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Show NEWMSES . THiCA.C H Deans discuss i H WINTER COURSES.' ; H A .". - if ' Agricultural College. Faculty;, Oul';Af. H ter the Young People, of "4)5 , the State. . ftk - H Tho Chapel exercises of the Coll ' 1 lego were turned over Saturday 'to''a", ( discussion ot tho now winter coursba H which begin on November 7th and' ox- H (end until March 17th. Dr. Unit; dire- H tor or tho Experiment Station" and Dean or the school of Agriculture do- scribed tho history nnd development of these courses from tho tlmo' of H tholr first establishment lu the Unl- H vorslty or Missouri. Tho history or H these courses Is romnrkablo . In tho H tact thnt tho attendnnco In 'nil cases. H has Jumped by leaps and. bounds H sometimes exceeding nt tho tonaVvoC H tho fourth year tho total College en-. H rollmcnU Dr. tlnll emphasized tho H fact that tho coursos fitted very close- H ly the needs of tho stato n. that, tho - H rami boy or girl or the business man H or mechanic could got a full, term's H credit In Collego .during mld-wlntor. H Professor Drew1 of tho' Mechanic H Acts department spoke to tholudonls M regarding the Increasing - Importnnco H of machinery on tho farm and'' out- H lined tho work thnt will bo given' to H the students In farm machinery and' iH In regular Mechanic Arts during tho' M winter courses. H Pres. Wldtsoo supplemented tho re- . M marks of the deans stating that many M of the young people ot the stato were M anxious for educational advantages M hut were unable to take the full Col- H lego course. M Tho establishment ot the winter M work In Domestic Sclonco nnd Arts M in Agriculture, in Mechanic Arts nnd In Commerce offers these studons H Just the opportunity which most, or H thum need', many ror tho gathorlng'of " M practical information to bo uscd-dl- M rcctly on' tho' farm nud many to fur- H nlsh them n means or getting Into H tho higher work Jn Agricultural Scl- - H once In Homo Kconomlcs, In Median- H Ic Arts and In Commerce. H o H |