The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
THE BOYS AND GIRLS
:s CLUB INSTITUTE

BOYS and Girls, CIuD OF NofIn< La
kota opened Tuesday, December 20th,
1921, with an attendance of ninety
two delegates representing seventeen
counties. Bottineau county sent four.
Clara Widar, Newborg school, who
won the grand prize for sewing, Anne
Senechal, Overly school, winner OF
the county corn contest; Sylvio Sene-
chal of Overly. school, winner OF the
poultry prize and Josephine Lille OF
Maxbass, winner in the potato con-
test. ~aEs I II I
The opening session was held at
the tLittle Country Theatre" where
John Cronin, president of the Institute
presided. We were welcomed by John
Lee Coulter, president Of the Agrl-
cultural College. Others who gave
short talks were G. w. Rnadlett, di-
rector of the Extension Division, j.
w. Haw, State County Agent Lead
er, Agnes Boeing, State Home Demon
stration agent, o. FL. Barton, Poultry
Specialist and Uncle Will Crocker.
This session was followed by the tax
ing of group picture. s
After dinner an address and poui-
try demonstration was given by o. ID.
Barton, in the veterinary building.
Then we went on sightseeing tour
Of the campus. We went through the
cattle and horse barns, the hog and
sheep pens and the poultry houses.
There were a good many things about
these buildings that were helpful 20
all. such as the arrangement and DIFF
ferent equipment which would add q
pood deal to the hardness and value
of the average farm. Following TINS
the group was divided. Then we were
taken through the greenhouse and y
certainly seemed good TO see green
things growing in the winter. Then
we went through the flour mil, the
power house, where the furnaces are
that furnish the heat for all the build
ings on the campus Next we went
to the chemistry building, and last,
but not least, we visited the museum
The specimens there are mostly birds,
and mammals. The greater number
of these being found in North Dako-
|, Ia, there was also a banana tree and
few live animals and fish.
! After supper we were entertained
| at the aLittle Country Theatre with
moving pictures pertaining 70 Club
work. 81 sI5ss
Wednesday morning, after the gem
eral session, we were divided into tour
/ groups So that we could be given bet
ter individual instruction and then
each went 10 its respective class. The
| girls received instruction ia home &C.
! ononnic subjects while the boys were
given instruction IN farm work. Then
all groups went 10 witness 2 cheese
making demonstration by Prof.. ]. =.
Dice. The four groups came togeth-
er later III the afternoon and Dr. TroW-
bridge gave as 4 meat cutting demon
tstration. Later on we went To the
lGarrick theatre 10 the guests of the
4 manager, where we saw = picture q
Y Civil War times Wednesday evening
4 came one of the biggest events OF thu
i week. The Fargo Commercial Club
II rave banquet To the Boys and Girls
n club and our ch4perones r. Geary
4 the mayor of Fargo, gave the I'd.
I dress BE welcome, which was respond
d ca 10 by President Coulter, MI. Rail
, ing and ME-. HaN Other addresses
u were riven by Miss Nielson, State
superintendent NH. Kitchen, Connmis
sioncr 81 Agriculture md Labor, 1lr
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