The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-06
LIONS SHORT COURSE

llUN y CuUNl OUUnOA
Is Being Held This Week, and Those
Attending are Very tnthuslas-
tic and Well Pleased.
| The first short course held in Leon
opened Monday and the attendance lis
pretty good, although not SO large as
| it should be. The special exhibit
train of three cars arrived Saturday
evening and are located on the side
track near the passenger station and
are open to visitors at all times. One
of the cars is an Arms palace horse
car in which are carried three fine
Belgian horses from the farm of r.
e. French, of Independence, Iowa,
which weigh over ton each and are
said to be the best in Iowa, II not,
in America. They are used for DEM
onstration purposes and have at
tracted considerable attention.
| The short course meetings are held
at different places, the meetings and
exhibits in the grain and soil depart
ment being held in the big Mullinnix
building. About fifty samples OF
corn are shown and the men in
charge of the short course say it is
by far the largest and best exhibit
OF corn they have had at any short
course this winter.
The big implement house OF p. Nv.
Hamilton was secured for the live,
stock exhibit which will be held the
latter part of the course, the floor
being covered with saw dust and
raised seats arranged for those who
attend SO that all can see.
The Home Economics course is
held at the assembly room of the
library building and it is being we'll
attended, close to forty ladies being
enrolled for the course and they are
nightly Interested in the work. Mrs.
Roy Cannon and Mrs! Everett Wat
ers, whose names did not appear on
the program through an error, are in
charge of the exhibit in this depart
neht and they have been working
like Trojans and to them much cred
| it is due for the success of this de-
partment.
In the evening the meetings are
held at the opera house and good
crowds have attended, the programs
as published in this paper last week
being carried out. Tuesday evening
Raymond Hazlet, the thirteen year
old boy who won the free trip to the
California expositions for the raising
the best acre of corn in the boys
contest, gave a very interesting de-
scription of his trip to California and
what he saw on it, which was greatly
enjoyed by the audience. A special
feature for Friday evening ID an old
Fashioned spelling match. &
= The sorn EXHIBITS were jlld sel .Ss-
terday afternoon and the judging of
the other exhibits will follow later,
and tile results will be given next
week
There are eight people from the
State College at Ames here. conduct
ing the short course, George Dunlop,
having charge of small grains and
corn, assisted by F. C. Fenton, who
in addition has charge of the farm
buildings and silo department. H.
B. Rartsis in charge of the live stock
department, being assisted by P. c..
Tomlinson, and E. H. Houser is in
charge of the live stock exhibit which
is carried on the special train. R. w.
Reep has charge of the exhibit cars.
Miss Mabel G. Bentley is director of
the Home Economics and Domestic
Science department., being assisted
by Miss Maud Donahue.
: Those who are attending the
short course are very enthusiastic
about it, and say they are getting a
great deal of good out of it, and it
is to be regretted that the attendance
is not larger, the total number enroll
ed being between 100 and 125 when
at least three hundred should be en-
rolled.
In this connection we believe the
people at the State College at Ames,
who are conducting the short course
work, have made a mistake. The
Commercial Club. and others were
anxious that short course be held
at Leon, and the committee appoint
/ ed to carry on the work have worked
hard, but it was uphill business, for
the average business man knows but
little about short course work, or
how to go at it to get the best results.
II competent man, thoroughly
familiar with all the details of the
organization had been sent to Leon
for solid week he could have ac-
complished more than the local par
ties could expect to do in months.
The work here has lacked organiza-
ton and effectiveness, simply because
those doing the work did not know
and had no means of finding out
just what to do. If another short
course is held here, it will probably
be looked after in an entirely differ
ent manner, but believe us, the men
and ladies too, who have served on
the local committees do not think
it is any snap.