The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01
tuIogizGs Farmer in Address al Celebration of Founding of
 Agricultural Colleges
IMPORTANCE OF THE MAN
 WHO WORKS WITH HANDS
Family Relation Most Vital of All, Says the President-A Strenuous
 Day at the Michigan Capital.

Lansing, Mich, May S1.-After a stren- uous six hours in the state capitol, dur ing which he made three addresses and held reception, President Roosevelt at 4:20 q. m, left for Washington on the Lake Shore railroad. He will make brief addresses from his ear at several small places in Southern Michigan en route to Fit Wayne, Ind. No untoward incident happened here during the Presidents visit.
 At the Agricultural college this aft ernoon President Roosevelt spoke to about 25.OO0 persons from a stand eracted on a knoll at the head of the campus The weather had been cloudy during the forenoon and cool, but just as the Pres ident began his address the sun came out and shone during the hour and ten minutes that he spoke. Seated on benches immediately before the stand were stu dents and hundreds of alumni, who have been attending the semi centennial cele- bration of the college. Standing behind them, were thousands of persons from this and other Michigan cities. More than / q score of crowded excursion trains were run into the city during the morning and at the conclusion of the Presidents $ two addresses, at the state capitol, the college campus was the mecca toward which practically all the thousands of visitors journeyed.
 The President concluded his second ad- dress in the state capitol about 11:15 o'clock and was driven to the college, where President J. l.. sIs der entertained hfu ct iD7etr5n Hef5is walking out to The natform to begin his address, the President planted a maple tree in Pres ident Snyders yard. The great crowd before the speakers stand were held in check by a regiment of the National Guard. which did police duty in the city and at the college grounds.
 The graduating class of the college jumped to their feet as the President tered the stand and gave three cheer ing "Rahs" to which the President re- isponded with laughing shout of touch down., which brought more applause from the student body.
 The great assemblage sang America" nfter which President Snyder introduced the chief executive with merely the fol- lowing words:
 Ladies and Gentlemen-The President of the United States.''
 The tremendous outburst of applause followed.
 The President was given the closetst attention throughout his address and was frequently interrupted by applause. He interjeeted informal remarks and advice at several places, bringing a great round of laughter and cheers when he turned to- wards a dozen young women in the grad uating class and said:
 q believe you young ladies will make first class farmers wives, and I heartily tttlat he ia of futlIre on the unexampled prospects before them.
 At the conclusion of the address the President presented the graduates with their diploms. Honorary degrees were conferred upon Giffard Pinchot, Secretary Wilson and President Angel. At few minutes before o'clock the esident entered an automobile and was 8 lirled to the station. A delegation from e Associated Harvard clubs was walt in his car to extend the greetings of
 cir convention, which opened today at k ,1etrot.
 N There were few minutes of hand shak Fl ing then with President Roosevelt bow # Ing from the rear platform, the train # started for Washington.
 " President Roosevelt took for his sub feet. ''The Man Who Works With His Hands
 The address was a eulogy of the farm or and a plea for the return to rural life He said
 The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the college is an event of national A signifcance, for Michigan was the first v state in the Union to found this, the first H a agricultural college in America. The d nation is to be congratulated on the fact # that the Congress at Washington has re- 4 neat tedly enacted laws designed to aid the fR several states in establishlng ana nam fH aiming agricultural and mechanical col H ees. I greet all such colleges, through 4f ,elr representatives who have gathered M ere today. and bid them Godspeed In M heir work. l no less heartily invoke f4 access for the mechanical and agrlcui- & ,ual schools; and l wish to say that M ae heard particularly good reports or
 . Minnesota Agricultural High school N the way in, which it sends its gradu- # tes bac kto the farms to work as prac- ical farmers.
 Fl Educational System. As a. people there is nothing in which we take juster pride than our educa- tional system It is our boast that every hoy or girl has the chance to get school training: and we feel it is prime nation- nl duty to furnish this training free, be- cause only thereby can we secure the proper type of citizenship in the average American Our public schools and our colleges have done their work we'll and there is no class of our citizens deserving of heartier praise than the men and women who teach in them.
 Nevertheless. for at least generation we have been waking to the knowledge that there must be additional education beyond that provided in the public school as it Is managed today. Our school sys- tenn has hitherto been well-nigh wholly f.lacking on the side of industrial training, N the training which fits man for the
 and the farm. This Is most se- " ack, for no one can look at the
 f mankind as they stand at pres
 It realizing that industrial train
 of the most potent factors in -elopment. We of the United
 develop a system under