The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-03
DISCUSSION
Of THE WORK At
A. & N. COLLEGE
PRESIDENT OF SALTWATER IN.
STlTUTION DEPLORES FACT so
FEW KNOW REAL PURPOSES Of
THE SCHOOL.

ohldIOlHd IllS, Jan. - discus
sion of the work of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college of Oklahoma
by the president of that institution
j. w. Gantwell, recently. of Fort
Worth, appears in the repOrt of Pres
ident Frank NJ. Gault of he Okla
homa state board of agriculture. The
views of Mr.. Cantwell are illumi-
mating. He says that people quite
generally have the impression hat
the sole purpose of the institution
is to teach the boys a few tricks
about farming and about the care and
feeding of live stock. Others think
it is a sort of preparatory school
where pupils may go who can not
go to college because of little prep
aration."
The fact that the college is next
month to celebrate its twenty-fifth
anniversary would seem to indicate
that the past of the institution is oper
to some criticism for not having in a
quarter of a century distinctly i'm
pressed upon the people of the state
the uses of the saltwater institute.
Mr.. Cantwell in his article proceeds
to tell of one man who travelled in
the state and who Cooked wise" say
ing he thought the institution was for
Indians. 1T is a pity says Mr.. Cant
well, that even high state officials
are quite frequently misinformed or
uniformed as to the real merits rf
the institution. 1t is interesting to
us at the college to note how attract
i've the work is to visitors and how
changed their attitude is after a
visit"
This report sets forth the scope
of the work being done as follows:
'The aims and purposes Of the
college are fairly well defined in the
minds of the board and faculty of
the institution. They might be emu
merated as follows:
q. To train boys and girls to be-
come good citizens by preparing them
to make their own living and more,
and also to become interested and &C.
operative in community welfare.
"2. To train men and women for
industrial leadership. Men of this |
character are invaluable to the up
building of the state. The man who
is a successful industrial leader takes !
care of himself, affords employment
for many other men and is a demon
strator in the worlds work for those
who observe his doings.
"3. The college aims to train men
and women as teachers for public
schools of the state, whose business
it will be to give the children Of the
state a more practical and usable edu-
cation than has been hitherto pro
vided At the present time there is
probably no greater need in the state
than that for teachers well trained in
agriculture and allied practical sub
iects.
"4. The college aims through its eX
tension department to give inStruc-
ton to all citizens of the state in
the science and art of better Living
There are in all counties, except four,
of the extension diyis.
ion of the college endeavorinS TO
assist farmers and stockmen 20 the
best of their ability. This service
is comparatively new, and will i'm
prove rapidly as the years go by.
The agents will improve rapidly in
and efficiency, and, of
course, the service will improve cor
This work should re-
,eive the hearty cooperation of all
both for the good that it
,an now do and for the results in
he immediate future.
-. The experiment station repre-.
,ents another phase of college actiy-
ty which is engaged primarily in the
work of research and discovery and
n testing out the theories that prom
Sc improvement in agricultural con
iitions. This character of work rep I
'esents also a valuable educational !
,elp for the young people who attend ;
he college. Through observation,
Students learn a great deal in the
The present equipment of the col
ege is much better than is generally
expected by the average visitor The
Institution is now twenty-five years
I'D, and during that period it has
rrOvn tO a ,uuch larger size than is