The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17

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| but with society. If society is not able
to look beyond the confines of its in
dividual members it Is doomed to eter
nal damnation.
POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
To become the postgraduate institu-
! tion in agriculture for the western
third of the United States is one OF the
great ambitions of the California col
| lege OF agriculture. The other Is to
supply the demand in California for
teachers of agriculture in the second
arx schools. And yet, SO great Is It's
ambition that these are declared to be
! only a minor part of the educational
work of the institution.
Above everything else. judging from
study of the scope Of the college, the
aim is to be practical. 1.-THE difficulty
with agricultural teachers" says Doc
tor Hunt. has been that they have
been absorbed in the pursuit of know1-
edge and obsessed with the Importance
of their discoveries" The new teach
ing clan will, 1t is assumed, like ra-
dium. be engaged constantly In diffus-
ing their light amid the surrounding
darkness.
Thereby they should not lose any
thing, but instead be the gamers, for
Doctor Hunt believes that agriculture
can be made just as good training
subject as Greek, SO that while the stu
dent is learning to marshal his facul-
ties and collate his powers the In
structor also will be enriching his men
tai equipment; but warning is given
that they will be dealing with young
men with red blood in their veins and
who have ambition to live a life of
usefulness and power. If we forget 1t
they would better study Creek
1t is but what one would expect that
to a certain extent college departments
will be organized around the indus
tries, and one all sufficient reason is
| that the college is not. teaching sub
| jects, but students. THE successful
teacher of agricultural subjects must
not only be concerned with his subject
and with his students. but If he is
also an investigator, as every good
teacher should be, he must concern
himself with the people in the industry
which he teaches.
There is no state in the union where
it is so necessary for the agricultural
professor to know thoroughly his sub
ject before he undertakes to deal with
the men who make their living from
agriculture as here. In California they
SIDELIGHT ON UNIVERSITY
Which gives a sidelight on the
search by the university for the big
gest and broadest men it can find to fill
its professorships.
The college of agriculture, explains
Doctor Hunt, is not merely teaching
institution. 1T has three phases-re
search. education and public service.
When 1t comes to its research work.
especially where large questions and
interests are involved I'VE shall or
ganize around the problem" he said.
rather than around the industry"
These strictly research departments
viii not be charged with undergradu-
ate teaching, but will be permitted to
take postgraduate students real
postgraduate student is one who is
working out some problem.
What has been looked on as an ele-
ment OF akness In the location OF
the headquarters of the college will
come to be regarded Doctor Hunt be-
lieves, as the institution develops. to
be an element of great strength. In
addition to a training In English,
mathematics. language history and
science. each student before reaching
his Junior year is to receive instruc-
tion in agricultural chemistry, soils,
plant propa cation, the principles Of
breeding plants and animals. And the
latter, Doctor Hunt says, he considers
almost as fundamental as the English
language.
Great care VIII be taken to secure
for these subjects inspiring teachers,
for it Is held that the student who
does not come early in his course in.
contact with at least one teacher that
inspires him with the love of scholar
ship and his subject misses the best
part OF college education. After in
structors have been called they will
not be permitted to place these sopho-
more subjects in the hands of assist
ants, while they confine their teach
ing to upper classmen.'
SELECTS HIS SPECIALITY
When he comes to the close OF his
sophomore year the student must de-
eide what he shall specialize In, and
here the college must consider how 1t
lis to give him suitable training. espe-
cially when 1t comes to a subject like
forestry. Obviously, school can
scarcely be located permanently In a
forest, but the approved plan now is
to take forestry students to the forest
camp for eight weeks theoretical and
practical instruction, once at the end
of the sophomore and once at the end
of the senior year.
The college will have an especial
advantage in the training Of students
by reason of its possession OF stations
in different part OF the state where
can be taught under especially favor
able conditions dairying, animal In
dustry, agromony, horticulture. land
scape gardening, the care of tropical
fruits and other specialties.
While there Is great temptation to
give unlimited quotations from Doctor
Hunt and to devote some space to the
splendid 5000 acre estate of the uni
versity at Fresno, where the regents
believe they have such an opportunity
as exists nowhere else In the world to
carry on agricultural research and In
struction and to other things mentioned
in the prospectus. space forbids and 1t
becomes necessary to skip to what
Doctor Hunt calls the most important
educational question in this country"
This is how to reach the large numbers
of young men who have reached the
age of 10 without possessing the re-
quirements toy enter college and yet
who .wfl not enter high school. srt II