The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16

Columbus two weeks ago at expense Of
the state, and by request Of the Sen,
tinel Master Tibbitts has written the
following interesting account Of the
many things and sights they witness
ed and Of the snany courtesies showE
them:
Dear Editor Of Sentinel:
IN reply to your request will try II
give your readers a little idea of oul
trip. We left Brunswick on Sunday
Jan. 28, taking the G. & S. w. to Me
dina, where we were joined by Mr.. r.
A. Stow. From Medina we went ia
Lodi by way Of Seville and changed
to w. & L. q. r. r. At Spencer we
were joined by Russell Mantz. AT
Wellington we changed to the Big
Four for Columbus, where we were
met by guide who took us to the
Star hotel. hi
After supper we were assembled foY
roll call, after which we all went to
the Congregational church, where Rev,
@. l.. Kiplinger lectured on the IRE
making and Mending Of Men" Rev.
Kiplinger was for 10 years chaplain
in the State Reformatcry Of Indiana
and his experience there was given in
his lecture. He believes a man should
be given a chance to "make good" in
life after he has served his time for a
crime committed and>no pushed down
just because he has a prison record, as
many men commit a crime in mo-
ment Of weakness or anger and yet
ever afterward would live honest and
honorable lives. Kiplinger's plea is
"Give him a chance to live it down."
Monday morning after breakfast we
went to the Ohio State University and
after q stroll on the campus we were
building, where W e were organized
into groups Of about 20 under COM
pany leader. We Medina county boys
were in Co. G, under Mr.. Arnold. Each
company was divided into squads of
four or FIVE under the leadership of the
older boys, who were responsible for
their squads. This made the duties
of the company leader lighter. Dur
ing the week we ate our breakfasts
at the Star hotel, while dinners and
suppers were eaten at the Home Eco
nornics building, in a large room,
where we sat in chairs which had one
broad arm. This arm was our table.
Every day we had stock-judging
from IL to 2, about $50 boys in the
contest. On Monday we judged beef
cattle; Tuesday, lard hogs; Wednesday
draft horses; Thursday, dairy cattle.
On Friday the gold and silver medals
were presented to the winners by Gov.
Cox, after short address. The rest Of
us received bronze medals when they
gave us our carfare.
Every day at A p. m. an illustrated
lecture series, "a Farmers Trip
Around the World" by Alfred Vivian,
Dean Of the College Of Agriculture,
proved to be very interesting. Monday
evening we attended a drama at Uni
versity chapel, Between Two Lives
This was in the interest Of progressive
methods in farming
We did not attend the entire Far
mer's Week program, but spent pert
of our time at various points of inter-
est at the University and in the city.
At the University Shop building a
man in each department visited ex-
planned the work done there by the
students. This included practical car
pentry and the use of various tools.
as in manual training and technical
schools.
At the Dairy Show, in the armory,
we saw the various kinds of milking
machines, separators, etc. In the mu-
scum, in Orton hall, we saw extinct,
petrifed and rare animals and fish and
many kinds Of stones.
We made trip around 0. S. U.
and poultry and the greenhouses
where they were growing both vege-
tables and flowers,
We visited the Corn Show in Town
shend hall and saw a number of kinds
of spraying machinery. We met Mr..
w. G. Rhode in this building.
The double-decked street car was
new to us. At the Columbus Pack
i''g Co. we saw cattle driven enc 1T q
time, into an iron cage. There they
were shot. pulled up by a chain, stuck
left to, bleed few moments, the,,
moved on to where they were skinned
The hogs we're hung up alive by one
hind leg, stuck, moved on a little to
bleed, then dropped into a tank Of hot
water, Then man with a hook on
the end Of a pole drew them to one
side, where they were pulled out and
scraped, hung up again and passed
down a track where they were cleaned
each workman doing certain portion
of the work as the hogs passed him,
They are then left in the cooler about
a day before being cut up. We also
went thru the department where they
are cut up.
AT the Ford plant we watched the
assembling of the automobiles, from
the beginning to the end.
AT the plant of the Columbus Cit
izen we saw the linotype machine
which has taken the place Of the ole
time hand type-setting; also the print.
ing press, which not only prints, but
also folds, cuts and counts the papers
We saw the room where they keep or
file the pictures Of famous men and
women, ready TO ruse in case of death
or for any other reason.
We watched d cartoonist draw ar
Everett True picture. They gave
each Of the boys a calendar as a SOU.
venir.
y AIT the Capitol building we saw flags
of the Civil War in cases along thu
wall. III the floor directly under the
dome Is a circle of thirteen stars rep,
resenting the thirteen original states
These are surrounded by 48 points
representing the present states
think the material Of the floor is b.
marble. If IL Of several c0l0rs ant