Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-18
OPENS MONDAY, CONTINUES SIX
DAYS, WITH EXAMINATIONS
ON SATURDAY.
COUNTY SPELLING MATCH
SET FOR FRIDAY EVENING
Lecture or Entertainment Arranged For
Each Evening Except Wednesday and
Saturday-Many Cash Prizes Offered
For Class Work and Examinations-
Summary Of Program.

| Arrangements have been completed
| direction of the extension department
! of Iowa State College, which is 10 be
held next week at State Center. The
course opens Monday and will continue
thru Friday, with examinations Satur-
day. Glasses for study. lectures. DEM
onstrations, entertainments and exam
the week.
long list Of prizes for the bes:
class work and examinations are to be
awarded and prizes have also been
hung up for the best exhibits Of grains
and seeds. Entertainments or lectures
have been provided for each evening
except Wednesday and Saturday.
General Course Of Study.
The men who attend the short course
will take up the study Of live STOCK
particularly horses and swine, corn,
wheat and other grains, horticulture.
alfalfa. weeds, and insects. pastures,
agricultural engineering. poultry, and
truck growing.
The course in home economics for
the women includes training in cook
ing, sewing. diet, care Of the sick, and
other home subjects.
A list Of eighteen cash prizes, rang
ing from s. to 81. have been offered
for the best loaves of white, graham
and brown bread, doughnuts, cookies
and cakes.
Eighteen cash prizes Of from s5.25
TO 5 have been offered in the men
courses for the best work in judging
live stock and grains. Cash prizes OF
from So 10 81 have been also offered
for the best samples OF corn and oats
exhibited.
Take Up My subtoPics.
A long list Of subtopics Will be taken
up IN the studies of the short course
classes. Iowa State College. ArncS, Will
furnish three ca loads OF live STOCK
and other equipment, and ten teaches
and lectures for the week.
The mems classes are 10 begin al
o'clock Monday afternoon aao. begin
ming with Tuesday, at o'clock each
forenoon up 10 Saturday. They will
meet in the opera house and Corbett's
pavilion.
The exhibits of both the short course
and home economics class viii De a,
the l. Q. O. F. hall. the opera house
and q. T. Corbett's pavilion.
The home economics class will meet
al O'Clock Monday afternoon for
work n the /. O. Q. F hall
Cosson Will Speak
The evening entertainments. 20 &C.
cupy each evening except Wednesday
and Saturday, will i>.ciude a lecture by
Attorney General George Cosson. OF
Des Moines, ard a spelling contest for
the county championship.
Mr.. Cosson will speak VI Onday night
Tuesday night the pupils Of the State
Center school will furnish the enter
tainment Thursday night a lecturer
from Iowa State College will speak.
and Friday night the county spelling
contest will be held under the direction
OF County Superintendent e. z. Shut.
Thursday c. O. Galbraith. manager
Of the Princess. is arranging to have
motion pictures made of the crowd and
business houses.
Locally the short course will be un-
der the management Of the executive
board OF the short course association.
Of which the following are officers:
z. A. F'ricke, president and general
manager: G. a. Bachman, vice presi-
dent: NJ. NJ. Wensel, secretary, and w.
f. Brimhall, treasurer.