Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-07-16
j. Of NJ. TO HOLD
MINISTER'S SCHOOL
CONFERENCE FOR HEADS OF
CHURCHES IN MARYLAND TO
TAKE PLACE JULY 1929
Rural Life Problems Subject OF Die
eussion

A Rural Life School for Ministers
will be held at the university OF
Maryland at College Park from July
II to July %, inclusive. Announce
ments were sent out sometime ago
and 1t is expected that ministers from
all sections Of the state will be IN
attendance.
Fifteen persons Of prominence, all
authorities in their line. have been
obtained as special lecturers. These
are in addition to the twenty-five
members Of the faculty Of the Uni
versity who will have places on the
program. All phases Of rural life and
It's problems will be taken up with
discussions covering such fields as
agricultural economics, rural sociology,
farm organizations and the like.
Maryland is merely reviying work
that was done prior to the World
War. as the State was one Of the hrst
to launch such a movement. Such
schools were conducted with marked
success in 1914, Is, 1s and II, prov
ing not only highly popular but ex-
tremely valuable.
DR. H. j. Patterson, dean Of the
College Of Agriculture and Director Of
the Experiment Station, who will d.
rect the Rural Life School for Min
listers, always has been interested In
improving conditions Of living in the
country His connection with the
Experiment Station since 1898 has
given him the opportunity Of foster
ing improved methods Of farming and
the betterment Of agricultural pro-
duction throughout the State. He has
been a leader in organization activi-
ties, at one time being master Of the
Maryland State Grange, and at pres
ent is connected with a large number
of organizations having as their aim
the material, spiritual, social and
economic advancement Of the rural
people.
Monday, July IL, will be given over
to registering, a reception and an
address OF welcome by Dr. Patterson.
Sessions will begin on July 13 and
there will be classes, both morning
and afternoon, with the exception Of
Saturday afternoon and Sunday, to
July %, inclusive. Friday, July %,
will be given over to a general con-
ference at which time the ministers,
their families and friends will be the
guests Of the University for the day.
During the sessions of the Rural
Life School all the conveniences the
University possesses will be placed
at the disposal Of the ministers.
Special lecturers who will give
talks at the session are:
DR.. R. H. Riley, Maryland State De-
partment of Health.
]. D. Blackwell, Director of Voca
tional Education. State Department Of
Education.
A. G. Ensor. Master of the State
Grange.
M NJ Stewart, Treasurer
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation.
Rev. c. W. Whitmore, Rector, The
Associated Parishes, St. Mary's Coun
ty, Maryland.
S. w. Mendum, Bureau of Agricul
tuTal Economics, U. S. Department Of
Agriculture.
Miss Hiliegarde Kneeland, Bureau
OF Home Economics, U. s. Department
of Agriculture.
c. W. Warburton, Director OF Ell
tension Service. U. S. Department OF
Agriculture.
J. C. Gilbert. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
W. F. Callander Senior Statisticia1
in charge Of Division of Crop and Live
Stock Estimates, U. s. Department Of
Agriculture.
Nicholas Orem, Superintendent o.
Schools, Prince Georges County
Maryland
NJ. C. Belts, Architect, Bureau O.
I Public Roads. U. S Department O
/ Agriculture
Rev w. Howard Bishop, Director
League of the Little Flower, Arch
/ diocese of Baltimore
Rev Earl 4 Roadman, Pastor Grac,
Methodist Episcopal Church, Water
loo, Iowa
Rev. Homer J. Councillor, Calvar,
Baptist Church, Washington, d. c.
Jared Van Wagenen, Jr., Farmer
1 Lawgefsville. N. Y.
Rev. w A. Eisenberger. Churcl
Of the Covenant, Washington. D. c.
Members Of the University Stan, il
addition to DR.. Patterson, who viii
! serve are:
DR. T. B. Symons, Director OF tn
Extension Service.
H. F. Cotterman, Professor OF Agri
cultural Education and ASSOCIATE
Dean. College of Education.
DR. S. H. DeVault, Agriculture
Economist.
E. N. Cory. Professor OF Entomol
ogy, State chronological.
DR.. DeVoe Meade, Professor O
Animal Husbandry.
DR.. W. T L. Taliaferro, Professor Q
Farm Management.
R. H. Waite. Professor Of Poultr
Husbandry.
Myron Creese, Professor Of EleC
trical Engineering.
DR.. E. c. Auchter, Horticultural.
W. r. Ballard, Extension Specials
in Vegetable and Landscape Garden
ing.
F. W. Geise, Professor of olericul
ture.
J. A. Conover Extension Specials
in Dairying
E G. jenkins, State Boys Clul
Agent.
Professor J. L. Metzger, Agrouomis,
DR.. a. G. Mccall, Professor O
Geology and Soils.
Miss Dorothy Emerson, Girls Clul
Agent
Miss Nenia Kel'ar. State HON,
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