Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-01-01

to repeat the performance since that
time because no other season has
been so favorable The farm, in
Guiding the 40 acres covered by the
pond, passed from Mr.. Burroughs to
Hugh Mead and last year G.. W.
Lennon of near Sac City purchased
the place paying $40 per acre. He
is now planning to drain and tile
that ground covered by the pond. He
estimates that IL will cost him $4,-
900 but he says two crops of corn
will pay for it, Having in mind
the productive qualities of the soil
he expects to easily secure 100 bush
els per acre and he thinks 1t may be
possible under drainage to duplicate
Mr.. Burroughs crop of 200 bushels.
Boys Dormitory for i. o. o. +. Home
S. A. Koch trustee of the Iowa
State Odd Fellows old folks and or
phans home at Mason City, is au-
thority for the statement that the
grand lodge at its special meeting
in Des Moines, December 30, called
by Grand Master Rogers, will not
discuss the opening of another home
at Knoxville or elsewhere. A story
to that effect has gained publicity.
Mr.. Koch says that the grand lodge
will consider the question of build
ing a 100000 additional building
at the home in Mason City.
The grand lodge session,in Ames
authorized this building. The
question is whether IL should be
carried on in view of the prices for
building 1t is understood, how
ever, that the Knoxville institution
can be bought for a reasonable sum
and the grand lodge will be able to
consider it, The building author
lied is TO be used for a dormitory for
boys permitting the present building
to be used for girls. alone.
Iowa Woman Back from England.
Miss Cora Steele of Coon Rapids,
sister of Mrs. Gertrude Nelson of
Audubon, has been in England in
the interest of household economics
as representative of educational in
terests of this country, and her work
is thus referred to in the Des Moines
Register:
Teachers of household economies
are among the first to embrace the
idea back of the English speaking
union--that. of cementing the bond
of fellowship and learning between
Great Britain and the United States.
Co ordination of work done in this
country and in other English speak
ing nations is about to become a
fact through the directors of the low
ly domestic arts and sciences. The
English speaking union, an organi-
cation young in being but old in con-
cept, is trying to achieve a strong
bond OF friendship between the Eng
lish peoples of the world, and the
teachers of household economics are
trying to forge the link in their
own department at once.
The beginning was made last
summer, when Cora A. Steele of the
department. of household economics,
New York State College for Teach
ers, was made official representa-
tive by the international committee
of the American Household Econom-
| les association. Miss Steele went
to England to propose plan to
English domestic subject teachers
| whereby the methods, work and
ideas of the two countries in this
branch of education might be CO.
ordinated. The plan which met
with universal approval was the pro-
position that there be an allied as.
ISOLATION of teachers of domestic
subjects.
Miss Steele arranged for students
| of the state college and students a.
the Sheffield Training School fol
Teachers OF Household Arts to ex
i change notebooks, samples of work
done, discussion papers and meth
| DDS. She has urged the English
domestic art teachers to be prepared
to exchange methods with the facul
ties of American schools and col