The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-25
SECURE HONOR BADGES
THEY WERE PRESENTED BLUE
EARTH COUNTY YOUTHS
GIRLS ALSO GIVEN PRIZE
Young Folks From This Section
Well Received At State
Short Course

The Boys and Girls week short
course which closed last week at
University farm, st. Paul, was one
of the most profitable ever neld in
this state. Over $50 boys and girls
from all parts of the state were pres
ent to receive the interesting and
valuable instruction offered during
the week.
Blue Earth county had one of the
largest delegations of any of the
counties. Fifteen boys and girls from
this county accompanied by M. II.
COe, county club leader, attended this
short course. Owing to the fact that
this county has captured two of the
state championships and holds first
place among the counties of the state
in club work, these boys and girls
were given prominent places on the
program Oh the week. The state
champion canning team OF Good
Thunder was present and publicly
awGrked the national all-star achieve
ment badges of honor. This team
consists of Selma DEWITT. Gertrude
Morlockand Wallace Morlock. Wal
ter Sohre, state champion of
so present and gave a talk before the
students ana club leaders on How
/ Won the State Championship" In
addition to this the Blue Earth coun-
~ boys and girls gave a demonstra-
ton club meeting before the members
Of the short course and club leaders.
This was one of the features of the
week.
Throughout the week, the mornings
were spent in assembly and class
room study and the afternoons. were
given over to sight seeing trips TO
state capitol, state prison at Still
water art galleries., public libraries,
factories, Minnehaha Falls, and de-
partment stores of both cities.
They Won Prizes.
Many of the boys and girls who at
tended the short course from this
county did so as a result of prizes won
in club work last year. These are as
follows: Walter Sohre OF Good
Thunder, received the free trip as
result of winning the state champion
ship in the dairy calf contest; Luella
Berger. Donald Schendel and Fred
Just all Of Rapidan, received the free
trip from the Mapkato Fair associa-
ton for winning first place in the
canning contest at the Mankato fair
Donald Sharp OF Smith Mill's and
Ralph Mccormack of Garden City re-
ceived the free trip from the Blue
. Earth County Fair association as
result of winning first place in tie
corn and pig contests respectfully at
the Blue Earth county fair
Others attending the short course
from this county were, Zenas Nichols,
Wesley Nelson both of Mankato;
James Thompson, Royal Traverse,
Hillard Barnard, Roy Case, Selma De-
Witt, Gertrude Morlock, and Wallace.
Morlock all of Good Thunder
Club Leaders in Conference.
The annual conference of eleven
club leaders Of the state was held in
connection with the short course.
This was one of the most enthusi-
attic and helpful club leaders confer
ences ever held in the state. Profess
sor o. II. Benson, national club
leader. Washington, D. c., was pres
ent for this conference and outlin-
ed in a careful way the history of
club work in the United States. He
pointed out that this work is strict
ly American made education and
that already France, Japan and South
America were adopting it. He stated
that the United States department of
agriculture realized that perhaps the
greatest results were being obtained
through the boys and girls than
through any other line of extension
work. --- II
State Superintendent of Education
j. M. Mcconnell spoke on the "Edu-
cational Value of club work" r. W.
Thatcher, dean of the college of agri-
culture, presented some of the pro
blems Of reconstruction, while Pro-
fessor A. ID. Wilson spoke in 1.-THE.
New Farm Bureau" and the "Impor-
lance of club work as part of the
farm bureau work.
Reports of Club Leaders.
All club leaders rendered reports
of work done during the past year.
M. III. Coe, county club leaer of Blue
Earth county, spoke at different
times On Local Leaders, and
Achievement Days"
Blue Earth county was accorded
special honors in that it is the only
county In the state to have a full
time county club leader. 1t was the
unanimous expression of the con-
ference that the Blue Earth county
farm bureau, which is organized un-
der the new plan, had proved itself
well worth while and that additional
farm bureaus in the state should be
so organized and full time county
club leaders be employed wherever
possible.
County agents and home demon
stration agents were also present dur
ing the conference and had a promi-
nent part on the program. With such
manifest operation between the
three lines of agricultural extension
work, namely county club leader
home demonstration agents, and
county agents, the new farm bureau
will prove to be one of the most
potent factors in the progress and
development of each county in this