Milford chronicle., 1962-08-31
Home Demonstration
Club Wins Natl. Honor

ark, received UOp nOnOTS III Ma
tionwide essay contest on "T h e
Role of Land-Grant Colleges or
Universities in our State During
the Past Century" Announcement
of the award was made at the 26th
annual National Home DemOnstra-
versity of Kentucky. Federal Ex-
tension home demonstration clubs
from 40 states make up the NHDC.
More than 1000 women attended
the Lexington convention T h e
essay contest sponsored by t h e
National Council, was in connec-
tion with the convention theme,
Partners in Progress" VIII i C h
emphasized the cooperation e.
tween the home demonstration
clubs and the land-grant college
system.
The Delaware entry was chosen
from a field of sc essays from 80
states. Each state was eligible to
submit the best three entries in a
statewide contest. Other Delaware
entries included Mrs. Joan Hart,
Chestnut Hills home demonstra-
tion club, and Mrs. Marsha r.
Baird, Woodland home demonstra-
tion club.
Second place in the National
contest went to a Kansas entry,
third place to Indiana and fourth
place to Michigan. First prize was
large silver serving tray.
The Glasgow clubs essay read
in part:
"a Delaware homemaker dis
cuSses the Berlin crisis with her
daughter vacationing from the
University of Delaware but busily
trying to complete a tailored suit,
her project in Textiles and Cloth
ing for this semester. The home
makers attention was focused up
on Berlin by report given by the
International Relations Chairman
at the home demonstration club
meeting yesterday Through the
window of her kitchen she n
watch her husband spraying the
apple orchard according to recon-
| mendations made at the Uni
versity. Her son, a high school
senior, is feeding the broilers
which he hopes to add to the fund
he is saving toward expenses at
the University next year"
"This family is one Of millions
in the United States whose lives
are influenced by the vision OF
lawmakers a century ago, in par
ticular, Justin Smith Morrill, of
Vermont. 1t was he who, one hun
dred years ago, conceived the idea
of peoples colleges to provide
greater educational opportunities
and to promote the liberal a
practical education in the several
| pursuits and professions of life for
the working classes of just
ordinary people"
Following are excerpts from the
other three top essays:
Second Mrs. Charles Hill,
Kansas: Although the e d era
land grants failed to provide
| adequate operating expenses, these
| land-grant colleges have revolu-
| tionized higher education in this
country In addition to providing
| formal classroom instruction, the
| land-grant system made research
| a fundamental college response
| bility. And by developing expert
| ment stations, extension services
and vocational education, it took
| this knowledge to people W h G
could not attend college, and id
| keeps the farmers informed oi
] new developments. Thus, the farm.
er is a part-time student if he
takes advantage of this op-
portunity. At no time in history
universities play any more i'm
portant role than in the near fu-
ture when population increases
and reduction of land under culti-
walton will provide problems that
| only our agricultural and scientific
knowledge will enable us to solve. y
Third Irene Yankauskas, Ind. :
ASK any Indiana farmer what's
| new in agriculture, and chances
are his reply will begin, Accord
| ing to Purdue. > Ask a COM
munication expert about radio and
| television, and he will credit Pur-
| due with Indiana's first radio sta
tion and the Nations first tele-
vision tube. Mention transistors to
an electronic technician and he
will trace their development to
| initial research on semicondu ctors
made at Purdue. Ask homemaker
what's new in family living, social
security, marketing, health
safety, taxes or credit buying and
she will attribute the information
to Purdue Purdue, like her 81
| associate Land-Gramt institutions,
is constantly seeking and finding
the answers to What's New?'"