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Show CONVENTION OF FFA DRAWS LARGE CROWD Concluding Sessions will be Held on Campus Today Welcome Address by Pres. Peterson. Future Farmers of American 525 strong, representing Utah's 6 chapters, assembled on the campus cam-pus of the USAC for their tenth annual convention, opened their conclave Thursday evening with Mark Nichols, state director of agriculture ag-riculture education, making the opening remarks. E. F. Baldwin of Salt Lake City, urged the young farmers to "grow and realize your responsibilities as farmers for the future generation." Mr. Baldwin, principal speaker at the opening session advised the youths in attendance that it was not only their privilege but their duty to grow "morally, physically and intellectually" for the service their own generation will demand of them in providing material and esthetic necessities to their people. peo-ple. Dr. E. G. Peterson, president of the college, welcomed the FFA members to the campus, asserting that "rural life is a way of life and a blessing to humanity." President Peterson asked the guests to take advantage of the college's facilities and personnel during their convention and invited invit-ed them to make use of the institution's in-stitution's services.' On Friday morning the youths were divided into seven groups! with each group under a leader who led the way for the livestock! judging activities. Crop Judging! and farm mechanics judging con-i tests were also on the morning schedule. After the judging groups had completed their tour of the' various livestock sections "Dr. W.J (Continued on Page Four) 1 teur hour was the singing of the Jenson brothers of Kamas. Willard William and Willis, a set of trip-lets.v trip-lets.v and Milo, who has a twin sister at home. t A move of the National F F A convention at Kansas City las year was shown at the conclusion of the amateur program. J. T. Abbot Ab-bot of Tremonton, state president of the FFA presided at the evening even-ing session- and-' aU state officers were introduced. This morning's session will feature fea-ture the annual convention and the election of state officers for the next year. Committee reports wUl be given at the . afternoon meeting and awards will be given at the concluding 'session Saturday- night:' ; '' Convention of FFA Draws Large Crowd t - - - r Cntinued from Page- One) E. Carroll, dean of the school of agriculture at the college, George Q. Bateman, USDA bureau of dairy industry, and Alma C. Esplin, extension ex-tension animal husbandman, gave short lectures on the outstanding features of the livestock judged. They pointed out which animals should have been adjudged first and showed why. In the crop Judging D. C. Tin-gey, Tin-gey, associate professor of agronomy, agron-omy, gave the review and E. A Call, D. A. Swenson and A. H. Powell of the mechanic arts division di-vision of the college, gave the review re-view in the mechanic arts judging. Poultry and dairy judging contests con-tests were staged at 1:30 p. m. At 3 p. m. the FFA sectional leadership meetings were held with L. R. Humphrys as chairman of the presidents and vice-presidents, Ray Garner, chairman, of the secretaries' and treasurers Leslie Nelson, chairman of the re- porters, and Mark Nichols chairman chair-man of the advisors. The review of the dairy classes and poultry classes was held at 4 p. m. The USAC alumni association treated the Future Farmers with a watermelon bust on the college quadrangle at 5 - p. m. and the concluding event of the day was the FFA amateur hour program in the college chapel at 7 p .m An interesting feature of the ama- |