The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-17
Tribute TO UHo.
Shappard's Address.

Tribute TO UHos
Shepperd's Address.
Dean Shepperd of the agricultural
department of the North Dakota
Agricultural college, perhaps the
greatest agricultural authority in the
state outside President Worst, was
the next speaker of the day. His adj
dress was the main feature OF the
afternoon. The deans subject today
was What The Agricultural Graduate
Is Doing. In part Dean Shepperd
said:
In part Professor Shepperd said:
Over 1000 students have attended
the al. g. during the last seven years.
In 1919 and 1918 the attendance was
divided as follows:
Agricultural men $50, high school
students 1S6, young wonen students
$50.
All Others including engineering,
commercial course, general science
and pharmacy course, 317, making a
total of 1,123 students.
The $50 women were in women's
courses. In addition to them, q NUM-
Der of women were in attendance in
the high school and some were in the
commercial course. Women also took
pharmacy.
The 1856 high school pupils and the
230 women naturally could not have
been listed under any circumstances
for an agricultural course. A number
of the commercial course students and
the largest per cent of those pursuing
engineering returned to the farm.
Taking the figures as given, without
any allowance for the women n the
high school students, nor for the COM
mercial students and those in engi-
neering who expected to return to the
farm, we have 34.2 per cent agricui-
tural students; is 2-3 high school
students: % 1-3 per cent all other
men students; 20 liz per cent women
students in special women courses
OF the young mel students other
than high school So per cent We're IN
agricultural courses, As per cent in all
other courses. The men in the agri-
cultural work were distributed as fol-
lows:
College course. 5Si farm husbandry
course, So: short course, 244.
In addition to these there were "a
men in gas engineering, 104 in con-
mercial courses which might readily
be added to the list given above and
not include any who are not returning
to the farms.
we thus have a total of SIS students
pursuing courses during h year
1912 and 1919, the last for which we
have complete records, who returned
to the farm or took up agricultural
pursuits as professional men.
OF the men who have graduated
from the four year college course
find them employed as follows: 2S
per cent of them are farming, SIS Ia
per cent in college station work, 10 Ia
per cent teaching agriculture in high
schools, 2 2-3 per cent with Better
Farming association.
NOf the farm husbandry graduate
students, / find them employed as fol-
lows: 81 IL per cent have gone back
to the farms. 13 liz per cent have take
en- college courses, 2 1-2 per cent have
enlisted, in work with the Better
Farming association.
Short course students in agricul-
ture 1 find employed as follows:
Nearly 95 PEI, cent of them go back to
the farm. Less than 5 per cent of
them take a longer course OF study in
the institution.
/ md with a comparison of the stu
dents of this institution with those OF
the agricultural colleges OF a block OF
thirteen neighboring states to the
east, south and southeast Of us thar
we have the highest percentage OF ag-
ricultural students OF any In the list
except perhaps in cases where the ag-
ricultural college is a college OF a
university so that all students taking
mechanical engineering are sent to the
university direct and those in general
science, pharmacy, etc, also are set
apart and not counted in the list Of
the college OF agricultural men.
1t must be remembered that these
institutions are founded as agricul-
tural and mechanical engineering coll
Ileges and that specifically interpreted
these are not to exclude the studies in
general science.
Other Speakers.
In the absence Of Pres. Franklin T.,
McVey OF the state university this
afternoon, Professor J~acobstein OF