Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
THE sTORRs SCHOOL.

THE STORRS SCHOOL.
The New Buildings Approaching
Completion = The New Schools
Work.
The new building for the Storrs agricul-
tural school at Mansfield are approaching
completion and the new dormitory will be
ready for use st the opening of the new
term. With that and the new school
building completed Doth striking struc-
lures INTELLECTUALLY and admirably adapt
ed to the use of the schooD this excellent
establishment will be able to accommodate
much larger number Of students. 1t has
not hitherto been able to accommodate
properly all applicants. With these neces-
sary improvements the Storrs school will
be in it's way a model establishment
1t is doing good and useful practical
work. The farmers have been slow in
welcoming it, because they have a natual
feeling that "book larnin' is no good' for
the practical work of the farm. But they
have been wrong in this; and they are be-
ginning to see their mistake In the first
place, though books are studied to some
extent, it isn't the book learning that the
students receive, valuable and important as
| this is, so much as it is practical teaching
| of the knowledge that is most essential to
successful farming. The school teaches
| practical and scientific agriculture, and to
| this end it is necessary for the students to
| acquire knowledge of general and agri-
| cultural chemistry, farm mechanics, land
surveying and other studies-for they
must know, in order to succeed ON our
| Connecticut farms, what elements the diff
| ferent soils need to produce the best re-
snlts, and they must also become possessed
of good deal of other (so-calle0 book
| knowledge But the practical farming
lessons teach the boys more of the ways to
successful farming than they would ordi-
narily acquire if left to the lessons a far
mer's boy is supposed to get in years Of
work of planting and hoeing, haying and
caring for stock. At the Storrs school
Professor Chamberlain, the very sensible
and excellent farm superintendent, takes
| the young men with him out into
the field end superintends them in
| all kinds Of practical farm work, in
Guiding not only experimental tests OF
soils and their treatment, and all kinds
Of planting and cultivation, but oil othe,
kinds of work that belongs to successful
farming-including the care of stock
milking, and chores. The school has {
farm of ITO acres, including variety oil
paratus to illustrate the most important
facts in agricultural and general chemistry
and physics. Its equipment is complete
for educating the young men in that kline
of botanical and chronological knowledgt
which shows the real causes of injury tt
farm and garden crops by harmful insects
and other sources of damage. The ar
rangements are such that by extr,
work, industrious pupils can do mucl
towards paying their expenses at tn
school. But, by the iberality o
the state, the trustees are enabled to offe
frst-class instruction at rate so 1ow-$1,
per term, or $25 per year-that all or near
ly all who desire to attend can do so. Ia
BILE board is furnished at cost. The schoo
has valuable scientific cabinet and Ebrar,
and is very capably conducted. The prin
cipal, Professor B. F. Rooms, has attestet
his fitness for the position by years o
practical trial; and his associates are wei
adapted to their places.
The examinations of applicants for ad
mission takes place in room so, Capito
building, Saturday morning, September 6
The fall term begins September %. Their
are Christmas and spring vacations.