Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-07
Another Body
OF N. G.. State
Probers Bogs
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
Tn the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Sept. lit isn't too late
yet, but it begins to appear that an
other scholastic year will begin at
State College without any visible
progress whatsoever having been
made toward improvement of the in
stltutlons school of agriculture.
A supposedly powerful and inter-
ested committee from the University
of North Carolina board of trustees
was appointed several months ago to
study the agricultural school set up
and make plans for big improve
ments therein; but it now seems 'bdt
this committee is as completely
stymied as the "coordinating' group
which was to have ironed out the
perennial feud between the college
and the State Department Of Agrl--
culture
The coordinators have never net.
so far as can be learned. The t1us-
tees group has never given out any
official word about any meeting, but
there is reliable authority for belief
that it did hold one session, with its
chairman, DR.. Clarence Poe, editor
of the Progressive Farmer, pres i'd
ing.
That session, however, was ned
several months ago. 1t was featured
by marked enthusiasm for a general
rehabilitation of the Colleges school
Of agriculture; great plans for pro-
gress and rehabilitation were made
and thoroughly discussed. But all Of
them appear just now to have gone
with the wind, or where the wood
bine tWineth, or perhaps where the
WhangdOOdle mOurneth for its first
born.
The understanding is that many of
the plans depended upon the chances
of raising additional funds to sup
plement the money regularly avail
able for the school Of agriculture:
possibility that the whole thing went
to pot because the money couldn't
be found.
The committee session which was
held is said to have been attended
by seven OF the ten members who
were named on it by Governor Clyde
r. Hoey. Chairman Poe, John Sprunt
Hill, Leslie We'll, c. F. Gates, Dudley
Bagley, w. ID. Barbee, and j. II.
Poole are reliably listed as attend
ing, leaving Inurmond Chatham, Bill
Fenner and Edwin Pate as the alb
sentees. DR.. Frank Graham, president
of the greater university, is said to
have attended; and it was upon him
tuat Tie .d-k OI money raising was
largely laid
Committeemcn ere said to have
agreed almost unaiIlllo-.o4y lnat TIC
school of agriculture has made prac-
tlcaIIy no progress whatsoever in
many years and there was general
agreement that 1T can stand a great
deal Of improvement.
Lack of any coordinated and COM
prehenslve plan OF administration
was cited as largely to blame for lack
of progress; though there was no
tendency to reflect upon the ability
of those in charge OIL administration
"a lack of real system, rather than
any personal failings or failures, was
.IeIu responsible.
To remedy the situation, detail
ed plan OF admins iratiOn was ad-
vanced, and, after 1uil discussion,
the committee seemed to have come
round to regarding ii With almost
unanimous .-oVCf.
It was proposed that the school Of
agr4cuItuIv y. Set up l.flucI sole and
complete charge OF Ian of agri-
culture, who should be an executive
and administrator rather than a man
Il acaaenl4c or professional turn
alone.
I Under this dean there would be a