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Show Richmond Boy Wins National Recognition A Richmond boy achieved national nat-ional recognition recently when it was announced by the Danforth Foundation that Douglas W. Hendricks Hen-dricks had bee awarded the 1940 Danforth Agricultural Fellowship for two week's study in St. Louis, and two weeks leadership train- ing at the American Youth Foundation Foun-dation Leadership Training Camp at Shelby, Michigan. The summer fellowship is given jointly by the Purina Mills and William H. Danforth, Dan-forth, founder and chairman of 1 the board of this national feed and cereal organization. Douglas W. Hendricks arrived in St. Louis, July 29. For four weeks he will be a member of one of the most representative I groups of agricultural students I in the United States. With junior 'students representing 38 leading state colleges Tie will have an opportunity to view the ''inside" of big business and study the relationship re-lationship between agriculture and industry, and learn of the opportunities opport-unities now open for young men with an agricultural background. The fellowship program is designed design-ed to give young mea on the ! brink of graduation from college a pre-view showing of what to expect in the business and professional pro-fessional world, and to aid them in "catching hold" immediately upon graduation, rather then changing from one position to another the first few years out of school. The fellowship includes a two weeks' special training course in St. Louis. Merchandising, sales, and manufacturing problems will I be discussed. Three days are to be 'spent on the internationally known Purina Experimental farm where hundreds of head of livestock live-stock and thousands of chickens, turkeys, and ducks are continually I on experiment The last two weeks will be spent at the American Youth Foundation Leadership Training 'camp on Lake Michigan. Leadership Leader-ship courses tor personality development de-velopment and enlargement of 1 abilities will be taught by nationally nation-ally known educators, ministers, and professional men and women. A well planned recreational program pro-gram will be coupled with study at this camp where hundreds of young yen meet annually for a fortnight of training and fellowship. fellow-ship. Douglas is typical of the young men chosen for this honor. He was seleoted frm the entire junior agricultural class of the Utah State Agricultural College this past spring because of his outstanding out-standing record in his studies, wide participation in campus activities, act-ivities, religious interest, and all around development. At college, Douglas has been active in the Ag Club; he has taken part in college plays, and various other school activities. |