Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-05-10
FARMERS DAY At
STATE COLLEGE
Commencement Exercises and
Victory Celebration
CULTIvAT0R DEMONSTRATION


iege will be held ss usuA on May 80.
Decoration D~s Plans for the day
are nov being worked out By Presr
dent Woods and all arrangements have
been completed except for the set.
Ting OF some OF the details Doctor
Woods states that be is extremely
anxious to have biz gathering oi
the farmers auI public officials this
year as one feature OF the day will
be- commemoration Of the part the
farmers have PLAYED N winning tAs
war
Doctor Woods says
1T seems 10 mo TO he particularly
fitting for great gathering OF tbs
farmer OF the StEe this year Farm
ers Day at the State College alSG
seems to be the most appropriate time
Tor such gathering IN cuumemora
zion OF the splendid ACHE, enent OF
Maryland farmers N hslIug 10 wiz
the war Great problems have been
encountered ahd solved The state
through the state Council OF Defense
has borne ito share OF the burden and
the farmers In turn have responded
Gobly to every effort they have been
asked to pu, forth
To my mind probably the greatest
ache, emen, OF the whole war was the
wonderful record made IN Increasing
too production Ihe splendid organ
I1atious and agen, ies through which
thu. increase 81 production was effect
~ deserve great credit but after ali
II WAS the farmer who actually got In
and did the work OF production This
var II won thanks TO The efforts Of
all and it is indeed very fitting &c
pay tribute on Farmers bay which
very appropriately this year - to be
neld on Decoration Day, TO the splen
lid efforts that have met With sue
sess
All visitors are requested TO brina
vita them picnic lunches The college
Is arranging 10 serve sandwiches cot
tee ice cream. and fruit AT cost price
to those who do not care to 20 TO the
trouble OF bringing their lunches
The annual meeting OF the State
College Alumni Association Will not
take place this year on Farmers Day
but will be held the afternoon and
evening before May 20 The annual
banquet Of the association Is To take
place the evening OF May e "a will
be served AT the college a gaine OF
baseball with Virginia Polyte,huic In
stitute is TO be played also Oh May
70 as part OF the alumni program.
This year will mark the last in
which the Commencement exercises
,f the graduating class OF the college
will be held on Farmers Day. When
the war began State College cut short
It's school year and began holding
briet and informal Commencement
Next year the school year will BE-
heightened out until the middle OF
June.
Two features will he the main at
fractions OF Farmers Day one is 10
be "a demunsiration of modern cult
waiting machinery in which all labor
saving devices OF this character will
be shown The other feature will he a
farmers victory celebration, com
m-moration OF what Maryland farm
ers have accomplished In their efforts
to help win the war.
Governor Harrington probably will
deliver the address in connection with
thi. part Of the program The subject
on which he has been asked To speak
IS The Farmers Contribution 10 Vie
tory and Their Reconstruction Pro
gram"
Besides these things there will be
an exhibition Of all the buildings. lab
ornturies and the farm Demonstra.
ions in home economics and canning
ana drying u fruits vegetables. etc
ar. 10 BE- shown in IN" auditorium
from II O'Clock until a hand COZ
cert Is 90 be held and the annuhl
Commencement exercises IT the grad
uu'iuR ciass 81 the college also VIII
,nke place Besides Governor Har
ringion. two OF the countrys most
prominent public men have been e1
tended invitations 20 speak
Despite the cxigeHcies of war. q
men are ia the senior class 70 receive
degrees and xix are 70 nnish the two
wear course and receive certificates
Those who receive degrees are
Joseph Letter Aitcheson. Kenneth
Warren Babcock Homer sidney Der
In. Chester Frederick Bletsch Milton
Carroll Brown Howard Owen Coster
Edwin Walker Hand Walter Robert.
Taraisty, Grac. Bruce Holmes. Pau.
Valentine Horne Ransom Rush Lewis
Erston Vinion Miller George Wesley
Norris. Charles Edwin Payne Kenneth
Carlisle Pusey Earl" Milton Sawyei
Robert Leo Selman James Wilmet
stevens. George Ray STUNT Cecil Har
low Bacon
Those who viii receive certificate
for the two.year courses In agriculture