DEPARTMENT REPORTS o7 



March. The successful nianagenient of these courses and of the short 

 course men was due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Berridge. 



Besides the regular instructional class work, weekly literary meetings 

 featured by speeches and motion pictures, were held, athletics were 

 encouraged, and a Choral Club and an orchestra were organized with the 

 short course men. Mr. E. C. Sauve directed the Choral Club. Miss Delia H. 

 Bemis directed the Short Course Orchestra. Mr. Larry Kurtz had charge 

 of the basket ball team. The foregoing arrangements were planned in 

 order to properly provide for the social and physical needs as well as the 

 strictly educational requirements of the students. 



The annual livestock judging contest was another feature- of the past 

 3'ear. Mr. Donald Shepard, a first year sixteen weeks' man, was the 

 individual high point winner, and received the cup offered annually by 

 Dean R. S. Shaw. The winning team consisted of Lafayette Phillips, 

 John J. Goodwins, and Russell Welchli, all 2nd vr. 8 wks. men. 



P^irmers' Week, a feature of our Short Courses, was under the direction 

 of Assoc. Director A. M. Berridge, and was a marked success from all 

 angles. The programs, exhibits, parade and shows were all well con- 

 ducted. The estimated attendance during this week was about 5,000 

 farmers and farnu^i's' wives. The administration, faculty, and student 

 body co-operated to make this event an institutional rather than a 

 divisional affair. 



The Class Day Program held on February 28, was the closing feature 

 of the 3'ears Short Course work. President Friday, Dean R. S. Shaw, and 

 Pi-of. G. A. Brown gave the main addresses. Results of the livestock 

 judging contest were announced and prizes awarded at this meeting. 



The annual trip to the International Livestock and Hay and Grain 

 Exposition was taken by forty Short Course men. While in Chicago 

 the men also visited the large packing companies, the Grain Exchange 

 and other large and notable enterpi'ises. This feature of the short course 

 work was well worth while. 



Most of the Short Course instructional work was handled by the reg- 

 ular instructors and professors of the various departments. The follow- 

 ing men, however, were paid all or in part from Short Course Funds: 



E. B. Hill, Director. 



Ashley M. Berridge, Associate Director. 



H. J. Gallagher, Instructor in Farm Mechanics. 



B. A. Powell, Instructor Creamery Mech. 



George A. Getman, Instructor Gas Engines. 



Dean Kelly, Instructor P'arm Law. 



J. S. Hj'de, Instructor Soils. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. B. HILL, 



Director. 



