JOURNAL OF ANNUAL MEETING, I906. ' 49I 



WOMAN'S AUXILIARY— JOINT SESSION. 



The joint session of the Woman's AuxiHary was called together 

 by the president, Miss Emma V. White. 



The President : We will dispense for the present with the 

 president's greeting and the report of the secretary, and I will at 

 once introduce Mrs. Mary T. Hoverstad, who will read a paper 

 upon nature study. 



Mrs. Mary T. Hoverstad, of Dennison, then read a paper en- 

 titled "Nature Study for the Child on the Farm." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : We have with us this afternoon a lady who is 

 well known to many of you, and I have the pleasure of introducing 

 to you Mrs. E. W. Wilcox, who will now address you. 



"As You Like It" was the subject of the address given by Mrs. E. 

 W. Wilcox, of White Bear Lake. (See index.) 



The President : Last year Mrs. Underwood told this company 

 some experiences at Lake City in the work with children in the 

 public schools. That was the first year's experience. It is easy 

 sometimes to inaugurate new things, and sometimes the work con- 

 tinues well for some time and then lapses, but Mrs. Underwood is 

 going to tell us about the continuation of the work among the 

 children of the public schools begun last year. 



"The Second Season's Work with Children and Flowers" was 

 then related by Mrs. Anna B. Underwood, of Lake City. (See 

 index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : This has certainly been a very interesting dis- 

 cussion following the valuable paper read by Mrs. Underwood. I 

 hope we may take all that has been said to heart and endeavor in 

 every way possible to put it into practice. We will now have a 

 paper by Miss Sheppard, of the agricultural college, who will speak 

 on the value of fruits in the household. 



"The Dietetic Value of Fruits" was then discussed by Miss 

 J. L. Sheppard, of St. Anthony Park. (See index.) 



At this point Mr. Wedge assumed the chair and announced the 

 paper by Mr. Henry Husser, it being in line with the papers read 

 and discussed at the meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary. 



Mr. Henry Husser, of Minneiska, then read a paper upon the 

 topic, "Interesting the Young in the Home Place and Work." (See 

 index.) 



On motion of Mr. Lyman the meeting adjourned. 



At the close of this session Prof. F. L. Washburn, of the State 

 Agricultural College, gave a very entertaining lecture illustrated by 

 lantern slides showing a large number of insects injurious to horti- 

 culture and their parasites. The lecture which occupied about three- 

 quarters of an hour was well attended and highly appreciated by 

 the audience. 



