Show THE SCOPE OF THE WORK biere feel deeina 8 to ba a heisson he ision ns to tho the general of t io agricultural college among fie 0 e university people who rind find fault with the college for doing ding literary and classical work now as ai a 1 matter of fact the faculty canno cannot not exclude this thi class of oi work without jeopardizing the th annual appropriation by tile government govern mont the purpose of the college tw can best be expressed by a quotation fr fro n the congressional act it says chobe leading object shill shall bi 3 to leach such branches branch ca of learn lit aig as relate to agriculture and it tho bo mee mechanic banic arts including military tactics and not excluding classics in border to promote th liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several bevel a pursuits aud and professions of life ra the lie purpose of the colle college cle I 1 is s not ilot then to learn simply how to hammer iron to dig potatoes or to survey a railway line tnt it i is s 1 to supply that in which the old classical colleges were to unite with industrial power that culture which is essential to the bi highest liest human bap happiness to develop in one man both the cultured and a rid effective workman so the word liberal as well as the word nord practical was used tile closing words of the sentence of the in in du classes limits its ita scope to no one particular industrial lass class |