The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-07-25
1 NEW DEPARTURE IN
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION


dissemination of all forms Of hui
man knowledge. In the early year.
Of the development Of the college
or university, it is doubtful if these
institutions stood in particularly
helpful relation to the great masses
of the people at large. In fact, the
whole tradition and spirit of the
university was aristocratic and
academic, limiting the scope Of its
influence to the favored few, either
from the standpoint of wealth or
scholarship. To the American uni
versity, we owe a radical departure
from these old ideals. Gradually,
the ideal of the State University
has become that of service-rea;,
effective service, to the great masses
of our citizenship. Many of us
have come to feel, therefore, that
the University of Kentucky should
afford to the people of this State
a great service than the education
of few of her younger children
from year 10 year-great and Tar-
reaching as this service intrinsical-
ly is. And so, through the various
avenues of scientific research and
academic investigation and study,
we find the university actually en-
gagged in the accumulation of hui
man knowledge, some of it along
pre- eminently useful and helpful
lines. Among its other activities IN
the routine work of instruction
along well established lines leading
to academic degrees.
During the past few years it has
also become the function of the
university, through the various
channels of its extension service,
to carry vast amount of usefui
and accurate information directly
into the homes and lives of great
numbers of our people who can
never hope to avail themselves OF
the opportunities presented by resi-
dent study at the university. There
are many persons, young and old,
however, who can never hope to
complete the prescribed courses OF
study leading to academic degrees,
who are none the less eagerly seek
ing the advantages of such an edu-
cation as only the university can
afford. This is notably true of many
people living upon the farm, whose
early advantages have been neglect
ed, but who have come to realize
something of the far-reaching adj
vances that have been made in re-
cent years, in all of those practical
subjects engaging their attention
from day to day, and something
of the value of an education in
the practical affairs of life.
Realizing the need of such train
ing for actual work upon the farm,
the Dean and the Faculty of the
College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Kentucky, have decided
to offer "A one years course in
practical agriculture. having for its
object to acquaint the student with
the most approved methods ana
operations of scientific agriculture
and practical farming, in so far an
this can be accomplished within the
period of one year. This course Of
study is open alike to young anG
old, without any requisites or
entrance examination of any kind.
A knowledge of common schoo.
branches is necessary to satisfac-
tory progress, but no one will be
debarred the opportunities and ad-
vantages of this eminently practical
course of study by reason of any
deficiency in their early education.
They will be afforded the advan-
ideas of this practical instruction to
get out of it what they can. No
university credit will be given for
any subject completed in the one
years course, nor does this course