Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-20
600 Million Wage AdvanceFo F or Railroad Men
Style Demonstration at Aggie
Proves Feature; Experts Call 1t
States Best Short Course Yet


'The best short course yet; and
the best Aggie college we have yet
visited"
The foregoing is the consensus of
expression by experts attending the
short course at the Third District
Agricultural and Mechanical College
here. The course began yesterday
with a much larger attendance than
had been anticipated, and the college
authorities were compelled to bor-
row army cots from Captain Law
renee Churchill, commanding officer
at Souther Field, in order to provide
adequate sleeping accommodations in
the college dormitories.
All day yesterday additional stu
dents registered at the college, and
new classes were formed to accom-
modate those who arrived late. In
the woman's department, conducted
under supervision of Miss Lois p.
Dowdell, of Athens, there were three
classes in steam-pressure canning in
operation at one time, and in addi-
tlon students were given instruction
IN one other method. The steam
pressure method, however, is being
stressed especially, due to the fact
that larger cans may be sealed by
this method, with the number possi-
bic to preserve also largely inereas-
ed.
The canning demonstrations yes
terday were given in the home of
Principal France, who arranged to
permit the use of both stories of his
pretty home on the college campus
for this purpose. Miss Dowdell was
in charge of the demonstrations on
the first floor, with Mrs. Olin Will
liams, Sumter county agent, in
charge of one class on the second
floor and Mrs. E. G. Bond, of Col
umbus, conducted another. Miss
Dowdell, who is state home economics
agent, was the chief lecturer, and
she explained the problems of can
ming to the girls and young women
attending in a manner most easily
understood.
Assist in Denominations
Miss Jessie Fortson, of Columbus,
assisted in the steam pressure can
ming work, as did also Miss Rosa
McGee, of Athens. Mis- MCGEE who
is now student at the State College
of Agriculture, will graduate next
year, when she plans to go into ex-
tension work, and her efficiency here
yesterday demonstrated to advantage
her fitness for that field of en-
deavour.
Miss Evelyn Bullard conducted the
open-kettle method canning demon
stration, and her class was one of
the largest assembled for the short
course session.
All classes yesterday canned a
vegetables grown upon the college
farm, of which there are an abund-
ance This farm also supplied. the
dormitory tables with vegetables, al
though it was necessary to purchase
a small quantity of tomatoes for use
in the catsup preserving demonstra-
tions.
One feature of much interest to
the women and girls attending the
short course was the style demon
stration staged just before the days
work was concluded with a round of
games led by Miss Myrtice Soule
Brown. This consisted of an exhibi-
tion of illustrated styles, and lee
tire on the creation of proper dress
for girls of various ages. The lee
turers in this class not only explain
ed to the students technical methods
of style-creation, but actually dem
onstrated with cloth the methods to
pursue in the making of certain dress
designs. Miss Dowdell conducted
this class in person.
Miss Brown, who is here through
an effort of the American Red Cross
society to encourage motherhood anC
protect the lives of infants, is
working in cooperation with the
Georgia State Board of Health, anG
her lecture was one of the most
interesting features of the after
Moons work. She served during the
war in France as member of the