Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30

| the declaration of war that food crisis
would surely come, the college made
every effort to arouse the people to the
| seriousness of the situation. Food meet.
ings were held in every section of the
state and so earnestly was the plea for
greater production emphasized, that
Georgia has raised during the last year
| by far the largest food crops in her his
tory. Following this came n campaign
| of conservation, in which every mem.
Der of the faculty and extension force
served under the banner of the federal
food administration. and taught our peo-
pie not only why. but how, they should
save wheat, meat, fats ana sugar The
effectiveness of the leadership in this
field was officially recognized when
Georgia was called by the food admins
istration at Washington "the pivotal
state of the union in food administra-
tion work" .r.s-s. B.
The excellent work that our state
colleges of agriculture have been doing
was never so clearly recognized as to-
day. The government, because of the
fact that they have given so large n
part of the leadership for the great
army that we have modified for war
is urging them to put forth every effort
TO train as large a number of men as
possible for the service. In recognition
of the good work that our institution
is doing the government has sent us
100 men for training and this number
viii be increased as rapidly as accom-
modations are prepared. / call this mat.
ter to your attention in order that. some
means may be provided whereby the
college may have the privilege of train
ing larger and larger quotas of men for
army service
Science is playing big part in vim
ming this war; in fact, it is the basis
on which are predicted all the great
var movements. 1t has been truly said,
Guns will not win this war, ships will
not win this war, food will not win this
war. but the science that lies behind
the making of these guns, the building
Of these ships and the growing of this
food" The institution needs more young
men to train in the sciences and trust
you will aid us in calling this, matter
TO the attention of high school grad
yates that they may enter college and
prepare themselves for the most eff
cient service that they can render their
country. The way in which the techni-
cal schools have come to the aid of the
government in training so many young
men so thoroughly fully justiies their
existence and proves beyond a doubt
that the youth of the future should be
better trained and prepared in the funda-
mental sciences that make for produc-
ton and conservation. Men of vision
perceive that with the close of the war
the. fercest Industrial struggle of the
ages viii occur by reason of the changed
order of events in European countries.
In view of the situation by which we
are confronted il is necessary that we.
provide a larger number of trained lead
sk.,v, AaFn in hFGNr ha
conditions now prevailing in our coun-
try tend to lessen a true appreciation
of this fact, and there is at the present
time a general lack of interest in edu-
cationaI matters as they pertain to col
leGate instruction. The boy who is in
position to enter college this fall is OBJ
sessed with the idea of going to the
army. The parents wish to keep him
at home to take the place of the son
who has been taken away through the
selective draft There is an opportuni-
ty for the young man to make excep-
tionally good wages though he may not
possess very much training, and there IS
a geenraI spit of unrest in the atmos-
phere, all of which tend to keep the
boy away from college. Our savants
recognize the fact that our colleges
must be kept working at top speed in
order that the supply of skilled lead
ers may not fall below the national re-
quirements in the present emergency.
IL Is the duty as well as the privilege,
therefore, of every patriotic citizen to
advise boys of the character described
to enter college and to urge upon their
parents the necessity of affording them
the best possible technical and special
lied training they can secure at the
present time through the medium of
our scientific institutions. p.
There are about 100 Georgia boys
who should enter college this fall. At
least 800 of these should enter the
College of Agriculture in order that they
might prepare themselves to perform
the duties of county agents. aid in the
maintenance of research work, and act
as teachers in our vocational schools
One hundred women who have com
pleted the work of our junior colleges
should enter the courses in domestic
science Unless this is done there will
be no source from which to draw ade-
qUateIy trained workers to carry on
the extension eactivities and the home
makers at work, placed in the hands Of
the College of Agriculture under the
terms ard provisions of the Smith-Ley-
er act 1t is through the medium of
the county agent that production and
conservation have been chiefly pro- j
NOTED in Georgia The record set forth
in the beginning of this article shows
what -apid progress this state has made
in the last few years. 1t is more i'm
portant than ever before in our his
tory that we not only maintain but in
crease production, and that we learn
how to save and conserve most effec-
lively everything we raise. The edu-
cation of the young men and women of
the state TO become specialists for the
purpose indicated. therefore, is certain
ly a war emergency measure IT is
viewed in this light by the secretary Of
agriculture. the secretary OF war, the
secretary OF labor. the United States