Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-08-11
THE GRANGE j,
Conducted by
j. ". DARROW. Chatham. n. Y.
Press Correspondent NeW York State
Grange
GRANGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
How the New York state Granax
Will Aid the Young.

Will Ala the NOuEE.
Especial Correspondence
We shall advance the cause Of educa-
ton among ourselves and for our children
by all just means within our power. We
especially advocate for our agriculture and
industrial colleges that practical agricui-
turc, domestic science and all the arts
which adorn the homo be taught in their
courses of study.-Declaration OF Pur-
poses.
BY this extract from the declaration
of purposes we see that one Of The very
foundation principles of the grange is
education. The grange owes Its Won
derful success to the fact that it has
practically carried out It's declaration
of purposes. TO show that it means
just what it says and is doing what 1t
claims the New York state grange has
appropriated money to furnish four
scholarships TO it's members in Cornell
university.
The need OF collegiate education was
never as universally recognized In this
couEtry as at present and the demand
for it never so imperative. This need
the farm boy and girl MS for any other
class, if not more so. AS one of the
main objects of the grange is to stir
its members to the necessity of thought
and Interest in study-in fact to kindle
in its young members an enthusiasm
for an advanced education-we believe
the grange never did wiser thing
than to plan to assist some of It's mem
bers in realization of the ambition
thus encouraged.
There are several scholarships in
Cornell university, but the grange is
the first to endow agriculture scholar
ships. As the agriculture courses are
absolutely free. ii will be readily seen
that the 500 donated by the state
grange viii make an agriculture schol-
arship worth practically as much as
the $50 scholarships in other courses.
where 500 must be paid for tuition.
Thus II great opportunity Is opened to
the young man or woman on the farm
who has been wise enough to become
n member of the grange and who Is
ambitious for collegiate education.
The great value does not consist alone
in the four scholarships, but the study,
the thought, the culture. developed by
the aspirants will make them better,
stronger and moro Independent and as
sure the grange Of which they are
members Of the more hearty support
and active labor in its behalf. The
grange teachings all tend to improve
ment, and when they lead to the COM
plete education which comes of n col
lege course il would seem that they
are worthy the attention of every am
bilious boy and girl now upon the
farms of the state.
The idea of these scholarships was
one OF the grandest the grange ever
conceived The absolutely unanimous
vote by which the plan was indorsed
10y the state grange shows how thor
oughly our Order is committed to the
cause of education and how fully i'm
bued it is with the idea that the great
est good to ourselves and the world
must come through an intelligent and
educated agriculture. The comprehen.
sive plan upon which these scholar
ships are to be awarded, avoiding any
possible favoritism, but relying solely
upon merit, and open to every grange
member III the state, proves as never
before the desirability of member
ship in the grange. AS the young peo-
pie are the life and hope Of the grange,
so the grange Is constantly striving to
do for its young members 1t IL hoped
and believed that the grange scholar
ship will prove an incentive to many
young people to unite with the grange
and become Interested In its work.
Thus combining the higher" educa-
ton of the college with the broader
education of the grange will their lives
be rounded out to the sphere Of great,
est usefulness. w \. GILES.
Secretary New York State Grange.