The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-16
FARMERS DAY At
STATE COLLEGE
Commencement Exercises and
Victory Celebration
CULTIVArOR DEMONSTRATION


exercises at the Maryland State Col
lDGO win DO held aS usual OF May 90.
Decoration Day. Plans for tho day
MF0 now being worked out by ProBi.
Dent Woods and all arrangements have
been completed except for the set
Ting OF some OF the details. Doctor
Woods states that he In extremely
anxious to have big gathering OF
the farmers ana public officials this
year rs one feature OF the day will
be o commsmoration of the part the
farmers have played In winning the
war.
Doctor Woods says: -,
"& seems to me to be particularly
Sitting for n great gathering Of the
farmers OF the Gtate tAis year. Farm.
STw' Day at &h0 State College also
seems 10 bO tho most appropriate time
Gur such a gathering in commemora-
DION OK tho splendid achievement oG
Maryland farmers Il helping 10 win
Gh@ war. Great problems have been
encountered and solved. The State
through tho State Council OK Defense.
has borne its share OF the burden and
the farmers In turn have responded
RaOly to every effort they have been
asked to put forth.
ITO my mind probably the greatest
aohtsTeme Mt Of the whole war was the
wonderful record made In increasing
e0od production. The splendid organ
Izatioaa and agencies through which
This increase Of production was effect
I'd deserve great credit, but after all
lt was the farmer who actually got I'm
and did the work of production. The
war LIN won, thanks to the efforts o&
NALL and It la indeed very fitting to
pay tribute on Farmers Day, which
very appropriately this year In to b.
held On Decoration Day, TO the splen-
dtd efforts that have met with sue
seSB.
All visitors are requested to bring
with them picnic lunches. The college
ls arranging to serve sandwiches, cot.
Gee, Ice cream. and fruit at cost price
70 those who do not care to go to the
trouble Of bringing their lunches.
The annual meeting Of the State
college Alumni Association will net
take place this rear on Tarmsrs' Day,
but will DO held the aftorHeOn and
BvOninW before, May 1o. The annual
banquet oG tho association is Go taxa
W1&ce tho evening of May 30 and with
A0 served a& tho college. a. game C1
baseball with Virginia Polytechnic Inr
Utttuto Am Go RO played also OH May
G0 Ag o. part OF Tho alumni program.
This year will mark the last I'm
which the Commencement exercises
D& tho graduating class Oh the college
will DO. held ON Farmers Day. When
the war began State College cut short
Its school year and began holding o
brief and informal Commencement!
Next year the school year will be
heightened out until the middle Of
June.
Two features will be the main at
fractions of Farmers Day. One Is 10
be q demonstration of modern eulti.
: Vating machinery In which all labor
saving devices Of this character will
he shown. The other feature will be o.
farmers victory celebration, a com
Memoration or what Maryland farm
Wrg have accomplished in their efforts
tO help win the war.
Governor Harrington probably will
deliver the address in connection with
this part OF the program. The subject
on which he has been asked to speak
10 THE Farmers Contribution to Vic
! DFO-
gram"
Besides these things there will be
an exhibition Of all the buildings, lab
oratories and the farm. Demonstra-
lions in home economics and canning
and drying Of fruits, vegetables, etc.,
will be carried on. Moving pictures
!, are to be shown in the auditorium
I, from II o'clock until !. A band con-
cert il to- be held and the annual
Commencement exercises OF the grad
: uating class or the college also will
! take place. Besides Governor Har-
vington, two of the oountry's most
prominent public men have been e1-
tended invitations to speak.
: Despite the exigenoies Of war, 30
men are in the senior class to receive
degrees and six are to finish the two.
year course and receive certificates.
Those who receive degrees are:
Joseph Letter Attchesen, Kenneth
Warren Babeeek. Homer Sidney Ber'
lin, Chester Frederick Bletsch, Milton
Carroll Brown, Howard Owen Costerr
Wdwin Walker Hand, Walter Roberts
Hardisty, Grace Bruce Holmes, Paul
Valentine Herne, Ransom. Rush Lewis,
Mr1ton YintOn Miller, George Wesley
!, Rorrlu, Charles Edwin Payne, Kenneth
! GorliBlo POSey, Earle Milton Sawyer,
, Robert Lee SollMan, James Wilmer
Stevens, George Ray StuntE, Cecil Har
y low Bacon.
. Those who will receive certificates
Cor the two-year courses I'm agriculture
are: Emory Bryan Cochran. Thomas
Dali Hotter, Kurt Frederick Menzef,
: Phillip Stevens Richardson, Henry
, Lafayette Umbarger Hugh Roberts
Wilmer.
4 Special arrangements have been ef-
fected for a trolley schedule frem
Washington, and several express
trains from Baltimore to Washington
and from Washington to Baltimore win
stop ut College.