Evening star., 1924-03-02
UNIVERSITY HELPS
STATE IN MANY WAYS
Demands for Aid, Especially in
Farming Problems, Increase
With Rapidity.
REQUIRE OVERTIME WORK
Thousands of Home and Farm
Demonstrations Given.
By a Stan Correspondent.

By Stan Correspondent.
COLLEGE PARK, Nd, March L.
University Of Maryland, through its
various branches here, aided varied in
terests of the state in many ways
during 1923.
While the staffs Of all departments
Of the university always have been
at the disposal of the people of the
state, the demands haver grown so
rapidly of late that they have reach
ed a point where 1t Is necessary for
the force, which has not grown per-
ceptibly. to work overtime In expert
ments and research so that the prob
lens may be solved and the queries
answered speedily and properly.
Among the many things done by
the College Park branch Of the uni
versity during 1923, was to. conduct
lo.llS farm and 1888 home demon
strations: make 1000 good roads ex-
periments: analyze 1854 samples of
live stock feed. fertilizer and lone :;
warn or give personal instruction to
1O,175 persons and visit 1874 farms
la control of hog cholera: prepare
and deliver to farmers 12,625 tubes
of inocolum for legume crops; pre-
pare 262.S00 cubic centimeters of an
ti-hoG cholera serum; 2.736 cubic CEN
timeters of hog cholera virus, and
1880 cubic centimeters of tuber-
culin for testing cattle for tubercu-
losis: analyze, test or grade 1850
samples of agricultural seed and in
spect seed stock of 200 dealers: write
In answer to queries or pursuant to
work In agriculture. 96.936 letters.
Aid to Institution.
Much aid was given the university
To-, Il t.
by the boys girls, and women's clubs,
which have been organized by the
extension service Of the institution
through the county agents and
oranges. some Of which exist in every
county of the state. In the twenty
119 boys clubs. 1877 girls clubs. i4S
women's clubs and 269 farmers
oranges.
In addition to these there are
eighty-five high schools listed in the
Public Discussion League, which is
partment of the university for the de-
bate of various topics of an educa-
tional nature. Sixteen Of the counties
are represented in the league. Prof.
public speaking department of the
university. Is chairman of the COM
mittee which Is supervising the dis
cussions and providing the topics.
The glee club had busy week. 1t
gave two concerts, the first in Mount
South, In Washington. Wednesday,
night and the next evening appeared
at Laurel.
Annual Sophomore Prom.
The sophomores held their annual
prom in the gymnasium Friday night
and 1t was an unusually attractive af-
fair. The committee in charge was
composed Of Laura Amos, Ed. Lohse,
Arthur Bonnet and j. III. Bounds.
Members of the civil engineering
class recently got another practical
lesson. In tow of Maj. J. Franklin
Bell, engineer Commissioner Of the
District of Columbia. and Engineer
the bascule bridge across the Ana
costa river in Washington. The
bridge is the only one of Its type III
this section.
The voice students of Louis Good
year gave their first recital tonight.
Solos were given by Mrs. Ida Hueper
Hancock. mezZo soprano; Mrs. Anne
Stone Stewart and Marie Massicott.
sopranos. and Edwin M. Barron and
Harry A. Stewart, baritones. Eliza
beth Swenk also had part In sew
eral trio numbers that were sung.
Two late presidents of the United
States. Woodrow Wilson and Warren
c. Harding, were eulogiZed by men,
berS OF the New mercer Literary So
ciety, Wednesday night. The follow
ing program was presented: Life
Sketch Of Mr.. wilson. Loren Schott;
"Mr. Wilson's Policies" Helen Byerle: !:
What Mr.. Wilson Accomplished for
the United States and the World" c.
e. Fleming: Life Of Mr.: Harding"
w. h. Penn: mir. Hardings Years
at the White House." Lillian Earnest
Teams to represent the New Mercer
and Poe societies in the annual de-
bate have been chosen. John Bragg
and Carvel Bowen. with Alice Cush-
man, as alternate. have been named
by the New MERGERS. Robert Straka
and Joseph Macko Will speak lot ne
PoeS.