The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-25
eEFODAY the young man seeking a
] higher education can pick out

nlguer euucatl0n can pick out
his life career and the college
training to fit him for it," says Pro
fessor Edwin 7. Reed in the beautiful
Oregon Agricultural College booklet
"The Life Career which is just off
the press.
The volume describes in detail the
value of purposeful vocational training
and tells how it is provided in large
measure at the college The booklet
contains 96 pages, profusely illustrated
and is chock full of Illuminating facts
on the relation of well directed college
work to well directed life work. Any
one who is interested and will take the
time to read the book through care
fully and examine the illustrations will
have an excellent idea of the quality
and extent of work done in agricultural
schools. Concerning the career of the
young man Professor Reed proceeds as
follows
He can choose, for instance, to
wor'; in the national forest, building
trails and marking boundaries, provid-
ing firebrcaks, planting seeds for pro-
pagatlng new or different species of
trees and grasses, and projecting plans
for the most permanently profitable
method of handling the timber; and
he can find the services in a School of
Forestry.
He may aim to enter business, or
follow the exacting but polished duties
of private secretary, and he will find
the specific training for the technical
duties of these vocations, as well as
much helpful instruction in the larg-
est problems of the work, in the vari-
GUS courses of school of commerce.
" He may aspire to be an expert ma
chnist, handling intricate and precise
tasks Of worker in iron and steel, a
maker Of massive instruments as deli
cate in operation as the poised mag
netic needle, and he will find in me.
ehanical engineering exactly the train
ing he desires.
He may want to be a horticultural
expert, to aid in the development of
some potential Eden; to protect the
fruit-weath of an abundant common
wealth from the inroads of disease and
the rayages of insect pests; or to en-.
gage in the mysteries of propagating
new and wondrous fruits, and he will
find in the school of agriculture the
extended horticultural training that he
needs
He may choose to rear fine horses
sheep, or dairy cattle or learn the var
led and responsible duties of farm
management, and he will find in the
courses animal husbandry, dairy hus
bandry, and agronomy such training
as will give him both confidence anc
enthusiasm for such life career.
@ He may wish TO be veterinarian
practcing the arts of medicine ant
surgery that save the lives of thou
sands of the dumb friends Of humanity
and he will find in the courses il
veterinary science both the theory ant
the practice to fit him for this human,
service.
''He may have had an insight intt
the clay industries, and desire sucl
scientific instruction as will enabl
him to engage in pottery making Or tt
conduct tile factory, and in the Ger
amies courses of the school of mine
he will be given the instruction b
requires.
"And thus through score or NOR
Of useful vocations, as they are pre-
sented in progressive land-gra
College"
Alfalfa Belt Extended By Lining
Sour Soils.
rHAT the field of growing alfalf
on an extensive scale would b.
extended by applying lime to tn
acid soils Of the Willamette Vale,