Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-05-21

farence. I'm policy. lac -
of thu TkseSAre y. Vail ASr1Ct ll "a :,
school dsfaitaly hxns the entI az ~.
reaufrsEAnax e. that INSTITUTION
| imp0rtant Ss1Ae<isn cones
boys satRAAee 81 thls sc6ool -,
what sanea<4aa he 81
| yhat spD><x.ky there Is LOT th'
1891 4. =. M -~rvice to kiE. There
ara, tAArstsrs. As lIaies
cAnds - OF sxperissoe- =,
Al RaaAalxA. On the sSAT mana II
In a~siraAls Nc n&ka rather dehnit
entrance rsSEireAoAts 100 70 lnsas'
unop Mt ls>rf the eanixahaG o. gram
mar seAs~l xrss6aAtfs1 - minimum
entrzacs rs&xreA&nk- II hAS Away
heer cusas~sry far thh school 70 re
ceivs a Considerable n2nber o.
graduates rrom approved high schooIs
The work Rak1. hers6sra. De suited
to ths ability Of these more &C
vancod stRlsAt&
A second difference in in@.caIed III
the possibility OF sef-ApPoU a.
those sehoek. Al the Theodore
VAN school il m poasihae for any Yer
mont boy 70 can all 81 - expenses
For this PURPOSE the Hehss Is organ
tied In the saMs EnA4AG a the part
time hSAaa IN tia tAA1skries On
week I'm fspr tia boy works for wages
IN thu farm and in a6SitisR has tn
opportunity 10 work fer wages a
times when he 10 not rscavIng In
strucSiAn.
At thu StaSe Schoa Of AgrScuhure
at Randolph, on the ethAr hand. IN
State Board OF Edhc&tiau canno
promise to prospective stnd1nts tho
opportunity TO earn any large par
of their expenses. This is due t
the size Of the farm and the lack o.
labor needs. Even though boys ar
able to secure work ON adjacel
farms there is no advantage thai
comes from such service other than
the financial one because the boy
cannot be under direct supervision
A third difference is found in the
type OF instruction. Both school
aim at preparation for Vernon
farming. The course Of study at thu
State School of Agriculture at Ran
dolph Center requires at least one
half of the boys time for practica
work. The other half is devoted &c
a systematic study OF science and
kindred subjects related to agri-
culture.
At the Theodore n. Vail School of
Agriculture the entire course is de-
voted to farming. The sciences and
mathematics are treated when the
occasion arises in connection with
actual farm practice
In other words, at Randolph text
books are a necessity. At the Vail
school at LyndonVille, they are a last
resort.
The Theodore n. VAN Agricultural
with specia1ties in agriculture Near
ly all the boys who enter this institu
tion-come with the definite intention
of returning to general farming.
AT the State Agricultural School At
Randolph there has been some de
gree of specialization. Boys havC
been trained to become COW testers
and farm managers and at present
the school has undertaken to train
some young men to become cream
cry managers.
Doubtless the greatest evidence
that these are not competing institu-
tions is to be found in the fact that
neither is a local institution. There
are in attendance at each institution
boys from various sections of the
State and 1t is often possible to find
students from the same town In at
tendance at both of the schools.
Recommendations.
Bearing in mind the great impor-
lance of agriculture in the State and
the necessity for agricultural train
ing and also in view of the fact that
the State has very large and very
valuable property interests and a
large amount of capital already in
vested in these two agricultural
cnhnnlN
make the following recommends
tons:
That the Theodore N. Vail Agri
cultural School and Farms at Lyndon
vile and the Vermont State Agri-
cultural School at Randolph Center
be retained as State Schools of Az
riculture ON the basis of their re.
spectvs appropriations and that the
continued maintenance of these
schools shall be made settled
State policy.
That the direct management OF the
Theodore N Vail AgriculturaI
School and Farms al Lyndonyille and
the Vermont State School of Apri-
culture at Randolph Center be yested
IN the State Board of Education and
that said Board be authorized to in
sttues gystsm OF bookkeeping and
accounting that shall be in harmony
with thS deed of GIT so far as the
Theooops n Van Agricultural School
ano Farms Inn concerned and also in
accord With the business and educa-
tion1 Policies Of both institutions.
Tns San&e Board OF Education Is
urgeo 70 proceed upon q systematic
policy NJ p@faiczty in connection witt
the Theodore N. Vail Agriculture
School and Farms AT LyndonyfIle and
The vermont State Agricultural School
al Randolph Center, whereby the edu-
catloAA opportunities and aims NJ
the Schools shall be made familiar 20
the citizens of the State OF Vermont
respectfully submitted,
ID r KINGSLEY, Chairman
Il L BALLOU,
". 8. JACKSON,
W s. AUSTIN OF Reading
J. Il BLOOD.
J. 3. ESTEE.
S. c. CARPENTER.