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teacher is not always a smooth way. I am glad to say I 

 have had nothing but encouragement since coming to Gales- 

 burg, but that is not always true in all the communities 

 where Smith-Hughes men are engaged ; and if any of you 

 men have vocational agriculture departments in your home 

 high school, you will go home and lend a little aid and 

 encouragement to the Smith-Hughes teacher, because he is 

 there to serve you and will be glad to do so. (Applause.) 



Toastmaster: I am now going to do the most unfair 

 thing I have done this evening. There is one name that is 

 not printed on this program, that was intended to be on, 

 that isn't here, but no convention would be complete with- 

 out his appearance on the program. I never saw this fel- 

 low in such a tight place that he couldn't get out, and I 

 am going to take the liberty of calling on Mr. Filson, the 

 agricultural agent of the C. & E. I. Railroad — if he can't 

 wiggle out of this. Mr. Filson. 



Mr. C. M. Filson (Salem) : Mr. Toastmaster, ladies 

 and gentlemen: It is a pleasure to be here, quite a sur- 

 prise to me, I assure you, but this is the first time I knew 

 I was going to be called on, so I don't think there is much 

 I can say to you at this time. The C. & E. I. Railroad Com- 

 pany has been with you on several of these occasions, and 

 I am always proud to be called upon by you. I thank you 

 for calling on me. 



Toastmaster: Professor Muckelroy has been down in 

 southern Illinois teaching those people what the necessi- 

 ties were, and I take a great deal of pleasure in calling on 

 Professor Muckelroy of the Southern Illinois Normal School 

 at Carbondale. (Applause.) 



Professor R. E. Muckelroy : Mr. Toastmaster, if you 

 are going on down the list you have quite a lot of us yet, 

 because I have been looking at that list. I am always glad 

 to be at a meeting like this — until it comes my time, if I 

 have any time at all. I like to hear these stories and if I 

 didn't know these men so well, like Mr. O'Hair, Mr. Van 



