The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-01-13
PRIZE WINNERS
At INSTITUTE
oRAToRIcAL CONTEST DRAWS A
LARGE CROWD.
WEATHER CUTS DOWN CROWD
This Is Known as Ladies' Day and
Subjects of Special interest to
Them Discussed. Scholarship
Contests This Afternoon.

, On Tuesday afternoon at the MI
= sonic Opera House the opening pull
= lie session of the Farmers Instltiut
: was held. The snow storm made it
: little difficult for the parents and chi
= dTen to get in from the rural dis
> tricts promptly so the exercises wer
little date in starting. President W
|, L. Campbell served as chairman iuI
ing the speaking of Glass B and WI
lis Petit seryid during the exercise
of Glass A.
Five prizes were given out in eacl
class, The B class being children un
der IL years of age and Class A being
between IL and II years of age. TIL,
judges were Rev. c. ID. Loehr of tn,
First Reformed church, Oskaloosa
Walter F. Dexter of Penn College anC
Mrs. Clifford B. West, formerly of Os
kaloosa AMI who is now here on q
Visit. at the oranins Of the program
Rev. c. d. Loehr offered the invoca
ton and this was followed by the o
H. 8. Male Quartette, comprising War
rem Shoemake, LIST tenor, Francis Nc
Ferran. End tenor, Curtis Suffer, Isl
bass and Arthur Walling, End bass
Their selection Far Away in the
South" was well received and consid
ering the fact that the boys have only
been practicing together only a few
months, they acquitted themselves
with credit. Miss Jennie Fry served
as accompanist.
At the close of Glass B, while the
judges were making up their report,
two extra selections were given by
two young ladies. The prise winners
in Class B were:
First-Edith Mcdowell
Second-Maude Lanning.
Third-Lucile Krizer
Fourth--Melvan Flemming.
Fifth-Emma Smith.
The prizes ranged from So for the
first down to $100 for the fifth and
all of the other contestants also re-
ceived S1.00 each. a.
At the close of Class A, pending
the decision of the judges. a violin
and piano duette was rendered by
Miss Louie Rice and Karl Campbell,
and in responce to an encore they rem
dered two other selections.
Little Miss Waltru3 Lunt also gave
a recitation, Preparing for the Con-
test" which was not only humorous
but also indicated quite talent for
Evolutionary delineations on the part
of the young lady.
In the A class, the prize winners
were:
First--Miss Irene Freeman.
SecOnd-Wayne Allison.
Third-Alice Brubaker.
Fourth-Grace Warrick
Fifth-Allenua Hunt
In both classes some 81 contestants
took part and the speaking as a whole
reflected considerable credit on the
good work done in the rural schools
of Mahaska County. and here again
the county comes out ahead.
To-Day is Ladies' Day
Wednesday is being observed in the
exercises of the Farmers Institute as
Ladies' Day and the extreme weather.
conditions made quite delay, SO that
it was nearly HOO o'clock before the
program at the Opera House
was started. Rev. Alexander McFerran
of the First Presbyterian offered the
and the President of the |
Ladies' Department. Mrs. T. c. Sted |
dom served as chairman. The regular
program was opened with a vocal So
10 by Mrs. Harry E. Douglas of Oska-
loosa and it was warmly applauded |
Farm Management programs" was !
discussed by Prof. Paul c. Taft of !
Ames in which he paid a high tribute !
to the corn exhibit in connection with
the institute and stated that Mahaska
county was more favored than many
other counties in the growth of fine
corn after the experiences of the past
season. Farm management was not
only matter of farm production but
t was also a matter of business meth
DDS. He indicated a short method in
securing results in profits was by TAX
ng a complete inventory of the farm
every year in January or March.
Other problems considered were /
he questions of Labor and Money
distribution for crops. machinery and
lorses, large crops and soil conditions
IND also crop rotation. Prof. Jessie
Campbell of Ames spoke on the sub
ect of Home Management" in which
the emphasizes the efficiency of Do
nestle science. business management
md household equipment.
Miss Marie Hull of Penn College
,"'O q Ill III
trumental quartette was also rem
Iered by Henry Prime, Raymond and
1inor Eastburn and Mrs. Ida Price,
Nth the cornet, yiolins and pianos. h
FRS. Elsie " Bennett of Colorado al.
o gave a talk on the important ques-
ion of Woman Suffrage, and owing
o the late start. It was after the !.
Don hour before the session closed. ,
The officers Of the Institute have
cen handicapped not only by the
igorous weather conditions but also
y the non arrival of talent that has /,
cen engaged and advertised. Sew !,
raj substitutions have already been
,ade and all OF this makes a delay
nd confusion. The programs present.
have been well repaid for attend
lg
The Scholarship Contest.
ollege classes competed for scholar
nip prizes at the Masonic Opera
ouse at 1870 O'Clock this afternoon.
distinctive feature Of the Mahaska
armers Institute.
Contestants are all prize winners In
contests conducted earlier In 4
70 season. Those competing are from B