Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-21

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what onnnr,nnitv ,bera is for N,
school IN he of service IN him Thor.
are. therefore no limitations as re-
CARDS ace or experience
Al RanJolpb on the other hand /
is desirable tn make rather deHnit
entrance requirements, and tn insis
upon at least the equivalent of gram
mar school graduation as u minimum
entrance reuuirement II has AWAY
haen customary for This schoo, to ra
ceiye a cnnsiderahl, numher q
o"adua, .rom nnnrnyed h VII srhools
m. work must. therefore he suited
:, :;!n ability OF these mare az
yauce,l students.
:. cnn,i ,ifter.n,e is indicated i'm
IN. possibilitv of self-sunnort ut
these schools. AT the Theodore \.
Vail school il is possible for anv Yer.
mon1 nov to earn all of his EXPENSES
For this purnose tne schnol is orpar-
lied in the same manner AS the part
time basis in the industries Ona
week in four the boy works for wages
on the farm and in addition has the
opportunity to work for wages at
times when he is not receiving in
structon.
AT the Stare School of Agricultur.
ot Randolph on the other hand tba
State BOARD of Education cannot
promise to prospective students the
onnortuuitv to a.rn any I,run mn,
of their expenses. This is due II
the size of the farm and the lack U;
labor needs. Even though boys are
able to secure work on adjacent
farms there is no advantage thar
comes from such service other than
the financial one because the boys
cannot be under direct supervision.
third difference is found in the
type of instruction. Both schools
aim at preparation for Vermont
farming. The course of study at the
State School of Agriculture at Ran
dOlph Center requires at least one
WORK. Inc other hall Is devoted to
\ systematic study OF science and
Kindred subjects related TO agrl-
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 II
school at Lyndonville, they are last
resort.
The Theodore n Val, Agricnlt,r,,
School has mt undertaken IN daai
with specialties in agriculture Near.
lv nll tbe bovs who enter This ;nstitu-
ton come with the definite intention
of retur,,ino tn general FARMING
At the State Agricultural School at
Randolph there has been some de-
gree of specialization Boys have
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.
Doubtloss tho pra.test ev;denca
thar these are not comnetinp institu-
lions is to he found in the fact that
nnither 10 , locsI inst;trtion Thor.,
ara in attendance at each institntion
hovs from varions sections of the
state and it is often nossihle to And
student, from the same town in AT.
tendance at both of the schools
Recommendations.
Rearing in mind the great imnor-
lance of agriculture in the state and
the necessity for agricultural train
ing and also in view of the fact that
tho state has very large and verv
valuable property interests and a
large amount of capital already in
vested in these two Agricultural
schools vour committee resnactfullv
make the following Recommended
tons.
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