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Show Dixie College News Coach Watts has issued his first call for track. Boys not engaged in basketball are asked to report Monday. The others will get into the program following the tourn- j ey at Ogden. Teams will be developed devel-oped in both the college and high school. D. J.C. "Ag" Meetings Held The agricultural department of the college is holding a series of meetings with the farmers of this vicinity to discuss problems of current interest. One of the major problems of cooperation of the college with the farmer is that of farm machinery repair. The use of the college shop is proffered for this purpose, and already several farmers have made use of the privilege. Meetings have been held on Monday evenings during the past month, and they will continue for several months more. Farmers interested should get in touch with Wayne Hinton at the college. D. J.C. Ralph Westover, local poultry enthusiast, has given the college ag department 25 baby chicks to be used for feeding experiments. During a period of two weeks the chicks have gained from one ounce to five ounces each. Ordinarily chicks do well if they double their weight in that period. The chicks are being fed a special growing mash. D. J.C. Dick Schmutz is representing the Dixie F. F. A. chapter in the district public speaking contest at Hinckley today. D. J. C. F. F. A. Project Ralph Hafen and Louis Holt are raising cabbage and tomato plants as an F. F. A. project They are utilizing the college greenhouse for this purpose. Nearly 50,000 plants are being cared for. They will be available for interested gardeners. Ralph and Louis are continuing the projects with gardens of their own. D. J. C. Pres. Glenn E. Snow and Mathew M. Bentley will attend a business session at Ogden next week. Conference athletic activities activi-ties and other problems of the junior colleges will be discussed. D.J.C. R. L. Patton is leaving today by air to visit the Lockheed aircraft air-craft factory. D. J. C. Paul Lindeman, former sheet metal instructor at Dixie, is now located at Hill Field in Ogden. He is an aircraft inspector. He has purchased a home in Layton, where he and his family will reside. re-side. Mr. Lindeman recalls with pleasure the time he spent in St. George. D. J.C. B. M. Jones, oil promoter at Virgin, was a speaker at a special assembly held Monday afternoon. He talked on the the customs of the peoples in the East Indies and showed the students many relics he had collected while there under the management of the Sheel Oil company. D. J. C. Mrs. Jay Tolman, instructor in physical education for girls at the college last year, was a college visitor Monday. D. J.C. Spring quarter got under way at the college this week. A slight decrease in enrolment is noted, largely due to men students leaving leav-ing for farm work. A few are also leaving for industry. A few new students have enrolled. D. J.C. The Omega Delta club, college speech fraternity, entertained the casts of the two college plays, "No Women Wanted" and "The Celebrity," at a party last Thursday Thurs-day night. D. J. C. A "wear cotton" drive is being pushed at the college, at the suggestion sug-gestion of Pres. Glenn E. Snow. Its purpose is for individual and national economy. D. J.C. Lee Kay of the state fish and game department gave an illustrated illus-trated lecture at the regular Friday Fri-day assembly. He showed the relationship re-lationship of the forests to the conservation of our natural resources. re-sources. D. J.C. Faculty Club To Meet "Dress and Charm" is the theme of the program of the Dixie college col-lege Faculty Women's club, which is meeting this afternoon. Miss Ruth Falck and Mrs. Edward Christensen are the hostesses. Topics to be discussed are: "Fabrics, and What To Expect In Material Today," by Opal Isom; "Fashion Trends During the World Crisis," by Vivian Prince; and "Changes That Can Be Made On Basic Dresses for Various Occasions," Oc-casions," by Margaret Jones. Miss Jones is to demonstrate her topic. Music is being furnished by Garth Tietjen and Caroline Stucki. |