Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
Fine Positions Await Graduates
From All Departments Of
Ames College
DEMAND MUCH EXCEEDS SUPPLY
Gale 70 Fill Important and Lucrative
Positiens Come Almost Daily United
state. Government Rsady to Take
Every Veterinary Graduate At Initial
Salary Of $1,4oo-lowa News.
to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, MAY 17.-Graduates OF the
Iowa State College at Ames are in de-
mand. Almost daily calls are being
made to fll important and lucrative
positions. The animal husbandry de-
partment ct Ames has fuInished in
structors for twenty five state colleges
and has placed two men In the depart
ment Of animal industry Of the un-
tied States department of agriculture,
and one man to take charge of the
agricultural work in, British India, all
within the last three years The SAL
aries paid twenty five Of these men
average $1,000. Packing house Arms
and disinfecting companies also de-
Xmand Ames graduates. A number also
have accepted positions as farm super
intendents.. live stock managers. or are
operating their own fafms or in con-
junction with their fathers.
There are three times as many posi-
tions for men who have specialized IN
farm crops as there are men to NIL
them. 4 In agricultural engineering the
demand is especially strong for mama
gers, superintendents and toremen,
where drainage and irrigation and the
use Of agricultural machinery is a
large factor in the farm management,
for government experts In agricultural
engineering, and for positions in the
farm machinery industry;f also for
teachers and instructors In agrtcul-
turai engineering in agricultural coll
leges.
A number OF graduates Of Ames who
have specialized IN soils. have charge
OF extensive farming operations. Others
are In the department OF agriculture,
and several have taken the civil serv--
ice examination with credit, and
have been appointed under the depart
ment OF soils work.
In horticulture and In forestry also,
the demand Is equally strong for well
trained men, and the importance and
value OF experts.in these fields are but
beginning to be realized. Practical
forestry ID attracting great deal Of
attention. The government forest serv-
I ice is calling for g large number Of
college graduates each year for scien-
tific forestry work.
IN the dairy eindustry the college
department. at Ames has not been able
to supply for the last six or seven
years, more than two-thirds OF the
demands made for first class men.
Graduates of Ames are filling the fol,
lowing, among other important posi-
tons: Chief Of dairy division, Wash
ington, D. c., expert in dairy manufac-
ture, United States dairy division,
Washington, D. c.. professorships sin
the universities Of Missouri, Oregon,
Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma Agricul-Y
tural college, and Ames.
In veterinary medicine the United
States government l. ready to take
every graduate at an initial salary OF
81, 400. The demand is equally strong
for graduates from the division OF en-
class In civil engineering are hasten-
ing thru with their work to accept att
tractiVe positions. 1t has been found
in mechanical engineering that three
times as many graduates were needed
as could be supplied. In mining engi-
/neering the graduates OF Ames have
gone to positions commanding very
generous salaries. and every young
man OF enterprise and ability who has
gone forth from the college, has found
tfmself embarrassed by q number Of
opportunities from which to select. In
; electrical engineering, too, the oppor-
/ tunities are numerous and inviting.
Probably five times the present grad
uating classes in domestic science
could be directed Immediately to po-'
sitions. Graduates in science have no
difficulty in finding positions as teach
$ers. Moreover the general science
D courses furnish broad and liberal
education for any young man or
woman.
The enrolment n, regular courses
has this year reached 1875; including
the short courses, the total enrolment
has; been 1881. The instruction force,
buildings and equipment are all be-
ing prepared for an increasingly large
attendance the coming year.