Evening journal., 1921-12-24
.lO2 ENROLL FOR
SHORT COURSE
Club Boys and Girls Win
Scholarships to Spend
Week at Newark
LEADER A. D. COBB
ANNOUNCES PLANS
peeIal 10 The EvenIng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
NEWARK. Dec. 24-with pros
poets OF more than 100 OF the
young people OF the state especially
interested in farming in attendance.
the third annual Junior Farmers
Short Course which opens next
Tuesday and continues until Friday
at the University OF Delaware.
promises to surpass in interest those
Of previous years.
With few exceptions all OF those
who atttnd the course will be those
members of various Boys and Girls
Clubs in the three counties who
have won scholarships by finishing
their allotted projects for the year.
These scholarships were offered by
the banks Of the State. and many
individuals and institutions both In
and ont Of the State. SO anxious
are the youngsters Of the State who
know something Of the course to at
tend. that several who failed 10 win
"a scholarship have by application
4 secured the privilege OF attending
by paying their own expenses. In
addition there will be several local
leaders In attendance who sre now
beyond the age limit but realizing
from previous years the worth OF
the project are anxious TO again take
the course
There is one part Of the program
that every boy and girl who attends
viii be especially interested in. This
is the address that will be deliver.
I'd next Tuesday evening By Theo-
dore T. Martin. former State Club
leader now Of Springfield. Mass. The
1 Junior Farmers Short Course was
started under the direction OF Mr..
Martin who endeared~ himself TO
every boy and girl club member in
the State by the keen interest that
ne took in their work. Mr.. Martin
is returning to Delaware especially
to address the young farmers on
this occasion.
u A. ID. Cobb, who succeeded Mr.
Martin as State club leader will be
in direct charge OF the short course
Il lie announced today that he is sure
OF an enrolment OF 1O2 boys and
girls and believes that the number
will be increased TO 10 by Tuesday
The short course students will have
sleeping quarters in Harter Hall
II the University Of Delaware dormi.
tories while meals will be served a.
Il the University Commons Mis-,
+ Helen L. Comstock and Miss Doro
81 thy Emerson, county club agents foi
II Kent and Sussex counties will Be tn
Il chaperons for the girls who stay a
4 Harter Han while Charles Ent. a re
II habilitation student will look afte
\ the boys who sleep there.
While Mr.. Cobb as State Clul
Leader will be the responsible hoa'
Il OF an activities connected with tn
II course he will have able assistant
s among the various agricultural ex
Il tension workers OF the unlversit.
and the State. NJ O. Pence. leade
Of county agents will be on hand 10
help in any way possible. AmonI
Il others who will assist Mr. Cobb vii
1 be tho three county agents, r. @
Bausman. OF New Castle; r. +. vii
son Of Kent and NJ. c. Vaughn. o
s. Sussex. county club agents, Mis-
S Agnes p. Medin Of New Cast
S county. Miss Helen l.. Comstock o
d Kent and Miss Dorothy Emerson O
SUSSEX Miss Kathryn Wood. Stat
Home Demonstration Agent will ais
Il be on hand TO assist.
The young v.sitoln will have IN
use Of most OF the equipment Of tn
university including that Of IN
& gymnasium and the gym" work wi
be a feature. "Dick' Holton. car
tain Of this years University A.,
delaware football team will hay
charge OF the boys in tho gym
work and Miss Emerson will loo
after the grfs in gym work.
There will be IN Some instances
separate program for the boys an
girls. For the girls there will b
demonstration work in various d,
81 tails of Home Economics while th
boys will get Instructions In some
the most material lines Of farming
There viii be lectures and socii
F features for the entire school.
Harry Armstrong OF McDonoug
and Herman McCarns Of Newar
produced the high yields in the Fi'
II Acre and One Acre Boys Club Cor
j Growing Contest, and have bee
u awarded free scholarships to a
Junior Farmers Short Course.
on his hve acre plot Harry Arm
II strong produced 95 bushels Of. cor
per acre and on the one acre pl
81 Herman McCarns produced 80 bus
els. These yields were computed {
90 per cent. moisture basis.
The plots were supervised
Harry Mcdonald. agricultural II
a structor OF Newark High school.
i =. Nogel. agricultural instructor
Middletown High school, and r.
II Bausman, county agent Of Newar
81 NJ. o. Pence. county agent lead
and a. ID Cobb State Club Leade
are sponsors for the authenticity
the records
i other members OF the club wi
N did good work in this contest wer
Clark Burge of Middleton
Lester Burge OF Middletown, Irw
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