The Press., 1885-08-13
{From Willimantic Journal.) THE STORRS AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.
The number of pupils at the Storrs Agr


 The number of pupils at the Storrs Agri- cultural school in Mansfield, promises to be larger this fall than ever before. It was very evident on anniversary day, at the close of last year, that the school has been steadily growing in favor; and this interest is not local, either, for representa- tive men such as Gov. Harrison, senators, representatives and men prominent iu all professions, came from all parts of the state, and universal satisfaction was ex- pressed with the beauty of the situation its surroundings, and the character of the work done both upon the farm and in the school. Here there Is happy combma- tion of farm work and study, a truly aga'i- cultural school, such as is found nowhere else in the United States. Students are required to spend part of each day npou the farm, and for this labor 8 reasonable compensation is allowed, so that many of the boys earn a large share of their ex- penses, and what is still better, keep them selves in good healthy condition, ill love with farm work-not educated uaOGy from but to the farm, and have an opportunity to labor with model farmer not as the phrase goes, "a fancy farmer" but a good, practical, common-sense, every. day man. Certainly, Farmer Chamberlain's superior cannot be found iu New England, as all who know him and the character of the work at the school farm testify.
 It Is certainly great privilege to boy to be permitted to spend two years with such man, to say nothing of the opportu- mites enjoyed in the school. Here the pupils receive instruction in those things which are we'll calculated to make good substantial and intelligent farmers Agri- culture, agricultural chemistry, land sur veying, human and animal anatomy and physiology, natural philosophy, stock breeding, botany, zoology, etc., etc, a list of studies which canuot but be interesting and helpful to any boy and all bearing di- rectly upon farmers life.
 As one boy remarked to the writer after he had been in the school one year; "Hhis world seems very different place to me compared to what it was before going to the school. Now everything around me is full of interest, and the more learn the more wonderful everything appears. The soil, the growing crops, the farm animals, and indeed everything, have an unbound. ed interest to me, and farm life, instead of being irksome and full of drndgery, is 6 real pleasure now not that there is less hard work to do, but that know better how and why we do it, and understand something of the wonderful mysteries o1 nature as it lies all about us.'
 . The enemies of the school have beer claiming that the farm is ''poor, llnpro ductive, unsuited to its purpose" etc, al of which is entirely without foundation II fact. We challenge them to find cleaner gardens and better crops than upon the farm at any place in the state, than are nov upon the school farm. Members of tn. legislative committee appointed last win ter, and indeed all who have examined 1t say that the farm is perfectly suited to thu purposes for which 1t IS to be used, name ly, the educating of boys for our Connect icnt farms.
 There was a time when there seemed t, be some doubt about the permanency O the school, but now it is a foregone conclu sion that the agricultural school is one o the permanent institutions of the state, ant ' in the near future will be as handsomel, supported as that of our sister state, Mas sachnsetts, and others, and made nor efficient because it is founded upon yer. different plan.
 The low expenses, the excellent oppo1 tunity for practical education, the inter est with which the boys from the Connect icut farms enter into the course of stud, and training, the testimony of the boy who have been there, the whole plan upol which the school is founded, commend most strongly to those who feel a need o an education for themselves or those C whom they have the care.
 The fall term opens in September and
 card dropped to the principa at Mansfiel will secure the annual report and othe papers giving all particulars concernin the school.