Newark post., 1912-06-19

fercd aS a prize was won by y Mr.
Davidson Of Camden.
During the morning the college
cadets gave a drill on the lawn and
there was music by the collegr
band. The college cadets also ably
assisted in the serving of the
lunch.
Many visitors were especially
interested in the new buildings
that have been erected since they
visited the farm last. with the
money which the last Legislature
was liberal enough to appropriatp.
No one seemed to have complaint
to make about anything and they
left the farm more interested than
ever in scientific farming and de
termined to put it into effect more
on their own farms.
The spcechmaking could hardly
have been improved on. Con-
gressman William II. Heald. whu
presided, joined with everyone else
IN voting the day a great success
and commanding Professor Hay
ward and his staff on the work
they are doing.
Henry b. Thompson. who is Il
trustee of Princeton University.
sees great opportunities for Della
ware College in the agricultural
line in the future and urged thar
the college be broadcnpd. He said
in part:
"To me- he said. cit seems that
the people Of this State have
great opportunity Of making Della
ware College conspicuous in the
educational world along agriculture
al lines. Cur State is essentially al
agricultural state. We are sur
rounded by great farming COM
munity. and we have already here 1t
most useful department of this col
lege devoted to the technical educa-
tlOn Of farmers. This could be made
the nucleus of a much broader insti-
tuition, reaching out on longer lines.
| want to see. an institution here
that is not local. | want to see the
name Of Delaware College as con-
spicuous in agriculture as Pennsyl-
vania in medicine, Harvard in law.
Stevens in mechanical engineering.
Princeton in liberal culture. None
! OF these institutions are local in
al a 1st off
sought after by the young men of
all states. ] want to see the offer
ings of Delaware sought after by
the young men of Delaware. by the
young men Of New Jersey. of Mary
land, of Pennsylvania, of Virginia
This is not an impossible dream.
With laboratories for research work
in agriculture established here.
maintained and developed with the
same spirit that obtains in Johns
Hopkins University in the field of
pure science, you could count on
drawing here the best young intel
lect of the country. The value and
inspiration of a great teacher in any
field of science or culture will al
ways bring the best Young intelli-
@ence to it.
1.-The very foundation of our ma
tional life, the whole prosperity Of
our country rests on the intelligent
work Of agricultural classes The
development and conservation of
our great national resources is
largely the work Of the farmer. and
vet when we consider this vast and
overwhelming work, we do not seem
to be drawing to it in a large way
the best young intellect of the coun>
try. While technical education ON
agricultural lines has grown by
leaps. to me it does not seem to keep
pace with the neccsSitieSOf the ease.
We see year by year cur universi-
ties turning out lawyers, doctors.
civil. mechanical and electrical en-
gineers by the score. The field. is
already so occupied iii these pro
fessions that the competition lis
hard and fierce, and the reward
small. except to the very best. y