The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-12
A FARMERS CON YENTION.
SUCCESSFUL MEETING OF STATE
BOARD OF AGRIC ULTURE.
Fine Address by President Hadley-
Mayor DriscoIl, Governor Lounsbury
and Others Also Speak-Large Number
In Attendanee-To-da Programme

md Others Also Speak-LarSe Numbe
In Attendanee-To-day's Programme
Tho ANIMAL farmers convention un
der the auspices of the Cohneeticu
State Board Of Agriculture opeheu
Ranublican hall yesterday morning In
convention Is very largely attehueu
MANY of the prominent planters any
growers of the state being Plesen.
Secretary r. S. Gold Of West CorliW "a
said that the meeting was one OIL III
,1arpest in the history of the board an'
that he felt very much pleased WIN I'M
fine showing of farmers ana o'iei' ''l''
are attending the meetings.
The Rev. DR.. McLane Oh rlsliou'i
church delivered the opening prayer
and then Secretary Gold introduces
Mavor Driscoll, who gave the introduc
tory address of welcome in Whlch 1T
cordially welcomed the farmers TO ta'
city.
/ Governor George e. Lounsbury hao
arrived at the hall just as the mayor
began speaking. His excellehcy' the
Governor. was welcomes with rouhc
of hearty applause when he arose aItel
Mr.. Colds laudatory introduction. his
address was full Of eloquent remarks
concerning the doings of the farmers
and it was very heartily applauueo a'
its conclusion.
Following the governors address MI
Gold announced Mrs. f. Howard hus-
sell as the soloist of the morning ohe
ascended the platform with her sister,
Mrs. Pauline Hickman, who accompa-
MED her on the piano. Mrs Russeli
sang for her regular number Ihe
Promise of Life" by Cowen,
The singer was never In better voice
and her tones rang clear and true
through the hall. Her voice is rlcn
mezzo soprano, especially musical IN
the upper register.
The visitors evinced their pleasure in
the song by asking for another, and
for an encore Mrs. Russell gave TAX
ing little counting song, after which she
was allowed to go.
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale
prefaced his remarks on The Higher
Education and the Welfare of the
Country" by saying that he chose to
talk about education because he con-
ceived that the farmers would rather
hear him talk about something that ne
knows a little about rather than some
thing of which they knew great deal
more than he does"
He was listened to with marked at
tention. He spoke in substance as fol-
lows:
Higher education helps the commune
ty in three distinct ways; by making
people better workers In their several
occupations, better members of the
body polite, and better men in their
character and ideals. OF these results
the ones which are least easily meas
ured in dollars and cents are funda-
mentally the most important
There are two ways of making man
a better worker in his profession; by
technical training, which teaches him
in his school days the things which 9TH
erwise he would have to learn after
ward, and by scientific trainer, which
teaches him in those same school days
things which he would otherwise not
learn at all. The former aims to save
the time of the student, the latter to in
crease his possibilities of ultimate de- !
OF the two, the scientific |
training is the more important; and the
longer a man lives the more he feels
this fact The man who is technically
trained to do certain things may have
at first an advantage, but he who Is
able to make progress has the better
chance of success in the long run. He
1as also an inestimably greater chance
If doing service to the nation, because
1e is able to take advantage of new
and new methods which allow
is to make progress in our industries
There has been in our professional and
scientific schools of various kinds
gradual development away from the
eaching of details and toward train
ng in principles.
But this professional skill, even If it
S of the highest and most progressive
ype does not represent the chief part
{ the contribution which higher educa-
ion makes to the welfare of the coun-
nv. 1t must not only equip man to
o his own work, but it must place him
A a position to make the results or that
York available for others. For this
nd it must cantain enough good Ian
udSB tedCHlIlk " Gll5uiC NiculAieNE'' VI
OF all languages
hitch our colleges should teach, Eng
sh is the most fundamentally impor-
ant. This cannot, however be taught
lone, to the exclusion of other Ian !
uages; partly because these other
.nguages are necessary tools of trade
the man who wishes to take lead
g part in the community, and still
ore because so few of our teachers r
re really competent to give good in
ruction in English. This Is the chief
for the retention of the
assics as an important factor in our .
lucational scheme. The marvellous ,
system Of Latin or Greek, :.
ming to us in a foreign language,
ouses our attention, and makes both @ @
achers and scholars feel that it must Il
seriously studied. When we have ="
dy of instructors who are ready to =
ach English with equal seriousness, -
: shall be able to talk of superseding y,
e classics and relying upon English -,
one. n,
Our students must also know how to -,
dapt their work to the needs of 9TH M
:. Our colleges accomplish some nj