Sfafe 3?sorical Society
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VOL. NO. IIV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938.
NO. 16
Doane Players
to Appear Here
on April 15
Company En Tour Will Be Presented
at the High School Auditorium
at 1 p. m. April 15.
Plaving in the Globe theater ver-:
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Errors." the Doane Players of Crete. '
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tifully costumed in authentic dress!
of the Elizabethan period these
young collegians give a sparkling
performance. Whether it be an
argument between Adrianna and her
Eisicr, Luciunna (Harriet Williams
of Columbus and Lucille Sedlacek of
Crete or the scene where Dromio,
the slave (Eric Asboe, Beatrice)
questions "Who, me?" of the group
which includes, besides the women.
Antipholus Dwight Tresidder of Col
eridge i ; the action is free and spon
taneous. In the other scene, Solinus
(Dale Bauer, Benkelman) questions
the slave, "How now ."
The riot revolves arcund the twin
brothers and their twin slaves
is replete with wit and humor.
and
The!
production of a Shakespearian com
edy in the spring is becoming a tra
dition at Doane since this is the
third season the players have- toured
Nebraska with a cut and continuous
playing version directed by Mrs. Lu
cille Beals Aron. Previous perform
ances included "As You Like It" and
"Taming of the Shrew," both of
which have received high praise from
school officials and students alike.
There is a professional quality to
the performances of the Doane Play-1
ers, v. hich adds interest, as does the
obvious enjoyment of the players in
their parts.
There are two casts for the 19 3S
play which alternate in taking the
trips. Towns included in their itin
erary this year are Geneva, Dorches
ter. Sutton. Wilber, Western. Colum
bus. Schuyler, David City, Hebron.
Nelson, Superior, Tekamah, Wisner.
Ashland, Plattsmouth, Madison, Nor
folk. Albion, Fullerton and Beaver
Crossing. Also the play will be pre
sented at the Veterans' hospital in
Lincoln.
They will present this play in
Plattsmouth at 1 p. m. Friday, April
If., at the high school auditorium.
RESTAURANT MOVES
Sunday William Sweenie, who has
been operating a restaurant in the
Union block on Sixth street, moved
i-.is equipment to the Eagles build
ing at Sixth and Pearl streets. The
new room has been very nicely ar
ranged by the Eagles for the new oc
cupant and will make him a very
neat and attractive restaurant and
tavern.
The work of arranging the equip
ment is being carried on raridly and
it is expected that the restaurant
will be ready in a few days to serve
its patrons.
The room vacated by Mr. Sweenie
will be occupied by Fred H. Sharp
aack. the owner of the building, who
will move his liquor store now on
Fifth street to the new location. He
is planning a number of extensive
changes in the interior of the room.
VISITS OLD HOME
itrn inns n n n rrpaT iiiitn euis
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ago was located here as a cierk i
T. ,-. !.,,
the Burlington offices at the local
shops, was here
, o., i
lor a snort tune oat-j
tirday afternoon. He
through from Houston.
was driving
he now resides and was en route to
Omaha to attend the meeting of
Right Angle lodge of the A. F. &
A. M. of which he is a member.
While there Mr. Davis met the mas
ter of the grand lodge A. F. & A. M.,
an
old friend and associate, w . a.
Robertson of this city
visit to the lodge.
who was on a
HERE FOR FUNERAL
From Wednesday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. James Ptacek and
daughter. Gertrude, of Chicago, ar
rived in the city this morning to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Mike
Warga, Sr., mother of Mr. Ptacek.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Theodore Yelick, who has been visit
ing her parents at Chicago, coming
with the parents for the funeral services.
OPENS BOCK QUARRIES
Everett
Pickens, who lias been
extensively engaged in the work of ;
handling rock supply contracts for j
the river improvement projects in j
this section is now opening new lines
of this work south of this city. j
Mr. Pickens is starling the quarry j
on the Gayer larm south or this city
and where he is preparing to handle
orders for -crushed rock in any quan
tity that mav he desired. Mr. Pickens
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.'lias secured a crusher that is now on
th Job d which enable the public j
commercial uses
Death of Mrs.
Mike Warga, Sr.
at Havelock
Formerly Mrs. Frances Ptacek of This
City Has Been Feeble for
Past Several Years.
Mrs. Mike Warga, Sr., 79, died
Sunday night at her home in Have
lock after a period of illness and
which had rendered her feeble but
not bedfast for the past few years.
She passed peacefully away in her
sleep and was found by members of
the family.
Mrs. Warga was one of the old
time residents of the community
where she spent many years and
where her family'was reared to man
hood and womanhood.
She was a lady universally respect-
, ed and esteemed by the old friends
hereand who learn with regret of
.her passing.
She was twice married, her first
I husband preceding her in death and
in later years she was married to
Mr. Warga, they living at Havelock
for the past fifteen years.
She is survived by a large family,
the daughters and sons being Mrs.
John Wooster, Reliance. South Da
kota; Mrs. George McKay, Savannah,
111.,; Mrs. Charles F. Janda, Flatts
mouth: James Ptacek. Chicago; Mrs.
Louis Janda. Mrs. Oscar Adolphson,
Omaha; Mrs. Ernest Stenner. Sedalia.
Missouri; Mrs. Joseph Dosisler. Oak
land. California; Frank Ptacek, Cm
aba. There are a large number of
grandchildren and one brother.
Adolph Micka. of Omaha surviving.
The body is here at the Sattler
funeral home to await the arrange
ments for the funeral.
IKE GILINSKY HERE
From Wednesday's Daily
Ike Gilinsky, who is now a rep
resentative of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing company in this territory,
was in the city today to look after
business and visiting with old friends.
Ike was for several years a familiar
figure here altho a resident of Omaha,
maintaining a bus line from this city
to Omaha and later handling a fruit
trucking system. In those days a bus
operator had much to contend with
in the way of roads and weather
conditions.
VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS
From Tuesday's Pally
This morning Mrs. Robert Morgan
motored down from Omaha with
Mrs. Pearson and Miss Chrialine
Navinger, who has been spending;
the winter in Omaha. They enjoyed
t in ct" xvitVi nlrt frierwls in the citV
f nr a short time. Miss Navinger is
.
Planning on going to Santa Fe, New.
1
will
Aiexu o. mis suiumei ni-i l- hc
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the summer on a ranch
The
on a
isIlu
summer she was located
ranch near Gillette. Wyoming.
MURRAY GROUP MEETS
Group 2 of the Murray Presby
terian church met Tuesday with Mrs.
Jennie Klimm for the last meeting
of the year. At the noon hour a
covered dish luncheon was served.
The afternoon was spent In hand
work, visiting and a general good
time. The business meeting was pre
sided over by Mrs. Guy Wiles. The
money for the present year was turn
ed in at this time. Plans were made
for the coming year.
VISIT RELATIVES HERE
Mr. and Mrs. John Marquette of
Chicago, were here Thursday where
they were dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bridgewater.
Mrs. W. B. Rishel,
Long Time Resi
dent Here, Dies
Passed Away Sunday Evening at the
Home of Her Son. James B.
Rishel on Orchard Hill.
Mrs.
W. B.
even in:
Rishel passed away
, March 27, at the
Sunday
home of her son. James
B. Rishel on
urcnaru nin, atme
age of S3 years,
7 months and 14 days. Mrs. Rishel
has been in poor health for several
years.
Delilah Archer was born near Can
ton Ohio August 13. 1854 and war;
the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Archer. At the age o 15 she came
with her parents to Sarpy county.
'Nebraska, and moved to Plattsmouth
with her husband and family in 1SD0
where she has since made her home.
t .
In 18; she was united in marriage
with William B. Rishel who preceded
her in death in li24. To thid union
was born seven children, one daugh-
ter who died when a child. Those
jwho are left to mourn her passing
are her daughters. Mrs. George Hall.
Mrs. James Yelick and Mrs. Adam
Kaffenberger of this city, Mrs. I. N.
White of Omaha, and Mrs. James
Earhart of Murray, and one son,
James Rishel of Plattsmouth. Two
brothers, Sam Archer of Duarte.
California and Gideon Archer with
three sisters, Mrs. J. M. Hall, Mrs.
E. M. Buttery of Plattsmouth. and
Mrs. Ida Adair of Springfield also
mourn her passing. Mrs. Rishel had
21 grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
The Sattler funeral home will
in charge.
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WHO HAS THE FUND?
In the past few weeks a campaign
fund has been raised by voluntary
or otherwise, contributions for one
of the candidates for city council
and it was whispered around the
underworld that this had grown to a
figure that would aid in carrying the
candidate to the crest of victory.
Late last night while a small rally
was being staged by a number of
candidates, the box containing the
fund was mysteriously taken and so
far has failed to appear, with the
election only a week away. Rumors
i of reprisals have floated around in
i downtown sections and may result
i in real flaming war before election
day as it is reported the fund was
sufficient for at least one keg.
However It is hoped to have the
affair confined locally and no need
found for appeals for militia to pro
tect the voters.
WILL MAKE HOME IN KANSAS
From Tuesday's Daily
Yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs.
Elton Cacy who have been making
their home in Piattsmouth for the
past winter departed for Hutchinson,
Kansas where they will make their
home for the present and where they
have been assured employment.
While they were here they were
were employed only part time and
being formerly out of the state prefer-i Audry Chappell, 18, was arraigned
ence was shown to workers of this! on the charge of stealing eleven
vicinity, and they have returned to 'chickens, the property of J. W. Mur
Hutchinson where thev are assured doch of near Xehawka. After hear-
0f steady employment.
HEARS NIECE HAD DIED
From Monday's Daily
Mrs. M. S. Briggs received a mes
sage this morning telling of the pass
ing of her niece, Mrs. Geo. Beattie
at Paton, Iowa. Mrs. Beattie is
daughter of a sister of Mrs. Briggs.
She leaves the husband and five chil
dren. Funeral and burial will be at
the local cemetery as deceased died
from scarlet fever, the remainder of
the famiiy still being in quarantine.
Mrs. Briggs' health is such that she
cannot attend the funeral.
WORKS AT NEBRASKA CITY
Wilbur Hennings,, who has been
one of the efficient workers at the
local Hinky-Dinky store, is at Ne
braska City where he is serving as
the acting manager of their store
at that place. Mr. Hennings is re
lieving Mr. Hart, who has been the
manager there since the store was
opened and is now ill.
Mr. Hennings has been a very
faithful and efficient clerk and as
sistant manager in the local store.
LONG WAIT IS
REWARDED; NEW
PUMPER TRUCK
About July 4th. there will be
delivered to the City of Platts
mouth a new modern fire engine,
under the terms of a purchase
agreement approved this week by
the city council.
Thus will be climaxed a long
wait on the part of the Volunteer
Fire Department for an adequate
pumper truck. Six or seven years
ago, when an antiquated truck
and fire fighting equipment gave
out. the fire boys first began cast
ing their eyes longingly upon the
pumper style truck in ue by
many neighboring cities.
Finances at that time, how
ever, would not warrant the ex
penditure and the old equipment
was transferred to a second hand
chassis that has served the pur
pose up to the present time.
Shortly thereafter a sinking
fund was created for the purchase
of new equipment. Augmenting it,
the Fire Department has contrib
uted handsomely of its own funds
to make possible the present pur
chase and continuance of the
special levy for the current year
will make possible paying cash for
the new equipment without issu
ance of bonds.
Fight Fires in City
or Country
When the new truck is placed
in service, the old one with its
booster tank and chemical ap
paratus will be retained, and put
to good use in fighting fires out
side the city limits. Heretofore,
with only one truck, it has not
been advisable to leave the city,
leastwise fire break out at home.
After July, however, the stand
by truck can be sent to fight farm
fires anywhere within a radius of
eight or ten miles of town, as is
done in many other Nebraska
towns having dual equipment.
In fact, fire insurance compan
ies have a plan all worked out
that makes such practice not only
possible, but remunerative to the
Volunteer Fire Departments that
render service in time of need.
For a small additional premium
per thousand dollars of insurance
carried, farmers may qualify for
this valuable fire-fighting service.
The insurance company pays the
Fire Department for making the
run. regardless of whether the
building is saved or not.
When the new truck arrives,
the fire boys hope to be able to
put this new plan into operation.
As stated, the equipment on the
present truck is ideal for fighting
fires beyond the water mains. If
caught in its early stages, fire is
extinguished readily with chem
icals and the water carried in a
booster tank.
No Better Firemen
than Ours
Plattsmouth has as efficent a
Volunteer Fire Department as will
be found anywhere in the state,
and property owners will rejoice
with them in the acquisition of
their fine new pumper truck that
will enable them to render still
more effective service when disas
trous fire threatens be it inside
the city limits or far beyond the
water mains.
YOUTH IS BOUND OVER
From Tuesday's Dafty
This morning in the county court
ing the statements of the youth in
regard to the matter, he was bound
over to the district court for the
disposition of the case. Bond was
fixed n $500 and he was remanded
to the custody of Sheriff Homer Syl
vester until bond is supplied.
SCHOOLS HAVE VACATION
The high school students are to
enjoy a two vacation starting this
afternoon at 4 o'clock and continuing
until Monday. The students who
won firsts in the music contest here
will compete Friday and Saturday
at the district meet at Fremont, while;
the others will enjoy the extra two
days in a relax from the school
work.
RECEIVE GOOD NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mullen have
received a message telling them of
the arrival of a new member to the
family. It is a baby girl, and has
been named Norine Ann. Her parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Mullen of
Galveston, Texas. The news came as
a great surprise to Mr. and Mrs.
Mullen.
Assessors Hold
Annual Meeting
Here Tuesday
Session Addressed bv County Assessor
' W. K. Puis and the Board
of Commissioners.
Tuesday the precinct assessors of
Cass county met at the ourt house
with County Assessor W
H. Puis and
me board of cour.tv
commissioners
to discuss trie plans tor the coming
assessment of real and personal prop
erty in the county which will be
started after April 1st.
All of the assessors were present
except Assessor Ed Betts of Tipton
the
precinct, who v. as visiting in the j
west and failed to reach home for the
meeting. i
i
There was a gene ral discussion of
the laws passed by the unicameral j
legislature as affecting taxation and i
the assessment of real and personal J
property as well as the various items j
covered by the schedules for the'of
assessment of property.
In addition to Mr. Puis, Commis
sioners George L. Farley, Elmer Hall
strom and H. C. Backemeyer. gave
short talks along the line of the
assessing problems and the tax situ
ation. The assessors attending and their
precincts were as follows: Roy M.
Coat ma n. Greenwood; Louis Meyers,
Salt Creek: Paul Marshall. Stove
Creek; William Bourke. Elmwood;
M. E. Bushnell. South Bend; John
Hopkins, Weeping Water; William
Sheehan. Center; August Schmidt,
Louisville: R. E. Norris, Avoca; H.
H. Ragoss, Mt. Pleasant; II. A. Mei
singer. Eight Mile Grove; G. C. Ho
back, Xehawka; Earl Wolfe, Lib
erty; Alfred Gansemer, West Rock
Bluffs; W. A. Wheeler. East Rock
Bluffs: George W. Snyder, Platts
mouth; Chris Rasmussen, 1st ward.
Weeping Water; Roy Haslam, 2nd
i ward. Weeping Water; John Liber-
shal. 1st ward, Plattsmouth; James
Rebal. 2nd ward; Miles Allen, third
ward; John E. Schutz, 4th ward; Ed
ward Gabelman, 5th ward.
HAVE A FINE MEETING
From Wednesday's DaiTy
Last evening the employes of the
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., of
I the Plattsmouth district, were here
to take part in a very interesting
sales meeting which was staged at
the dining room of the Stewart cafe.
The meeting brought here Ed
Taber, assistant to the sales manager
at Lincoln, Harold Stanton of the
sales department, Dan Kelley, of Om
aha of the General Electric Co.. and
George Hutton of the Voss Washing
Machine company.
The speakers discussed the sales
manship problems and with motion
pictures carried out the correct and
; incorrect way of approach and at-
, tempts to make sales.
i Views were also given of the Gen
eral Electric Co. plant and which
was a real revelation to the audience
of the magnitude of this plant.
A very instructive demonstration
was given of the Voss washer which
was followed with a great deal of
interest by the group.
At the close of the evening re
freshments were served to the mem
bers of the party.
There were eight of the employes
from Humboldt here to attend the
meeting.
APPRECIATION
We take this method of
ing our thanks to the city
express
council, Iowa-Nebr. Light Co., and neighbors,
for making it possible for a light
to be placed at 140C Marble, espec
ially do we thank Councilmen J. C.
Comstock and Frank Rebal for their
most earnest efforts and interest
taken to have this most needed light.
Again we say thanks
Mrs. H. C.
Sherwood, Miss Grace Perry,
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our most heart
felt thanks to each one who so gen
erously gave their assistance at the
time of the death of our beloved
mother. Especially do we wish to
thank Reverend Lowson, Mr. Don
York,
Mr. E. H. Wescott, those who
furnished cars, and those who sent
the beautiful floral tributes. The
children of Mrs. William B. Rishel
and their families.
BUSHNELL FAMILY HERE
M. E. Bushnell, assessor of South
Bend precinct, with Mrs. Bushnell
and their son, Clark, were here Tues-
!
day to attend the meeting of the
j county assessors. Mr. Bushnell is a
long time resident of Cass county
, and many years ago was a resident
of Plattsmouth and engaged in the ,
printing trade which he followed for j
a number of years. lie has in more j
recent years been engaged in farm-j
ing in South Bend precinct and has ;
i been
repeatedly named
of the precinct.
as the as-1
I sessor
Postal Employee
Barred from Race
f CI 1 - the maximum home audiences are
IOr DCnOOl L QStlreacht-a, etching large numbers of
; people both at home and in their
J. Larson, Nominated for Local
Eoard of Education Finds Rul
ing Against Making Race.
Raymond J. Larson, who was one
the four candidates nominated by
the school caucus on February 2S as
a candidate for the board of educa
tion, finds that the ruling of the civil
service commission is against his
making the race.
Mr. Larson to be assured of the
ruling as to his eligibility to make
the race, took the matter up with
the commission and today received a
ruling on the question raised.
The ruling as received by Mr. Lar
son is quite lengthy and covers the
situation very thoroughly as to the
nature of office to which the postal
employee might aspire. Sections of
the opinion referring to the case
cited are as fo'rrows:
"You will note that no classified
employe in the postal service may
accept or hold an elective office un
der any state, territorial
or muni- j
cipal government, except that fourth ;
rlficc nnstmnftfprB m:iv liolil TosilionS
on school boards w hen no political , Council Bluffs.
campaign or issues are involved. A ! Journal readers are invited to
person In the postal service may hold , ijsten to this initial program Satur
an appointive position on a school I - lo.n o i-no t m
board, provided it does not interfere
with his postal duties.
"Inasmuch as the position on the
board of education to which you re
fer is elective, a postoffice clerk is
apparently prohibited by the postal j
laws and regulations from becomings
a candidate for or holding any such j
position. William C. Hall, executive I
assistant." !
i
The ruling will leave the candi-
i
dates for the board of education.
Frank A. Cloidt, Mrs. Fearl Mann !
and F. I. Rea.
The matter of filling
I any vacancies on the ticket was left
by the vote of the caucus to theitional convention at San Francisco
chairman and secretary. j in May and Mr. Jaeger and family
ARRANGLNG NEW STORE
Vernon Hillman. who for a num
ber of years was very successfully en-
gaged in the retail business at Otoe,
Nebraska, has arrived in the city
and is arranging liis grocery which
will be operated in the Masonic
building where also is located the
Frank Mullen market. '
Mr. Hillman is having the store
rearranged and expects to have his
new stock arriving Wednesday and
getting ready for installation at once
in the new location. He is planning
a grand formal opening of the store
and had hoped to have it ready by
the coming Saturday but it will prob
ably be necessary to postpone it un
til Saturday, April 9th.
Mr. Hillman is olannlng on mov-
ing his family here as soon as pos
sible and becoming a part of the com
munity life, but owing to the illness
of a son, Mrs. Hillman and the fam
ily were compelled to remain at Otoe.
The riattsmouth people will join
in a welcome to this estimable fam
ily and are delighted that they will
be a part of the community life.
Clyde H, Graves, who formerly
operated the grocery department has
disposed of his interests in the store ! ceived a very much appreciated let
and will decide on his future plans j ter from the United States conser
after a short rest from the retail j vation bureau in which the appre
business.
HERE FROM ASHLAND
L. C. Gilmore of Ashland, who
with his son, J. R. Gilmore is asso
ciated in the firm of Gilmore & Son,
was in the city Saturday for a few
hours. Mr. Gilmore and his son are
associated in the insulating business
and have made over a large number
of homes with this seasonal protec
tion against both heat and cold.
They have as local representatives
the firm of Bestor & Swatek.
'The Community
Editor Speaks' a
New KGIl Plan
Digest of Opinions. Unusual News
Stories and Advertisements in
Ten Towns on the Air.
A new radio program, "The Com
munity Editor Speaks," is scheduled
to co on the air from radio station
KOIL Saturday, April 2. The station
I announces that by switching some
i
cither shows, they have been fortu
nate in scheduling this new program
in one of the "key" spots of the day,
12:30 to 1:00 p. m., a time when
; businesses. The program will go on .
j the air every Saturday at the same
! time.
I Five Iowa and live Nebraska news
1 papers (including the Journal) will
j be featured on this program devoted
' to what the Community Editors of
! these ten towns are doing and say
i ing. Leading editorials, unusual
: news stories and even the advertise
j ments in the different papers will
! come in for reading or mention as
I the time limitations permit,
j The entire program is arranged
! on a co-operative basis and as a re
sult of the publicity given each com
munity should reap some direct and
lasting benefit.
Plattsmouth was one of the towns
visited by the KOIL caravan at the
time of opening their new trans
mitter station last fall and the towns
to be featured on this new program
will be pretty much the same as
were visited at that time all lying
within n radius of 20 to 40 miles
of KOIL's home cities, Omaha and
STUDENTS PRESENT PROGRAM
From Tuesday's Dally
The high school students, winners
at the local musical contest last eve
ning, were guests of the Rotary club
this noon and gave a fine rendition
of the numbers that they had given
so well last night.
The club also named George Jaeger
as the representative of the local or-
t ganization at the Rotary Interna-
expect to enjoy this great meeting.
The students who presented the
program were Allan White, trumpet
solo, "Castles in the Aair"; Richard
Cole, vocal,
Your Song From Para
dise"; Dick Hall, vocal, "The Trump
eter"; John Jacobs, vocal, "Where
Mv Caravan Has Rested"; Raymond
j Wooster, saxophone solo, "Danse
Hungraise."
The girl's sextette gave "Little
'Nest of Heavenly Blue" and "Dark
lEyes," Betty Voboril, Eleanor Minor,
I Frances Cloidt, Helen Hiatt. Shirley
! Peterson and Shirley Seivcr.
The boy's quartet gave "Can't You
Hear Me Callin' Caroline," this group
! comprising Richard Cole, Ted Liber
shal, John Jacobs. Dick Hall,
i The accompanists were Miss Jean
Knorr and Miss Flora Belle Meade.
Dale Wohlfarth. senior and James
Webb, junior, who have neen tne
high school members for the month
of March gave their impressions of
Rotary in a very fine manner and
expressed their pleasure at having
been associated in the genial com
pany for the month.
PRAISE CO-OPERATION
Sheriff Homer Sylvester has
re-
ciation of the federal department is
given the sheriff and Deputy Cass
Sylvester. This is for their co-operation
and assistance in the hunt for
illegal shooting of migratory birds
in this part of the country.
LOIS GILES HONORED
Lois Giles of this city was re
cently elected corresponding secre
tary of the University of Nebraska
Palladian Literary Society. Miss Giles
is a junior in the college of agriculture.