The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-06-26
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
MOSCOW CLUB MEET
Boys and Girls Clubs Have Extensive
Program In Home Economics and
Farm Work


University Of Idaho, Moscow, juno
23.--Over 200 boys and girls enrolled
in state agricultural or home economics
club work were in attendance at the
second annual club short course held at
the University from June 16 to 81, de-
clared to have been the most success.
full enterprise of its kind ever staged
within the state.
Work in all branches was of the
most practical sort. In home economies
work, each girl was given supervised
work in demonstration in the branches
of cooking, baking, and canning, in
pattern making and clothes designing,
and in the care of the home and home
planning. For the boys, the work was
divided up to some extent according
to the particular inclination of the in
dividual, but all were given instruction
in the various phases of farming. Judg-
ing classes were held in all classes of
stock and poultry, seed and grain judg-
ing, and dairy products classification.
The joint picnic held by the Idaho
boys and girls and those from Wash
ington attending a similar short course
at Washington State college at Pull
man, Thursday afternoon on Moscow
mountain, was one of the features of
the session. Nearly 700 were in at
tendance at the picnic, perhaps the
largest picnic of an educational nature
ever held in this part of the state.
The program adhered to throughout
the week gave plenty of time for
wholesome recreation, and at the same
time provided four hours of intensive
class room work. Athletic exercises
at O'Clock under the direction Of
members of the men s and women's
athletic departments of the university
started the day. From until IL
'clock the students were in class or
laboratory rooms, while the afternoons
were given over to athletic contests,
swimming, or directed tours of the uni
versity campus. During each evening,
educational motion PICTURES were pro-
vided, together with musical enter
tainment and lectures by prominent
agricultural and home economies ex-
perts.
Lewis County Prize Winners
Prizes were awarded at the second
annual state boys' and girls club short
course for judging work and for first
places won in the track meet, in which
all of the 200 students were eligible
to compete.
Alfred Funk of Cottonwood, Idaho
won first among the 81 con-
testants in livestock judging, includ-
ing dairy and beef cattle, hogs and
sheep, with a score of 348 points out of
/ possible 400. Funk took first place
IN dairy cattle judging, tied for second
place in beef cattle, and ranked high
IN both the other two events. Elmer
Thorsen of Nezperce was second high
with 346.5 points, Charles Tingley Of
Gray, Caribou county, placed third
with 316 points, and Cecil Sibbett of
Caribou county, fourth with
'10.5 points.
Winners Of the four judging con-
tests were Alfred Funk, dairy cattle;
Alfred Phelps of Moscow, first in beef
,attle; Elmer Thorsen of Nezperce,
'irst in hogs; and Elmer Thorsen of
Nezperce, first in sheep judging.
yaasha Smith of Moscow took first
,lace in poultry judging.
In the track meet Benewah county
vas second with go points and Koote-
,ai third with 43 points. Winners
we're:
Girls under Is years of age Doris
sriffith of Plummer, first place in So
ard and 80-yard dashes, and chinning;
audrey Nye of Juliaetta, first in tho
baseball throw.
Girls over 15-Doris Griffith first in
he so and 80-yard dashes; Margaret
Vhalen of Juliaetta, first in baseball
hrow.
Boys under 15-Forrest Cronke Of
Vorley, first in all events, so, 440,
90 and 220 yard dashes, and high
ump.
Boys over 15-James Phelps of Mos
ow, broad jump; Ardie Gustafson of
doscow, first in the so, 440, 100 and
20 yard dashes, and the high jump.
Officers of the state organization
or the coming year are: Virgil Thomp-
on, Palouse, president; Laverne Grit
ith, Plummer, first vice-president;
Elmer Thorsen Of Nezperce, second
ice president; vivianne Mckinley of
secretary treasurer; Ar
hur Beaudreau of Kootenai county,
ell leader; Marie Hardwood of Plum
Ter, assistant yell leader.
One of the main guys in making this
week about the best Nez-
erce ever had is the genial and very
Lob1e sunerintendent. GUY Young. He