Front row: E. Girton, Prof. W. H. Pew, L. O. Wise, R. C. McCord Back row: H. J. Boyts (alt), J. W. Schwab, R. Gatewood
This winning 1912 Iowa State Livestock Judging Team took first at the Chicago International and second at the Kansas City Royal. From the 1914 BOMB (about the 1912 team): "Winning two firsts and two seconds in four judging contests is a record that any school might well envy. This, however, has been accomplished by the teams representing Iowa State College during the past year. The men on these teams are well deserving of their judging A's in recognition of the honor they have brought to the college. Yet it must not be forgotten that contests are won not by good luck or by superior natural ability, but rather by hard, consistent work in practice and in training. "At the International, in a contest with eleven other colleges, Ames won first with 203 points to spare, Wise and Girton being first and second high men of the contest."