The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Men1bersKep1
Abreast Of
Changes
BY HARRY COSTELLO


Problems confronting green's
keepers vary considerably, you
learn as you sit in with the men
charged with the duty of keeping
your golf courses in tip-top shape.
For instance, the Japanese
beetle has not yet reached into
Minnesota, but it is creating havoc
in the Philadelphia area, and in
New Jersey. Speak of the Japa-
nese beetle and the fellow from
New Jersey is interested immedi-
ately. Speak Of brown patches,
and the fellow from Minnesota
will get down to cases.
Today, for instance, those inter
ested in eliminating the beetle
will listen and as experts lecture
make notes at the eleventh an
nual national convention of green's
keepers now in progress at the
Wardman Park Hotel, while those
interested in the elimination of
brown patches will go into a
forum meeting there to gain
knowledge which will aid them
in their work.
It does not take you long to
find out that greenSkeeping is a
profession and a decidedly compli-
Gated one at that, as you browse
around the Wardman Park these
days. AS soon as you grasp a few
of the fundamental ideas of green's
keeping, you become interested,
and you realize the vast work
being done by the national asSo-
citation.
Offers Opportunity
The national association offers
its members the opportunity of
getting in touch with the latest
developments in the scientific and
practical methods and with the
latest machines for modern green's
keeping. This annual convention
is very much like a clinic, for ex-
perts analyze problems and offer
cures for them. The individual
greenskeeper, If he is to hold his
job and succeed at it, must study
constantly for the reason that his
problems, as he very well knows,
crop up faster than the answers
to them are found, and he must
60 where these problems are dis
cussed and thought out by men
equipped to solve the riddles of
golf-course maintenance.
In a meeting of the national
association of greenkeepers you
learn that the colleges through
out the country are interested in
helping greenskeeperS.
Offer Courses
Massachusetts State, Michigan
State, Penn State, Rutgers, Iowa
State, Minnesota and Wisconsin
are few of the schools which offer
greenSkeepers short courses. More
and more, greenskeepers attend
these short courses, which last, as
q rule, two or three days at time.
At the present convention, you
find representatives of the col
legeS on hand ready and willing
to help the fellow who is unable
to attend short courses. We spot
ted A. w. Anderson, of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota, yesterday,
rubbing elbows with j. A. De-
France, of Rhode Island State,
and Charles K. HalloWell, of Penn
State, and j. Tyson, of Michigan
State.
Attends Sessions
DR.. John Monteith, jr., of the
greens section of the U. S. Golf
Association, is in constant at
tendance at convention sessions,
ready to serve his brethren Of the
greenskeepers association with his
knowledge of turf problems and
their solution. We noted yester-
day the keen interest of numerous
greenskeepers in Monteith's dye
treatment for controlling brown
patches.
All in all, the greenkeepers con-
vention is difficult to write about,
but it is extremely interesting be-
cause of the seriousness of the
attending delegates in mastering
the details Of highly complicated
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