Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07
TAKE NO VACATION
AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS WORK
ALL THROUGH HOLIDAYS.
DEPARTMENT is CROWDED
Twelve States Of the Union Represent
ed in the Short Course, Which Has
Total Attendance of 295-Total tor
Agricultural College Is 428-Alumnl
Meeting for Madison.
Madison, Jan. 2.

MdQ1SO11s Dill As
The short course in agriculture IS
the only department of the university
which did not observe the customary
vacation. This department closed It's
door for two days only, Christmas and
the Monday before it. The attendance
this year is 295, an increase OF approx
| imately 20 per cent. over the attend
ance of last winter, and the college IS
| taxed to it's utmost to accommodate
the large classes.
The short course has become one OF
the most popular courses in the univer-
sity and full realization OF the fact
seems apparent, that the young man
from the farm in order to pursue MS
vocation successfully should be trained
with the same care as the doctor, law
yer or banker. Since the organization
/ Of the short course in 1886, 1859 stu
dents have availed themselves of the
/ opportunity of attending. OF this mum
Der 202 have come from other states
and 957 from Wisconsin. Of the 295
| in attendance this winter, 81 are non
resident students Twelve states out
/ side of Wisconsin are represented IN
the attendance, Illinois heading the
list with a representation of 33. The
ten counties of Wisconsin most large
| " represented, with the attendance of
each, are as follows: Dane, %; Rock,
/ 18: Milwaukee, 10; Grant, IL; Eau
Claire and Dodge, 10 each; La Crosse
and Walworth, 9 each; Jackson, La
! fayette and Trempealeau, 8 each.
! Among the applicants for admission
are a preacher and a county superin-
! tendent of schools. The minister ex-
plains that he lives in an agricultural
district and that as all his parishioners
are engaged in farming he believes
that he can get in closer touch with
them and their needs by taking a
course in agriculture at the un1ver-
sity. The county superintendent
makes much the same explanation.
The opportunities which are offered to
the short course students for general
| improvement are many. One OF the
most practical things of this nature
provided by the university is a course
! OIL 1ICC LWClFN LIZ NJ
Prof. w. A. Scott on economics. OPP
portunities of this kind broaden the
horizon of the young men who come
here from the farm to spend few
months and then return to their homes
/ to become tillers of the soil. And
these extra attentions together with
| the excellence of the experiment sta
| ton have given the Wisconsin agricul-
! tural school an enviable reputation in
other states just as the names of DR..
| Babcock, DR.. Russell and others have
given it worldwide fame.
| The Wisconsin station has furnished
i the government with four teachers of
agriculture for the Indian schools, and
now has on file 420 calls for teachers
from various schools throughout the
United States and foreign countries.
1.-The graduates of this school," says
Prof. w. A. Henry, will be found in
all parts OF the world engaging in the
more profitable lines of agriculture.
Harry Trott, Milwaukee boy recently
graduated from this department, is
now in Central America operating a
coffee plantation"
The rapid increase in attendance
during the past three or four years
clearly demonstrates to the college au-
thorities that if the good work is to
continue, and the many young men
seeking the advantages of this course
are to be accommodated, building
much larger than any heretofore erect
ed for the college of agriculture will
be absolutely necessary, as the over
crowded condition of the resent build
! ings makes it inconveient for instruc-