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4, 1917.
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Scholarnhip Awards RegularCommenceManyHaveApplied Extension Workers Prospects AreBright Made mentExercises ForR.O.T.t. I HoldImportant For 1917-1918 I Meeting School Year I
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BACCALAU REATE SER >ION MAY TRAl1'1NG CAMP TO OPEN MAY 13 ; CO)lMEN CE MEXT FCFTEENTH
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kee In ~adltlons at- I The regular commencement exre.dy e at!b ifshed in the Institution [ ercises will be held this yea r the the awa r ds for efficient work in same as usual, notwi t bsta nd Ing th e scholarship were made at the regu- 1 fact that school Is clos in g some tar chapel exercises or Wednesday. three weeks early. Final arrangeThe six awards consist of small ments have been made fo r aa parts gold 'A' pins engraved with the or the program to be given on Sunword 'Scholarship' placed on a back- day and Monday, May 14th 11.nd16th. ground o! the school colors , blue Due to the hurried prepa r ations and white. some or the Senior exercises wlll The six students ranking highest be omitted, but the regular cap and receive these pins while the six gown appearances will be made. following In order of rank are given Friday evening, May 11 th , th e honorabl e mention with special note Seniors will stage a vaudeville In the co llege catalogue. show. Saturday afternoon will be Professor William Peterson Is the Senior farewell promenade on presenting the medals called atten- ibe campus and Saturday evening tlon to the fact that no conce rted the graduates will be entertained at effort bas been made by students to a reception given in the library by obtaln these pins but that they were the Fa cult y and Alumni. won us a result of cons ist ent effort Sunday, May 13th, at eleven and excellent work during the whole o'clock the Baccalaureate sermon year. Those to receive the pins will be delivered by the Hon . Anwere: thony Ivins, Vice President or the Joseph E. Otte, Jessie S. Eccles, Board or Trustees. Erma Allen, Camilla Erring, Ruth Monda y the regular commenceRosengreen, and Garfleld Bastow. ment exercises will be held. The Those receiving honorable men- I Rev . Elmer I . Goshen, or Salt Lake, lion are S. Louis Balllt, Lora Ben- bas been selected to give the address nlon, Theresa Horn e, Violet A. Pet - I to the graduates. Erma Allen wlll erson, Stella Young and John W. give the graduating address . Wright. On account of the rush and unThe presentation ot the Hen- settled condition of the time the drlck 's medal was made by Miss Alumni banquet and ball have been ln
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presentation could not In presenting th e Thomas Medal for debating, Professor Hendricks pointed out the ~eep interest of Dr. Thomas in the students or the lnstltutlon. His aim was to make it 1>osslble for students to learn and 1 11 ~::~~;~r~~ '~at:: : 1~: :~:/ 0~~:su~:
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Thursday's session of the ExecuUve committee was occupied largely In appointing managers of activities. A great many names were submitted ror the resJ)ectlve jobs and conslderabfe competition •was manlrest berare the final choices were made. A
called to meet. J. Waldo Parry and :~:~~ew;I\ ~::: 1:s:;\:! :a 0::S~k:~~~: th Russell Crort, repr esentatives of e ca l that next year's activities are In th rd Sophomore class, were awa ed e competent hands and have, at least, medals. j the initial Impetus for becoming suerd A new awa in public speaking• cessful. work was presented to Mr. Purcell st th by Profe-.1sor ,v111tam Peterson, In For udent LI~~• ; 1~~ib ofC~ba~the form of the Casto Medal. By Ing ads a nd loca ng e ur ' making this a yearly event Mr. Cas- ordinarily dignified with the name to of the debating department, aims · or St udent Life Manager, was given to stimulate Interest in formal mem- over to Claytor Preston. Claytor ls orlzed speech making, a branch as a live wire a nd we have no doubt as
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Captain Santschl reported yester - 1 partment or Agriculture, was also day that be was satisfied with the one of the leaders. It Is the aim to number which bad applied and was ' make t hese meetings an annual afglad of the quality ot the men who fair henceforth and by so doing to will go to represent the u . A. C. at Increase the effectiveness of the the cam p. I n case the men make I Extension Division work. good they will receive commissions ~~n:~: ;:~:,iar
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:~~name~::ort:te::::ar~~:ns ~~ 7 1 schoo l year the biggest and most successfu l Jn the history o! the instltution. Practically a ll of the departments of the school have been given a thorough review and a ca reful ana lys is made o! t h e changes necessary and the ad ditions most needed to give the best service pasaible. Du e to the rather libera l app ropriations of the la st le gislature these changes an d additions have been made possible so that student s upon r et ur ning next yea r will be very agreeab ly surprised at t he number or Improvements made durIng the vacation period. The An ima l Hus bandr y depar tment has probably profited most from the Improvement Idea. It will be we lcome news to a ll as well as Animal Husbandry students to know that next year our dairy w111 be housed in a new modern dairy building . Most or us have endured the nauseating perfumes of our basement dairy for so long that the idea or eventually riding ourselves ot the nuisan ce has about become extinct. But It becomes a ract at last and next year we may hold
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o f th Important lneetlngs or ~o~;ps~h:u~'::_1°:; ~~;~ 1:~n~~l'al:~~: the ::a~ wa: held at th e College on been coming in trom distant points Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursd ay to be examined preparatory to or this wee k when representatives joining. from eleven of the Intermountaln It has now been definitely an - States met for the purpose of disnounced that the camp will not open cuss ing Extension Work problems. until May 15 th, however it may be Arizona, California , Colorado, Idanecessary for some to report prior ho, Mc;mtana, New Mexico, Nevada, to that date. The last applications Oregon, Utah, Washington, and were sent in Tuesday night and Wyoming, each bad representatives the r e ts nothing left for the appll- at the meeting together with ofUcants to do but wait for the word clals from the U. S. Department o! to leave. Meanwhile most of them Agriculture. have left for home to visit with The primary object o! the meettheir families and friends until they In g was an attempt to standardize I are called to report . Extension work and give each or the Between thirty and forty seniors States r ep r esente d a uniform system and upperclassmen have applied to work with in this important. from the College, as a lso a great branch ot Agricultura l activity . Di smany graduates who are taking ad- · cussions led by representatives of vantage of the opportunity or get- I all of the sections were held and ting commissions. Besides these a ; the particular problems of each state great number o! men tram other outlined. A demonstration was arschoo ls have come here to enter, also ranged In the faculty room in which a number or older men from pro- the methods of dealing with "Home ressional fields who have responded j problems especially were concrete ly to their country's call. Among these I lllustrat ed. latter we r e Mark Croxall of Seattle, ! Th e meeti ng was held under the a student at the College in '98, Mr auspices or the local Extension DIConne r, a law yer from Sandpoint: [ vision under the leadership of ProIdaho, and Mr. Lees from St. An- 1 teesor John T. Caine III , and Mias
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lion for that medal becomes keener and tbe stimulation which- comes as a result of its preseutatlon has done! much to raise the public speaking standard of the institution. As nelth- ' er the medal nor the winner of the j medal, Moses Cowley, were present, STt:DE:N '.rS
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sa:~:h~~e t~:P!~~~ lest spot ,on the camp us. Not only have students been flocking in to
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rooms where st udenta may receive additional training In this important branch or agriculture. The offices and other equipment or the Anima l PLAY PRESENTl!JO BY Husbandry department will a1so reS'J'U Dl<:;NT S OF DR-A.\IA I Ncelve quarters In the new buildin g. TER PR ETAT ION A new dairy building Is not the
IN S~'OW WIUTE GAUB Broad, tall, slim, medium, yet all fair, expanses of white appeared in the halls Tuesda y morning ushering in A. c. May Day with a dignity t Th 1 k 1 11 :~\:osp::;:n or° 1~:,~no:ss !:as. purlt;
Miss Hunts~ss in the Interpretation or the Drama surely did themselves proud in th e presentation of Shaw's Candida, Wednesday afternoon. Not for a long while has work so refreshing and so thoroughly pleasing been presented by local ta lent and not for a long while has the as well as distinction and unusual- work or Miss Huntsman showed up ness accompanying th e gowns th at to such an advantage. The lnterpr eoffset the good looks and graces of talion of masculine parts by ladl es 1 ~he gir ls was ~:ee:I refres~ng. Is at best a difficult task, but it was
:;~:k b~:~~;t~:::,to~:~io:e: , or:: ~:: kind legislators have considered the cow or enough Importance to receive additional attention. Two thousand dollars have been • approprlated for Improving the dairy barns; two thousand more are to be ;!;:t !~ :~:i~~:a~ua~t:;:ur~n whlle three thou sa nd dollars have been given for the purpose of enJarglng the live stock herd. With
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medal by a very close margin In a Ing aspirants, while Arno Kirkham the eye strain or looking so long at ::~ bt~e: ~:,:1~~:;al~oe;s,w::~ :~::c~ th contest In which, let It be remarked, was appointed to look after th e Ine same object. No one expects scarce ly hav e noted the change. ladles have first appeared In work terests of Socials and Dramatics. anything new to appear In the sun-
of this kind car ried on by the Inst!- Both men are well known and both tutlon. Student Life takes this op- have had considerable experience In portunlty of congl'atu lattn g the win- their respective lines. ners or all these awards . Due to succes s rul a nd conslS t ent 0 1 I ; ::dra:rras~=:a:~;: 1:t::a:aD~~~~:~ ger or Basketball for 1917-18. Base•
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set of a school year and the surprise fulT~~t P~~Y •;>~~l:~~dp~~is b~ de~~ga~~~ :~~:t:~n ex;:,~~:: ln:~~uct::!h wh~:: and artlsti<:ness of the robes was like a white lily on a barren hill :~::~n~at:~~h a:~t ;~1ngwh:~esot~= ~~r~0\\~ ca;;!;~ atha;a:~~= 0 aide. same time an extensive field for Interested In live stock work
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em:~e!e~;r P::~:~ngco~I~ than our senior girls. No one could give It tbe dignity, the reverence, Track and Tennis and Wrest- the final touches, half as well as the 1 ~~~: ;par~::e~se~~\ !gno\:: a~::,~~~:~ few ladies now about to obtain the long sought for sheepskin. ments of ~--Il lgnlty goes wi th learnin g and Jeff Howells ended his athletic cultu re. Our girls have both. The ~::~e:.~:na :!a:: :~:l~~~~as~n~~t:r~ g~wns show off better when car 0 Smith's single and brought In the r t1d wlTth gr~ce accompanied by dign y. hat s why our present lady winning score or the series . seniors look so well.
Commercial ClubElects Officers Iball,
Betore ftnnlly disbanding for the school year the Commercial Club held Its election and chose officers for the next school year The offlcers as elected are S. Louis Balllt, Pres.; Loui s Rowe, Vice-Pres.; A. (Continued on Page Four)
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thought and study_ Some or the j The other phases or agri~ulture parts especially th at or Burgess, were I have not been neglected Jn this difficult to Interpret and required ; new and Invigorating move. The talent or the highest kind, but in ' Agronomy department ts being sup 1 the persons of the Misses May Ed- plied with new equipment and new wards and Anna Egbert, It was very Instructors. Money bas been apcleverly put across. [yroprlated for a new grana r y which Miss Cardon and Miss Crabbe In will no doubt figure largely In grain the roles of ~farch Banks and Morell and seed work . As instructors respectively, each deserve some ape- George Stewart , now attending clal note for effective work whlle Cornell University and George the cast at large is to be compll- Gardner have both be en effi"Jloyed {Continued on Page Four) j (Continued on Page ) 4