Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-08

PART ".
II appears that agricultural education
Involves as much as any other type OF
education. and that the work OF the col
leEe on this account is varied in nature.
wide IN its scope. and profound in its at
tafnments-truths which we have been
slow. exceeding slow. to recognize, but
which are now being gradually forced
upon US with the result that the colleges
OF agriculture within the past few years
have been making substantial progress,
reducing 70 pedagogic form vast stores OF
fundamental knowledge. unknown and I'M
appreciated. and which heretofore have
not been made TO serve the people. and
ultimately the commonwealth
The attainment OF the type OF training
which the presentation of these facts in
dicates as imperative calls for new meth
DDS Of procedure Only part Of the work
can be given in the class room I'm contra
distinction 70 the sol-called cultural type
OF education 80 persistently followed in
the past Il Is apparent that individual
training Is necessary IN a modern agri-
cultural college. and that this training
must be provided for outside Of the class
room. Therefore. the establishment of
laboratories becomes absolutely essential,
and these laboratories must be equipped
with the most costly apparatus duplicated
over and over 50 that each student may
perform his own experiments. draw his
own deductions. and have his hand and
mind trained 20 work IN a concert and
harmony. The doing OF things Is abso-
lutely necessary IN this type Of education,
but instruction must not cease with the
classroom and laboratory, but must be
carried into the field as well. I'm order
that the theory OF the classroom may
y be graphically illustrated. first OF all in
the laboratory. and it's practical utility
defined By the field investigation Here.
then, Is a threefold type OF instruction
caIling-frst. for the equipment OF the
classical school for the laboratory facili-
ties OF the scientific school. and finally,
for the maintenance OF a large farm with
its elaborate demonstration fields and its
herds and fiockz for illustrative pur-
poses.
No wonder that agricultural education
made slow progress. for OF all types IL Is
the most costly. since the equipment must
be OF a threefold nature. and laboratory
work at best is expensive. because Of the
rapid advance which science Is constantly
making. thus calling all the time for the
purchase OF newer and better appliances.
The waste OF materials used by students
in laboratory instruction~is also an ex-
pensive item. while the maintenance Of a
farm with several breeds Of live stock,
general assortment OF tools and nipple
ments and the prosecution of field trials
with a variety OF crops and fertilizers Is
stu more costly though necessary fea-
ture OF the work. II IL no wonder. there
fore. that elaborate buildings and equip
ment are needed in association with an
agricultural college, and lacking these in
the past accounts more for the slow prog
ress made BY many OF these institutions
than anything else. II was not surprising
that the progress should be slow. for the
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association were exceedingly difficult to
break down. and even after some prog
ress had been made in this direction.
these institutions had to justify their ex-
istence by their works. Happily. all who
have investigated the question with any
degree OF sincerity now realize that any
investment made for the training Of the
citizens OF a state In agriculture viii be
repaid q thousandfold. and that the more
complete and thorough the training sf
forded the greater in proportion will be
the returns 20 the commonwealth.
The state should not hesitate. and its
citizens viii not permit II 20 hesitate when
the value OF the training afforded in an
A agricultural college becomes widely ap-
preciated nor will they permit the col
lege 20 suffer for need OF equipment which
handicaps the work Of instruction and
results IN turning out men without proper
DaAuALA A1E AEd4EEcAAAN EEeEdANll- IN AAAt
Georgia state college Of agriculture ten
laboratories have been provided for; in
reality there are twenty. as there are
ten private laboratories for the prosecu-
tson OF research work on the part Of the
professors and ten set aside exclusively
for student instruction These labOra-
tories can not be adequately equipped
for less than 500 TO $500 apiece. the sum
OF money required for this purpose alone
being equal TO the amount needed for
the construction and equipment OF a FIRST
class academic building for the old es-
tablished type OF education. Without
these laboratories and equipment the
work OF the college can not be success
full for II its Instructors do not carry
on research work and fail TO broaden the
horizon Of their knowledge they can not
keep pace with the scientific advance
made in other sections Of the country. MOI
can they be truly inspiring teachers and
well posted with regard TO their respect
I've subjects