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Show H GREAT FIELD I FOR GRADUATES M Demand for Graduates of Agri- B cultural Schools Greatly Ex M ceeds Supply. M There may be a great many m who have the opinion that at-H at-H - tendance upon, and graduation H from, the Agricultural College is H out a means oi securing a practi- H cal education along general lines H with a special training in the H art of successful farming, and H nothing more. However, the H facts are that there is a far H 'greater demand for instructors H who are graduates of industrial H schools than any other, and the H demand is increasing. H The requests for capable in- H structors have become so numer- H ous and pressing that the H Bureau of Education of the H United States government has H felt the urgency of doing some- H thing so strongly that a letter H has been addressed to some of H the leading Agricultural Col H leges of the country, calling H special attention to the condi- H tion of affairs, and it gives us H pleasure to be bo able to repro- H ducc below the letter received H. by President Widtsoe of the H. Utah Agricultural College. H The letter follows: H Department of the Interior, H Bureau of Education. H Washington, June 4. 1913. H President John A. Widtsoe, H Logan, Utah. H Dear Sir: H There is a constant and rapid- H ly increasing demand for teach-' ----" " frrs,..,,nF irrtiirmli-iivfl,. r L,flfm(?.citil m" science, and inuustnes and H trade, in the high schools in all H parts of the country ., The de-H de-H , xmand is greater for teachers of H one subject in one part of the H country, and for another sub- H ject in other partsf But ap- H parently the supply is not equal H to the demand in. any section. H For this reason many schools H undertake to have work in these H subjects done by teachers who H are not prepared, and the results H are far from satisfactory. Teach- H ers for these subjects should be H prepared in the colleges of agri- culture and median iqjrts. Most H . " of the normal schools can not do this work so well. They may H give the wiQthods, but as a rule, H they can not give the substance, H which, after all, is much more H important than method?. I be-H be-H lieve most of the colleges of H agriculture and mechanic arts H might well devote to this pur-H pur-H pose a larger part of the furd-. received under the Nelson H Amendment, By doing so, not H only would they render an in-H in-H " vp'uMe service to the high H i- but they would also H ' x aches. The more of H ia , ...i. a 01 work done in the H high schools, t'he more demand H will there be 'Jov it in the eol- leges, and therefore the larger will be the attendance and the H better will be the work in the H colleges of agriculture and m,r mechanic arts. Itt? - My interest in the prosperity mf of both the colleges and the H . high schools, as well as in the V welfare of the country they I- both serve, is my excuse for I writing this letter to the presi- dentsvof the colleges, suggesting that they give the matter very H. ' careful consideration. If' Yours sincerely, ' P. P. OLAXTON, He Commissioner. I The above letter should prove oE H HMgnii iimtiuiM1 hi mi mm i ii iii i exceptional interest to young men and women living in this section of the state, in view tif the efforts that have been, made In some quarters to reflect upon t'ue branch Agricultural College here. It will be seen that the opportunity for teaching is better bet-ter f or graduates of this school than for the average graduate of normal schools! The field for young men is an exceptionally exception-ally inviting one, many positions posi-tions open baing with the government gov-ernment at permanent and substantial sub-stantial salaries. 4 The student of the Agricultural Agricul-tural College can rest assured that a good position awaits him upon completing the prescribed course. |