The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-03

after most intelligent including themselves looked
agricultural school doubtful education.
The students of the Vermont Agricultural College everywhere ele
not in favor with the general student body The Agge
looked decidedly inferior to students of of science of
engineering; when the University of old and we'll
established institution the State Agricultural College,
through any sympathy ideal agricultural education
through desire to have agricultural college part of the
university The Agricultural College and the students it lived for
many wears in an atmosphere which the peudices of trustees of
faculty and-most of aof students directed against them
is not surprising that this situation the trustees should lend them
policy enabled build parts
sy which they really believed agriculture
remainder In most states this situation has undergone TRANSFORMED
ton during the last ten fifteen To-day the applications of
science agriculture to stock raising farm machinery have all
be recognized subjects capable being taught college,
Agricultural education from being neglected
in danger of becoming fad of suffering impractical
exploitation for the next quarter Of century In states of
agricultural college
the industries of agriculture thereby brought support
the farmers the state that it yields political
influence but obtains thereby support This
happened Vermont 1t that the Aggies' longer
looked they the resulting brought
about difference of policy to the spending the
ceived from the general The Agricultural College
in the starved condition in which has existed since its fo
dation.
The most practical and definite obligation the
higher clear policy entered upon
to the function the College,
second place. the college shall be adequately supported
Shall the function of the Agricultural College
in the technique of their vocation such they
in the agricultural school at Lyndonve shall
develop scientific agriculture in Vermont? Either one of these fc
lions is defensb but they cannot both be carried simultaneously
Our of fifty agricultural education show
that trade school will not university atmosphere
ton of scientific agriculture and the maintenance the time
of right relations to elementary agricultural The
second and the greatest function technical
of agriculture the development fruitful stimulating
with the farming industries of the state which stands To be
touch with the agricultural problems the
these problems by the best that affords
fruits these investigations by simple direct and feasible methods
into the hands of the farmers themselves the greatest
that such perform
In order play this ro the State Agricultural College
adequate support That state should be receiving
federal large that should
circumstances starve its Agricultural College position
it neither effective education scientific expert
ment situation that ought to continue longer Whether be
not that the legislation enacted by makes
expenditure the United States the
choose certainly neither to the honor the credit
to receive this grant of the
for the upbudng of miscellaneous departments of instruction
the which the appropriation
By consideration of efficiency of pride the
wealth should insist that fair proportion of the United States
grant shall into agricultural instruction. supple
ment this by such necessary
between the agricultural school and the agricultural
which not within the provisions the grants by general
government
word should be added to the work of the Agricultural Expert
ment Station and its relations with the Agricultural College