Northwest School News 1953-1954 Vol 38 No 1 December-January
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Northwest School News Six issues published annually by the Northwest School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, Crookston. Entered as second class matter. December 2, 1916, at the Post Office at Crookston, Minnesota. under the Act of August 24, 1912. VOLUME XXXVIII. Crookston, Minnesota, December, 1953-January, 1954 NUMBER 1 RED RIVER VALLEY WINTER SHOWS Junior Class Play To Be Given February 18 February 22-26 The Junior class of the Northwest School has selected “Cheaper By the Dozen” for their class play to be given Prospects are excellent for a suc- For the women’s meetings, Garden at the school on Thursday, February cessful 44th annual Red River Valley Club Day will be held on Tues- 18. This play is dramatized by Perry Winter Shows and Northwest School day, February 22. On Thursday, Clark and produced by the Dramatic Farmers’ Week, according to T. M. Mc- February 25, Mrs. A. A. Dowell of St. Publishing Company. Mrs. Alice Ittner, Call, president of the Winter Shows Paul will speak on “Some Observations of the English faculty, is directing the Board of Managers. Educational meet- From a Trip Through Western and Southern Europe.” play. ings sponsored by the University and A large cast of characters is needed organizations cooperating with the Music features of the Winter Shows shows have been arranged for each day for the three-act comedy. Members of will be a Barber Shop Quartet Contest the cast are: Willis Finifrock, Barnum; of the show, Monday through Thursday. on Tuesday evening, a concert by the The combined meetings and shows have Donna Miller, Crookston; Marilyn Bal- Crookston Municipal Band on Wednes- stad, Fosston; Harlene Hagen, Gatzke; been attracting from 15,000 to 17,000 day evening, and a program by the re- persons annually. Carol Soltis, Angus; Howard Duncan, activated Northwest Singers (a group Cando, North Dakota; Henry Landin, The livestock show with herds and of 90 male voices from men’s choruses Warroad; Jean Stromstad, Lockhart; flocks from the leading livestock breed- in the Red River Valley area) on Thurs- George Torkelson, Red Lake Falls; ers of the Red River Valley area, and day evening. James Olson, Reynolds, North Dakota; the crops and poultry shows acquaint A full week of activity has been Willard Loing, Reynolds, North Da- the farmer and townsman with the planned for the 4-H club members kota; Donald Wold, Badger; Marlys latest developments in production of starting with their judging teams and Love, Euclid; Henry Hettwer, Mahno- livestock, poultry, and crops. radio speaking contest on Monday; Fu- men; Charles Kramer, Peoria, Illinois; The general schedule of events for the turity Day on Tuesday; and 4-H club Barbara Kagg, Viking. Prompters are week includes: Monday, February 22- demonstrations and program on Wed- Jeanne Vanek of Angus and Margie livestock and crops judging contests; nesday. Iwen, Arthur, North Dakota. Soil Conservation Day; Tuesday, Feb- The evening and men’s day programs ruary 23-Crops Day (all day program) ; will be held in the Crookston High Parents’ Association Elects Garden Club Day; junior livestock Fu- School auditorium; the women’s meet- turity Day; open class livestock judg- ings will be held in the First Metho- Officers And Directors ing; Wednesday, February 24- Live- dist Church. stock Day, Poultry Day, open class Copies of the complete program will Morris Grove of McIntosh was elect- livestock judging, 4-H Club Day, rural be available shortly after February 1. ed president of the Northwest School school spelling contest, stockmen’s Copies may be secured by writing Win- Parents’ Association at Crookston at Dutch lunch; Thursday, February 25- ter Shows, Northwest School and Ex- the annual Parents’ Day held on No- Potato and Sugar Beet Day, Valley periment Station, Crookston, Minne- vember 25. More than 400 parents were Farmers and Homemakers banquet, sale sota. (continued on page 4, col. 3) of bred gilts and ewes; Friday, Febru- ary 26----Cattle Sale Day. Forty-five head of bred ewes and eighty head of bred gilts from the leading breeds of sheep and swine will be sold on Febru- ary 25; 100 head of purebred cattle, both bulls and cows, of the leading beef and dairy breeds will be sold on February 26. For the evening meetings during the week, Monday is designated as com- munity night and judging team banquet night. The shows will be open until 9:00 P.M. to permit local people to see the show. The Tuesday evening, Feb. 23, speaker will be Thor Gjesdal, principal director of the United Nations, Depart- ment of Public Information, who will speak on “The United Nations.” For Wednesday evening, negotiations are underway for a spokesman from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. On Thursday evening, T. H. Fenske, assist- ant dean, and A. A. Dowell, director of resident instruction and assistant dean, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, will be joint speakers on the program. Illustrated talks will be given on agricultural and Pictured above are the newly-elected officers of the Northwest School Parents’ Association. They were elected at a meeting held at the Northwest School in connection with Parents‘ economic conditions in the Scandinav- Day on November 25. ian countries by T. H. Fenske, and in Reading from left to right, they are: Delmar B. Hagen, Gatzke-vice-president; Morris India by A. A. Dowell. Grove, McIntosh-president; and Mark Craigmile, Hallock-secretary-treasurer. 2 NORTHWEST SCHOOL NEWS North west School News WEATHER SUMMARY FOR 1953 Issued by THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA O C. SOINE NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Mild, open winter months with above normal temperatures and slightly T. M. McCall, Superintendent cooler summer months featured the weather for 1953 in this general area, ac- Northwest Experiment Station cording to weather records maintained by the Northwest School and Experiment OFFICE Station, Crookston. The mean temperature for the year was 2.2 degrees above Crookston, Minnesota the long-time average of 39.47 degrees. This was the second consecutive year This publication issued six times a year: with above-average temperatures. The year 1952 was 1.8 degrees above normal. bi-monthly. A month by month comparison of the mean temperature shows that seven were above the average and five were below. February showed greatest var- Athletic And Scholarship iation and was 7 degrees warmer than usual. The three spring months of April, May and June were slightly cooler than usual. Awards Presented Students The extremes in temperature were not as wide as in previous years. The The annual fall term Awards Assem- highest temperature of 95 degrees was recorded on August 27 while the low of -25 bly was held at the Northwest School degrees occurred December 30. on December 17. Twenty-seven ath- The precipitation was fairly well distributed throughout the year and fol- letes were awarded their athletic A’s lowed very closely the long-time pattern. The spring and summer rains came or service chevrons for participation in in a few large showers which resulted in dry periods between. This was most football and cross-country. Retiring noticeable in the latter part of July and the first part of August when the late football co-captains David Viker, Ada, seeded small grains were filling and needed rain. The total precipitation for the and Bruce Kramer, Beltrami, passed on year was 22.13 inches which is 1.84 inches above average. the captain’s star to the newly-elected Six of the months were above average while the remainder were below co-copatins Glenn Filipi of Angus and in precipitation. September, with 4.32 inches of rain, showed the greatest vari- Leonard Bailey of Halstad. ation; this was 2.29 inches above normal. The three spring months of April, May and June were above normal but due to the dry subsoil condition brought about Football players winning the letter by two years of deficient moisture, this increased amount of rain was taken up “A” for their first year of participation by the subsoil. were: Eugene Austin, Gilby, N. Dak.; The snowfall of 35.1 inches was equivalent to 3.17 inches of water and was James Dudgeon, East Grand Forks; well distributed throughout the winter months. Glenn Finkenbinder, Crookston; Eldon The frost-free period measured 143 days and was 15 days longer than usual Hanson, Lockhart; Lowell Hanson, The last frost in the spring occurred on May 15 and the killing frost on October Mahnomen; Richard Miller, Crookston; 6 ended the period. Fred Ophus, Erskine; James Roberts, The following summary gives the month by month data compared with the East Grand Forks! Duane Wagner, long-time averages: Fisher. Two-bar chevron winners for Total Precipitation Mean Temnerature two years of participation were: Leon- Snowfall Rain 1953 50-Year Av. 1953 IO-Year Av. ard Bailey, Halstad; Glenn Filipi, An- Inch Inch Inch Inch Degree Degree gus; Sylvester Greskowiak, Crookston; January 8.2 - 0.67 0.54 10.6 532 Henry Hettwer, Mahnomen; Lloyd Hor- February 5.4 - 0.41 0.67 14.9 7.95 gen, Warren; Frank Sczepanski, Ste- March 3.5 0.12 0.77 0.83 27.1 25.65 phen; Arnold Skeie, Winger; three-bar April T 1.91 1.91 1.62 38.1 41.11 chevron: (3 yrs.) Wayne Mosher, Lock- May - 3.02 3.02 2.73 53.9 54.53 hart. Coach H. H. Lysaker made the June - 3.78 3.78 3.30 63.0 63.75 presentation of football awards. Charles July - 2.47 2.47 2.85 67.4 69.96 Whiting, instructor in Social Science, August - 2.08 2.08 2.87 70.6 67.31 served as assistant football coach.