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Show 500 Hi School Students Participate In B.A.C Vocational Day Activities More than 500 high school students stu-dents from fifteen Utah and Nevada Neva-da schools participated In Vocational Vocation-al day activities at the Branch Ag rlcultural college Saturday. The boys and girls participated In program: and contests sponsored by the departments de-partments of business, home economics, econ-omics, agriculture and Industrial arta, typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, short-hand, woodworking, stock and poultry poul-try Judging and Judging of crops and seeds. Protessor C. B. Cooley general chairman of Vocational Day, reported report-ed the quality of work exhibited In contests and displays surpassed an) previous exhibit. He also stated that wider participation was evident this year than ever before. Mr. Cooley described the gener' Industrial arts exhibit as the finest fin-est ever shown at the school, and was particularly enthusiastic about the first place winning exhibit of Conrad Bradshaw of Beaver high school. Second place In this exhibit was won by Kenneth Mulr, another Beaver high student. Wallace Dean, shop Instructor at Beaver high, Is a B. A. C. graduate. The woodworking contest, which consisted of building a small bench by following blue prints and Involving Involv-ing use of 10 different shop tools, was won by Melvln Ballard, Hurri-can Hurri-can high school. Second was won by Conrad Bradshaw, Beaver. Dr. Ethelyn O. Greaves, dean of the school of home economics at the U S A C, was the featured speaker at a special assembly for all home economic girls from the various vari-ous schools. She spoke on the subject sub-ject of "Vocational Opportunities Through Home Economics". Dr. Greaves listed a dual objective in training of the home economics major and suggested that it should be the aim of each student first to become an expert homemaker and second to prepare to do something well to supplement the family Income In-come in case of necessity. More than 60 girls participated In the annual fashion show exhibiting exhibit-ing clothing made by the girls at their various schools. Mrs. Karma Swindle, head of the college home economics department, conducted the visiting girls and their Instructors Instruc-tors on a tour of the homemaklng departments. Results of the business department depart-ment contests have not been compiled, com-piled, and the rcult3 of agricultural agricultur-al competition has not been announced. an-nounced. In the livestock division, conducted conduct-ed by Dr. T. Donald Bell and Professor Pro-fessor Clarence Schmutz, the boy? Judged sheep, swine, Hereford bulls and Hereford cows. Hurricane and Fillmore tied for first honors in this division with 1363 points each from a possible 1500. Delta and Beaver tied for third and fourth with 1360 points. Orland Evans, Parowan and Alean Steward, Fillmore, tied for high Individual honors with 485 points out of a possible 500. Six other oth-er entrants tied for third with 470 points each. Team members were: Hurricane: Kenneth Beatty, Donald Nuttall, end Dan Butters; Fillmore, Aldean Steward, Larry Anderson, and Earl Johnson; Delta, Reed Bunker, Sheldon Shel-don CalUster and Edward Skid-more; Skid-more; Beaver, Richard Tattersall, Hal Smith and Allen Gale. Results In other divisions were: Dairy cattle, perfect score 1200 points, Parowan, Joe Benson, Brent Talbot, Myron Abbott, first with 935 points; Valley high, Order ville, Lavar Cox, Lane Reese, Gam Esp-lin. Esp-lin. second with 885 points; Cedar City, Kim Jensen, Lavar Wade, Nlc Lunt, third with 875 points. Highest Individuals, Myron Abbott, Ab-bott, 355 points out Of 400 first; Gam Esplin, Brent Talbot and Joe Benson tied for second with 340. |