The evening times., 1898-06-16

versity and few books in any library. 1t
had very few well qualified to teach In
our farmers colleges: Educated men
can only teach what they have studied.
The new colleges. only generation old,
had but few books to which to refer on
any agricultural subject. Iiebig, the
Johnsons. Lawes and GILBERT Volt, He'll
reigel. and others, had done something.
Since 1863 there haBrbe&nsmuch more sys-s
tematic research into the laws of ma
ture governing production than In all the
ages that preceded the acts Of Congress
endowing colleges and agricultural exper-
iment stations and building up the De-
partment of Agriculture in Washington.
The American system OF. education for
the farmer. carried forward In the De-
partment of Agriculture, and in forty
five States and four Territories. Is une-
qualed in any other country, and EFFORTS
admiration from fellows of the Oldest uni
versities of Europe who have studied II.
1t is meeting the expectations OF the
statesmen who planned it. and lifting
the tiller of the soil to the intelligent dis
charge of his duties as citizen in his
vocation. There is great need Of uni
versity .ss s%%
1--WE should thoroughly understand the
problems of prediction assthey exist in
our latitude; then We shall be prepared to
take up what concerns the tropics. Our
colleges or experiment stations. No scien-
tist ever studied the improvement Of the
coffee tree, for example, in those hot
countries: improved machinery has not
replaced hand labor. Practical applica-
tion of scientific truths will fifty supple
ment the instructions in the mild Ameri-
can principles of government. Young men
who are educated along these lines are
in demand now: as their value becomes
recognized more and more. the demand
for them will grow In the islands of the
sea. i personally know that the Iowa
creamery man earns more money than
the Iowa dentist; that the horticulturist
earns more than the physician, and that
each county in the State has several
farmers, any one of whom accumulates
more money and reads more books than
all the lawyers in his county. / have no
doubt people of other States observe like
conditions. The country has not room for
more professionals; It does need more
educated farmers. Every worn-out field
proclaims this; every uncomfortable ami
NAL tells us this, every bare pasture ad-
monishes US Of it. Every roll of inferior
butter makes us feel II. Every average
crop emphasis the fact that as a ma
tion of producers we are not educated as
highly as we should be-"
The exhibition battalion drill and dress
parade, under the command of Major
Mitchell took place in the afternoon, and
the military bearing and precise execu-
ton of company movements were favor
ably commented upon.
The ball began at o'clock and con-
tinued until dawn. The largest gathering
in the history of the college was present,
and the occasion was a brilliant one
Some of the visitors during the COM
mencement exercises were b. D. Combey,
Colesville, Nd. Philip r. Stabler. Ashton:
William Candy, Norwood, Nd; Arthur
Stabler, Sandy Springs, Nd: Thomas ].
Lea, Lutherville. Nd: T. B. Stabler and
Newton Stabler. Sandy Springs, Md: C.
r. Hareshorne, Brighton Nd: Albert
Stabler. Washington. d. c.: A. G. Thorn
as, Ednor. Md: Walter II. Brooks, Ash
ton: Dawson Lawrence, South Bethle-
hem, Pa; Thomas r. Smith. Lincoln Va;
Mathew Stire, Sandy Springs: William S.
keitch, Towson; Charles II. Muller, Bal
timore: j. w. Cook, jr., Baltimore; Miss
Grace Bird, Washington, d. c.; Miss Del
la C. Dennison, Washington, d. c.: Mr..
and Mrs. George +. Nesbit. Brookeville
Md; DR.. NJ. Whitehill, Cnionville, Md:
Harry Howard. Snow Hill, Md: Harry
Combs. Leonardtown. Md; A. Alexine
Sedwick. Baltimore; NJ. c. Brown, Balti-
more; w. S. Weldon, Baltimore; ]. T.
and S. W. Ridgely, Sykesville, Md; p. S.
Dunbey. Chicago, Ill; II. II. Heyser. Ha-
gerstown, Md: Grace Berry and Dallas
Berry, Ashgrove. Va; William c. W.
Baggart, Rock Hill. Nd: Miss Crenshaw,
Washington, d. c.: w. II. Dickerson and
wife. Mr.. ]. ]. Cook and Miss Flora Cook.
Washington. d. c.; f. F. Dickerson. Ber-
lin, and Silas Lockopen, Freadsary, Nd.