Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-24
STORES COLLEGE PRESIDENT
 SPEAKS BEFORE ROrARIAN

The work being done by the Connecti- cut Agricultural college at Storrs was in- terestingly explained by the colleges president. Charles L. Beach. at the regu- lar monday luncheon of the Norwich Ro- tary club at the Wauregan house on Wednesday. President Beach, who was the guest of the club, was introduced to the Norwich men by Mayor Herbert NJ. Lerou.
 President Beach In his opening remarks | said that the public press and others had accused the Connecticut Agricultural col lege of trying to be a university in com petition with Yale and other universities He said that this was not the case. as s1 per cent. of the students at the college were students of agriculture. As foI finances. he said that all state institutions during recent years had shown a deficit so why should the state college be depre cated?
 The agricultural colleges were startet about SO years ago, but were not mucl of a success, as there were no text books no farm science and practically no teach CTS to instruct. But today it is different first came the experimental station anC now the college where the science -o farming is taught
 Work at Connecticut A. c. 1 The work at the Connecticut AKricul | tural college may be placed in thre, groups. First. research and investiga ton; second. resident teaching or train l ing of young men and women for leader ship in their community life third, ex tension work
 The experiment station was established l as department of the college for tn, purpose of carrying on origiv al investiga ton and research in connection with soi fertility, solution of crops. plant and an imal diseases. breeding and selection feeding standards. marketing and farn management problems. v As the term implies, atricultural ex tension is an activity that aims to exten directly to the farmer, by means of lee : lures, demonstrations and personal con ferences, the latest results of scientif research an dexperiment. On the aver age, not more than per cent of boy Y and girls go to college. AS a resuI therefore, 9S per cent of the young me and women who are to be the farmer and farmers wives of the next genera tion will receive their knowledge of scier tihc farming and home-making throug the extension division of the college an farm bureaus.
 I The third activity is the college f,
 resident students, which aims to trai now about per cent of the young me and women for farmers and hom makers and for leadership in country a
 fairs. In return for their education thei
 young people should be imbued with u
 missionary spirit of helpfulness, take 2
 interest in local improvements and b D come active leaders in the communities
 which they live
 The college is giving instruction to sl {. students at Storrs-2e2 men and e2, wor ' en. Of the men. 245 are studying ge eral agriculture and 21 the agricultur !. sciences, or 2es in agricultural cours,
 This means that s1 per cent of the m
 in the institution are studying aGrict ' ture. The college has given instructi to more than 5000 young men and woua in agriculture and home economies. Tn : these former students have followed { ,- vacations for which they have be , trained is shown by a survey recent I completed. Fifty per cent. of the m I are engaged in farming and 10 per eel | are employed as teachers. investigate d etc, of agricultural branches. Fifty-fo
 per cent of the women are mhnagi
 homes of their own and 2 per cent. a
 managing their own farms.
 Farm bureaus have been organized G every county in She state with total l. rollment of about 1000 members. T Is extension service sof the college pa Id from its federal funds approximately or SC half the salaries of all county farm | f. reau workers and vitalizes the work e. these local leaders by providing speci ie ists in dsirying, poultry, farm cro re swine growing. sheep raising. farm ma e. agement, marketing, fruit growing, b, W keeping, child health and home mana