Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27

| of her agricultural college; and 81
! the story goes. [ find that all o
these institutions charge a matrlcu
iation fee or 1925, and laborator!
and other maintenance fees mucf
! in excess of ours. Very lavish ap
preparations have been made for thu
construction of buildings and thu
promotion of agricultural education
| along the most scientific lines by
| the various states visited. New Yorl
has just started an addition to it:
college plant representing an outlay
of ,$750,000. I was shown plans fol
new agricultural college buildings
which will cost between $6,000,0O(
and $7,O00,O00.
In all the sections visited, the
question of food is the paramount
issue, and it is destined to become
a much greater issue in this section
of the country than it has been
Moreover, the demand for raw ma
| terials is growing rapidly and the
price of such articles I think is des
tined to rise considerably.
Here in Georgia a student may en-
ter the college of agriculture, pay
the very small naturalization fee
charged for the first time in the
history of the institution and such
laboratory fees as are necessary at
a total cost of about $50 year
The cost to our students is, there
fore, very much lower than in the
institutions which 1 visited. AS q
matter of fact, graduates OF our col
lege can enter any of the institu
tons 1 examined with full credit
This surely Indicates that our work
is conducted on a highly efficient
basis. AS a matter of fact, we re
quire our men to give many more
hours of instruction and to work Tor
much smaller salaries than are PAID
in other sections. In other words
we are travelling at a killing pace in
an endeavor to hold up our end oil
the line.
You will be pleased to know that
there are nearly 500 students reg
istered in the college of agriculture
at this time, and that our records
in the matter of attendance will be
again broken this year. OF course
you understand that our approprla'
tions were materially reduced by the
last general assembly or the state,
and we are in most embarrassing
financial condition on that account
If we could secure an appropriation
of 100000 to put up the necessary
buildings, and to maintain our tnstl'
tuition on a satisfactory basis and In
stitute new and essential courses
Of instruction and employ additional
professors. the attendance upon this
institution could be doubled in the
course of four or five years.
I think you will agree with me
that the college of agriculture has
given most acceptable leadership
along agricultural lines to the peo-
pie of Georgia, and that the state
can make no expenditure Of funds
which will earn so large an mere
ment on the investment as those
set aside for agricultural education.
Georgia is essentially an agrlcui'
tural state, and we are faced by the
necessity of transforming our farm
practice. We cannot do this without
the best type of scientifically train,
ed leaders. The college at this
time, is unable to properly care for
the men and women who are clamor'
ing for admission to it's doors. What
ever you can do to help mitigate
this situation will be boon to the
youth of Georgia and best insure
the permanent prosperity and con-
tinued success of the state.