The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

The state has a right to be proud or the Alabama Polytechnic Institute TOT tho institution at Auburn, presided over by Dr. c. c. Thach. is beehive or ih- dustry
 am not going into any discus sion of the relative values Of culturai OF vocational schools, or to try and weish or apnraise the nice points between classical or industrial education. botn have attractions and we can't get along without either.
 But just at present the Techs have been to the front as helpers in the great war which relied so heavily upon the great industries of the land. The man with a technical education was in de- mand. and the United States cashed Tn on the boys from the technologicai schools in a big way. In making this statement I do not for one moment dls- parage the service and the patriotism of the more literary institutions
 From the time Uncle Sam went into the educational field with such whoop and the campuses of our colleges were covered with boys in khaki l had wanted to run down to Auburn and get a peep at the 1900 or more husky lads rom all narts of the country being licked into shape for fighting democracy's patties knew that the Alabama Polytechnic Institute led the whole south i'll the number of men enrolled. I got my first glimpse Of the soidier boys when I stepped off the tram al opelika, for some of the mustered out lads were picking up some loose chanse hv running jitney's to Auburn l got in with two fine boys in Ford and they tried it out on the new pike. never said so but I8was glad when they landed me at the Conner Agrlcuitural hall, which will long stand as memo rial to my old Barbour county friend who did so much for education when he was governor. l ner spent the time in pottering around by myself after having been chaperoned for while by pr. Duggar ike to find out things for myself. US the
 best way to form an unbiased opinion. After making a tour of investigation and seeing things with my own eyes then I am at the stage where I am ready to ask questions and be shown by those In authority.
 1 I satisfied myself as to the physical condition of the buildings. I studied, them | from the outside and then on the inside. wanted to see how they fit into the 1 landscape, and then was anxious to discover their furnishings. l think am i a pretty good judge of school equipment. and Auburn has the foundation of a 1 first-class school, and yet l hope the
 coming legislature will deal lberally with
 it and help it to the extent of the states financial ability.
 with him about many things of vital in' teest. I was eager to know just how
 the shift would be made after the home going of about 500 soldier-students. He
 said: s'We have been running the schoo l for Washington, and now we will g
 back to the Auburn plan. There vii
 be less military and more college work l but being land-grant college the mil itary feature will be continued to a cer' tain. extent"
 It was a beautiful moonlight night ant
 we strolled down to the great dinini ,hall where the banquet was to be served On our way we stopped in at the Y NJ c. A. housed in the old Presbyterian church, and found 50 or more lads writ ling letters or reading or playing eamea If you want to know the value of tn
 Y. M. c. A.. just ask tho boys at college in the camps, or better still the ones wh have seen oversea service.
 We passed the hospital, a most credita ble one for college. but in spite of it .size and up-to-dateness in every particu liar I was pleased to know that ther were only four patients in it. and tha lthe flu" was a thing of the past. thoug at one time it had been rather threa.
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