The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-28
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.


a strongly agricultural state causes tn,
people TO take more interest in agri-
cultural education. 1t is one Of the
reasons why the North Dakota Agri.
cultural college is so popular-couplet
with the able management and excel.
lence of the instruction offered
1t is difficult to Understandable view
of the great opportunity offered in this
and other states-why SO few young
men take agricultural courses.
North Dakota has taken an advanced
step not only in it's agricultural college
which ranks as one of the big four
of the entire United states-but in
making instruction in agriculture com.
pulsory in the elementary schools.
Although there were 1881. 765 agri-
cultural workers in the United States
in 19O9-only 2O5 persons took college
degrees in agriculture that year.
The report of the United States com
missioner Of education shows that the
total number of graduates in 1908
from universities, colleges and techni-
cal schools was $4,000. OF these more
than 1900 were bachelors Of arts
Bachelors of science numbered over
5000. Law schools turned out $3.50
graduates. The medical schools con-
ferred the degree of doctor of medicine
on 4.504, and the dentist graduates
numbered 1857.
1t is generally conceded that the
number of doctors in the United states
is almost twice as great as can sup
port themselves satisfactorily-by the
practice of medicine.
In 1909 there were 1851 architects
in the United States and the number
of men who took degrees in architec-
ture that year was only fourteen.
These figures would seem to indicate
that college men are not devoting
enough time to studying the demands
made upon universities by the public.
Young students often approach com
mencement day without deciding what
career they will follow. In many
cases students have no particular bent.
Frequently they attend college because
it is the conventional thing rather
than through any love Of learning.
Such students find themselves in a
sad plight when a sheepskin Is thrust
upon them. They 80 forth into the
world to make living without any
idea Of what they can do.
The hit-or-miss plan of selecting
professions has brought unhappiness to
many students. 1t has landed many
men in law, medicine and other pro-
fessions-who are better fitted by
temperament and mental equipment
for another field.
Fortunately a considerable proper
ton of students prepare themselves
for business careers in the modern uni
yersity and gain a training-which en-
ables them to find place within the
machinery OF big business enterprises.
The tendency to train for the law.
medicine or the ministry-because
nothing else is dignifed enough for a
college mans rapidly passing.
Within a few years there will doubtless
be far fewer insists in the various
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