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‘Pie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 19, 1019 
New Ideas for College Commencement 
“Acting Out” the Speeches 
The students of the Minnesota School 
of Agriculture spend but six months of 
the year at the University Farm, and the 
balance of the time on their home farms. 
The school year opens in October and 
closes the latter part of March, in time 
for Spring work on the farms. 
The thirtieth annual commencement ex- 
tions worker, the machinist, the farmer¬ 
ette, the Red Cross worker and the Red 
Cross nurse were all introduced, and their 
work commented upon. 
Floyd Jamieson illustrated the arrange¬ 
ment of rooms in a modern farmhouse by 
the use of large wooden models which he 
had built for the occasion. 
How Women Helped Win the TFar 
ercises of the school occurred on March 
26. As these exercises differ somewhat 
from the usual order of school commence¬ 
ments, I though R. N.-Y. readers might 
be interested in seeing some pictures illus¬ 
trating the program. 
The first speaker, Marguerite Cook, 
was assisted by a group of her class¬ 
mates in illustrating the subject which 
Milton Taylor’s essay dealt with dem¬ 
ocratic government; and when he came 
to the point where he wished to illustrate 
the ways of the I. W. W.’e a dozen of his 
classmates appeared on the stage and held 
a model I. W. W. meeting. 
At this point in the program some of 
the boys of the class came in with four 
large panels of scenery which they set up 
How New Wheats are Bred and Developed 
she had chosen for her essay, "Extension 
of Woman’s Activities.” As the speaker 
mentioned each different line of new work 
taken up by women, the classmate dressed 
to represent the particular part came out 
from behind the wings of 
took her place before the 
this way the elevator girl, 
conductor, the telephone 
the stage and 
audience. In 
the street car 
;irl, the muni- 
and hooked together, and in a moment the 
stage was transformed to represent the 
interior of an old-fashioned farm kitchen. 
Ruth Johnson then appeared and showed 
how many steps were necessary to take 
in setting the dinner table and in making 
a pie. As soon as she had done this the 
same boys unhooked the panels and turned 
them around, and in a twinkling Miss 
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Johnson found herself in a model, up-to- 
date kitchen, partioned off from the room 
containing the washing machine, the sep¬ 
arator and the place for the men to wash. 
In the smaller kitchen with its better ar¬ 
rangement of cupboards, sink and work 
which consits in running the whole milk 
through a machine which throws it out 
in such a fine spray that it can be thor¬ 
oughly dried, was explained and illustrat¬ 
ed by Sherman Johnson, who showed a 
model of the machine used in the process. 
A Long Journey in an Old-fashioned Kitchen 
table, the process of setting the table and 
making a pie was repeated to show the 
saving of steps. 
Myron Ward, by the use of a chart and 
models of the parts of a wheat plant, 
and some of the resulting product, lie 
also showed a chart illustrating the fact 
that the problem of furnishing fresh milk 
to the inhabitants of the great cities had a 
direct bearing upon the infant mortality. 
The Modern Kitelien Saves the Farm Woman 
illustrated the crossing of wheats, and 
showed how the new Winter wheat called 
Minhardi, a cross between Turkey and 
Odessa, excels either parent variety in 
hardiness and yield. 
It is claimed for milk powder that it may 
be kept in a perfectly fresh and whole¬ 
some condition for a long time, and that 
simply the addition of water to the pow¬ 
der will produce milk at any time. The 
Plan for a Model Farmhouse Explained 
A 10-gallon can of milk weighs 105 
pounds. The same milk, after being con¬ 
densed, weighs about 60 pounds. If the 
water contained in the 10-gallon can is all 
extracted we have left 18 pounds of solids. 
The new process of making milk powder, 
effect on the problem of transportation 
was nicely illustrated by showing the 
different sized cans required for shipping 
whole milk, condensed milk and milk pow¬ 
der. The pictures printed here show how 
those ideas were worked out. j. M. drew. 
Pondered Milk; How Sored: What it Does. 
The T. W. W. Holds a (load Meeting 
