The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-09
College Graduates at 0. A. c.

Corvallis, Ore, Feb. 2-Nearly l3
per cent of the large enrolment OF
men and women in the short course at
the Oregon Agricultural College this
year are graduates of universities and
colleges, some of them having several
degrees. Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Dart
mouth, Smith, Trinity, Williams, Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Biltmore,
and some score more of the institu-
tions of higher education throughout
the United States are represented in
the students gathered for the six
weeks of intensive agricultural instruc-
ton which ends February IL.
The enrolment, 254, is the largest in
the history of the institution for the
short course, being an increase of
nearly 70 per cent over the largest
number enrolled in the past. OF these
POI are men, and SO women. Nearly
20 per cent of the men have had at
least a high school education, while
almost 80 per cent of the men have
had similar advantages.
They come not only from all parts OF
Oregon, but from Washington, southern
California, Missouri, Minnesota, Brit
ish Columbia, Connecticut, the Dis
trict of Columbia, and even from
across the sea, from England, Ger
many, and Switzerland.
There is student with degrees
from both Wycltf College, Kent, Eng
land, and from Marlborough College,
England, as we'll as graduates from
Bedford College, England. and the
Bradley Court Agricultural College,
England. Students from secondary
schools in both Germany and Switzer-
land are also enrolled.
There are two Harvard graduates,
two from Yale, three from Cornell,
and others from Dartmouth, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Smith,
Bates, Trinity, St. Louis College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Connecticut
Agricultural College, Williams, Hi
nois, University of Puget Sound, Uni
versity of Oregon. Upper Iowa College,
PENNSYLVANIA S. |. c., Ottawa Normal,
Park College. Bates College, Biltmore,
Kansas University, Ontario Agricul-
tural College, North Dakota Agricul-
tural College, Willamette University.
Maryland Agricultural College, o. A.
c., and number of normal schools
and academies.
An interesting end significant fact is
that large number of the short
course students are not farmers, stock
breeders, and fruit growers, although
many of these are enrolled. Two doc
tors, minister of the gospel, tele-
graph operator, florists, clerks, sur
veyors, BARRIERS, bookkeepers, music
teachers, machinists. and representa-
tives of many other occupations, to-
gether with large number announc-
| ing themselves simply and Largely as
"home MAKERS" all are taking in
struction in horticulture, dairy hus-
bandry, poultry raising, domestic arts
and science, commerce, forestry, the
mechanic arts and like subjects. The
minister is studying horticulture, q
surveyor is taking the commerce
course, a doctor is studying anima
husbandry and music, and a woman
teacher, who is holding down home
stead claim in Sheridan county, is tax
ing the domestic science course.
Horticulture has the largest enroll
ment, naturally, since Oregon is note(
for successful fruit culture. Some lOO
men and 10 women are engaged II
studying pruning, spraying, and othe
kinds of orchard and vinyard work
The other courses, in order of pOpu
larity, are domestic science, genera
agriculture, animal husbandry, agrOn
omy, dairy, commerce, mechanic arts
dairy husbandry. poultry, stock raising
and forestry.