The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-07-29
they're FOR ACRI-
CULTURAL SCHOOL
by Courtesies and Privileges Extend
ed to Polk County Delegation,
Magnolia Institution Makes
Friends.

school located at Magnolia, Arkansas
added a bunch of enthusiastic boost
ers for the institution to its assets
last week through the many courte-
sizes and privileges that we're extend
ed by faculty and students to Miss
Anna Woods, home demonstration
agent, and the boys and girls club
members that returned to Mena last
Saturday on train No 4. after spend
ing the week at Magnolia. and when
ever you meet one of the boys or
girls you will find them enthusiastic
for the agricultural school. The ten
delegates represented SIX clubs as fol-
lows: B. B. Garland and Pearl Barron,
Acorn; Mayinie and Carl Saladin, Oak
Ridge; Myrtle Olson and Ebert
Smith. Mena; Aubrey Burris and KEEL
sey and Berta Ford, Dallas and Sallie
Connally, Rocky.
Not only are Miss Woods and her
delegation strong for the agricultural
school, but they are equally as well
pleased over the courtesies shown
them by the Kansas City Southern
railway and its employees. The trip
was made In a special coach under
the personal supervision of J. f. New
som, agriculturist of the company,
who remained at Magnolia almost
throughout the entire course. The car
was brought from Heavener, and by
the time 1t reached Texarkana it con-
tanned the delegates from Polk,
Sewer, Little River and Miller coun-
ties, to the number of over hundred.
At Texarkana the car was switched to
the Cotton Belt, so there was no ne
cessity of a change. The return trip
was made in the same way. Another
courtesy that came to Miss Woods
and her party was that trough the eff
forts of A. Mitchell, local agent of the
Kansas City Southern, Miss Woods
was able to buy round trip family
ticket for herself and party, whereas
last year she was able to buy only in
dividual one way tickets, and then
only from here to Texarkana.
While the course lasted only for
week, 1t is certain that the instruction
and the inspiration that came to the
young folks will be of inestimable
value not only to the individuals but
to the communities which they repre-
sent The girls we're given instruction
and demonstrations in cleaning and
pressing garments, bread making.
salad making, canning and preserv-
ing fruits and VEGETABLES, the use of
the steam pressure cooker, the care
of milk and butter. poultry judging
and the cure of diseases of domestic
animals, and with those things of a
practical nature they received instruc-
ton In interior decoration and exter-
nal Identification of the home and
the home grounds. Still another prac-
tical demonstration was the dress
pageant given to show the comforta-
BILE and tasty garments to be worn
from girlhood thru the period of
school life and on until the girl be-
came the mistress her own home.
In contrast was shown the careless,
sloppy garment worn by many and
yet at almost the same cost except
tasty and comfortable garment
The boys, on the other hand, were
given demonstrations in stock judg-
ing. They had study and classified
ton OF soils, soil building, the proven
ton OF teaching and erosion. the rota-
ton of crops, the planting of catch
and cover crops. The use OF improv-
ed machinery in the garden and on
the farm. modern equipment of barns,
tool houses and other conveniences
about the farm, home we're demon
strated and many of them as they be-
come farm owners will profit by the
experience of week at Magnolia.
All attending the course were ex-
pected to follow the rules of the in
stitution as to assembly attendance,
personal cleanliness and the obser-
vance of regular hours for study and
recreation, the members Of the facul-
ty and state and district demonstra-
ton agents being the leaders in all
the activities. One afternoon the visi-
tors were given an auto trip thru the
city by the business men. A water
melon feast given by the county
agents was another high point in the
entertainment line for the youngsters,
as were also the stunts put on at night
by the different delegation. The dele
cations from Columbia and Polk cuon-
ties being assigned the stunt of repre-
senting the county agents of years
gone by, put on the a meeting of the
Rumpus Ride Club of 1892 to the Gre
dit OF all participants.
Miss Woods has pardonable pride