The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-20
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

zralnuslv in the cause Of aoricultural
education in Georgia are greatly
gratiiicd by the high commcndation
given the present system i'm Georgia
by Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
| Hays, Of Washington. who has re-
Gently made an extensive visit to the
various institutions in the State
lie speaks in the highest terms Of
the State college of agriculture. the
congressional district schools and the.
normal >ch"nlS of the State. adding
that the private subscriptions
amounting to nearly Il million dollars
have placed every other State in thc
union in thc shade and attracted the
attention Of the entire country.
All the schools, he finds. are we'll
located and are doing excellent work,
although We did not need to be told
that tirN stand in need Of adlilinnal
funds.
Mr. Hays lays special stress ON the
lmp"rlHnr" Of establishing c"n>nll-
dated rural >ch""l> These Sr}iuul, will
take the place Of II number ul' small
Ter schools and will be lhc main ,lc,
prndcncc of the agricultural sections
tor educational advantages. aS i, j.
IN these schools that nnetv-fivc ne,
cent OF the popoul ulaiIon will he cdu.
c3trd. The higher education afford |
cd by the district schools and the fin.
al course in the State college of agri-
culture will give us Il regular yrada-
t1on OF education in agriculture and
domestic economy and will enable II,
to IN turn put a number Of well
equipped teachers who can take up
the work and carry il ON in the fu-
turc.
1t is pleasing to know that the be.
"lnnln%S we have thus far made il,
he matter of agricultural education
have been established on such an cx-
rrllrnl foundation. and that we have
only I" extend the system along the
lines ON which they have been found
ed.
This IS of special importance when
we are told that it places us in Il posi-
il"n I" benefit by the proposed con-
"rrSSl"nal appropriations which will
be made in the near future. by which
| the federal government will Give VAL
uablc assistance to Smch schools as
are already established. Gcoruia'S
pr" rata will be something like a hun
drcd and sixty thousand dollars. and
this. with thc amount which the State
will contribute. will place us in the
very Forefront Of agricultural cluca-
tl"n. Atlanta Journal.
The remarks of the Atlanta Jour-
nal ar" rmlnrnilv correct and we are
clad /" know that a movement Of This
kind is proposed in South Carolina.
The agricultural interests have been
| ignored for mauN years i'm this State,
and when Clemson college wa, cSlnb
lIShrd the argument used was tbot il
was I" be the farmers college,: and
! 1t Is first class school but very few
"l It's students return to the farm,
and while il has done Il great deal of
GOOD II has not benefited the ayr
cultural interests directly. am most
al Ms graduates engage in other pur-
suits than agriculture. This. however,
is natural because they find more re-
mnnrrailrr employment and it IS fn
their interest and il is their duty to
ct" ihr very best for themselves tha,
they can.
Clemson college has sufficient in.
come If property used that should bc
of material help in the establishment
Of agricultural schools in the rural
communities. and by consolidating
small schools much good could be-
dom" IN the educational advance.
m"ni of the country children
or course. those in charge of Glenn.
son college "cvrr admit that they
nave amy money to spare and general
''nd some means of spending their
income whether it amounts to $780,
GOO or $25o.000. The past year their
NEON" from the privilege tax was
the largest in the history of that tax,
but W" have no doubt that they will
find some means Of spcndin" the en-.
tire amount.
These agricultural schools in Gro,.
2la have been quite Il success and
South Carolina might we'll profn
from what has been done in Georgia
and avoid and mistakes that were
made in that State having the cxppr.