Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
Press Comment.
IoWA's PRIDE.

Burlington Hawk.Eye: OF course
mere numbers do not establish facts
in such cases, but Iowans are noting
with pride that the enrolment at the
big Iowa college at Ames Is in excess
Of 1900 this year. The fact that the
enrolment is growing and that all
manner Of foreign countries and many
of the sister states are sending stu.
dents to the fine institution, demon
strates that the college has been to
say the least, we'll advertised. 1t Is
not advertised by means OF big posters
and more or less reliable write-ups,
but It is advertised by the prizes that
the Iowa state farms win, and 1t is
advertised by the results which the
corn trains and the milk trains, and
the oats trains, ETC.. are getting. But
first and foremost, 1t Is advertised by
the magnificent workers, the men and
women who really know how, who are
graduated from this institution. and
who are doing progressive, leading
work in all parts Of the country, and
who are opening the eyes Of the ma
ton everywhere and causing them
to ask what manner of a school that
may be which turns out such experts.
It Is especially cause for congrat.
ulations that the increase Is very
heavy in the purely agricultural
courses. There was time when
there seemed to be danger that the
agricultural college Of the first agri'
cultural state of the United States of
North America, would become big
school of engineering. There was a
fine equipment, there were excellent
instructors and professors for the
agricultural courses, but the engineer.
ing department got the majority OF
the students. All that has been
changed in recent years, and now
agriculture leads all else In the big
agriculture college of Iowa. And the
fine school Is just beginning to enter
upon a career of usefulness to the
state, that cannot be estimated IN
figures, and that can only be under.
stood by him who knows Iowa and
who can compare the Iowa of today
with the Iowa Of twenty or more
years ago.
Secretary Wilson.
Bloomington Paragraph: The Bos.
ton Transcript observes that while
Secretary Wilson Of the department OF
agriculture has been breaking the
record for the length of tenure In a
cabinet position, the corn yield of the
country has expanded from two bill.
lion bushels to practically three bill.
lions. The Transcript might have
made similar observation with ref.
erence to the cotton crop OF the south
and to almost all other products OF
all sections of the country. Agricul-
ture never had such an impetus as 1t
has had during Secretary Wilson's
incumbency. Possibly it would have
expanded under any other admins.
tration, but certainly the venerable
Iowa farmer can retire from Office
with record of duty well performed
All sections and all parties have been
the beneficiaries of his intelligent
work and all appreciate the fact and
honor him accordingly.
Grundy Republican: OF course
we don't have gladiators fighting
wild beasts on whose horns is fasten.
ed the mans sweetheart, nor do we
tolerate bull fights, and even the
lowly cock fight is spectacle for
the back alley. All these things are
brutal and belong to Rome or Mexico
or some other land besides our fair
Columbia. AS for us, we merely line
the picket fence of some saucer and
yell for our favorite to pass his op-
ponent going 100 miles per hour on
motorcycle, or we gaze into the
sky and encourage the dare devil
birdmen to greater feats of reckless
ness, or perchance we gather round
some country race track built for
horse speed of about 1920 and urge
onward two clouds Of dust circling
around two roaring red devils in
their mad efforts at seeing the least
number of seconds required to circle
that 2:2O track. But we are not
brutal No, not for minute, for
we are scientific, and science Is never
brutal