La Junta tribune., 1916-09-16
OUR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Bert Spidel Writes of the Opening OF
This lnstitution-Eive Students
From La Junta.

Five young people from La Junta
were numbered among those who
registered in the Agricultural Col
lege at Fort Collins on September
5th and 9Th. These students are all
graduates of La Junta high school.
They are Moreno Irelan. Everett
Wiswell, Herbert Wadleigh, Paul
McCauley and Bert Spidel.
cloud hung over the college
while registrations we're being made
owing to the fact that members of
the college battery VINO had been
called into service earlier in the sum
mer had not yet been released. Many
OF the most prominent students are
enrolled in the battery, among them
the president of the student body.
the editor of the Rocky Mountain
Collegian. several of the Y. NJ. c. A.
officers, and worst of all number
of last years championship football
team, without whom any hope for
t'''i'h aH''tS0 Nbulu ne lalnl ana
glimmering.
IL has been a number OF weeks
since President Wilson issued the
order mastering out those units of
militia composed of college men, but
! official red tape had not become un-
wound to the point where the men
had been returned to civil life. This
tape Is being loosened a little every
day and the men will be back on the
campus within a week or two after
classes have started.
Those OF the enlisted men who
are dependent upon themselves for
financial backing In going to school.
Will find themselves under double
handicap because OF their little ex-
cursion TO the rifle range at Golden.
They will be without the funds they
might expect to have as n result of
summer work. and because OF enter
ing school late Will find Jobs rather
scarce.
Until the present year. La Junta-
has never sent many of her young
people to Fort Collins. The increase
In the quota from La Junta this fall
is only Indicative OF the Increased
enrolment from all parts OF the
state resulting from a greater appre-
citation of the work that the Agricul-
tural College Is doing for Colorado.
Some people even go so far as to
say that Colorado Agricultural Col
leee Is doing more toward fitting
young men and women for practical
life than any other Colorado educa-
tional institution. II Is impossible
To say how true this statement Is.
but II is certain that the practical
consideration Is the ruling considera-
of the college. when a person has
finished the work offered In Fort
Collins he II fitted for a definite
place In life which cannot be said OF
many OF our colleges. The newcom-
er To Colorado Agricultural College
is struck with the absence OF psda-
gogical vanity which is often found
In schools OF higher learning. Col
lege work here Is regarded only as
means to an end. the end being
preparation for life work while In
many places the end IL lost sight OF.
Many students of Colorado hgri-
cultural College are self supporting
and the college has gained reputa-
iion the state over as being n place
whore n man can shovel coal or
walt table without sacrificing social
prestige, Citizens OF Fort Collins
are proud OF the college and take
pride In helping students whenever
possible, II II almost fad for well
to do people to employ studen.
I during his spare hours. Because the
college has this reputation. II II the
mecca OF impecuniour students. Tho
result is that although there Is lots
OF work. yet there IL hardly enough
to take care OF nil OF the students
who must hel pthemsclyes.
II might b. OF interest TO give the
ten commandments governing the
conduct OF freshmen laid down by
tn. sophomores OF the college.
]. The words OF thy mouth must
be few and exceedingly far between.
II cry thou must. step out on tho
grasses or flowers OF the heid that
Ruod may be done.
II. Thou shalt not sit or lean
thyself upon any fence or rail Of the
campus.
III. Thou shalt not permit thy
seif IN wcnr hosiUpv that rrvaeh n,,e