La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy - Agric Yearbook (Onalaska, WI)

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T H E A G 'R I C NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY - TWO lllluullllllllullulullnllllluIll!llllullulllllullllllillbllllullunIlllnllullllllllllllllunllnlllltlllulllllllllIllullllmlllllnln KillIllnlllllnIllIllllllllllllllllmllllllllllIIIIIIIUIIllnllllllnllllllIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIllllhlillllrlnlll Eiterarg Sigma nf Spring OROTHY, aged ten, was the only child of very indulgent parents, who through the winter had been giving her lessons. Father had tried bot- any, and mother society problems. As father could not interest Dorothy in botany throughout the winter season, he told her one March morning to watch for signs of spring and report to him in the evening. Evening came and father said, Well Dot, what signs did you find? A robbin, a worm, a snake and a peach! was the quick reply. All the astonished father could gasp WHS Where? How? When? Who? ' Well , the astonisher began calmly, this morning I played with Julie, the little girl from the settlement house, you know. We were playin' when all of a sudden we heard excited voices and we peeked around the corner and there were two men, one with a gun in his hand, and the other with his hands up in the air. Julie says to me in a funny whisper a robbin'. There's where I got the robbin, father. The father gasped weak- ly but she continued even more calmly than before I went to club with mama this afternoon and I heard a Woman say to another woman as she pointed to Miss Tomson, 'There, that woman over there is the worst worm that ever crawled over the earthl' So there! Ain't that a worm? The father looked as though he were on the verge of collapse, but she went on, and, the other woman said, 'But that Miss Smith over there', I had to turn to see her, 'is a terrible snakef So there! The father said weakly, But where's the peach? Does it grow around here? Of course. You know Iwas walking with you and Mr. Jones late this after- noon. We met Miss Johnson with her new spring suit on Cmama told me thatj and after she was out of hearing you said to Mr. Jones,'There's a peach for you!' So there, and she grows around here, too! The mother rose and uncermoniously took her daughter fromethe room, put her to bed and then came back. Signs of Spring! She said, with a sarcastic laugh, Yes, very much so. A peach, indeed, and I trying to teach her society ways. Leave Botany lessons awhile! Signs of storm, I think would be more appropriate. replied the father still more sarcastically. I make a move you leave off taking her where worms and snakes abide. Society, bah! Needless to say no more lessons of either kind were given but signs of spring will always be remembered by father and mother. -M. B., 1925. iili fllllg Zixprrienre Aa A11 Haber T was a hot day in late August when a car drove into the field not far from the place where I was busily engaged in hoeing my prize pota- iwnuumurinumInmmmrmllllralIInIluulUmlm:mlmInnnInln:nnrnullI1mnI1InllUAInnnulxlinnmInIlulnumum1nlunululJnIll1IIMIIUIllllIllllllumIn1Illlllnumllullnlm Imlllll toes. A man got out and' walking over to the place where I was at work intro- duced himself as Mr. Cooper assistant state boys and girls club leader.iAfter ill1lllulnluInHHrllwlnllull1lllllnlllllllIllllululllullIIUIIHllulllllinnmIllIll!IHIIHlllvlulnIlllnlllnllvllllulllllInIll!lllllnlllllllulllullullllllllnlllIlllulllnllllllvllllllxmlllullIll

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NINETEEN HUNDRED T H E A Q R l C -I lIllIliUHIIIIllIHlfllllllllllflllllllllv lumnnmn Immun:nunInInInnIInInnmnllluouununlmnvmumnlunu IIIIIIIIIHIIUIIKIIIIIIIIIUYllllllllllllllllHlllllllCIHIIIHIIIIUIlllllllllllnlllllllllllllllllllllllil Girlz' Svhnrf Glnuwar Glnnfh Some of the poeple in town kindlY furnished their autos and drivers and the girls were taken to places of interest In and around La Crosse on Thursday afternoon. The next afternoon was spent in visit- ing La Crosse and then going to a movie. Afterwards the suitcases were 'brought out and packing started for the next noon the girls were to leave. Regular classes were carried on Satur- day morning, and were followed by a picnic lunch after which the girls de- parted. The girls enrolled for this second Short Course and Camping Trip .held at the La Crosse County School are as followed: , LILLIAN ANDERSON-HOLMEN ANNA CLEMENrs-CooN VALLEY ALFA EIDE--MINDoEo ALAM EIDE-MINDORO KATHERYN FILLERfMIDwAY HELEN GETTLEMAN-ONALASKA MILDRED HILES-ONALASKA VIOLET HoUsE-ONALASILA BLANCHE JoHNsoN-ONALAskA MABEL J OSTAD-HOLMEN ELVIRA LEEfHOLMEN JENNIE LEE-MINDoRo EVELYN MoELDowNEY-W. SALEM RUTH MoDoNALD-WEST SALEM MONICA MEINERTZ-MIDWAY ALICE OINEs-HOLMEN EDNA PETERSON-ONASALKA GENEVA QUACKENBUSCH- VVEST SALEM WILMA RUSSELL-ONALASKA AMY SULLIVAN-MINDORO HAZEL VoLLA-HOLMEN HILMA WALLUM-HOLMEN Night 61115155 Iln Qlatrpnntrg The interest in night work in carpentry still runs high in this our third year. The attendance and work has been fully up to our expectations. The ine-Inbers for the year are: J- C- AIKEN W. W. AIKEN J. G. SHowEEs HAROLD DAWDY W. LEMPKE E. BOWERS F. WIIITBECK HERMAN MOE REV. XVALKER HOWARD CRONK MARK MoNowN WM, SMITH LEONARD THOMPSON R. SCHNICK GUS. GULL1c1tsoN Along with Several of H16 boys Tegularly enrolled in school who were taking the work In night class because they could not get it in their crowded pl-001--une K' We are, Custl J, roud f f J Y P O SOH16 O the very fine articles made in our night class among which are Mr. Shower's fine black walnut tea Calf, Mr. Cronk's cancd fernerv Mr. W. Aiken's black walnut table, Mr. M09'g table Ml. Lemke-Q mmm M, C '1' lickson's hallitree, Mr. Smith's music cabinet, Rev., Walker's d 1XfIt-i Di- tool chest, and Mr. Hatchls sewing cabinet, and Mr. Bower's VVTLO. eb .HSL fmtlfvb also done some fine work in rebuilding in refinishing audi T fam' N. ll G halve have met twice a week through the ear d h ' geliem mpau, Work' we but also the fine social chats we hailfe his RS iisirglenfoyed not only working together mmmmunumunmnunnumnmnmuluum PAGE 36 --H. MCNUTT. LR Zh Jvk giving he any. and father c botan f I told her signs af evening. EYr'Ill1f Dot. wh: A roi peacl'! All th, was WU ..v.eH.. this mt little girl know. X sudden v peeked a two men and the air. Jul' al 'obbi robl in, fa lY lut s thai. bel' this aftei to anoth- Tor ison. is tie w the bu sily

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NDRED R I C ' T .H E Hn,,ami,,,,,,,m,..1mnmnmmmmnnIn lllr nnunumnmnuuunmlllmrnnm IIII HU Ivllrllllll' D Ilvllllf HHH I'I ' HU 1'1 ' I ' U U I in AIlllllvllmmllllllmlnllllllllllylmnlllll 1ulmlmllnlullnllnlnlnulllullnumulllIlnlulllllllllnllullllllllnllnllllullnllllnllllllnlIllnllllllnlinnullIlnllllllllnllulllllllllll1 I some little talk concerning the weather and the potato crop he asked me how I would like to go to the Wisconsin State Fair as an usher. It is needless to say I was delighted, as I did not belong to any club or demonstration team I had hardly anticipated a trip to the Wiscon- sin State Fair. It was about a week later that I stood among a large' pile of cots and straw ticks such as were used in the army training camps making my bunk for the night. This was the boys and girls state camp. It was run by the Y. M. C. A., and consisted of one large mess tent, a girl's sleeping quarters, a boys' sleeping tent and office. . After making our beds and getting things fixed for the night we were all marched over to the main grandstand where we were put in charge of a head usher, Hanlin by name, a man who had a very large red nose and iron gray hair and a brother to the chief of police, the sort of man you would expect to be holding down the job of deputy sherii or something of that sort. lfle took our names and found there were forty-eight of us., After doing this he said they would need eighteen in the main grand- stand,--boys who had a big mouth and were not afraid to use it. I volunteered. This big concrete stand held twelve thousand people and had we used the method of finding each person their seat we should have had an awful mix-up, as we often filled up in thirty minutes. Our duty was tfo keep every body moving, pack in as many as possible and to keep people from standing or sitting in the isles. On one occasion a middle-aged German persisted in standing in the isle, much to the disgust of the people sitting behind who could not see what was going on. I asked him to move on several times to the bleachers where there was still plenty of room. After I was cussed as well as discussed in German, which I understood perfectly, and also had a folded umbrella shook in my face, I called Hanlin. Hanlin grasped the man by the arm and tried to march him out, which he finally did with the aid of two heavy-weight Milwaukee policemen to the great delight of the people sitting behind. Our duties, though not strenuous, took in a good deal of our time and most of the boys were glad when the week was over. The forenoons were left for us to use as we chose. It was spent to good advantage, taking in the shows, looking at the cattle and taking in the other places of amusement. At eleven- thirty we had dinner and at one we were back at the stand, at four we were through, at five We had supper and were back at work by six-thirty. Our duties as ushers lasted until eleven, when We either took in more shows or went back to camp and to bed. Although all the boys had a good time and I did not hear one who said he did not hope to come back this year, I did not hear anyone mention the fact that they hoped to be or intended being an usher for life. -D. H. '24. :1mnmmmmuuunmuuumnn PAGE 38 Q ., . N . w :- 'x um: nu nuhlldlllhllli