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Question Box: — "Wliat kind of a proi^rani do our members like 

 beat?" 



Mr. J. S. Harris: One that will make us work to fmish it up. 



Pres. Underwood: The making of the i)ro^rani ia always left to 

 the executive committee. The thouj^ht in this question is to allow 

 the members an opportunity to express themselves aa to whether 

 they like a good many papers read, or less papers and more dia- 

 cuaaions. The executive committee would be glad to have an 

 expression from members on this question. The members need 

 not be at all afraid to express themselves for fear of hurting the 

 feelings of the executive committee. I am sure they would be glad 

 to receive any suggestions. 



Mr. Collman, (Iowa): In our country the president usually ar- 

 ranges the program for the next meeting, and while I held that 

 position I had that to do, and I found it quite a task. I realized 

 that most of our members were no longer young, that they were on 

 the down hill aide of life, and that we needed young blood in our 

 society; ao I wrote to our agricultural college and asked them if 

 they had aome bright young ladies and 3'oung men there. I told 

 them I wanted some of the best young ladies and young men to 

 take part in our meeting. They replied, "They all will be willing to 

 help you if you just ask them.'' So I asked several of the young 

 ladies, and some gave us a paper and aome a declamation and some 

 one thing and some another, and I have heard many say it waa the 

 beat meeting we ever had. The reason I thought it would be nice 

 to have the young people take part, we are having better schools 

 now, and our )'oung people are better poated than we are, and you 

 will find it ao in your atate. I do not want to criticize at all, and if I 

 were to offer any it would be because you have no young people on 

 your program. 



Mr Harris: It is my opinion that I wrote the secretary to that 

 effect before this meeting, that it would be one of the beat drawing 

 carda we could get up to have a whole aeaaion, afternoon and even- 

 ing, occupied entirely by young people from aixteen to twenty-four 

 years old— to have some essays, papers, etc., read by people of those 

 ages. I think we had better try thia aummer to aee if we cannot 

 work it up. 



Prea. Underwood: When the present pro£-ram was submitted to 

 me I suggested to our secretary and to Professor Green that the 

 achool of horticulture and agriculture furniah at leaat one part of 

 the program, but for aome reaaon it waa thought beat not to make 

 an arrangement of that kind. However, I think it would have been 

 interesting to have done ao. 



Mr. Kellogg, (Wisconsin): I do not agree with friend Harris on 

 one point. His idea is to have the young people take part all at one 

 aeasion. I would want to have them interspersed all through the 

 session. I think there are enough students to enliven all the 

 sessions, and I certainly believe in the young ladies. 



Mr. Harris: Yea, we know that. (I^aughter). 



