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Show RURAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE ENDS LINCOLN, Feb. 24. The national ,con-ference ,con-ference on rural education. In session since Thursday, finished its work tonight. "Teaching process and study courses, the outgrowth of rural community needs." was the chief subject of discussion at today's to-day's sessions, led by Mrs. Marie Turney Harvey of the Porter Community school, Kirks ville. Mo. Professor Hogenson of the University of Utah told the story of a boy in his state who last year raised 92o bushels of potatoes po-tatoes on land which had been pronounced pro-nounced unl it for potato-raising. The boy. Professor Hogenson said, had fol- ! lowed instructions of the department of agriculture and the knowledge he had acquired ac-quired at rural schools. Other speakers were Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie of the University Uni-versity of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Henrietta Hen-rietta "W. Calvin, specialist in home economics eco-nomics In the National Bureau of Education. Educa-tion. At the concluding session 10S delegates were present from twenty states. |