West Central School of Agriculture - Moccasin Yearbook (Morris, MN)

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HOME ECOINOMICS We all rejolce 1n know mg that West Central ls to have a new Home Economxcs blllldlI'l,fI Vle are sure It wlll be a flne addltlon to the campus and meet the needs of present dax home economics educatlon But we hall all mxss the old bullfllflg from lts famllxar corner on the campus What memorxes lt calls up of graduaflon gowns Vls1t0IS davs parties facultv meefmffs and mam manx thlnqs' XM are all proud of lts record We are proud of the homemalxers who hax L been educated 1n lfs class rooms and laboratorle There thex have rccuved msplratlon as ws ll as practlcal mstruetlon for thexr mamfold responslbllltxes As we grow older IC ls natural for us to recall the good old flax s But rather than do thls let us look forward to the tlme when the new bL1llLllIlg1S to be dedltated Let us hope that as many of the former Home Economies teavhers as possxble and espec1allv the women alumn1 w1ll be able to return to share IH the ceremonles If thls plan wlll maferlahze we shall want to be among those present Paul E Mlller quperlntendent 1911 1938 Margaret Jones Mlller Y . . . Y. 4 .N 7 . . . Y . . . . . , K1 , L1 K 1 e1 7 ' S . ' ' Q'. 1 , 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1 . , . 1 L, ., . . A., ., t -.1 b., ., 7 . ' lx x l A- - 1 ' 'L' ' rx 1 1 1 . 'uf -f - ' Q x 7 J x' l ' ' 'f 1 K' 1 , ' '. 1 v1 '1 . , . . I W.. . l, Y Y . 7 . . .1 x .i V i Y . i. i . V . . , . .e , W , V. l . . 5 . . . . l , , - .. . J. ,, . . . ,- . , . 4

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AT Tzs the .star Spangled banner' O long may Yt u aze O er the land of the free and the home of the braze' Mk 1 1 -1 THE GXNI

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WE LOVE A PARADE The snx horse team from the West Central School of Agnculture drlven by the farm foreman Oscar Beckstrom The occasxon IS the parade held durmg the celebratlon m 1947 of the seventy fifth anmversary of the founding of Moms Mmnesota Never agam w1ll the beautlful horses of West Central pass ln revlew They mark the end of an era From the turnlng of the flrst furrow ln the vlrgm soil of our pralrles untll now the vear of nmeteen hundred and flfty four thls falthful anlmal has fllled the need for power and transportatlon He helped to bulld our rallroads as they pushed ever towards the settmg sun In teams of fours elghts and tens they pulled the plows and harrows that turned our grass lands towermg pme felled by the Woodman s ax was llfted pulled and hauled by the power of our logglng teams Now he IS gone hrs stall IS empty No longer shall we hear hlS welcomlng mcker as we push back the barn door ln the early llght of the rnslng sun To the man who loved horses fwhat man dldn t'7J there was no more pleasant sound than that of old B111 J 1m lNell and Queen munchlng thexr feed of oats Tlme marches on and sentlment glV9S wax to the practlcal The mechanlcal age takes over where the horse left off We close another chapter ln the March of Tlme The era of Amerlcan Agrlculture wlth the Horse P S Jordan Associate Professor into waving fields of grain that the peoples of the earth might be fed. In our mighty forests the