10 DELEGATES. 



OFFICIAL DELEGATES TO STATE ROUND-UP H^&TITVTE.— Concluded. 



The proceedings of these conferences were technical and related exclu- 

 sively to matters connected with the Institutes to be held in the winter 

 of 1900-1001. An advance step of no inconsiderable importance was the 

 grouping of counties of allied and similar interests in such a way as 

 to economize the time of the workers and expense of railroad fare and 

 hotel. ♦ 



The weather on Tuesday, February 27th, left nothing to be desired. 

 During the night of Tuesday and all day Wednesday a heavy snow^ 

 storm prevailed, blocking alike the railroads and the street cars. Wed- 

 nesday evening a regular blizzard prevailed, and trains were not running 

 regularly until Friday. This snow storm decreased the attendance of 

 the Institute very materially and caused a re-arrangement of the pro- 

 gram for Thursday and Friday, March 1 and 2. 



The day sessions were held in Newberry Hall, the general sessions 

 on the second floor in the large auditorium, and the Women's Section 

 and the sugar beet conference in the large parlors on the first 

 floor. The evening sessions were held in the University chapel, an 

 immense auditorium seating several thousand persons. All these rooms 

 were faultlessly heated, lighted and ventilated, and nothing was lack- 

 ing either in the way of hall room or other conveniences to make the 

 Institute a success. The President and Faculty of the University ex- 

 tended to the visiting delegates a very cordial invitation to inspect the 

 buildings and grounds of that great institution, an invitation that 

 was very generally accepted. 



There must be mentioned as a necessary part of the history of this 

 Round-up Institute the very efficient, self-sacrificing and unremitting 

 labor of the oflicers of the Washtenaw County Institute. Society, espe- 

 cially its Secretary, and the equally unremitting attention of the Pres- 

 ident, Secretary and other officers of the University, w^ho left nothing 

 undone that would minister to the comfort of visitors or the success 

 of the Institute. 



The program, addresses and discussions at the Institute follow: 



