Vermilion School of Agriculture - Yearbook (Vermilion, Alberta Canada)

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□ VERMILION SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE □ CLARENCE, THE KOW. AND THEN WHAT? (Continued from Page 6) I’d maybe better tell you right away,-—I’m staying on the farm, for a while anyway. Dad wants me to stick around and, and—” “Guess he needs you,” helped out Mary. “Ye—es, but it isn’t really that. It’s—it’s sort of got me, since I came home. I just don’t want to quit it. It’s a great life, mary.” Mary lowered her head. “You’ve said it, Jack,” she said softly. “Though I was kind of slow to see it, maybe. But, doesn’t it seem funny? Here we are where we started,—well, not quite, of course,—but after all, those grand times and opportunities—. It’s funny, but it just seems to make you appreciate this sort of thing all the more.” “Perhaps that’s what it’s for,—partly anyway,” suggested Jack softly. And the robin on the bare branch above them threw back his head in a wild ringing carol of melody and joy,—laughing at the two of them. OBITUARY It is with deep regret that we announce to our students and Alumni Members throughout the Province, the death of Miss Dorothy May Burton. Dorothy suc¬ cumbed to an alliness of several months’ duration at the University Hospital, Edmonton, on January 25th, 1930. Our sincere sympathy is extended to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Burton, of Irma, in their deep loss. Dorothy will be remembered as one of the most popular girls of the First Year Group in 1928-29, when her winning manner made all staff members and students her sincere friend. fatfmore MEAT SCRAPS Guaranteed to contain 50% PROTEIN and maximum j 20% PHOSPHATES in a most palatable and digestible I form. Lowest possible fat and fibre content. “LAY- MORE is scientifically mixed to strike an accura te bal- j ance of body-building elements. “This balance is the secret of the success of ‘LAYMORE’. One of Mr. Edwards’ contest females VITALITY—MORE EGGS BIGGER PROFITS POSITIVE PROOF “I have used your LAYMORE Meat Scraps exclusively for the past fifteen years for my registered flock of Barred Rocks, and have found it an excel¬ lent food to build the vitality necessary to raise my pullets to stand the strain of high production. As an egg producer I believe it has no equal.” (Signed) F. EDWARDS, 12833-73rd St., Edmonton, Alta. The above letter is just another definite indication why ‘‘LAYMORE” is the choice of successful poultrymen. You, too, should be sharing in the f “LAYMORE” profits. I BUY A BAG TODAY If your dealer does not handle, write us direct. SWIFT CANADIAN CO., LIMITED I Canada Edmonton Plant f Registered Cockerel of Mr. Edwards’ 1st in Production class, Provincial Poultry Show, 1930. [ 29 ]

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□ VERMILION SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE □ SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Miss Kathleen Mainwaring, Mr. Osc ar Simpson, Mr. Percy Howe. The School Fair P ERHAPS there is no form of extension work carried on in connection with the School of Agriculture that has the same bond-forming facility with the people of the rural sections of the province as the conduct of School Fairs throughout the Ver¬ milion, Edmonton, and Peace River districts, under the direction of members of the staff of the Vermilion School. At the present time there are some forty such fairs in operation and others are in prospect of organization. On this page appears a cut of three scholarship winners in the persons of Miss Kathleen Mainwaring, Mr. Oscar Simpson and Mr. Percy Howe, all of whom are first year students and the first named two having won their year by virtue of having been the outstanding students in the Scholarship Short Course group during the holding of the School Fair Short Course at the School two years ago. Percy Howe won his scholarship at the annual Young People’s Week at the University last summer. Briefly, School Fairs are carried on as a co-operative effort between the Provincial Departments of Agriculture and Educa¬ tion and the local bodies formed by the association of a number of schools in the project. The government, through these two De¬ partments, provides, free of cost to the children of the schools taking part, seeds for the planting of a good-sized garden, school fair bulletins, which are used as a guide in the preparation of exhibits, supervision in the form of visits to the schools, from time to time, of members of the School of Agriculture staff. In addition to these things, the judges for the fair are provided without charge to the association, entry tags, prize cards and the necessary forms are distributed and the judges take advantage of the opportunity to address the school fair children immediately after the exhibits have been judged, pointing out where errors have occurred and generally offering information and assistance wherever possible. In each school fair, the girl and boy who stand highest in the number of points won, are granted a free short cou.se of oi. weeks duration and in the summer following the fair the win¬ ning children are gathered at the School of Agriculture and the girls take classes in cooking and sewing and physical training, while the boys are engaged in carpentry work, live stock judging, weed seed identification, etc. Last summer, thpre were some seventy-five children in at¬ tendance at the Vermilion School and on the ringing of the rising bell at 6.30 a.m., the busy day started. After breakfast an hour was allowed for organized play, then class work was carried on for an hour and during the entire day play and work alternated, with occasional periods given for letter writing, etc. In the evening, games were enjoyed until darkness forbade further outdoor activity and the group adjourned to the assembly hall where motion pictures, public speaking, games and stunts were enjoyed until bedtime at 10.00 o’clock. The nightly race between the girls and boys on their turning into bed provided consider¬ able in the way of competition and solved the problem of quieting things down for the night without any more than necessary delay. On completion of the week’s course, short examinations were set and the girls and boys who proved to be the most outstanding in their class work were then considered from the angle of their deportment, the manner in which they entered into sports, etc., and all points being considered, the selection of the yearly Scholarship winners was made by the staff. In their respective years of attendance at the Short Course, Kathleen Mainwaring and Oscar Simpson were adjudged the winners and hence we find them enjoying the winter’s work with this present student body. We hope to welcome Miss Katie Laskiwiski, of Legal, and James Williams, of Bruderheim, in the class entering the School in October, 1930, as they were adjudged the winners of their group when they were present at the 1929 Short Course. The benefits that are to be derived from the School Fair are many and varied; little stress is laid on the possibility of earning money in the form of prizes; rather, the training and the experi¬ ence in fitting and showing live stock, preparing and showing exhibits of grains and vegetables, in cooking and in sewing, is made the paramount idea with the children. Besides all these classes, the regular school work, as laid down in the course of studies, receives the major place in the School Fair, hundreds of exhibits of writing, drawing, modelling, etc., being su ' -nYPed at the fairs each year. The School Inspectors carry on the judging of the school work and assist very materially in this way. As the students of this School return to their own commu¬ nities we look to them to interest themselves in the S-’hool Fair, in the formation and conduct of Swine Clubs, Demonstration Groups, etc., and to lend what assistance they can to the vounger members of the community in the acquiring of knowledge that will stand them in good stead, later in life. Mitchell: “What is your idea of Heaven, Ed?” Swindlehurst: “Methusalah’s age and Solomon’s wives.” Platt (standing on steps without a hat) : “I must go and get my hat, I am chilled to the bone.” [ 28 1

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□ VERMILION SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE □ --—»—— —■——---—■—— —»—“—+ I | | A Tower of Strength | Assets over $568,000,000 Life Insurance in force, over Two Billion, Four Hundred Million Dollars SURPLUS AND CONTINGENCY I RESERVE Over Seventy-two Million Dollars I Rates and information upon request without any obligation. | SUN LIFE ASSURANCE | ! COMPANY of CANADA j R. F. SUTTON, Branch Manager j 320 Empire Blk. Edmonton, Alta. [ I DEBATING TEAM Miss Netta Stephen, Mr. Cecil Warner, and Mr. Stanley Johnson (Coach) The Debate Dermilion High School us. D.S.A. CTUDENTS of more recent years will recall the fine action of the Rev. W. P. Stevens, pastor of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, in Vermilion, when he presented for annual competition the now well-known Debating Cup. Unfortunately Mr. Stevens left Vermilion before the cup arrived and the actual presentation was made on his behalf by Dr. W. W. Bell, local physican. Uupholding the custom of several years, the students of the High School and those of the School of Agriculture held elimi¬ nation contests and weeded out debaters until they felt that the best representation for platform appeai’ance had been secured; arrangements being completed, the youthful speakers took their respective places on the stage, facing an audience of more than four hundred interested spectators. The subject chosen for debate, “Resolved that Public Owner¬ ship of Utilities is of greater benefit to consumers than Private Ownership,” presented unusual possibilities for argument and counter-argument; much material being available in support of and against the resolution, and the debaters were taxed with the (Continued on Page 39) [ 30 ]