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Show Far Reaching Organization Organi-zation of A. C. Courses Better Adapted to Serve State. Considerable discussion Is being waged concerning tho announcement of tho Board of Trustees of tho Agricultural Agri-cultural Collego regarding the change's to bo established within the next few years In the College course. Among the movements of most fur reaching Importance announced by tho Board ot Trustees as published in tho Republican Is tho elimination ot tho high school from tho Collego course beginning gradually In 11)14, and eliminating ono year at a timo until un-til In 191S thero will bo no high school connected with the College. Tho College haB delayed tho abolishment abolish-ment of Its high school until tho Stat? has been sufficiently dovclopcd to warrant such a movement. Tho object ob-ject of tho Collcgb being fundament ally ono of servlco to tho rural communities com-munities especially It is obvious that It would havo been unwise to abolli tho high school whllo there wcro still no high schools In tho majority of tho towns of tho Stato. Furthermore It would havo been unwise to nbollBU this department of tho Collego while tho agricultural and Industrial woik In tho lilgh schools of the different parts of tho Stato was not developed. It Is tho opinion ot tho Board of Trustees that sufficient development lins taken place now that tho high school can gradually bo dropped. Tho organization ot tho practical courses Into n two year courso suit-ablo suit-ablo to tho men and women ot the Stato who wIbIi such work, 1b a laudable laud-able movement. To theso practlcil courses will bo admitted tho practical practi-cal farmers ot tho Stato and 'thooo students who havo had a certain amount ot public school work and who do not wish tho regular collego courso leading to n degree. Tho Intensifying ot tho Collego work making It Impora-tlvo Impora-tlvo for tho student to tnko moro worlc in nrdor to obtain n dogreo Is a result of greater facilities, bettor laboratories laborator-ies and n developed Instructing staff. Tho gonornl popularity of tho agricultural agricul-tural and Industrial work has boon such that this ralso in, standard was almost mndo compulsory. Whllo theso new movements will not login to bo Continued on Pago 4. FAR REACHING ORGANIZATION ORGANIZA-TION OF A. C. COUR8ES (Continued from page one) effective for a number ot years yet in reality tbey are among the most Important Im-portant steps ever taken by the College. Col-lege. This serves further to Illustrate Illus-trate tho fact that not content with being In the forward march of progress prog-ress the College Is In many respects a leader. |
