The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-18
AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE WORK
REeUlrs ACCOMPLISHED DURING
TEN YEARS pREsipENcv
o. On. AvlEsWoRrH.
INCREASE OF STUDENTS
GENERAL BROADENING or THE
WORK AND ADVANCES IN
ALL DEPARTMENTS,
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With the commencement just closed.
DR.. Barton o. Aylesworth has CON-
pleted ten years of work ~ president
Of the Colorado Agricultural College.
These years have shown steady prog
ress and gains in every line: In In
crease in teaching force and in mum.
Der Of students. in almost yearly rise
In the standards for entrance and for
graduation. in library. In buildings. and
In lands. in appropriations and in ex-
peoditures. in experiment station and
farmers institute work, and In the in
nuence OF the college through the
State.
Some Of the gains in ten years may
b mentioned:
The number Of professors. instruc.
tors and members of the experiment
station staff have increased from -
to u.
The total enrolment has Increased
from 345 to 745. The enrolment Of
ten years ago includes preparatory.
Sub-freshmen. and commercial stu
dents. classes in all three Of which
have been dropped. The enrolment
for this year includes all taking short
courses At the college, but does not
include 1.260 persons who were given
short courses outside of the college
by college instructors during the past
winter.
The number Of students taking COL
legiate work has increased from 133
to $50.
The land used by the farm end
horticultural departments has In.
creased from $40 acres to 1876 acres,
Of which At the present time 47s acres
are under irrigation.
The library has increased from H.
900 to 5000 volumes.
The mailing list Of the experiment
station has increased from $500 to
$4,000.
There was spent the first year Of
DR.. Aylesworths administration. $50
for farmers institutes. and for the last
twelve months. $500.
The practical short courses in the
college and through the state have
been established. The veterinary
course. ranked among the best In tho
United States BY the U. 8. govern
ment inspector, and the four-year COL
legiate courses In horticulture and in
electrical engineering have bssn g.
tablished. The preparatory, sub
freshman, commercial, and normal
domestic science courses have been
dropped, rs was also instruction In
Latin, at the beginning Of his admin
istration.
There have been expended for new
buildings S95.s00, and for the better
ment Of aid buildings. and other per-
manent Improvements. more than this
amount.
The total annual expenditures Tor
college and experimental station work
have increased from 5000 to $780,
900. In the twenty years preceding
DR.. Aylesworths administration the
State had made special appropriation
for the college aggresating 5000.
The first appropriation received under
his administration was in 1902 for
$4,000. Since that date, the spprecia-
tion Of the college and its needs has
grown 20 that the last Legislature ap-
propriated for It $4,000.
At the beginning Of Dr.. Ayles-
worth's administration, the Agricul-
tural College was little appreciated
throughout the state. Now, about half
the total income Of the institution is
expended outside Of the college in de-
veloping the agriculture Of the state.
and this work meets with general ap-
proval by both farmers and business
men.
The experiment station has $4,000
names on its mailing list, and besides
a strong staff working at the college,
maintains four experts in the field, CIV
ing direct help to thousands Of farmers.
One hundred and seventy-six farm
ers' institutes and short courses were
held by the college during the past
year in different parts Of the state.
with . total attendance Of $1,000.
The members of the experiment sta
ton staff furnished Information d.
rectly to 1860 correspondents during
the past year.
These lines Of work for the farmers
have given the college . strong in
fluence throughout the state. and have
brought to it the interest and strong
support of the leading farmers and
business men of Colorado.
Summer Farmers' Institutes.
The farmers institute force OF the