Northern Oklahoma College - Roundup Yearbook (Tonkawa, OK)

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Modfzl Training

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, , .W ,E My dear - Frances: - ' I '- Please excuse my negligence about awriting, as we have been so busy. House- cleamng is nowiin full swing and as it is my first without Mama's supervision it is rather hard. Without my.course in the State School I could not manage at all, but it is not so bad now. One thing that would ordinarily be very troublesome is the hard water. When we first -came here I had a hard time with it but George helps me and we. analysed it as we did in the laboratory at school and, of course, then we knew how to soften it. We found that it contained a great deal of Calcium Sulphate so we use Sodium Carbonate to soften it. It surely is a help. ' You remember my blue serge suit? Well, a month ago I was traveling and got some orange Juice on it. It took the color out and I felt so bad but I thought of what we were taught in Chemistry, so I got ten cents worth of Ammonia and now my skirt looks as good as Unew. One night George got some ink 'on his shirt. At first I thought the shirt .was ruined but I tried Chloride of Lime and you could never tell that there was any ink on it. You said you wanted to know what poor George got to eat. I will send you a list of our meals for one day. For Breakfast, grapes, shredded wheat, cream, sugar, poached eggs, rolls, and coffee, for Luncheon, roast beef, sandwich, buttermilk, and lemon pie, for Dinner, olives, baked potatoes, ham, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, French dressing, whole wheat bread, butter, apple tapioca pudding. Now, do-you think he is abused? That menu is prepared so that each person will get just what dietitians say that the body needs. Don't you think it would taste good at the same time? I am having fine luck with my bread. I always liked to do it but careful measure- ments and the use of the clock and thermometer have done away with even an occa- sional failure. I am also an expert at biscuit making. It is a hard matter though to get baking powder here that does not contain Alum, and I simply will not use Alum baking powder since we studied and tested it in the laboratory. At first I had to use it or Phosphate powders and the Phosphate keeps so poorly, but now I can get the Cream of' Tartar baking powder. That's another proof that the grocers will get what the people want if they demand it. The people here were so impressed with the idea that a patent medicine could cure any and everv ailment. They seemed to think me an atheist or fanatic when I did not believe they could cure anything. I had copies 'of the Technical Educator sent to some of them and it has surely worked a change here. When one woman got the copy that gave the analysis of Peruna she was very much excited to think what she had done. bThe word Alcohol frightens her beyond measure, and to think she had taken so much. fOf course she had never read the label.j She even broke every Peruna bottle she had, Patent medicines do not stay long where the Technical Edu- cator comes. I must Close but let me advise you, although you are only a Freshman now, to Day Special attention to your CheYf1iS'C1'Y UeXt Ye-31' for it will Pay- Lovinglyw LUCILE. 101

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.4 1 , 4, in , Poultry Club A Poultry Club was organized by Prof. C. E. Johnson, head of the' Department of Agriculture, during the winter term. The purpose 'of the clublis to interest students in raising poultry, to teach them modern methods, and secure co-'operation among the members. About fifty students joined the club. Through the efforts of'Mr. Johnson a 100 egg incubator, the Safety Hatch, was donated to the club by the One Minute Waslier Company of El Reno, Okla., free. This incubator has been placed--in President Glover's basement and is now hatching out its first setting. The students are taken over eyery few days to learn how to operate the machine. ' V Visits are made once a week to various houses in and -around Tonkawa, where good types of poultry is kep. The good and bad points of these chickensare studied. The students also talk with the owners of these Hooks, about their various successes and failures, their best methods, etc. ' W . '- A requisition has been sent in to the Board of Affairs to secure fencing for five poultry lots east of Wilkin Hall on the Campus. A' Hne double poultr-y1house has al- ready been built and is ready to be moved on the yards. - A Prof. F. F. Foster, Athletic Dircetor and assistant in Agriculture, is assisting in the work of the club. The club has been the means of encouraging many new recruits to start into the work of raising poultry, and has given valuable aids to those already engaged inhthat work. It has also been a great hedp to the people in town who have been raising poultry, as it has stimulated them to use better and newer methods, to work :for a better grade of poultry. 10.3