The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-07-25
TOO MANY LAWYERS
AND DOCTORS
And Not Enough Farmers.

"The Department OF Agriculture Is
organizing just now to take farm DEM
onstration work into the Northern
States" Two classes Of men are re-
quired for this work. First, in each
county a first rate farmer who has
been a success on his farm and who
understands practically. without much
theory except what he may have in
cidentally picked up, how to handle the
soil, the plant and the animal. Second.
over large districts and states dill
ferent class of men is wanted who
have an Agricultural college training
combined with its application to prac-
tice in the field" Says the Secretary Of
Agriculture:
LAS We read the daily papers and
see the reports of the thousands OF
young men who are graduated in law
throughout the country. the reflec-
tion naturally comes, what pity that
the great demand OF the farm for in
telligent men is not being more con-
sidered by our educational institutions.
There is not law work for more than
a small per cent Of these young men
and no doubt the education and mental
training they have had will make them
brighter men, but there are no
jobs waiting for them. that Is for more
than a very small percentage Of them
while the fields are crying aloud for
trained men. Housekeepers are COM
planning of the cost Of living. 1t
would seem to be wise for our educa-
tors In their national meetings to con-
slider these problems. 1t might be wise
to consider about how many young law
yers will be needed in the next year to
take the place of the older men who
are dropping out. That could be very
ea silly determined.
Then II the attention of this class
OF students were called to the de-
mand Of the industries for educated
men, a different direction might be
given to many young men who seem
to be drawing their bows at VEN
ture.'
This applies to more than the law
yer. There are no doubt far more
young physicians being turned out
from the educational institutions Of the
country than there are patients for
Wrong direction has been given to
the education Of many young men, and
yet there is nothing more difficult to
change than the old systems of edu-
cation.
In his sixth annual report QslD as
President of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching, DR..
Henry 8. Pritchett says:
VO ha fables there
were in the United States in 1890, 13e
zoo physicians and surgeons. In the
bulletin on medical education issued by
the Foundation in 1910 it was calculated
after careful investigation that 2.ooO
graduated annually from the medical
schools would furnish an ample supply
of new physicians to take the places
left vacant by death and other causes
and to keep pace with the growth of
population. Assuming. and 1t is evil
IDENTIFY an extravagant assumption that
the proportion Of lawyers to the popn-
iation should be as large as the pro-
portion of physicians. 100 graduates
annually from the law schools would
lie sufficient to maintain even the
present crowded stage Of the legal
profession. AS a matter Of fact. In
June, 1910 the number Of students
graduated by the law schools numbered
4lS3: and this takes no account OF the
large percentage OF lawyers who are
admitted TO the bar without having re-
ceived a law school diploma. II We
place the per capita need OF a lawyer
at the same figure as the need Of
physician. and disregard all who enter
the profession without completing sue
cessfuily a law school course. II is
evident that the output of the law
schools Of the present day Is far in
excess Of any necessary demand"
IL II certain that the demand for
lawyers and physicians is much more
than met by the professional schools
today. II II equally certain that the
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