Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-05
The Possibilities of Applied Education

I claim that Industrial education and
the extension agencies based thereon
Is distinctly cultural i'm value because
IL takes those who henent oy II out OF
the class Of mere routine. IL eularses
their vision: il multiplies their capacity
il CHANCES their conceptions Of nature
IL stimulates their imagination: IL adds
IN their value as citizens through IN
,sreasfnE their earning capacity. there
ny enabling them TO provide more llsef-
aIIv for the necessities and luNurles o.
life 10 which their families are entitled
IL increases their respect for their voca-
ton: il shows them that they may De-
come dominating factors in a given en-
vironment: IL demonstrates that nature
correctly interpreted is the greatest or
friends and benefactors. and leads them
10 a true appreciation OF the power and
advantage which the trained intellect
Possesses which they very naturally.
have not always clearly recognized ANY
type OF education that viii accomplish
results Of this character need not De
detained as purely materialistic IN It's
tendencies. and therefore calculated 10
iriure present or future generations
from the mere fact that II II supposed
TO have q practical end IN view Let
Us remember In this connection wnat
Henry CRAZY
South's New Day
when every farmer in the south shall
eat bread from his own fields and meat
from his own pastures and disturbed oy
no creditor. and enslaved by no 0eot,
shall sit amid his teeming gardens, ana
orchards and vineyards, and dairies, a.
barnvards pitching his crops in his own
wisdom and growing them in indepen@
dence making cotton his clean surplus,
and selling il in his own time, ana ln
MS chosen market. and not at a master
bidding-getting his pay in cash and not
in a receipted mortgage that dischar ses
mis- debt. but does not restore ms Iree-
5ou-then shall be breaHiug the fullness
Of our day"
claim that il has been demonstrated
in Georgia that through the medium or
agricultural education and the correla-
ZION Of research and extension teachinS
herewith that the state il now more
nearly able 10 maintain and support it's
present Dopulation and the increase
which the immediate future insures
than ever before in its history; that tne
wealth OF the state has been mateFlally
increased 10 the advantage of the indi-
vidual: shat a new type of leader mas
been developed; a diversity IN farm
practice assured: beginnings in animal
husbandry made on a permanent basis;
a new faith in the soil established the
necessity OF conserving our natural re-
sources and utilizing our stores OF latent
wealth in a wise and intelligent manner
recsznized: a belief in the supreme pow
81 Of education demonstrated; an appre-
citation of waste. one of the chief ills
from which we suffer, more widely ac-
knowledEed: and an understanding OF
the value OF constructive leadership
more generally accepted than ever be-
fore In the face Of these facts, is II
possible 10 believe that money will COL
rrpt or degrade or make inefficient, mar
row. selfish citizens? OF couhse, much
depends on how we use il. but 1 have an
abiding faith that men who. even
though aided By science and the services
Of skilled workers. have dug from the
soil BY the sweat OF their brOws the
wealth they have TO dispose Of can be
depended on TO disburse il in wise,
intelligent. and safe and sane manner.
PARTICIPATING IN NATURES
BOUNTY.
The annual wealth-produciug power
Of Georgia farmers has increased by
at least 500. 900. 900 within the last de-
cade. Observe the record as presented
IL is conservative in every particular
and is based on figures very carefully
,oIlated from variety Of trustworthy
sources. II illustrates the generous
bounty with which nature r. endowed
End the liberal reward she stands ready
70 confer en- Intelligent effort.