any other people on
earth.
Prof. Lynch was the first man
in the world to introduce news
papers into the schools as a part
of the study course and he is
now a regular subscriber to 115
papers. He is field agent for the
SPRINGFIELD Normal school.
Short talks were also made by
WV. Mantz and |. j. Woods, the
the latter a candidate for the Of.
fee of county school superinten-
dent, and both of West Plains,
and by Alfred Harmon, of MNatt,
who is also a candidate for the
school superintendency.
ALL DAY MEETING AT ELK
CREEK
Today an all day love.feast is
being held at Elk Creek, ten
I miles southeast of West Plains.
, A brass band is furnishing mu.
sic for the occasion and speeches
are being made by numerous
residents of that community in
addition to the talks of Mr..
White and Prof Lynch.