Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-26
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

those of the state in question. We
may appropriately ask, therefore,
how much profit Massachusetts made
from her investment in education.
interesting and instructive, and an
swers the question propounded
above to your entire satisfaction.
Every man and woman naturally
wishes to attain distinction. How
can you best insure the accomplish
ment of this end? By intellectual
development. 1t has been definitely
demonstrated that in this great free
republic of ours only one person out
of 100000 without schooling has a
chance of performing a distinguished
service. If possessed of an elemen-
tary education he has four times the
chance. If enjoying the benefits of
high school education, eighty-seven
times the chance. If he possesses a
collegiate education, 500 times the
chance. These figures are irrefut-
able since they are based on care
fully prepared statistical tables. They
show that the ambitious boy or girl
should strive with all the powers at
his or her command to win a collegi-
ate education.
In what field should one specialize
at this time? There are opportuni-
ties along all lines, but vocational
applied, or technical professional
L
up one of the most alluring fields
at the present time. The world has
surely outgroWn its present social,
economic and industrial fabric, and
an entirely new organization from
the ground up is essential. To bring
this about and stabilize conditions
calls for the WiSest and most cap
able leadership. The task is simply
appalling, but it can be accomplished.
To do it successfully We must train
dc Of g a q
possible, for ''old things are passed
away and all things are become new"
We can no longer farm by main
strength and aWkWardness. We must
now enthrone reason, judgment and
accurate knowledge between the
plow handles. The time has come
when we must mix brains with agri-
cultural enterprises, and what per-
tains in this particular field applies
with equal force to all phases of our
national life.
In this article I wish particularly
to point out and emphasize the OPP
portunities open to the young men
ceptably as leaders in the field of
agriculture and home economies.
There is an impression possibly that
an institution such as this prepares
people to work along only one line
and in a limited capacity. AS mat
ter of fact, our courses are based on
a liberal education. One must pos
sess the same number of entrance
units as are required by any stand
ard institution in the United States.
A technically or, PROFESSIONALISM train
ed individual must have broad and
liberal fundamental education so
that he may have a proper command
of the English language and the abil-
ity to understand and interpret
So N1-iT iI11n n
must possess broad training in the
basic sciences and have a definite
knowledge of the technical subjects
related to the field in which he is
specializing. The college of agricul-
ture, therefore, stands for broad
and liberal training of the most in
tensive character. AS result of
this, young men and women attend
ing this institution are permitted to
specialize in agricultural chemistry,
agricultural engineering, agricultural
journalism, agronomy, dairy man
agement, experimental and research
work, farm management, horticul-
ture, Horticulture, forestry and for
est engineering, greenhouse manage
mese, live stock breeding, plant
breeding, plant pathology, veterinary
medicine and vocational education in
agriculture and home economics.
Any woman interested in the sub
jects of home making, vocational
home economics, county agents
work, institutional management,
technical or research work pertain
ing to the home in all it's varied
phases, or in child welfare service.
will not make a mistake in entering
this institution. Young men who
complete the courses here will find
themselves in demand to supervise or
direct farming operations of tech
meal or semi-technical character, as
experts in the service of the United
States department of agriculture and
the state experiment station, as coun-
ty agents, as vocational teachers, as
industrial representatives Of rail-
ways, as employees of farm imple-
ment and fertilizer manufacturers.
as agricultural editors, plant and
animal breeders, as market special
lists and directors of orchard and
truck enterprises, as technical for
inta re 11Iro1 hay