The New Education (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1911 Page: 3 of 4
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THE NEW EDUCATION
CORN EXHIBIT BY BOYS
The Scholarship in the Dis-
trict Agricultural School for which
the boys contested during the
Farmers’ Short Course at the A.
& M. College was determined
partly by the corn exhibited, and
partly by an examination on the
lectures and demonstrations spec-
ially arranged for their beneiit.
Six varieties of corn were entered
in the contest. In the illustration
PHOEBE ATHEY
DAVID WENNER
RUTH SOULE
country repre-
than any other
a proportional
FOUND—A ladies’ umbrella was left in the Pres-
ident’s office during the Farmers’ Short Course.
Note—She was the
winner of the $10.00
prize for girl delegates
from County Farmers’
Institutes and has se-
lected a coop of White
Leghorn chickens.
Pres. J. H. Connell:
I received your let-
ter saying that 1 won
the prize which was
offered to the dele-
gates.
1 have decided to
take the chickens.
Thanking you for
your kindness.
PHOEBE ATHEY.
Pres. Connell: Our young folks and our dele-
gate have reached home and they tell of the splen-
did treatment which they received at the hands of
you and the teaching force and of the kindness
extended to tnem by the citizens of Stillwater.
We certainly feel under many obligations to you
and to all who contributed to the enjoyment and
profiit of our representatives.
S. W. BLACK, Supt., Goodwell, Oklahoma.
GROWTH OF JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL
CLUBS
TESTING FUEL VALUES OF OILS AND
COALS
Miss Ruth Soule of
Beggs, Okmulgee Co.,
was one of the grand
prize winners at the
A. & M. College Short
Course at Stillwater.
She was awarded a
year’s maintenance at
any District Agricul-
tural School of her
choice in Oklahoma.
Miss Soule won a free
trip to Stillwater for
excellence in her work
last fall in the Short
Course at the Connors
State School of Agri-
culture. She has not
yet indicated her
choice of the District
Agricultural Schools she is privileged to attend
next year.
The building industries of this
sent a larger expenditure of money
except agriculture, and demands
number of trained workmen.
To render efficient service as an Architectural
Engineer one must understand thoroughly and be
experienced in architectural drafting, and be
capable of preparing from sketches, complete
working drawings of buildings; he must have an
intimate knowledge of all building materials, their
strength, durability, adaptability to various condi-
tion, and cost; he must be able to calculate with
a fair degree of accuracy the amounts and weights
of steel, concrete, stone, brick, and other material
required for the tallest structures, and the prob-
able loads and greatest wind pressure that must
be resisted before he can properly design the
foundation upon which the structure is to re t;
he must understand the structural requirements
for heating and electric wiring, plumbing, elevator
service and be capable of handling the entire
structural design with proper wind bracing, col-
umnar support, girders trusses, and not interfere
seriously with the original plans and designs of
the Architect.
The responsibility of the Architectural Engin-
eer in works of magnitude is such as the young
graduate seldom assumes, and in his attempt to
acquire the necessary experience his early suc-
cesses often lead him directly into the field of Ar-
chitecture, contracting, or superintending, for all
of which he receives an excellent training in his
College Course of Architectural Engineering.
The Department of Architectural Engineering
is one of the divisions of engineering in the A. &
M. College and the course is offered to all stu-
dents wishing to specialize in Architectural and
building work.
This department offers also a course of illus-
trated lecture and elementary drawing in Domes-
tic Architecture which are intended to direct the
attention of the student to the essentials of good
planning, designing, decoration, sanitation and
furnishing of the modern residence; to create a ra-
tional criticism of home and landscape architect-
ure and to awaken an interest in these subjects
for future study.
The advent of the sky-scraper and the rapidly
increasing demand for fireproof construction nas
created a demand for Architectural Engineers
which the American Colleges and Universities
have thus far been unable to supply. Civil En-
gineering students learn to design concrete col-
umns, floor slabs and steel bridges, but the com-
plicated design of the structural work for modern
office and commercial buildings requires the skill
of the engineers conversant with all the details of
building work. W. A. ETHERTON.
Certificates of the firat, second and third grade
are issued to teachers, as their grading and expe-
rience may warrant, at the close of the Summer
School. These certificates are good in any County
in Oklahoma.
Teachers who are ambitious to improve them-
selves in their profession; or who wish to secure
a certificate of a higher grade; or wish to renew
their certificate; or to do work toward a Bachelor
of Science degree, will find by looking over the An-
nouncement for the Summer Term that excellent
opportunities are offered them at the A. & M.
College. All the subjects required for the various
grades will be taught by the regular members of
the College Faculty, who are specialists in their
respective lines.
could
from
Messrs. Hall, Leicht, Mayall, Schnurr and
Watson, Senior Engineers, were in Guthrie re-
cently taking the Civil Service examination.
pro-
Col-
would
they cost me? I have been interested in the Dor-
set sheep for several years, but have been unable
to procure any good stock. If you have none for
sale perhaps you could tell me where I could get
some pure bred stock. Again thanking you for
your courteous treatment.—DAVID J. WENNER.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. x2.—As recently announc-
ed, Prof. John W. Wilkinson, former assistant
State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ok-
lahoma, states that he has accepted a position as
State organizer of boys’ and girls’ agricultural
schools in Oklahoma for the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College at Stillwater.
Since leaving Guthrie, Prof. Wilkinson has
filled the chair of supervisor of agricultural
and horticultural department of the city schools
of San Diego, Cal. The organization of agricul-
tural, and especially corn clubs among boys and
girls is assuming a National extent. The A. & M.
College has added this department with so effi-
cient a manager as Prof. Wilkinson at its head
places Oklahoma in the forefront in the move-
ment to make farm life more attractive. “Bacx
to the soil” is a popular movement, but a surer
way is to instill into the youth an attachment that
will impel him not to leave the farm.—Dallas
News.
I consider the question of scientific agriculture
more important than the tariff. Many thanks for
your invitation to join the exhibition train in my
county. Respectfully vours,
H. W. SHELTON.
In the Mechanical Engineering Department of
the A. & M. College investigations are being con-
ducted on three important power problems that
should appeal to the present and prospective
users of fuel power in Oklahoma, because the
subjects under consideration relate to the use of
crude oil. One of these has to do with the amount
of energy required to pump crude oil through
a pipe line such as would be used by the av-
erage power plant. Another is being carried on
for the purpose of contrasting crude oil with Ok-
lahoma coal as a boiler fuel. The third is a com-
parison of the heating value of different Oklaho-
ma oils and coals.
These three theses are ,in a way, related. The
pipe line under test being the line used for pump-
ing oil from the tank cars to the College storage
tank, from which it is pumped to the spraying
nozzles under the boilers. This line runs from the
Santa Fe tracks to the College power plant, being
5800 feet long, with a rise of twenty feet. The re-
sult desired is the coefficient of friction of crude
oil in a pipe line of the dimensions in common use,
which will be a measure of the power required,
not only for this particular line, but for all similar
lines which may be proposed.
The second mechanical engineering thesis is of
even more interest, as its aim is to determine the
relative economy of the two fuels. A pair of
boilers will be isolated, and a carefully conducted
thorough test of 24 hours duration will be made,
using crude oil as fuel. Then an identical test will
be made, using coal as a fuel. Perhaps several
different kinds of coal will be considered in this
way by as many tests.
The three theses consist of a series of calorimet-
ric tests made to determine the number of heat
units per pound of each of the most important
oils and coals found in the State. The results of
these in tabular form will undoubtedly be of value
to users of these fuels. J. L. JONES.
FEATURES OF ARCHITECTURAL
ENGINEERING
Pres. J. H. Connell:
1 received your letter
informing me that 1
was one of the prize
winners. 1 was agree-
ably surprised by this
letter, as 1 was expect-
ing no such honor. I
wish to thank you, the
faculty, and the stu-
dent body for the kind
and courteous way in
which 1 was treated
while the guest of the
College. I appreciated
the lectures very much
as did everyone else
who heard them.
As to the matter of
prizes: If I were to
select the male Dorset lamb
cure several Dorset ewes from the
lege a little later on? If so, how much
it is gratifying to note the growing interest
now shown by the boys and girls ol Oklahoma in
me organization of the Junior Agricultural Liuba
over the btate, under the direction of the A. & M.
College. Ine county superintendents realize the
benefits to be derived from these clubs and are
co-operating with us in promoting these organi-
zations in a way that insures success.
New charters are being issued through the A.
& M. College every day and the membership list
of the agricultural clubs is mounting steadily up-
wards. "Twenty Thousand Members for 1911 and
forty ihousand in 1912 is our slogan, and we
confidently expect to realize these anticipations.
To Readers of New Education—If there are
no clubs organized in your county or school dis-
trict, take up the matter at once with your nearest
school and the College will help you to arrange
for corn contests, garden contests, Hower contests
or contests along any other agricultural lines in
which you are interested.
We want every county superintendent and
every patriotic citizen to assist in making Oklaho-
ma the leading agricultural State in the Union and
the best w'ay to begin this great work is by organ-
izing a live, progressive agricultural club in every
school district in the State. Don’t postpone the
matter, but write todiy to the A. & M. College at
Stillwater for application blank and for full in-
structions in regard to organizing these clubs and
lor securing a handsome charter issed by the
A. & M. College and signed by your county super-
intendent. As only five members are required to
organize a club, we feel sure that at least that
number could be interested in every school district
in the State. Don’t wait for a large membership,
but send in your names now and be among the
first to secure a charter in 1911.
J. W. WILKINSON
TO ORGANIZE CORN CLUBS
they are shown as follows: Num-
bers 1, 2, and 3, Mammoth White;
4 and 5, Boone County White; 6,
Golden Beauty; 7, Bloody Butcher; 8, Silver
Mine, and Golden Beauty, 9. The corn shown at
4 scored the highest percent. It was grown and
exhibited by Walter Zeigler of McIntosh County.
Each contestant deserves much credit. It is said
that one boy handled ten bushels of corn in se-
lecting his ten ears.
The scholarship was won by Oliver Hendrick-
son of Morris, Okmulgee County, whose corn
is shown at I. The score determining the scholar-
ship between Walter Zeigler and Oliver Hendrick-
son is as follows:
Walter Zeigler, Corn 100; examination 5^-
Total, 152. . .
Oliver Hendrickson, Corn, 75; examination,
89. Total, 164. S. A. MINEAR.
Boys’ Prize Winners Exhibits of Corn.—The Boys Won Prizes at the District Agricultural Schools
and Then Contested for “Sweepstakes” at Stillwater.
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Connell, J. H. The New Education (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1911, periodical, February 15, 1911; Stillwater, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1599226/m1/3/?q=technical+manual: accessed June 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.