Show izner of ci h A C EDITOR JOURNAL tho first thing that impresses a visitor when he climbs the steps at the entrance to the agricultural college and shakes the snow from his garments 6 and d enters the large lare lar ile e doors is the tl vastness of the building are its resources and equipments and corps of instructors e equal 1 ual to the magnitude 0 of the outer structure then its capacity for doing 0 good in ill the dissemination nation of knowledge knowledg be Is is worthy of the best consideration of parents throughout our territory and sufficient to tl insure students who attend its sessions that their labor shall not be in vain one is then ushered into a neatly furnished and comfortable office being the headquarters of the president of the institution prof J II if paul Theoffice the office of the secretary adjoins that of the president making ing 1 communication easy and facilitating ta ting any business that may be on hand especially tho the disposal of visitors if the president happens happen to be busy jut juit at the time the gentlemanly secretary takes one in hand to do the honors honor s of the building either official is pleas pleased cil to show people about the great building and point out the especial features of the college for really they have reason to bo be proud of tins this magnificently 0 equipped and managed establishment for the diffusion 10 n of le learning arnim ona is first conducted down a flight of stairs to the basement a and nd there would you you behold a sight that would do 6 your heart good that would inspire you von with hope and enthusiasm for the pro progress 0 greas and advancement of your our own sons I 1 ju just st take a peep into the carr carpenter enter shop the machine shop or the blacksmith shop there they are aprons aprons on sleeves sleeve up caps akimbo pitching in like a hive of bees one does not notice the sluggish ish I 1 wish it was twelve apprentice movement about f them hem but lie sees a room full of healthy thoroughly interested and well disciplined y young oung men who know they are working 0 for themselves anil and how they do work in the wood shop there are thirty work benches and tell ten burnid turning lathos lathes with all necessary tools a planer pattern makers a rip and a crosscut cross cut circular saw a band saw and what not for the accommodation mo ino dation of students roost most of vi which implements appeared to be in use when the writer visited the room this department is presided over by the very efficient pro fedors fe sors S deholl oll and mayo the boys who go in it with the determination to become scie science reed din in the woodwork art will surely realize their desires as they are given two or three hours actual work every day and are taught how low to do thiu ti lings 0 s as well as how to think them the same may mav be said of each and every department in the college the same spirit of progress pervades every inch of atin atmosphere 03 within the walls of that building for which the professors each of whom is a specialist in his line may be given credit these cultured gentlemen have the welfare of the students at heart and all legitimate L means indans are aie used fo for r the advancement of those entrusted to their care 41 many columns might be written in in praise of the r grand rand s sa stem of education in active operation at the agricultural college and even then mention of some noteworthy features would be omitted the equipment for the deachin teaching 0 of almost every conceivable branch of learning is perfect in ih the A k C there are the civil railway an and municipal apal engine engineering eriD 0 departments where students are now calculating stresses of railroad and other bridges the commercial department in which hundreds and thousands of dollars chan change chane 0 e hands ever every y day of college money the departments of physics where the students are bei being M div givan n a practical mic illustration of the prine principle i of electricity as applied in telegraphy the department of mechanical di awing dialing where several first class plans had been drawn and figured out in detail for an imaginary habitation for one of the college professors ors the chemical and physical laboratories which at aie e very complete these and many others might be described until language lan anil and patience were ex bautte baut td find and still one would not have as thorough an understanding 0 of the workings and results acco accomplished m by this 0 great training trai 7 school as a personal visit would give visitors are always milade welcome and shown every courtesy therefore I 1 recommend that thai each cacti and every person peron per on interested in the agricula Agri agricultural cult ural college present hini him elf tit it tho the door of OF f the mammoth pile on oil the hill and see and understand st at 1 d these thin thing F for himself yours respectfully aita ablamis Al lAMIS |