The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-22
CORVALLIS. OREGON. JUNE 2s. 1904
AS TO AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS.

ne ASIlCu1thAoA NA~6
critics, In the main, they are
small newspapers unacqualnted
with the subject they discuss. They
complain that there are not enough
students in the agricultural course,
and one goes SO far as to say that
in this respect the college is like
the play of Hamlet without Hamlet
in the cast.
There is no justification for the
criticism. nor is is there virtue in
it. The occasion tor it is doubtless
a widely prevalent notion that, be-
cause of its name, the function OF
the agriculture college is to teach
agriculture, and but little else. The
tact is that, while agriculture is an
important essential in the prescrib-
ed course of instruction there are
vital provisions for other and equal
" essential courses. All these
courses, agricultural included, are
set out in instructions supplied ad-
ministrative officers Of so-called Ag-
ricultural colleges by officials at
Washington, D. c.. charged with
careofthefunds appropriated by Con-
gress for founding and maintaining
the colleges. Under date of Nov 20,
1000. instructions sent out by Com
missioner Harris and signed by
Secretary Hitchcock, prescribed the
following for the curriculum OF Ag-
ricu1tural colleges:
Schedule A, Instruction in Agriculture
Agriculture, horticulture, forestry,
aeronomy, animal husbandry, dairying,
veterinary science, poultry industry.
agriculture.
Schedule B, Instruction in Mechanic
Arts-Mechanical engineering, civil en-
gineering, electrical engineering, irriga-
ton engineering, mining engineering
marine engineering. railway engineering.
experimental engineering. textile indus
try, architecture, machine design, mech
anical drawing, ceramics. stenography,
typewriting, telegraphy, printing shop
work.
Schedule G Instruction in English
Language language, English
literature, composition, rhetoric. oratory.
Schedule D, Instruction in Mathe-
nlatica1 Mathematics, book
keeping, astronomy.
Schedule E, Instruction in Natural and
Physical Sciences-Chemistry, physics
biology, botany, zoology, geology, min
eralogy, metallurgy, entomology. ply
siology, bacteriology, pharmacy, ply
soical geography, meteorolgy.
Schedule F, instruction in Economic
Sciences-Political economy, domestic
economy, commercial geography.
Thus, the true function OF these
federally-endowed colleges is t.
train young men in the industrials
educating hand and brain together
fitting them for every sphere in tn
vast industrial life that is maxim.
this country greater than all others
and moulding them for a useful
educated. contented and selfsup
porting citizenship, In the abov
list every subject under schedule e.
cept forestry, is Taught in the col
lege at Corvallis. while of the 9th
er prescribed subjects many are un
touched, which shows, that as
matter of fact, the agriculture
phase of the college is emphasize
and made prominent, while tn
other courses are, for lack of near
opportunity and time for develol
ment, much neglected. The polio
is thus maintained, because Orego
yet is largely an agricultural stat
and with hope of doing the u
most for agricultural industry.
shows error in the complaint
those who criticize.
When critics insist that the
should be more students in tt
agricultural course, they lose sig
of the fact that you can lead hor
to water, but you cannot NAL
him drink. You can set an ag
cultural course before a cole
student. but you cannot make b
take it. At Corvallis, the costlit
building, the finest laboratori'
the highest salaried instructors
devoted to agriculture. The cou'