Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-23
State College
Agriculture
Plan Pushed

Raleigh, Dec. 23.-The committee
to reiuvenatc the school OF a2ricul-
ture at State College is not dead, it
has just been sleeping; according to
what appear to be reliable reports
reaching this bureau
AS a matter of fact, the committee
met one day last Week-just about
the time that your correspondent
was listing it as "Gone With the
WinG", and set itself in motion again
motion which this time is expected
TO enable it to reach some destina-
ton; perhaps it goals Of second
to-none in the-South" school of agri-
culture for North Carolina
There is a widespread opinion
Grom which State College officials
and teachers will violently dissent
that States college of agriculture is
not now in the class with some 9TH
ers in Dixie, notably Clemson college
in South Carolina, or the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute III our neighbor
to the north Many members Of the
committee are known to share this
view and to be dead set on remedy
ing what they believe to be deplor-
able conditions which now exist.
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the
Progressive Farmer is chairman of
the committee and it met last week
at his call; but it does not appear to
have been summoned merely to ad-
vance tie DOCTORS projected can
didacy for governor On the other
hand, this bureaus information has
It, the session was summoned at the
specific and urgent request Of Dr.
Frank =. Graham, president Of the
University OF North Carolina.
AS result Of the meeting, It's said,
things are taking shape for de-
finite, concrete program to develop
within not too long time; though
the usual bugaboo and barrier to all
such programs, lack of money, stands
sturdily in the way.
The general plan is a complete re-
organization OF the present setup,
which is functioning only haltingly
and missing OF many Of its cylinders
The committee is practically IN
animousIy Of the view that there
should be, first of all a hard-boiled
administrative officer as Dean Of
Agriculture to take practically die
tatorial command Of the situation.
Under him there would be set up
four main divisions % Research
CD Extension Service, CD Resident
studies and CD Short courses.
At present one Of these divisions
isn't in existence, short courses. An
other, resident studies, is under di-
rection of Z. P. Metcalf while the
N+o
are headed by Dean l. O. Schaub,
who is likewise is functioning as
Dean Of Agriculture.
The committee isn't concerning it.
self with personnel, its members be-
lieVe that should be left squarely
with Dr.. Graham and Colonel j. w
HARRISON. dean Of Administration
On the other hand its members sim
cerely believe that the present work
IN the general field OF research isn't
really research at all, but a blmbling
conglomerate of pointless experiment
ing Which fails completely to ad-
vance The science Of agriculture in
North Carolina.
The committee wants nationally
known experts to fill the posts pro-
posed under its program 1t does not
believe that any one man, however
able, can competently fill three jobs
any one OF While his a full-time one.
It thinks State Colleges School of
Agriculture should be given a good
old-fashioned overhauling from top
to bottom, and it is now ready to
move in that direction and toward
that goal: always provided that suf-
ficient funds can be found to make
the thing so.