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Poucher - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows runner R.W. Rollinson Whittingham Poucher (1891-1969) who broke the Yale record for running a mile, on May 2, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Select Star American Farmer. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. A committee met in the Office of Education, Department Interior today to select the Star American Farmer of this year. Contestants for the honor are students of vocational agriculture in highschools throughout the United States. They are judged for thier demonstrated ability to farm by having conducted and outstanding program of supervised farming in connection with agricultural school work, their ability to work with others in agricultural enterprises, and scholastic achievement. First prize in $500 in cash awarded by the Kansas City Star. In the photograph, left to right: (Front Row) Dr. George F. Zook, President of the American Council on Education; Sherman E. Johnson, Chief, Division of Farm Management, Dept. of Agriculture; and S.G. McAllister, President of the International Harvester Corp. Back row, left to right: J.A. Linke, Chief of the Agricultural Education Service, Office of Education; Lester Poucher, President of the Future Farmers of America; and W.A. Ross, also of Agricultural Education Service. The winner of the award will not be announced until October 15 in Kansas City at the annual convention of the F.A.A., 10/7/38

A group of men sitting around a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description