The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-01-16

Dakota State College OF Agriculture
and Mechanical Arts, next delivered
a fine address. 1t follows in part:
President Slagle touched upon the
keen interest shown by the people OF
the state in the development OF its
higher institutions of learning and
presented am extensive history of the
organization OF land-srant colleges,
| especially purposel to teach such
branches of learning as agriculture
and the mechanical arts. He discuss
ed the history of the Morrill, bill
with the idea of state agricultural
schools national one, and declared
that the object of these schools was
not TO force the boys OF farmers TO 20
into these institutions or 10 study
that they should all come out farm
ers but that ii was to give them an
opportunity TO do so and TO do so
with advantages if they saw fit MOI
manual but intellectual Instruction
Was the paramount object This bill
became a law IN 1861 and was signed
by President Lincoln after passing
both houses of congress.
The speaker touched upon the
above matter and gave the history OF
agricultural colleges in full. He then
took up the question OF agricultural
experiment stations in every state
which We're made possible by the pas
sage OF the Hatch act i'm 1851, and
declared that although much pro-
greSs in this line has been made and
courses in agriculture which combine
with technical knowledge the ele
ments OF a liberal and cultural edu-
cation have been worked out. much
remains to be done He quoted from
a circular just issued by the Bureau
of Education of the department o;
the interior in which the functions
of the land grant college consists OF
three types of service; investigation,
instruction and extension. Pres. Stag
lie then enlarged to some extent upon
each OF these points
Federal Government Aid.
He touched upon the aid which
/ the federal government is giving by
means OF appropriations to assist the
states in investigation and instruct
ion at the colleges but declared that
as yet no assistance had been offered
to aid i'm carrying the results of the
4 Investigation to the farmers,
He then Went fully into the merits
] of the Smith-Lever bill which is de
scribed as AN act to establish as
ricultural extension departments in
connection with agricultural colleges
/ in the several states 1t is presumed
! that this act will pass the upper
"oust VI 'o''S ess anu '"e W V,','V'' '.
anu "ii' sum De'o'iie II io''" "i t'"
ies'"e'i' ''''s'e "e me" ',ie 'e"' " >
ol eN''lis'o'' "o' ~ ~ M"l'" '"'9 =,
/ oe''toi az ION " VI ~ :" 'i''
'''isV'tt''eS' - ''i'o! 'o"' ses VI too"t
one Neeh i,l N"l'ous p'llS vi ,'ie
s,''V' '"u ~ i'o' 'n' si'is
! ~ a'"'eu t'iaV 90 p'' VI ~
app OPP '''lo'' '''"st w Sp'''t ''' ~"
4! "e'i'o'i SUI az 'o'ls' ~ can We p'"'i''s
SCI" .'''. .nt s."'e '""s' pF ,e's NV
80, '' w. ~ o. ~
,. go, ,n a. ;a,, ,,' ..'
",,u ~, 9e '"' ,.,
~ an ~" "N'., .,,. .l,o wv, 'u'i
"s,',n, o' 'iit lria15 h,''s,,u s,,'',i
'..i ~, ~, :, '"
li' a.. cu
-, 'o,''.9 go, ,.,;,
1 ,,,a ,'. ,'t"h =
;,e't'7 ~ Wv pa' ''.' ''ia .o'
;'','.l', or g., nn ~, E,;,
,la,l ,, ,,,,''., ., t,, ,I,.,.
VI NJ" my w e"'N''' cue ''' '',,,
d.. ,,,'..'ti t,ii, t,,,
~, ,a.',,i,. ,, ,,,3 .,,
a.i,a, ,;.,i, ;',,.. ,.,'.
.,,,.,.oI a,t.i1a ;,,s.t;t,;a,,. ,l,o