Show 30 Student Life can be said to be superior to the other Each man must decide for himself as to which course will best suit his temperament The student in agriculture often wonders “how he will stand” in comparison with students in other First it lines after graduation should be stated that no particular line cf business activity is intrinOf sically better than any othei course we refer to only legitimate activity Any man who tells a 4 i' 1 student that agriculture is “better” than engineering or that mechanic arts is “better” than commerce or law or medicine should see a physician — his mind is in need of a good dose of expansion He is not d enough to be called an American Citizen and his ridiculous prattle should receive no attention All the lines mentioned offer magnificent opportunities for the man who will work and think All are good and all are growing I broad-minde- ! I 1 better t t I f i The student in agriculture should have a strong liking for ork in the field and gardens and orchards a strong sympathy for agriculture and an undaunted belief in its future With this temperament and an aptitude for science he should be successful in any branch of agriculture Agricultural graduates just now are getting larger salaries probably than graduates in engineering but this is doubtless due to the comparatively recent agricultural awakening and the shortage of men to fill the positions We have not heard however of any man starving in either line There will always be something for the trained man to do in almost any line Farm life conditions at present prevent quite a number of graduates from returning to the farm But these conditions are rapidly improving When we get a system of good roads when the farmers have electric light and power water-work- s telephone rural mail delivery and rapid transit lines when a large number of college graduates live on the farms improving social conditions as they now are in some sections of the — and farmers go to middle-wes- t town in thirty minutes in automobiles — then farm conditions will be more alluring and more people will study and practice scientific agriculture These conditions are not at all In fact they actually impossible exist in portions of Kansas Nebraska Ohio Indiana Illinois and othei middle western states and they have been brought about largely through the efforts of the graduates in agriculture |